exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
The Court’s order confirming the Plan,
including the Plan which is an exhibit to the order, has been included to provide
investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual
information about the Company, Charlesbank, H.I.G. or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Any
representations, warranties and covenants contained in the order or the Plan were made only for purposes of the order or the Plan and as
of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of those beneficiaries contemplated by the order or the Plan, and may be subject
to limitations agreed upon by the Company and others, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for
the purposes of allocating risk between the Company and others, instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may
be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the Company and to other parties that differ from those applicable
to investors. Investors should not rely on any representations, warranties or covenants or any descriptions thereof as
characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of any representations and warranties may change after the date of
the Plan, and any amendments thereto, which subsequent information
may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public
disclosures.
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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ORDER CONFIRMING DEBTORS’ FIFTH AMENDED JOINT
CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION DATED AS OF MAY 5,2010
TLC Vision (USA) Corporation (“TLC USA”), TLC Vision Corporation (“TLC Canada”) and
TLC Management Services, Inc. (“TLC MSI”) (TLC USA, TLC Canada, and TLC MSI each a
“Debtor” and collectively, the “Debtors”) having filed the Fourth Amended Joint
Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of March 24, 2010 (as modified in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A, the Fifth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of
May 5, 2010, the “Plan”)2 with the Bankruptcy Court; the Debtors having filed the Fourth
Amended Disclosure Statement With Respect to the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of
Reorganization Dated as of March 24, 2010 [Docket No. 385] (including all appendices and exhibits
attached thereto, and each as modified or amended, the “Disclosure Statement”); the Debtors
having provided notice of a hearing to approve the Disclosure Statement in accordance with the
Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Local Rules”) and orders
of the Bankruptcy Court; the Bankruptcy Court having held a hearing on March 24, 2010 to determine
the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement; the Bankruptcy Court
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The Debtors in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s
federal tax identification number and
address, are: TLC Vision (USA) Corporation (6220), 16305 Swingley Ridge Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017; TLC
Vision Corporation (1150), 5280 Solar Drive, Suite 300, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5M8; and TLC Management
Services, Inc. (0374), 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. |
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Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan. |
having entered an order dated March 24, 2010 [Docket No. 390] (the “Approval Order”)
(1) approving the Disclosure Statement, (2) approving solicitation packages and procedures for
distribution thereof, (3) approving forms of ballots and establishing voting procedures, (4)
scheduling the Confirmation Hearing, and (5) establishing procedures for filing and prosecuting
objections to the Plan and confirmation of the Plan; the Disclosure Statement having been
transmitted to all Holders of Claims in Classes Al, A5, A6, Bl, B5, B6 and C7 (collectively, the
“Voting Classes”) as directed by the Approval Order; the Debtors having filed the Plan
Supplement dated April 23, 2010 [Docket No. 495] (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified,
the “Plan Supplement”); the Debtors having provided notice of the Confirmation Hearing to
Holders of Claims and Interests as directed by the Approval Order and in compliance with the
Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Local Rules; the Debtors having filed the Debtors’
Memorandum of Law in Support of Confirmation of Debtors’ Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of
Reorganization Dated as of March 24, 2010 [Docket No. 529] (the “Confirmation Memorandum”);
Medical Management Affiliates, Inc. (“MMA”) having filed the Objection of Medical
Management Affiliates, Inc. to Assumption of an Executory Contract Pursuant and Subject to the
Terms of the Debtors’ Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of March 24,
2010 (as Modified) and to Confirmation of the Plan to the Extent Such Plan Includes Assumption of
the Executory Contract [Docket No. 531] (the “MMA Objection”); the Debtors having filed the
Debtors’ Response to Objection of Medical Management Affiliates, Inc. to Confirmation of the
Debtors’ Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dates as of March 24, 2010 [Docket
No. 537] (the “Debtors’ Response to MMA Objection”); the Committee having filed the Joinder
of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors to the Debtors’ Response to Objection of
Medical
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Management Affiliates, Inc. to Confirmation of the Debtors’ Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11
Plan of Reorganization Dates as of March 24, 2010 [Docket No. 538]; the Bankruptcy Court having
held the Confirmation Hearing on May 5, 2010; upon all of the proceedings in the Chapter 11 Cases
before the Bankruptcy Court; after full consideration of: (a) the declarations filed with the
Bankruptcy Court, including (i) the Declaration of Michael Gries in Support of Confirmation of the
Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of March 24, 2010 [Docket No. 530]
(the “Gries Confirmation Declaration”), and (ii) the Declaration of Jennifer Meyerowitz on
Behalf of Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC, as Voting Agent, Regarding the Solicitation and Tabulation
of Votes with Respect to the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of
March 24, 2010 [Docket No. 528] (the “Voting Agent Declaration”) (the Gries Confirmation
Declaration and the Voting Agent Declaration, together, the “Declarations”), and the
testimony contained therein; (b) the Confirmation Memorandum; (c) the MMA Objection; (d) the
Debtors’ Response to MMA Objection; (e) the Committee’s joinder to the Debtors’ Response to MMA
Objection; (f) the arguments of counsel to the Debtors and counsel to MMA regarding the MMA
Objection; and (g) all other evidence proffered or adduced, memoranda and objections filed in
connection with, and arguments of counsel made at, the Confirmation Hearing; and after due
deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor,
THE BANKRUPTCY COURT HEREBY DETERMINES, FINDS, ADJUDGES, DECREES AND ORDERS THAT:
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
A. Exclusive Jurisdiction; Venue; Core Proceeding (28 U.S.C. §§ 157(b)(2)), 1334(a)).
The Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 157 and 1334
of title 28 of the United States Code. Venue of the Chapter 11 Cases in this
district is proper pursuant to sections 1408 and 1409 of title 28 of the United States Code.
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Confirmation of the Plan is a core proceeding pursuant to section 157(b)(2)(L) of title 28 of
the United States Code, and the Bankruptcy Court has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether
the Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and should be confirmed.
B. Commencement and Joint Administration of the Chapter 11 Cases. On the
Petition Date, each of the Debtors commenced a case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
in the Bankruptcy Court. By prior order of the Bankruptcy Court, the Chapter 11 Cases have
been consolidated for procedural purposes only and are being jointly administered pursuant to
Bankruptcy Rule 1015. The Debtors have operated their businesses and managed their
properties as debtors in possession pursuant to sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy
Code. No trustee or examiner has been appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases.
C. Judicial Notice. The Bankruptcy Court takes judicial notice of the docket of the
Chapter 11 Cases maintained by the Clerk of the Court, including, without limitation, all
pleadings and other documents filed and orders entered thereon. The Bankruptcy Court also
takes judicial notice of all evidence proffered or adduced and all arguments made at the
hearings
held before the Bankruptcy Court during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases.
D. Burden of Proof. The Debtors have the burden of proving the elements of section
1129 of the Bankruptcy Code by a preponderance of the evidence, and they have met that
burden, as further found and determined herein.
E. Notice; Transmittal and Mailing of Materials.
(1) The Debtors provided to all known holders of Claims and Interests due, adequate and
sufficient notice of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan and the Confirmation Hearing, along with
the deadlines for voting on and filing objections to the Plan, substantially in
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accordance with the procedures set forth in the Approval Order, and no other or further notice is
or shall be required;
(2) The Debtors transmitted and served the Disclosure Statement, Plan,
Ballots and Approval Order in compliance with the Approval Order and the Bankruptcy Rules,
and such transmittal and service were adequate and sufficient and no further notice is or
shall be
required. All procedures used to distribute the solicitation packages to the Voting Classes
were
fair and conducted in accordance with the Approval Order, the Bankruptcy Code and the
Bankruptcy Rules and all other applicable rules, laws and regulations;
(3) The Debtors provided adequate and sufficient notice of the Confirmation
Hearing and other dates described in the Approval Order and the Plan, all in compliance with
the
Bankruptcy Rules and the Approval Order, and no other or further notice is or shall be
required;
and
(4) The filing with the Bankruptcy Court and service of the version of the
Plan attached as Appendix A to the Disclosure Statement and the disclosure of any further
modifications to the Plan on the record at the Confirmation Hearing constitute due and
sufficient
notice of the Plan and all modifications thereto.
F. Voting. The Debtors solicited votes on the Plan after the disclosure of “adequate
information” as defined in section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code. As evidenced by the Voting
Agent Declaration, votes to accept the Plan have been solicited and tabulated fairly, in good
faith
and in a manner consistent with the Approval Order, the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy
Rules.
G. Plan Supplement. The Plan Supplement complies with the terms of the Plan and
the filing and notice of the Plan Supplement and the documents therein was sufficient and
proper
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and completed in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Approval Order,
and no other or further notice is or shall be required.
H. Plan Modifications (11 U.S.C. § 1127). Subsequent to solicitation of the Plan, the
Debtors made certain non-material modifications to the Plan (the “Plan Modifications”).
The Plan Modifications include the following: (a) the modification of the treatment of Claims in
Classes C6 and C7 from Impaired to Unimpaired; (b) at the request of the United States Trustee, the
removal of the Committee, its members and its Professionals from the definition of “Releases” and
inclusion thereof in the definition of “Exculpated Persons”; (c) at the request of the Untied
States Trustee, the carve out from effect of the Plan’s injunction provisions of (i) setoff claims
asserted against the Debtors prior to the Effective Date, and (ii) any defense of recoupment in
favor of any non-Debtor party; and (d) modification of section 6.01 of the Plan in accordance with
paragraph 19 of this Order. Each of the Plan Modifications is reflected in the version of the Plan
attached hereto. In addition, the Debtors made certain other non-material modifications to the
Plan, as also reflected in the version of the Plan attached hereto. There may be other non-material
modifications made to the Plan to reflect compromises to objections to the Plan or other
appropriate clarifications. Except as provided for by law, contract or prior order of the
Bankruptcy Court, none of the modifications made since the commencement of solicitation of the Plan
adversely affects the treatment of any Claim or Interest under the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to
section 1127(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, none of these modifications
require additional disclosure under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code or resolicitation of votes
under section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, nor do they require that holders of Claims or Interests
be afforded an opportunity to change previously cast acceptances
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or rejections of the Plan. The Plan as modified shall constitute the Plan submitted for
confirmation to the Bankruptcy Court.
I. Notice of Plan Modifications. The filing with the Bankruptcy Court of the Plan as
modified by the Plan Modifications and the disclosure of the Plan Modifications on the record at
the Confirmation Hearing constitute due and sufficient notice thereof.
J. Deemed Acceptance of Plan as Modified. In accordance with section 1127 of the
Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3019, all holders of Claims who voted to accept the Plan or
who are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan are deemed to have accepted the Plan as
modified by the Plan Modifications. No holder of a Claim or Interest shall be permitted to change
its vote as a consequence of the Plan Modifications.
K. Plan Compliance with Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(1)). The Plan complies
with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section
1129(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.
L. Proper Classification (11 U.S.C. §§ 1122 and 1123(a)(1)). In addition to
Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims that need not be classified, the Plan classifies
twenty-four (24) Classes of Claims and Interests. The Claims and Interests placed in each Class are
substantially similar to other Claims or Interests, as the case may be, in each such Class. Valid
business, factual and legal reasons exist for separately classifying the various Classes of Claims
and Interests under the Plan, the classifications were not done for any improper purpose and such
Classes do not unfairly discriminate between or among Holders of Claims or Interests. Accordingly,
the Plan satisfies sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.
M. Specified Unimpaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(2)). Sections 2.03(a), 2.04(a)
and 2.05(a) of the Plan, as modified hereby, specify that Claims in Class Al (Other Secured
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Claims against TLC USA), Class A2 (Essential Trade Claims against TLC USA), Class A3 (Other
Priority Claims against TLC USA), Class A4 (Prepetition Lender Secured Claims against TLC USA),
Class B1 (Other Secured Claims against TLC Canada), Class B2 (Other Priority Claims against TLC
Canada), Class B3 (Essential Trade Claims against TLC Canada), Class B4 (Prepetition Lender
Secured Claims against TLC Canada), Class C1 (Other Secured Claims against TLC MSI), Class C2
(Other Priority Claims against TLC MSI), Class C3 (General Unsecured Claims Against TLC MSI),
Class C4 (TLC MSI Common Stock and Interests), Class C5 (Prepetition Lender Secured Claims against
TLC MSI), Class C6 (Intercompany Claims against TLC MSI), and Class C7 (Medical Pending Litigation
Claims against TLC MSI) are Unimpaired by the Plan, subject to Section 3.02 of the Plan solely
with respect to Claims in Classes A1, B1 and C2. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section
1123(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
N. Specified Treatment of Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(3)). Sections 2.03(b)
and (c) and 2.04(b) and (c) of the Plan designate Class A5 (General Unsecured Claims against TLC
USA), Class A6 (Medical Pending Litigation Claims against TLC USA), Class A7 (Subordinated Claims
against TLC USA), Class A8 (Intercompany Claims against TLC USA), Class A9 (TLC USA Common Stock
and Interests), Class B5 (General Unsecured Claims against TLC Canada), Class B6 (Medical Pending
Litigation Claims against TLC Canada), Class B7 (Intercompany Claims against TLC Canada), and Class
B8 (TLC Canada Common Stock and Interests) as Impaired, and Article III of the Plan specifies
treatment of all of these Classes of Claims and Interests under the Plan. Accordingly, the Plan
satisfies section 1123(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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O. No Discrimination (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(4)). The Plan provides for the same
treatment by the Debtors for each Claim or Interest in each respective Class, unless the Holder of
a Claim or Interest has agreed to a less favorable treatment. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies
section 1123(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.
P. Implementation of Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(5)). The Plan and the various
documents and agreements set forth in the Plan Supplement and described in the Plan provide
adequate and proper means for the Plan’s implementation. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section
1123(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Q. Nonvoting Equity Securities (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(6)). The New TLC USA Certificates
of Incorporation and amended Certificate of Incorporation of Reorganized TLC MSI, the forms of
which were filed with the Bankruptcy Court on April 23, 2010 as part of the Plan Supplement,
comply with section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section
1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.
R. Designation of Directors and Officers (11 U.S.C. § 1123(a)(7)). Sections 7.01 and
10.02 of the Plan contain provisions with respect to the manner of appointment of the directors and
officers of the Reorganized Debtors that are consistent with the interests of Creditors, equity
security holders and public policy in accordance with section 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section 1123(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code.
S. Additional Plan Provisions (11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(6)). The Plan’s provisions are
appropriate and consistent with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
T. Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a). The Plan reflects the date it was filed with the
Bankruptcy Court and identifies the entities submitting it as Plan proponents. Accordingly, the
Plan satisfies Bankruptcy Rule 3016(a).
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U. Compliance with Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § U29(a)(2)). The Debtors, as the
proponents of the Plan, have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Specifically, among
other things:
(1) The Debtors are proper debtors under section 109(d) of the Bankruptcy
Code;
(2) The Debtors have complied with applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code, except as otherwise provided or permitted by order of the Bankruptcy Court; and
(3) The Debtors have complied with the applicable provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules and the Approval Order in: (i) transmitting the
Disclosure Statement, the Plan and related documents and notices; and (ii) soliciting and
tabulating votes on the Plan.
V. Plan Proposed in Good Faith (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(3)). The Debtors have proposed the
Plan in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law, thereby satisfying section 1129(a)(3) of
the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors’ good faith is evident from the facts and records of the Chapter
11 Cases, the Disclosure Statement and the hearing thereon, the Gries Confirmation Declaration, and
the record of the Confirmation Hearing and other proceedings held in the Chapter 11 Cases. The Plan
was proposed with the legitimate and honest purpose of maximizing the value of the Estates and to
effectuate a successful reorganization of the Debtors.
W. Payments for Services or Costs and Expenses (1l U.S.C. § 1129(a)(4)). Any payment
made or to be made by any of the Debtors for services or for costs and expenses in or in
connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, or in connection with the Plan and incident to the Chapter
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11 Cases, has been approved by, or is subject to the approval of, the Bankruptcy Court as
reasonable. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code.
X. Directors, Officers and Insiders (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(5)). The Debtors have
complied with section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code. The identity and affiliations of the
persons proposed to serve as members of the Boards of Directors of the Reorganized Debtors were
disclosed in the Plan Supplement, and the appointment to, or continuance in, such positions of such
persons is consistent with the interests of holders of Claims against, and Interests in, the
Debtors and with public policy. The Debtors have further disclosed that as of the Effective Date:
(1) the Board of Directors of Reorganized TLC USA and each of the Buyer Parties will consist of
Brandon White, Josh Klevens, Tim Palmer, Tim Armstrong, and Brandon Schwartz, all of whom will be
appointed by the Plan Sponsor; (2) the sole member of the Board of Directors of Reorganized TLC MSI
shall be James B. Tiffany, who was the sole director of Debtor TLC MSI as of the Petition Date; (3)
the Board of Directors of TLC Canada will be dissolved and the members of the Board of Directors of
TLC Canada shall resign whereupon the members of the Board of Directors of TLC Canada shall have no
further duties or responsibilities in respect of TLC Canada and the remaining assets of TLC Canada
will be liquidated in a Canadian bankruptcy case (the “Canadian Bankruptcy Case”) in which
the Canadian Court will be requested to appoint the firm acting as Information Officer as
trustee-in-bankruptcy of TLC Canada (the “Canadian Trustee”): (4) the principal officers of
TLC USA and TLC MSI immediately prior to the Effective Date will be the officers of such
Reorganized Debtor as of the Effective Date; and (5) TLC Canada shall have no officers, as such
officers of TLC Canada will be deemed terminated and shall resign and TLC Canada shall be
liquidated in the Canadian Bankruptcy Case in which the Canadian Court will be requested to appoint
the Canadian Trustee.
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The identity of any insider that will be employed or retained by the Reorganized Debtors has been
disclosed in the Plan Supplement.
Y. No Rate Changes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(6)). Section 1129(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy
Code requires that any regulatory commission having jurisdiction over the rates charged by a
reorganized debtor in the operation of its business approve any rate change provided for in a plan
of reorganization. The Plan does not provide for any changes in any regulated rates. Accordingly,
the Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Z. Best Interests of Creditors (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(7)). The Plan satisfies section
1129(a)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Declarations, the liquidation analysis set forth in Appendix
B of the Disclosure Statement and other evidence proffered or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing:
(1) are persuasive and credible; (2) have not been controverted by other evidence; and (3)
establish that each Holder of an Impaired Claim or Interest either has accepted the Plan or will
receive or retain under the Plan, on account of such Claim or Interest, property of a value, as of
the Effective Date, that is not less than the amount that such Holder would receive or retain if
the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on such date.
AA. Acceptance by Certain Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(8)). Classes A2, A3, A4, B2,
B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C7 are each Classes of Unimpaired Claims or Interests that are
conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan under section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Classes A5 and B5 have each voted to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the
Bankruptcy Code. Classes Al and B1 are each Impaired pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Plan, and
have each voted to accept the Plan in accordance with section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Classes A6 and B6 have voted to reject the Plan. In addition, Classes A7, A8, A9, B7, and B8 are
not entitled to receive or retain any property under the Plan
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and, therefore, are deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy
Code. Although section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code has not been satisfied with respect to
Classes A6, A7, A8, A9, B6, B7 and B8, the Plan is confirmable because the Plan does not
discriminate unfairly and is fair and equitable with respect to each of Classes A6, A7, A8, A9,
B6, B7 and B8. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect
to such Classes.
BB. Treatment of Administrative, Priority Tax, Miscellaneous Priority and Miscellaneous
Secured Claims (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(9)). The treatment of Administrative Claims pursuant to
Section 3.03 of the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy
Code. The treatment of Other Priority Claims pursuant to Sections 3.06(c), 3.07(b) and 3.08(b) of
the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code. The treatment
of Priority Tax Claims pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Plan satisfies the requirements of section
1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code. The treatment of Other Secured Claims pursuant to Sections
3.06(a), 3.07(a) and 3.08(a) of the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9)(D) of
the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(9) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
CC. Acceptance by Impaired Classes (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(10)). Classes Al, A5, B1 and
B5 are each Impaired Classes and have voted to accept the Plan, without including any acceptance of
the Plan by any insider. As such, there is at least one Class of Claims against the Debtors that is
Impaired under the Plan and has accepted the Plan, determined without including any acceptance of
the Plan by any insider. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(10) of
the Bankruptcy Code.
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DD. Feasibility (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(11)). The Gries Confirmation Declaration and
other evidence proffered or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing regarding feasibility: (1) is
persuasive and credible; (2) has not been controverted by other evidence; and (3) establishes that
confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation, or the need for further
financial reorganization, of the Reorganized Debtors. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the
requirements of section 1129(a)(11) of the Bankruptcy Code.
EE. Payment of Fees (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(12)). As provided in Section 13.10 of the
Plan, all fees payable pursuant to section 1930(a) of title 28 of the United States Code, as
determined by the Bankruptcy Court, have been paid or shall be paid for each quarter on or prior
to the Effective Date and the Reorganized Debtors shall continue to pay such fees as they become
due from and after the Effective Date through the closing of the Chapter 11 Cases. Accordingly,
the Plan satisfies the requirements of section 1129(a)(12) of the Bankruptcy Code.
FF. Continuation of Retiree Benefits (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(13)). Section 1129 (a)(13)
of the Bankruptcy Code does not apply in the Chapter 11 Cases because the Debtors are not
obligated to pay any retiree benefits subject thereto.
GG. Payment of Domestic Support Obligations (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(14)). Section
1129(a)(14) of the Bankruptcy Code does not apply in the Chapter 11 Cases because the Debtors are
not required to pay any domestic support obligations subject thereto.
HH. Objection to the Plan of an Individual (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(15)). Section
1129(a)(15) of the Bankruptcy Code does not apply in the Chapter 11 Cases because none of the
Debtors are individuals.
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II. Transfers of Property (11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(16)). Section 1129(a)(16) of the
Bankruptcy Code does not apply in the Chapter 11 Cases because each of the Debtors is a moneyed,
business or commercial corporation.
JJ. No Unfair Discrimination; Fair and Equitable (11 U.S.C. § 1129(b)). Based upon the
evidence proffered or adduced at the Confirmation Hearing, the Disclosure Statement and all other
evidence before the Bankruptcy Court, the Plan does not discriminate unfairly and is fair and
equitable with respect to Classes A7, A8, A9, B7 and B8, as required by sections 1129(b)(l) and (2)
of the Bankruptcy Code. Thus, the Plan may be confirmed notwithstanding the Debtors’ failure to
satisfy section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code. Upon confirmation and the occurrence of the
Effective Date, the Plan shall be binding upon the members of all Classes, including those of
Classes A7, A8, A9, B7 and B8.
KK. The Plan Does Not Unfairly Discriminate Against the Rejecting Classes. The Plan
does not unfairly discriminate against Classes A6, A7, A8, A9, B6, B7 and B8. The difference in
treatment between Unsecured Claims in Classes A6 and B6 and other Unsecured Claim Classes does not
constitute unfair discrimination because Holders of Claims in Classes A6 and B6 have recourse
against non-Debtor affiliates that are not subject to the Plan or the benefits of any discharge
under the Bankruptcy Code, and as such will realize equal or greater value than the Holders of
other Unsecured Claims against the Debtors. The Unsecured Claim Classes A7, A8 and B7 consist of
either insider Claims or Claims subject to subordination to other Claims in accordance with section
510 of the Bankruptcy Code, and as such are not similarly situated to other Classes of Unsecured
Claims, and the Plan’s treatement thereof does not constitute unfair discrimination. Classes A9 and
B8 are equity Interests that will not receive any recovery, but are not receiving dissimilar
treatment from any other equity Class at their respective Debtor.
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LL. The Plan is Fair and Equitable. The Plan is fair and equitable with respect
to Unsecured Claim Classes A6, A7, A8, B6 and B7, in that no Holder of any Claim or Interest that
is junior to the Claims in these Classes will receive or retain any property on account of such
Claim or Interest. The Plan is fair and equitable with respect to equity Interest Classes A9 and
B8, in that no Holder of any Interest that is junior to the Interests in these Classes will
receive or retain any property on account of such Interest. Therefore, the Plan satisfies sections
1129(b)(2)(B)(ii) and 1129(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Bankruptcy Code.
MM. Only One Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1129(c)). The Plan is the only plan of reorganization
filed in the Chapter 11 Cases. Accordingly, section 1129(c) of the Bankruptcy Code is
inapplicable.
NN. Principal Purpose of the Plan (11 U.S.C. § 1129(d)). The principal purpose of the
Plan, as evidenced by its terms, is not the avoidance of taxes or the avoidance of the application
of section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933.
OO. Good Faith Solicitation (11 U.S.C. § 1125(e)). Based on the record before the
Bankrutpcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases, the Exculpated Persons have acted in “good faith” within
the meaning of section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code and in compliance with the applicable
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules in connection with all of their respective
activities relating to the solicitation of acceptances to the Plan and their participation in the
activities described in section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the Exculpated Persons
referenced in Section 11.03 of the Plan are entitled to the protections afforded by section 1125(e)
of the Bankruptcy Code and the exculpation provisions set forth in Section 11.03 of the Plan.
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PP. Satisfaction of Confirmation Requirements. Based upon the foregoing, the Plan
satisfies the requirements for Confirmation set forth in section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
QQ. Implementation. All documents and agreements necessary to implement the Plan,
including, without limitation, those contained in the Plan Supplement, and all other relevant and
necessary documents (including the Plan Sponsor Agreement and its related documents, the General
Unsecured Creditor Note, the New TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation and the amended Certificate
of Incorporation of Reorganized TLC MSI) described in the Plan and/or the Plan Supplement, have
been negotiated in good faith at arm’s length, are in the best interests of the Debtors and the
Reorganized Debtors and shall upon execution be valid, binding and enforceable documents and
agreements not in conflict with any federal or state law.
RR. Good Faith. The Exculpated Persons will be acting in good faith if they proceed
to: (1) consummate the Plan and the agreements, settlements, transactions and transfers
contemplated thereby; and (2) take the actions authorized and directed by this Confirmation Order.
The Buyer Parties are purchasers in good faith with respect to the Purchased Assets and are
entitled to the protections of section 363(m) of the Bankruptcy Code to the fullest extent
applicable.
SS. Notice of Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. The
filing of the Plan and the Plan Supplement (including the Schedule of Rejected Contracts and any
subsequent modification thereof) and the publication of the Confirmation Hearing Notice and notice
of the entry of this Confirmation Order constitute adequate notice of the assumption and rejection
of executory contracts and unexpired leases pursuant to Article VI of the Plan (both for contracts
and leases that are listed in the Plan Supplement and for contracts and leases assumed by default).
Therefore, no other or further notice is required.
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TT. Assumption or Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. The Debtors
have exercised reasonable business judgment in determining whether to assume, assume and assign,
or reject each of their executory contracts and unexpired leases as set forth in Article VI of the
Plan and the Plan Supplement. Each assumption, assumption and assignment, or rejection of an
executory contract or unexpired lease as provided in Article VI of the Plan shall be legal, valid
and binding upon the Reorganized Debtors and all non-Debtor parties to such executory contract or
unexpired lease to the same extent as if such assumption, assumption and assignment, or rejection
had been effectuated pursuant to an appropriate separate authorizing order of the Bankruptcy Court
entered before the Confirmation Date under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.
UU. Adequate Assurance. The Debtors have cured or provided adequate assurance that
the Reorganized Debtors will cure defaults (if any) under or relating to each of the assumed
executory contracts and unexpired leases that are being assumed by the Debtors pursuant to the
Plan, including, without limitation, the operating agreement that was the subject of the MMA
Objection and entered into evidence as Exhibit MMA-1 at the confirmation hearing.
VV. Transfers by Debtors; Vesting of Assets. All transfers of property of the Estates,
including, without limitation, the transfer of the TLC USA Common Stock and the other transfers set
forth in the Plan Sponsor Agreement, shall be free and clear of all Liens, charges, Claims,
encumbrances and other interests, except as expressly provided in the Plan or this Confirmation
Order. Pursuant to sections 1141 (b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy Code, all Property of each of the
Debtors (excluding property that has been abandoned pursuant to the Plan or an order of the
Bankruptcy Court or that has been transferred under the terms of the Plan and the Plan Sponsor
Agreement) shall vest in each of the respective Reorganized Debtors or the Buyer
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Parties under the Plan Sponsor Agreement, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens,
charges, Claims, encumbrances and other interests, except as expressly provided in the Plan, the
Plan Sponsor Agreement, or this Confirmation Order. Such vesting does not constitute a voidable
transfer under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable nonbankruptcy law.
WW. Exemption From Securities Laws. The sale and transfer of the US Stock (as defined
in the Plan Sponsor Agreement) and the Canadian Stock (as defined in the Plan Sponsor Agreement)
under the Plan and the Plan Sponsor Agreement are private placements under section 4(2) of the
Securities Act and thereby are exempt from registration under the Securities Act. To the extent it
would be otherwise required, the General Unsecured Creditor Note is exempt from registration under
the Securites Act by reason of section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.
XX. Conditions to Confirmation. The conditions to Confirmation set forth in Section
9.01 of the Plan: (1) have been satisfied or waived; or (2) will be satisfied by entry of this
Confirmation Order.
YY. Conditions to Consummation. The conditions to the Effective Date are set forth in
Section 9.02 of the Plan. Such conditions (other than those in Sections 9.02(a), (b), (c) and (f)
of the Plan) may be waived at any time by a writing signed by an authorized representative of the
Debtors and the Buyer Parties, without notice or order of the Bankruptcy Court or any further
action.
ZZ. Retention of Jurisdiction. The Bankruptcy Court properly may retain jurisdiction
over the matters set forth in Article XII of the Plan.
AAA. Releases and Discharges. The discharge, release, indemnification and exculpation
provisions set forth in Article XI of the Plan constitute good faith compromises and settlements
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of the matters covered thereby. Such compromises and settlements are made in exchange for
consideration, are in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, and Holders of Claims and
Interests, are fair, equitable, reasonable, and are integral elements of the restructuring and
resolution of the Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the Plan. Notwithstanding any language to
the contrary contained in the Disclosure Statement, Plan, and/or this Confirmation Order, no
provision shall release any non-Debtor, including any current and/or former officer and/or
director of any Debtors and/or the Releasees, from liability in connection with any legal action
or claim brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
BBB. Preservation of Causes of Action. It is in the best interests of the Holders of
Claims and Interests that all Causes of Action (including Avoidance Actions) that are not expressly
released under the Plan be retained and preserved by the Reorganized Debtors pursuant to Article
VIII of the Plan to maximize the value of the Estates.
DECREES
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT:
1. Confirmation. The Plan is approved and confirmed under section 1129 of the
Bankruptcy Code. The Plan Supplement, as amended and further supplemented, is incorporated by
reference into and is an integral part of the Plan.
2. Objections. For the reasons stated on the record at the Confirmation Hearing: (a)
the MMA Objection is overruled; and (b) the oral motion of MMA made at the Confirmation Hearing for
stay pending appeal is denied. All other objections to the Plan or to Confirmation of the Plan that
have not been withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn at the Confirmation Hearing, waived or settled,
and all reservations of rights pertaining to Confirmation of the Plan, are
overruled on the merits.
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3. Provisions of Plan and Order Nonseverable and Mutually Dependent. The provisions
of the Plan, the Plan Supplement and this Confirmation Order, including the findings of fact and
conclusions of law set forth herein, are nonseverable and mutually dependent.
4. Plan Supplement. The documents contained in the Plan Supplement, and any
amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, and all documents and agreements related
thereto (including all exhibits and attachments thereto and documents referred to therein), and the
execution, delivery and performance thereof by the Reorganized Debtors, are authorized and approved
as finalized, executed and delivered. Without further order or authorization of the Bankruptcy
Court, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and their successors are authorized and empowered to
make all modifications to all documents included as part of the Plan Supplement that are not
inconsistent with the Plan. Once finalized and executed, the documents comprising the Plan
Supplement and all other documents contemplated by the Plan shall constitute legal, valid, binding
and authorized obligations of the respective parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their
terms.
5. Solicitation and Notice. Notice of the Confirmation Hearing complied with the
terms of the Approval Order, was appropriate and satisfactory based on the circumstances of the
Chapter 11 Cases, and complied with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.
The solicitation of votes on the Plan complied with the solicitation procedures in the Approval
Order, was appropriate and satisfactory based upon the circumstances of the Chapter 11 Cases, and
complied with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules. Notice of the Plan
Supplement and all related documents was appropriate and satisfactory based upon the circumstances
of the Chapter 11 Cases and complied with the provisions of the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code and the
Bankruptcy Rules.
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6. Plan Classifications Controlling. The classification of Claims and Interests
for purposes of distributions made under the Plan shall be governed solely by the terms of the
Plan. The classifications set forth on the Ballots tendered to or returned by Creditors in
connection with voting on the Plan: (a) were set forth on the Ballots solely for purposes of voting
to accept or reject the Plan; (b) do not necessarily represent, and in no event shall be deemed to
modify or otherwise affect, the actual classification of such Claims under the Plan for
distribution purposes; and (c) shall not be binding on the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors.
7. Effects of Confirmation; Immediate Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns. The stay
provided by Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) shall not apply to this Confirmation Order. Immediately upon
occurrence of the Effective Date, this Confirmation Order and the terms of the Plan shall be deemed
binding upon: (a) the Debtors; (b) the Reorganized Debtors; (c) all Holders of Claims and
Interests, whether or not Impaired under the Plan and whether or not, if Impaired, such Holders
accepted the Plan; (d) each Person acquiring Property under the Plan; (e) any other party in
interest in the Chapter 11 Cases; (f) any Person making an appearance in the Chapter 11 Cases; and
(g) each of the foregoing’s respective heirs, successors, assigns, agents, attorneys, affiliates
and beneficiaries.
8. Continued Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this
Confirmation Order, each Debtor shall, as a Reorganized Debtor, continue to exist after the
Effective Date as a separate legal entity, each with all of the powers of a corporation under the
laws of their respective states of incorporation and without prejudice to any right to alter or
terminate such existence (whether by merger or otherwise) under applicable state law.
9. Cancellation of Notes and Instruments. Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date,
except to the extent otherwise provided in this Confirmation Order or the Plan, all notes,
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instruments, certificates and other documents evidencing, among other things: (a) the
Prepetition Lender Secured Claims; (b) Subordinated Claims; and (c) Intercompany Claims against
the Debtors other than TLC MSI, shall be cancelled, and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder
and in any way related thereto shall be fully satisfied, released and discharged in exchange for
the treatment provided under the Plan for Allowed Claims, if any, arising thereunder. Upon the
occurrence of the Effective Date, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Confirmation
Order or the Plan, any credit agreement, indenture or similar agreement relating to any of the
foregoing, shall be deemed to be cancelled, as permitted by section 1123(a)(5)(F) of the
Bankruptcy Code, and discharged: (i) with respect to all obligations owed by any Debtor under any
such agreement; and (ii) except to the extent provided herein and in the Plan.
10. Transfer of TLC USA Common Stock and Interests. The transfer of TLC USA Common
Stock and Interests to the Buyer Parties under and in accordance with the Plan and the Plan Sponsor
Agreement is authorized without the need for any further corporate action and without any further
action by the Bankruptcy Court or Holders of Claims or Interests.
11. Corporate Action. The entry of this Confirmation Order authorizes the Debtors
and the Reorganized Debtors to take or to cause to be taken all corporate actions necessary or
appropriate to consummate and implement the provisions of the Plan prior to, on and after the
Effective Date, and all such actions taken or caused to be taken shall be deemed to have been
authorized and approved by the Bankruptcy Court, including, without limitation: (a) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan Sponsor Agreement; (b) the election of
directors and officers in accordance with Section 10.02 of the Plan; (c) the adoption of the New
TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation and the amended Certificate of Incorporation of Reorganized
TLC MSI; (d) the execution and delivery of the new Senior Management Contracts;
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and (e) the Canadian Bankruptcy Case and conclusion of the CCAA Case. All such actions shall
be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect pursuant to applicable non-bankruptcy law and
the Bankruptcy Code, without any requirement of further action by the stockholders or directors of
the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. On the Effective Date, the appropriate officers and
directors of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and directed to execute and
deliver the agreements, documents and instruments contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement
in the name and on behalf of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to effect the actions
detailed herein.
12. Officers and Boards of Directors of the Reorganized Debtors. Upon the occurrence
of the Effective Date, the principal officers of Reorganized TLC USA and Reorganized TLC MSI
Debtors (a) shall be the same officers of such Debtors as of the Petition Date (as set forth in the
Plan Supplement), and (b) will be reimbursed for all reasonable costs and expenses, and will
receive compensation, as set forth in the Senior Management Contracts or such other employment
arrangements, with all such payments to be made by the respective Reorganized Debtors. Upon the
occurrence of the Effective Date, the members of the Board of Directors of Reorganized TLC USA and
each of the Buyer Parties will consist of Brandon White, Josh Klevens, Tim Palmer, Tim Armstrong,
and Brandon Schwartz, all of whom will be appointed by the Plan Sponsor. Upon the occurrence of the
Effective Date, the sole member of the Board of Directors of Reorganized TLC MSI will be James B.
Tiffany, who was the sole member of TLC MSI on the Petition Date. Upon the occurrence and effective
as of the Effective Date, the Board of Directors of TLC Canada will be dissolved and the members of
the Board of Directors of TLC Canada shall resign whereupon the members of the Board of Directors
of TLC Canada shall have no further duties or responsibilities in respect of TLC Canada and TLC
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Canada shall have no officers, as such officers of TLC Canada will be deemed terminated and
shall resign and the remaining assets of TLC Canada will be liquidated in the Canadian Bankruptcy
Case in which the Canadian Court will be requested to appoint the Canadian Trustee.
13. Restructuring Transactions. Following the Effective Date, the Reorganized
Debtors shall have the same corporate structure as existed prior to the Effective Date, as may be
modified in a manner acceptable by the Buyer Parties; provided, however, that (a) Reorganized TLC
Canada shall cease all operations and (b) the Canadian Trustee is authorized to and shall, pursuant
to powers set forth herein and in the Canadian Sanction Order and in accordance with other
applicable law, liquidate any remaining assets of TLC Canada in the Canadian Bankruptcy Case and
distribute the net proceeds of such assets to the Disbursing Agent for distribution to Holders of
Allowed Class B5 Claims until paid in full, with any remaining value to be distributed to Holders
of Interests in Class B8.
14. Exemption From Registration. To the fullest extent permitted under section 4(2) of
the Securities Act, the offering, issuance, distribution, sale and transfer of the US Stock and the
Canadian Stock under the Plan and in accordance with the Plan Sponsor Agreement are exempt from
registration in accordance with section 4(2) of the Securities Act and all rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. To the extent it would be otherwise required, the General Unsecured
Creditor Note is exempt from registration under the Securities Act by reason of section 1145 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
15. Distributions Under the Plan. All distributions under the Plan shall be made in
accordance with Article V of the Plan.
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16. Disputed Claims. The provisions of Article VIII of the Plan, including, without
limitation, the provisions governing procedures for resolving Disputed Claims, are fair and
reasonable and are approved.
17. Approval of Assumption or Rejection of Executory Contracts. Entry of this
Confirmation Order shall, subject only to the occurrence of the Effective Date, constitute the
approval: (a) pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, of the assumption
of executory contracts and unexpired leases assumed pursuant to Article VI of the Plan; and (b)
pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, of the rejection of executory
contracts and unexpired leases listed on the Schedule of Rejected Contracts pursuant to article VI
of the Plan.
18. Inclusiveness. Unless otherwise specified in the Plan, the Plan Supplement or a
notice sent to a given party, each executory contract and unexpired lease listed or to be listed in
the Plan Supplement or assumed or rejected under or in accordance with the Plan shall include any
and all modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements and other agreements made directly or
indirectly by any agreement, instrument or other document that in any manner affects such executory
contract or unexpired lease, without regard to whether such agreement, instrument or other document
is listed thereon or identified therein, provided that such agreement has not expired pursuant to
its terms.
19. Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. The executory contract
and unexpired lease provisions of Article VI of the Plan are approved. All executory contracts and
unexpired leases that exist between the Debtors and any Person or Entity shall be deemed assumed by
the Debtors as of the Effective Date, except for (1) that certain Agreement (the “ETW
Agreement”), dated January 1, 2008, among TLC Vision Corporation and ETW
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Corp. (“ETW”) which the Debtors, having expressly received ETW’s consent to this extension of the
time to reject or assume and assign the ETW Agreement, must designate whether to reject or assume
and assign on or before May 12, 2010; and (2) any executory contract or unexpired lease that: (a)
has expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms; (b) has previously been assumed, assumed and
assigned, or rejected pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court on or prior to the Confirmation
Date, and, if necessary, by order of the Canadian Court; (c) is the subject of a pending motion to
assume, assume and assign, or reject as of the Confirmation Date, or (d) is listed on the Schedule
of Rejected Contracts in the Plan Supplement (collectively, the “Assumed Contracts and
Leases”). Each of the Assumed Contracts and Leases shall be assumed only to the extent that any
such contract or lease constitutes an executory contract or unexpired lease. Assumption or
rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease under Section VI of the Plan does not
constitute an admission of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors that such contract or lease is an
executory contract or unexpired lease or that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have any
liability thereunder. All executory contracts and unexpired leases assumed hereby or in the Chapter
11 Cases shall be assumed under their present terms at the time of assumption or upon such terms as
are agreed to in writing between the applicable Debtor and the counterparty to the executory
contract or unexpired lease; provided, however, that any unexpired leases and
executory contracts of TLC Canada that are assumed under this Plan shall be deemed to be assigned
to the Canadian Buyer.
20. Adequate Assurance for Counterparties to Executory Contracts Assumed under the
Plan. Subject only to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all counterparties to all Assumed
Contracts and Leases are deemed to have been provided with adequate assurance of future
performance pursuant to section 365(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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21. Cure of Defaults. Within fifteen (15) days after the Effective Date, the
Reorganized Debtors shall: (a) pay to the nondebtor parties to Assumed Contracts and Leases the
amounts necessary to cure such contracts and leases; or (b) provide notice to such parties that no
cure amount is due. The nondebtor parties to Assumed Contracts and Leases shall have thirty (30)
days from receipt of such cure amounts or notices to object thereto. If any objections are filed,
and cannot be resolved by agreement, the Bankruptcy Court shall hold a hearing to determine the
cure amount, if any, due with respect to the executory contract or unexpired lease subject to each
objection or to otherwise resolve such objection. Any party failing to object (whether to the
proposed cure amount or otherwise) within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice of proposed
cure amount (or notice of no cure amount) shall be forever barred from asserting, collecting, or
seeking to collect from the Reorganized Debtors any amounts in excess of the cure amount proposed
(if any) or from otherwise objecting to the assumption, by the Debtors, of such executory contract
or unexpired lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything else in this Confirmation Order or
the Plan, with respect to any executory contract or unexpired lease which is the subject of an
objection, the Reorganized Debtors retain the right, until five (5) Business Days after any order
resolving the objection becomes a Final Order, to reject such executory contract or unexpired
lease.
22. The non-Debtor parties to each of the contracts and leases assumed or assumed and assigned
under the Plan were afforded good and sufficient notice of such assumption or assumption and
assignment and were provided with an opportunity to object and to be heard with respect to the
ability of the Reorganized Debtors or the Canadian Buyer to provide adequate assurance of future
performance and any other ground. Such objections shall be resolved consistent with Sections
6.02 and 6.03 of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything
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else in the Plan, with respect to any executory contract or unexpired lease which is subject to
such an objection (on the basis of incorrect cure amount, lack of adequate assurance or any other
ground), the Reorganized Debtors shall retain the right, until five (5) Business Days after any
order resolving such objection becomes a Final Order, to reject such executory contract or
unexpired lease.
23. Rejection Claims and Bar Date. Claims arising out of the rejection of any
executory contract or unexpired lease pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Plan must be filed with the
Debtors’ claims agent, Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, no later than thirty (30) calendar days
after the entry of an order rejecting such executory contract or unexpired lease, including, as
applicable, this Confirmation Order. Any Claim not filed within such time period shall be forever
barred and shall not be enforceable against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their
respective Estates or properties. The Reorganized Debtors shall have the exclusive right to
object to any Claim arising out of the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease
pursuant to Section 8.05 of the Plan.
24. Operation as of the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, unless otherwise
provided in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their
businesses and may use, acquire and dispose of property and settle and compromise Claims and
Interests without supervision or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of
the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules and in all respects as if there were no pending cases
under any chapter or provision of the Bankruptcy Code.
25. Injunction. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Plan or this
Confirmation Order and to the fullest extent authorized or provided by the Bankruptcy Code,
including sections 524 and 1141 thereof, the entry of this Confirmation Order shall, provided that
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the Effective Date occurs, permanently enjoin all Persons that have held, currently hold or may
hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged or an Interest or other right of an
equity security holder that is Impaired or terminated pursuant to the terms of the Plan from taking
any of the following actions against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their Property on
account of any such discharged Claims, debts or liabilities or such terminated Interests or rights:
(a) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or
other proceeding of any kind; (b) enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise recovering
in any manner or by any means, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree or
order; (c) creating, perfecting or enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any Lien or
encumbrance of any kind; (d) asserting any setoff, offset, right of subrogation or recoupment of
any kind, directly or indirectly, against any debt, liability or obligation due to the Debtors or
the Reorganized Debtors; and (e) proceeding in any manner in any place whatsoever, including
employing any process, that does not conform to or comply with or is inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan.
26. Released Claims. As of the Effective Date, this Confirmation Order shall
constitute an injunction permanently enjoining any Person that has held, currently holds or may
hold a Claim, demand, debt, right, Cause of Action or liability that is released pursuant to
Section 11.04 of the Plan from enforcing or attempting to enforce any such Claim, demand, debt,
right, Cause of Action or liability against any (a) Debtor, (b) Reorganized Debtor, (c) Releasee,
or (d) Exculpated Person, or any of their respective property, based on, arising from or relating
to, in whole or in part, any act, omission, or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the
Effective Date with respect to or in any way relating to the Chapter 11 Cases, all of which claims,
demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities shall be deemed released on and as
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of the Effective Date; provided, however, that this injunction shall not
apply to (a) any claims Creditors may assert under the Plan to enforce their rights thereunder to
the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Code or (b) any claims Creditors or other third parties may
have against each other, which claims are not related to the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors,
it being understood, however, that any defenses, offsets or counterclaims of any kind or nature
whatsoever which the Debtors may have or assert in respect of any of the claims of the type
described in (a) or (b) of this paragraph are fully preserved.
27. Discharge of Claims and Termination of Interests. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law (including, without limitation, section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code), and except
as otherwise provided in the Plan or in this Confirmation Order, all consideration distributed
under the Plan shall be in exchange for, and in complete satisfaction, settlement, discharge and
release of, all Claims of any nature whatsoever against the Debtors or any of their assets or
Properties, regardless of whether any Property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to
the Plan on account of such Claims. Upon the Effective Date, and except as expressly contemplated
in the Plan, the Debtors, and each of them, shall be deemed discharged and released under section
1141(d)(l)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code from any and all Claims, including, but not limited to,
demands and liabilities that arose before the Effective Date, debts (as such term is defined in
section 101(12) of the Bankruptcy Code), Liens, security interests, and encumbrances of and against
all Property of the respective Estates, the Debtors, or the Reorganized Debtors that arose prior to
the Effective Date, including, without limitation, all debts of the kind specified in sections
502(g), 502(h) or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, whether or not (i) such Claim has been Allowed
pursuant to section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) the Holder of such Claim has voted to
accept the Plan.
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28. Discharge of Debtors. As of the Effective Date, all entities, including, without
limitation, all Holders of Claims or Interests, shall be barred and enjoined from asserting against
the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, their successors or their Property, any other or further
Claims, debts, rights, Causes of Action, liabilities or Interests relating to the Debtors based
upon any act, omission, transaction or other activity of any nature that occurred prior to the
Effective Date, except for those obligations expressly created by, or reserved in, the Plan. In
accordance with the foregoing, except as provided in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, this
Confirmation Order is a judicial determination of discharge of all such Claims and other debts and
liabilities against the Debtors, pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such
discharge and termination shall void any judgment obtained against the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim or terminated
Interest.
29. Term of Injunction or Stays. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Plan, all
injunctions or stays provided for in the Chapter 11 Cases under sections 105(a) or 362 of the
Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation Date, shall remain in full
force and effect until the Effective Date.
30. Exculpation. None of the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or Exculpated Persons shall
have or incur any liability to any Person, including, without limitation, any Holder of a Claim or
Interest or any other party in interest, or any of their respective agents, employees,
representatives, financial advisors, attorneys or affiliates or any of their successors or assigns,
for: (a) any act taken or omission made in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the
Chapter 11 Cases; (b) filing, negotiating, prosecuting, administering, formulating, implementing,
confirming or consummating the Plan; or (c) the Property to be distributed under the Plan,
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including all activities leading to the promulgation and confirmation of the Plan, the Disclosure
Statement (including any information provided or statement made in the Disclosure Statement or
omitted therefrom), or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created in
connection with or related to the Plan or the administration of the Debtors or the Chapter 11
Cases, provided, however, that the foregoing exculpation shall not apply to any
act of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
31. Release by the Debtors. As provided for in Section 11.04 of the Plan, effective as
of the Effective Date, and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, for
good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, the Debtors and the
Reorganized Debtors, in their individual capacities and as debtors in possession, will be deemed to
have forever released, waived and discharged the Releasees from any and all claims, obligations,
suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action and liabilities (other than the
rights of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to enforce the Plan and the contracts, instruments,
releases, and other agreements or documents delivered thereunder), whether for tort, contract,
violations of federal or state securities laws, or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated,
fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing
or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or part on any act,
omission, transaction, event or other occurrence, including actions in connection with indebtedness
for money borrowed by the Debtors, taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way
relating to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, or the Plan, and the
subject matter of, or the trasactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is
treated in the Plan (other than claims based on fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct)
arising on or prior to the Effective Date, that the Debtors or
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the Reorganized Debtors have, had or may have, provided, however, that no
Releasee shall be released or discharged from any Claims, obligations, suits, judgments, debts or
Causes of Action arising out of or in connection with indebtedness for money borrowed by any such
person from any of the Debtors, provided, further, that such release provisions
will not impact, modify or limit the ability of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to take any
defensive measure, including, without limitation, as to impleading any party into such matter,
necessary to respond to any litigation, adversary proceeding or other proceeding that may be
brought by any other party in interest to the bankrupty proceeding or in relation thereto, as
necessary to fully and properly protect their interests. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Plan shall not release former officers of the Debtors from any continuing
obligations the former officers owe to the Debtors under employment, separation, severance,
non-competition, non-disclosure or proprietary rights agreements existing between the Debtors and
such former officers.
32. Indemnification. As provided for in Section 11.05 of the Plan, to the extent not
inconsistent with the Plan or this Confirmation Order and to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, including, but not limited to, the extent provided in their constituent documents,
contracts (including, but not limited to, employment agreements or indemnification agreements),
statutory law or common law, the Reorganized Debtors will indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse
the Exculpated Persons from and against any and all losses, claims, Causes of Action, damages,
fees, expenses, liabilities and actions (a) for any act taken or omission made in good faith in
connection with or in any way related to negotiating, formulating, implementing, confirming or
consummating the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or any contract, instrument, release or other
agreement or document created in connection with the Plan or the administration
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of the Chapter 11 Cases or (b) for any act or omission in connection with or arising out of the
administration of the Plan or the Property to be distributed under the Plan or the operations or
activities of the Reorganized Debtors, and any Claims of any such Exculpated Person against the
Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors on account of such indemnification obligations shall be
unaltered and Unimpaired within the meaning of section 1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, except that
none of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall have any obligation to indemnify any
Exculpated Person for any acts or omissions that constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as each of such is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Such
indemnification obligations shall survive unaffected by entry of this Confirmation Order,
irrespective of whether such indemnification is owed for an act or event occurring before or after
the Petition Date.
33. Releases by the Holders of Claims and Interests. Effective as of the Effective
Date, and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Confirmation Order, in consideration for
the obligations of the Debtors under the Plan and the payments, contracts, instruments, releases,
agreements or documents to be delivered in connection with the Plan, each Holder of a Claim or
Interest and any Affiliate of any such Holder (as well as any trustee or agent on behalf of each
such Holder) that either affirmatively voted in favor of the Plan or is deemed to have accepted the
Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be deemed to have forever waived,
released and discharged the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Releasees, and each of their
respective present or former directors, affiliates, officers, employees, attorneys, accountants,
underwriters, investment bankers, professionals, financial advisors and agents (acting in such
capacity), from any and all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights,
Causes of Action and liabilities, whether for tort, contract, violations of
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federal or state securities laws or otherwise, or whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or
contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or
thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or part on any act,
omission, transaction, event or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in
any way relating to any of the Debtors or the Plan that such entity has, had or may have against
such released parties (excluding claims based on fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct);
provided, however that, the foregoing provision will not impact, modify or limit
the ability of any such party to take any defensive measure, including, without limitation, as to
impleading any party into such matter, necessary to respond to any litigation, adversary proceeding
or other proceeding that may be brought by any other party in interest to the bankruptcy proceeding
or in relation thereto, as necessary to fully and properly protect its interests; provided,
further, that, notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in the Disclosure
Statement, Plan, or this Confirmation Order, no provision of any of the foregoing shall release any
non-Debtor, including any current or former officer or director of any Debtor, or the Releasees,
from liability in connection with any legal action or claim brought by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission.
34. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, this Order, or any
implementing Plan documents, nothing shall: (1) affect the ability of the Internal Revenue Service
(the “IRS”) to pursue any non-Debtors to the extent allowed by non-bankruptcy law for any
liabilities that may be related to any federal tax liabilities owed by the Debtors; (2) affect the
rights of the IRS to assert setoff and recoupment and such rights are expressly preserved; and (3)
discharge any claim of the IRS after the date of confirmation and such discharge shall not
discharge any IRS claims described in section 1141(d)(6) of the Bankrutpcy Code. To the extent
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the Allowed Priority Tax Claims asserted by the IRS, if any, are not paid in full in cash on the
Effective Date, such Allowed Priority Tax Claims shall be paid no less frequently than equal
quarterly payments over a five year period commencing on the Effective Date with interest to
accrue at the rate and method set forth in 26 U.S.C. §§ 6621 and 6622. Moreover, the Debtors and
the Reorganized Debtors agree that they will timely file or cause to be filed all required federal
tax returns, and shall otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
35. Preservation of Insurance. Except as necessary to be consistent with the Plan, the
Plan and the discharge provided therein shall not diminish or impair: (a) the enforceability of
insurance policies that may cover Claims against the Debtors or any other Person or Entity; or (b)
the continuation of workers’ compensation programs in effect, including self-insurance programs.
No provider of insurance to any Debtor may use (i) any order of the Bankruptcy Court establishing a
bar date for filing or otherwise presenting a Claim or a proof of claim or (ii) the failure of any
party to file or assert a Claim or a proof of claim in the Chapter 11 Cases as a defense to
providing insurance coverage to or on account of any such Claim.
36. Preservation of Causes of Action. Except to the extent that any Claim is Allowed
during the Chapter 11 Cases or expressly by the Plan, nothing, including, but not limited to, the
failure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to object to a Claim or Interest for any reason
during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, shall affect, prejudice, diminish or impair the rights
and legal and equitable defenses of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors with respect to any
Claim or Interest, including, but not limited to, all rights of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors
to contest or defend themselves against such Claims or Interests in any lawful manner or forum when
and if such Claim or Interest is sought to be enforced by the Holder thereof.
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37. Rights of Action. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, all Causes of Action,
including Avoidance Actions, shall automatically be retained and preserved and will revest in the
Reorganized Debtors. Pursuant to section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Reorganized Debtors
(as representatives of the Estates) will retain and have the exclusive right to enforce and
prosecute such Causes of Action against any Entity, that arose before the Effective Date, other
than those expressly released or compromised as part of or pursuant to the Plan.
38. Retention of Jurisdiction. Pursuant to sections 105(a) and 1142 of the Bankruptcy
Code, and notwithstanding entry of this Confirmation Order or the occurrence of the Effective Date,
the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction as provided in Article XII of the Plan
over all matters arising out of, arising in or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan.
39. Enforceability of Plan Documents. Pursuant to sections 1123(a) and 1142(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code and the provisions of this Confirmation Order, the Plan, and, subject to their
execution, all Plan-related documents, shall apply and be enforceable notwithstanding any otherwise
applicable nonbankruptcy law.
40. Section 1146 Exemption. To the fullest extent permitted under section 1146(a) of
the Bankruptcy Code, the issuance, transfer or exchange of any security under the Plan, if any, or
the execution, delivery or recording of an instrument of transfer under the Plan, or the revesting,
transfer or sale of any real or other Property of or to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors,
shall not be taxed under any state or local law imposing a stamp tax, transfer tax or similar tax
or fee. Each recorder of deeds or similar official for any county, city or governmental unit in
which any instrument hereunder is to be recorded is ordered and directed to accept such instrument
without requiring the payment of any documentary stamp tax, deed stamps, stamp tax, transfer tax,
mortgage recording tax, intangible tax or similar tax.
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41. Authorization to Modify Plan Supplement. Without need for further order or
authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (with the consent of
the parties granted consent rights pursuant to the Plan and the Plan Sponsor Agreement) are
authorized and empowered to make any and all modifications to any and all documents included as
part of the Plan Supplement or otherwise contemplated by the Plan that are consistent with the Plan
and the Bankruptcy Code.
42. Effectiveness of All Actions. All actions authorized to be taken pursuant to the
Plan shall be effective on, prior to, or after the Effective Date pursuant to this Confirmation
Order, without further application to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, or further action by the
respective officers, directors or stockholders of the Reorganized Debtors and with the effect that
such actions had been taken by unanimous action of such officers, directors or stockholders.
43. Approval of Consents. This Confirmation Order shall constitute all approvals and
consents required, if any, by the laws, rules and regulations of all states and any other
governmental authority with respect to the implementation or consummation of the Plan and any
documents, instruments, or agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereto, and any other
acts and transactions referred to in or contemplated by the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the
Disclosure Statement, the Plan Sponsor Agreement and any related documents, instruments or
agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereto.
44. Administrative Claims Bar Date. All requests for payment of an Administrative
Claim (other than those of Professionals and those arising out of section 503(b)(9) of the
Bankruptcy Code) must be filed with the Debtors’ claims agent, Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, and
served on counsel for the Debtors and the Plan Sponsor no later than forty-five (45) days after the
Effective Date (the “Administrative Claims Bar Date”). Any request for payment
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of an Administrative Claim pursuant to this paragraph that is not timely filed and served shall be
disallowed automatically without need for any objection by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.
The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may settle an Administrative Claim without further
Bankruptcy Court approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no request for payment of an
Administrative Claim need be filed with respect to an Administrative Claim which is paid or
payable in the ordinary course of business.
45. Payment of Professionals. Upon occurrence of the Effective Date, any
requirement that Professionals comply with sections 327 through 331 of the Bankruptcy Code in
seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after the Effective Date shall terminate,
and the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors may employ and pay all Professionals in the ordinary course
of business without any further notice to, action by or order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court
or any other party.
46. Bar Date for Professionals. Applications for compensation for services rendered
and reimbursement of expenses incurred by Professionals (a) from the Petition Date through the
Effective Date, or (b) at any time during the Chapter 11 Cases, when such compensation is sought
pursuant to sections 503(b)(2) through (b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be Filed no later than
forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date or such later date as the Bankruptcy Court approves.
Such applications shall be served in accordance with Section 13.25 of the Plan and other orders of
the Bankruptcy Court. Applications that are not timely Filed will not be considered by the
Bankruptcy Court.
47. Dissolution of Committee. On the Effective Date, the Committee shall be
automatically dissolved and all of its members, Professionals and agents shall be deemed released
of their duties, responsibilities and obligations, and shall be without further duties,
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responsibilities and authority in connection with the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan or
its implementation.
48. Binding Effect. The provisions of the Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Debtors, the Estates, the Reorganized Debtors, any Holder of any Claim or Interest
treated therein or any Person named or referred to in the Plan, and each of their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, representatives, predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, officers and
directors, and, to the fullest extent permitted under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable law,
each other Person affected by the Plan.
49. Governing Law. Except to the extent that the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules
or other federal laws are applicable, and subject to the provisions of any contract, instrument,
release or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, the construction,
implementation and enforcement of the Plan and all rights and obligations arising under the Plan
shall be governed by, and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without
giving effect to conflicts of law principles which would apply the law of a jurisdiction other than
the State of Delaware.
50. Notice of Entry of Confirmation Order and Effective Date. Pursuant to
Bankruptcy Rules 2002(f)(7), 2002(k) and 3020(c), the Reorganized Debtors shall file and serve
notice of entry of this Confirmation Order and occurrence of the Effective Date (the “Notice of
Confirmation”) on all Holders of Claims and Interests, the United States Trustee for the
District of Delaware and other parties in interest by causing the Notice of Confirmation to be
delivered to such parties by first-class mail, postage prepaid, within ten business days after the
Effective Date. The Notice of Confirmation shall also be published in The Wall Street Journal
(National Edition) and the Globe and Mail and posted on the Debtors’ case
website at
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www.chapter11.epiqsystems.com/tlcvision. Such notice is adequate under the particular
circumstances and no other or further notice is necessary. The Notice of Confirmation also shall
serve as the notice of the Administrative Claims Bar Date and as the notice of the Effective Date.
51. Substantial Consummation. Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Plan
shall be deemed to be substantially consummated under sections 1101 and 1127(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
52. References to Plan Provisions. The failure to include or specifically describe or
reference any particular provision of the Plan in this Confirmation Order shall not diminish or
impair the effectiveness of such provision, it being the intent of the Bankruptcy Court that the
Plan be approved and confirmed in its entirety.
53. Findings of Fact. The determinations, findings, judgments, decrees and orders set
forth and incorporated herein constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of
law pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7052, made applicable to this proceeding pursuant to Bankruptcy
Rule 9014. Each finding of fact set forth or incorporated herein, to the extent it is or may be
deemed a conclusion of law, shall also constitute a conclusion of law. Each conclusion of law set
forth or incorporated herein, to the extent it is or may be deemed a finding of fact, shall also
constitute a finding of fact.
54. Conflicts Between Confirmation Order and Plan. The provisions of the Plan and of
this Confirmation Order shall be construed in a manner consistent with each other so as to effect
the purposes of each; provided, however, that if there is determined to be any
inconsistency between any Plan provision and any provision of this Confirmation Order that cannot
be so reconciled, then, solely to the extent of such inconsistency, the provisions of this
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Confirmation Order shall govern and any such provision of this Confirmation Order shall be deemed
a modification of the Plan and shall control and take precedence.
55. Separate Confirmation Orders. This Confirmation Order is and shall be deemed to
be a separate Confirmation Order with respect to each of the Debtors in each Debtor’s separate
Chapter 11 Case. The Clerk of Court is directed to file and docket this Confirmation Order in each
Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case.
56. Aid and Assistance. This Court requests the aid and assistance of any court,
tribunal, regulatory or administrative body having jurisdiction in the United States or Canada
(including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List)) to give effect to and recognize
this Confirmation Order and to assist TLC Canada, which has by Order of this Court dated December
22, 2009 been appointed as foreign representative in respect of this chapter 11 case, and the other
Debtors, and their agents in carrying out the terms of this Confirmation Order. All courts,
tribunals, regulatory and administrative bodies (including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
(Commercial List)) are hereby respectfully requested to make such orders and to provide such
assistance to the Debtors as may be necessary or desirable to give effect to this Confirmation
Order or to assist the Debtors and their agents in carrying out the terms of this Confirmation
Order.
56. Final Order. This Confirmation Order is a final order and the period in
which an appeal must be filed shall commence upon the entry hereof.
Dated: May 6, 2010
Wilmington, Delaware
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THE HONORABLE KEVIN GROSS |
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Chapter 11 |
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TLC Vision (USA) Corporation , et al.,1
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Case No. 09-14473 (KG) |
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FIFTH AMENDED JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION DATED AS OF MAY 5, 2010
The above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession hereby submit their Fifth Amended Joint
Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of May 5, 2010.
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RICHARDS LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. |
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One Rodney Square |
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920 North King Street |
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Wilmington, Delaware 19801 |
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Telephone: (302)651-7700 |
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Facsimile: (302)651-7701 |
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Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession |
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Dated: Wilmington, Delaware
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PROSKAUER ROSE LLP |
May 5, 2010
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Mark K. Thomas |
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Paul V. Possinger |
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Jeremy T. Stillings |
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Three First National Plaza |
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70 West Madison, Suite 3800 |
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Chicago, Illinois 60602 |
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Facsimile: (312)962-3551 |
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Counsel for Debtors and Debtors in Possession |
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The Debtors in the cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal
tax identification number and address, are: TLC Vision (USA) Corporation (6220) 16305 Swingley
Ridge Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017; TLC Vision Corporation (1150) 5280 Solar Drive, Suite 300,
Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5M8; and TLC Management Services, Inc. (0374) 1209 Orange Street,
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Table of Contents
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DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND EXHIBITS. |
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CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS |
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INTRODUCTION
This fifth amended joint plan of reorganization under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (as
amended or modified hereafter in accordance with its terms, the “Plan”)) dated as of May 5, 2010,
is proposed by TLC Vision Corporation, TLC Vision (USA) Corporation, and TLC Management Services
Inc. (collectively, the “Debtors”). Reference is made to the Disclosure Statement
accompanying the Plan for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, business, results of operations,
historical financial information, properties, projections for future operations and risk factors,
a summary and analysis of the Plan, and certain related matters. The Debtors are proponents of the
Plan within the meaning of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
ALL CREDITORS OF THE DEBTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN
THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN. SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND
REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 1127 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE, BANKRUPTCY RULE 3019 AND THE PLAN,
THE DEBTORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, MODIFY, REVOKE OR WITHDRAW THE PLAN PRIOR TO ITS
SUBSTANTIAL CONSUMMATION.
The Debtors have obtained Bankruptcy Court authority to have the Chapter 11 Cases jointly
administered for administrative and procedural purposes only. Accordingly, the Plan is being
proposed as a joint plan of reorganization of the Debtors for administrative and procedural
purposes only. The Plan is not premised upon the substantive consolidation of the Debtors or the
Chapter 11 Cases and nothing herein shall be otherwise construed. The Debtors, however, reserve
the right to seek substantive consolidation by motion or amendment to the Plan if they conclude
that substantive consolidation is necessary or appropriate for effectuation of the Plan. Claims
against, and Interests in, the Debtors (other than Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims, and
Junior DIP Claims) are classified in Article II hereof and treated in Article III hereof.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND EXHIBITS.
Section 1.01. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms
shall have the following meanings whether presented in the Plan or the Disclosure Statement with
initial capital letters or otherwise. As used herein:
“Administrative Claim” means a Claim for: (a) any cost or expense of administration
(including, without limitation, Professional Fee Claims) of any of the Chapter 11 Cases asserted or
arising under sections 503, 507(a)(2), 507(b) or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code including, but
not limited to (i) any actual and necessary post Petition Date cost or expense of preserving the
Debtors’ respective Estates or operating the businesses of the Debtors, (ii) any payment to be made
under the Plan to cure a default under an assumed executory contract or unexpired lease, (iii) any
post-Petition Date cost, indebtedness or contractual obligation duly and validly incurred or
assumed by the Debtors in the ordinary course of their respective businesses,
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(iv) compensation or reimbursement of expenses of Professionals to the extent Allowed by the
Bankruptcy Court under sections 330(a) or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (v) all Allowed Claims
that are entitled to be treated as Administrative Claims pursuant to a Final Order of the
Bankruptcy Court under Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) any fees or charges assessed
against the Debtors’ respective Estates under section 1930 of title 28 of the United States Code;
and (c) any Allowed administrative claim or superpriority claim granted pursuant to the Junior DIP
Order.
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in section 101(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Allowed” means: (i) with reference to any unsatisfied Claim, (a) any Claim against any of
the Debtors that has been listed by the Debtors in the Schedules, as such Schedules may have been
amended by the Debtors from time to time in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 1009, as liquidated in
amount and not disputed or contingent, and with respect to which no proof of claim has been filed,
(b) any Claim specifically allowed under the Plan, (c) any Claim the amount or existence of which
has been determined or allowed by a Final Order (including the Junior DIP Order), or (d) any Claim
as to which a proof of claim has been timely filed before the Bar Date and to which no objection
to the allowance thereof has been filed by the Claims Objection Deadline; provided, however, that
the term “Allowed”, with reference to any Claim, shall not include (x) any unliquidated claim or
(y) interest or attorneys’ fees on or related to any Claim that accrues from and after the
Petition Date unless otherwise expressly provided for in the Plan; and (ii) with reference to any
Interests, an Interest which is registered as of the Record Date in such stock register as may be
maintained on behalf of the Debtors.
“Allowed Claim” means a Claim that is Allowed,
“Allowed Interest” means an Interest that is Allowed.
“Avoidance Actions” means any and all Causes of Action which a trustee, debtor-in-possession,
the estate or other appropriate party in interest may assert under sections 502, 510, 541, 542,
543, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code (other than those which are
released or dismissed as part of and pursuant to the Plan) or under other similar or related state
or federal statutes or common law, including fraudulent conveyance laws.
“Ballot” means the forms of ballots accompanying the Disclosure Statement upon which Holders
of Impaired Claims entitled to vote on the Plan shall, among other things, indicate their
acceptance or rejection of the Plan in accordance with the instructions regarding voting.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as codified in title 11 of the
United States Code, 11 U.S.C §§ 101 et seq., as in effect on the Petition Date, together with all
amendments and modifications thereto that subsequently may be made applicable to the Chapter 11
Cases.
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“Bankruptcy Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
or, if such court ceases to exercise jurisdiction over these proceedings, the court or adjunct
thereof that exercises jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases.
“Bankruptcy Rules” means: (a) the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and the Official
Bankruptcy Forms, as amended and promulgated under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States
Code; (b) the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended and promulgated under section 2072 of
title 28 of the United States Code; (c) the Local Rules of the Bankruptcy Court; and (d) any
standing orders governing practice and procedure issued by the Bankruptcy Court, each as in effect
on the Petition Date, together with all amendments and modifications thereto that subsequently may
be applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases or proceedings therein, as the case may be.
“Bar Date” means the applicable bar date by which a proof of Claim must be, or must have
been, Filed, as established by an order of the Bankruptcy Court, in accordance with the Bankruptcy
Code, or as set forth in Section 6.04 hereof.
“BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), R.S.C. 1985, c B-3, as amended from
time to time.
“Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a “legal holiday” as defined
in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a), or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are
authorized or obligated by law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed,
“Buyer” means Thriller Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation.
“Buyer
Parties” mean Buyer and Canadian Buyer.
“Canadian Buyer” means Thriller Canada Acquisition Corp , a New Brunswick corporation.
“Canadian Court” means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List).
“Canadian Priority Employee Claims” means the claims of the employees and former employees of
TLC Canada pursuant to section 6(5) of the CCAA, and the claims of the employees and former
employees of TLC Canada and other Persons pursuant to section 6(6) of the CCAA.
“Canadian Priority Tax Claim” means the claims of Her Majesty in Right of Canada pursuant to
section 6(3) of the CCAA.
“Canadian Recognition Order” means an order of the Canadian Court issued in respect of the
CCAA Case recognizing the Plan Sponsor Order and the Junior DIP Order.
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“Canadian Sanction Order” means an order of the Canadian Court recognizing the Plan and
the Confirmation Order in their entirety and declaring the Plan and the Confirmation Order to be
effective in Canada.
“Cash” means money, currency and coins, negotiable checks, balances in bank accounts and
other lawful currency of the United States of America and its equivalents.
“Causes of Action” means any and all actions, claims, rights, defenses, third-party claims,
damages, executions, demands, crossclaims, counterclaims, suits, choses in action, controversies,
agreements, promises, rights to legal remedies, rights to equitable remedies, rights to payment
and claims whatsoever, whether known, unknown, reduced to judgment, not reduced to judgment,
liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or
unsecured and whether asserted or assertable directly, indirectly or derivatively, at law, in
equity or otherwise, accruing to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, including, but not
limited to, the Avoidance Actions.
“CCAA” shall mean the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, as
amended from time to time.
“CCAA Case” means the proceeding commenced under Part IV of the CCAA by TLC Canada in the
Canadian Court.
“Chapter 11 Cases” means the cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code commenced by the
Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court on the Petition Date.
“Charlesbank” means Charlesbank Equity Fund VII, Limited Partnership, its direct and indirect
affiliates, and any fund and any accounts managed by Charlesbank Equity Fund VII or a direct or
indirect affiliate thereof.
“Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Claims Objection Deadline” means the latest of (a) 75 days after the Effective Date, (b) 75
days after the date on which any Claim is Filed, or (c) such later date as may be fixed by the
Bankruptcy Court, whether fixed before or after the date specified in clauses (a) and (b) above.
The filing of a motion to extend the Claims Objection Deadline shall automatically extend the
Claims Objection Deadline until a Final Order is entered on such motion. In the event that such
motion to extend the Claims Objection Deadline is denied by the Bankruptcy Court, the Claims
Objection Deadline shall be the later of the current Claims Objection Deadline (as previously
extended, if applicable) or 30 days after the Bankruptcy Court’s entry of an order denying the
motion to extend the Claims Objection Deadline.
“Class” means each class, subclass or category of Claims or Interests as classified in
Article II of the Plan.
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“Committee” means the committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section
1102(a) of the Bankruptcy Code by the United States Trustee on January 5, 2010, as the membership
of such committee is from time to time constituted and reconstituted.
“Committee Members” means the members of any Committee.
“Confirmation” means the entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Confirmation Order.
“Confirmation Date” means the date on which the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court enters the
Confirmation Order on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court with respect to the Chapter 11 Cases
within the meaning of Bankruptcy Rules 5003 and 9021.
“Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing held before the Bankruptcy Court to consider
Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to sections 1128 and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Confirmation Order” means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan
pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code..
“Creditor” means any Person that is the Holder of any Claim against any of the Debtors.
“Day(s)” means, unless expressly otherwise provided, calendar
day(s).
“Debtors” shall have the meaning set forth in the Introduction of this
Plan.
“Disallowed” means, with respect to any Claim or Interest or portion thereof, any Claim
against or Interest in the Debtors which: (a) has been withdrawn, in whole or in part, by
agreement of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors and the Holder thereof; (b) has been withdrawn, in
whole or in part, by the Holder thereof; or (c) has been disallowed, in whole or part, by Final
Order of a court of competent jurisdiction. In each case, a Disallowed Claim or a Disallowed
Interest is disallowed only to the extent of disallowance or withdrawal.
“Disallowed Claim” means a Claim, or any portion thereof, that is Disallowed.
“Disallowed Interest” means an Interest, or any portion thereof, that is Disallowed.
“Disbursing Agent” means Reorganized TLC USA or such other Entity that is designated by
Reorganized TLC USA to be the holder of the General Unsecured Creditor Note and/or to disburse
Property pursuant to the Plan.
“Disclosure Statement” means the Debtors’ Fourth Amended Disclosure Statement With Respect to
the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of March 24, 2010, including
all exhibits, appendices, schedules and annexes, if any, attached thereto, as submitted by the
Debtors, as the same may be altered, amended, supplemented or
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modified from time to time, and which was prepared and distributed in accordance with
sections 1125 and 1126(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3018.
“Disputed” means any Claim or Interest that has been neither Allowed nor Disallowed.
“Disputed Claim” means a Claim, or any portion thereof, that is Disputed. For purposes of the
Plan, a Claim that has been neither Allowed nor Disallowed shall be
considered a Disputed Claim.
“Disputed Interest” means an Interest, or any portion thereof, that is Disputed. For purposes
of the Plan, an Interest that has been neither Allowed nor Disallowed shall be considered a
Disputed Interest.
“Effective Date” means the date on which all conditions to consummation set forth in Article
IX of the Plan have been satisfied or waived €if capable of being duly and expressly waived),
provided that no stay of the Confirmation Order is then in effect, as evidenced by the filing and
service of a notice thereof with the Bankruptcy Court.
“Entity” means any individual, corporation, limited or general partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, limited liability company, estate, trustee, United States
Trustee, unincorporated organization, government, governmental unit €as defined in the Bankruptcy
Code), agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Essential Trade Claims” shall mean those Claims identified by TLC USA as such in the Plan
Supplement.
“Estates”
means the estates created in these Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to section 541 of the
Bankruptcy Code upon commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases.
“Exculpated Persons” means: (a) each of the Debtors; (b) directors, officers and employees of
the Debtors, as of the Petition Date but prior to the Effective Date; (c) Charlesbank; (d) the
Buyer Parties; (e) the Committee and its members (solely in their capacity as Committee members);
and (f) the respective current and former officers, directors, employees, agents, stockholders,
managers, members, affiliates, partners, advisors, attorneys and professionals of the
parties identified in subclauses (a) through (d).
“Excluded Assets” shall have the same meaning
set forth in the Plan Sponsor Agreement.
“File, Filed or Filing” means file,
filed or filing with the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter
11 Cases.
“Final Decree” means the final decree entered by the Bankruptcy Court after the Effective Date
and pursuant to section
350€a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 3022.
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“Final Order” means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, or other court of
competent jurisdiction, as entered on the docket of such court, the operation or effect of which
has not been stayed, reversed, vacated, modified or amended, and as to which order or judgment (or
any revision, modification, or amendment thereof) the time to appeal, petition for certiorari, or
seek review or rehearing has expired and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari, or
petition for review or rehearing was filed or, if filed, remains pending; provided, however, that
the possibility that a motion may be filed pursuant to Rules 9023 or 9024 of the Bankruptcy Rules
or Rules 59 or 60€b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall not mean that an order or
judgment is not a Final Order.
“General Unsecured Claims” means all Allowed Claims, but excluding Administrative Claims,
Priority Tax Claims, Professional Fee Claims, Other Secured Claims, Prepetition Lender Secured
Claims, Essential Trade Claims, and Other Priority Claims.
“General Unsecured Creditor Note” means an unsecured promissory note with a zero nominal
interest rate to be issued by the Buyer Parties to the Disbursing Agent for the benefit of Holders
of Allowed General Unsecured Claims in Classes A5 and B5 in a principal amount equal to the lesser
of (a) 10% of the aggregate amount of the Allowed General Unsecured Claims in Classes A5 and B5
hereof, and (b) $3,000,000, to be paid to the Disbursing Agent for the benefit of Holders of
Allowed Claims in such Classes on the later of (i) one year after the Effective Date, or (ii)
promptly after any such Claim is Allowed, a copy of which shall be filed with the Plan Supplement.
“Holder” means an Entity holding a beneficial interest in a Claim or Interest and, when used
in conjunction with a Class or type of Claim or Interest, means a holder of a beneficial interest
in a Claim or Interest in such Class or of such type.
“Impaired” means, when used with reference to a Claim or Interest, a Claim or Interest that
is impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Impaired Claim” means a Claim which is Impaired.
“Impaired Interest” means an Interest which is Impaired.
“Information Officer” means Alvaraz & Marsal Canada Inc., the information officer appointed
by the Canadian Court in connection with the CCAA Case.
“Intercompany Claims” means all claims
owing to any Debtor by any other Debtor.
“Interests” means any and all equity interests, ownership interests or shares in the Debtors
issued by the Debtors prior to the Petition Date (including, without limitation, all capital
stock, stock certificates, common stock, preferred stock, partnership interests, rights, options,
warrants, contingent warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, investment securities,
subscriptions or other agreements and contractual rights to acquire or obtain such an interest or
share in the Debtors, partnership interests in the Debtors’ stock appreciation rights, conversion
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rights, repurchase rights, redemption rights, dividend rights, preemptive rights and
liquidation preferences, puts, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to any
such equity, ownership interests or shares of capital stock of the Debtors or obligating the
Debtors to issue, transfer or sell any shares of capital stock) whether or not certificated,
transferable, voting or denominated “stock” or a similar security, and any Claim or Cause of
Action related to or arising from any of the foregoing.
“Junior DIP Agent” means Charlesbank as collateral agent and administrative agent under the
Junior DIP Loan Agreement.
“Junior DIP Claims” means the claims of the Junior DIP Agent and the Junior DIP Lenders based
upon, evidenced by, arising under or related to the Junior DIP Loan Agreement, plus all accrued
and unpaid interest, fees and costs thereunder.
“Junior DIP Financing” means the post-petition loan facility provided to the Debtors by the
Junior DIP Lenders pursuant to the Junior DIP Loan Agreement.
“Junior DIP Lenders” means the lender parties to the Junior DIP Loan Agreement.
“Junior DIP Loan Agreement” means that certain Junior Secured Super Priority Debtor in
Possession Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2010 by and among the Debtors, the Junior DIP
Agent and the Junior DIP Lenders.
“Junior DIP Order” means the interim or final order, as in effect from time-to-time, entered
by the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and approving the Junior DIP Financing and the Debtors’ use of
cash collateral pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, and any extensions or amendments
thereof.
“Liens” means, with respect to any asset or Property (or the rents, revenues, income, profits
or proceeds therefrom), and in each case, whether the same is consensual or nonconsensual or
arises by contract, operation of law, legal process or otherwise: (a) any and all mortgages,
liens, pledges, attachments, charges, leases evidencing a capitalizable lease obligation,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other security interest or encumbrance or
other legally cognizable security devices of any kind in respect of any asset or Property, or upon
the rents, revenues, income, profits or proceeds therefrom; or (b) any arrangement, express or
implied, under which any Property is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the
purpose of subjecting or making available the same for the payment of debt or performance of any
other obligation in priority to the payment of general unsecured Creditors.
“Management Interests” means equity interests in the Buyer Parties to be issued to each member
of the Senior Management team pursuant to the New Management Incentive Plan.
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“Medical Pending Litigation Claims” means all Claims relating to pending litigation
against any of the Debtors for medical malpractice or similar liability, as further disclosed in
the Disclosure Statement.
“New Management Incentive Plan” means, collectively, the equity incentive and bonus plans and
other terms of employment of Senior Management to be adopted by the Buyer Parties on the Effective
Date which provide for the issuance of equity awards to officers and key employees of the Debtors.
The Plan Supplement will include the forms of the New Management Incentive Plan in substantially
the form to be implemented on the Effective Date.
“New TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws” means the amended and restated
certificates of incorporation, articles of organization, by-laws or other governing charter
documents, as appropriate, of TLC USA which will be included in the Plan Supplement. The Plan
Supplement will include the forms of the New TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws in
substantially the form to be implemented on the Effective Date.
“Objection” means any objection, application, motion, complaint or any other legal proceeding
seeking, in whole or in part, to Disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, reclassify or establish
the priority, expunge, subordinate or estimate any Claim (including the resolution of any request
for payment of any Administrative Claim) or Interest other than a Claim or an Interest that is
Allowed.
“Other Priority Claims” means any Claim against the Debtors entitled to priority pursuant to
section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, including the Canadian Priority Employee Claims other than
a Priority Tax Claim or an Administrative Claim.
“Other Secured Claims” means any Secured Claim (other than the Prepetition Lender Secured
Claims).
“Person” means and includes a natural person, individual, partnership, corporation (as defined
in section 101 (9) of the Bankruptcy Code), or organization including, without limitation, officers
and directors of the Debtors, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies,
general partnerships, joint ventures, joint stock companies, trusts, land trusts, business trusts,
unincorporated organizations or associations, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they
are legal entities, governmental bodies (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision
thereof), or any other form of legal entities; provided, however, “Person” does not include
governmental units, except that a governmental unit that (a) acquires an asset from a Person (i) as
a result of the operation of a loan guarantee agreement or (ii) as receiver or liquidating agent of
a Person; (b) is a guarantor of a pension benefit payable by or on behalf of a Debtor or an
Affiliate of a Debtor; or (c) is the legal or beneficial owner of an asset of (i) an employee
pension benefit plan that is a governmental plan, as defined in section 414(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 or (ii) an eligible deferred compensation plan, as defined in section 457(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall be considered for purposes of section 1102 of the
Bankruptcy Code to be a Person with respect to such asset or such benefit.
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“Petition Date” means December 21, 2009, the date on which the Debtors Filed their
respective petitions for relief commencing the Chapter 11 Cases.
“Plan” means this Fifth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated as of May 5,
2010, including all exhibits, appendices, schedules and annexes, if any, attached hereto, as
submitted by the Debtors, including the Plan Supplement, as such Plan may be altered, amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Confirmation Order and the terms and conditions of Section 13.04
of the Plan.
“Plan Documents” means the form of the Plan Sponsor Agreement, the New Management Incentive
Plan, the Senior Management Contracts, a schedule of the identities of the members of the Boards
of Directors of the Reorganized Debtors, and such other definitive documents as may be necessary
to implement the Plan.
“Plan Sponsor” means Charlesbank.
“Plan
Sponsor Agreement” means that certain Plan Sponsor Agreement dated February 3, 2010
among the Buyer Parties and the Debtors, as amended.
“Plan Sponsor Order” means an order of the Bankruptcy Court, substantially in the form
attached to the Plan Sponsor Agreement, approving the assumption of the Plan Sponsor Agreement by
the Debtors and the Break-Up Fee, Expense Reimbursement and other amounts paid or payable
thereunder, and approving and directing the execution, delivery and performance of the Plan
Sponsor Agreement and the applicable ancillary agreements.
“Plan Supplement” means the supplement to this Plan containing the Plan Documents which shall
be filed with the Bankruptcy Court. The Plan Supplement, which shall be reasonably satisfactory to
the Debtors and Charlesbank, is incorporated into, and is a part of, this Plan as if set forth in
full herein, and all references to this Plan shall refer to this Plan together with all documents
contained in the Plan Supplement. The Plan Supplement (containing drafts or final versions of the
Plan Documents) shall be filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or before the date that is ten (10)
days prior to the Confirmation Hearing, or on such other date as the Bankruptcy Court may
establish.
“Prepetition Agent” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as collateral agent and administrative agent
under the Prepetition Credit Agreement, and any predecessor agent thereunder.
“Prepetition Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
June 21, 2007 (as amended from time to time), by and among TLC USA, TLC Canada, the guarantors
party thereto, the Prepetition Lenders, and the Prepetition Agent pursuant to which the Prepetition
Lenders agreed to provide loans and other financial accommodations to TLC USA secured by first
priority liens and security interests on substantially all of the Debtors’ assets.
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“Prepetition Lenders” shall mean the lenders party to the Prepetition Credit Agreement.
“Prepetition Lender Secured Claims” means the claims of the Prepetition Agent and the
Prepetition Lenders based upon, evidenced by, arising under or related to the Prepetition Credit
Agreement estimated to include, without limitation, (i) outstanding principal amount of term loans
of US $76,659,696.92, (ii) outstanding principal amount of
revolving loans of US $23,400,000,
(iii) the outstanding letter of credit exposure of US $50,000 and CAD $1,000,000, (iv) the
outstanding amount under hedge agreements of $1,605,478.79, plus (v) all interest, fees and costs
thereunder, all as may be Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court.
“Prepetition Loan Documents” shall mean the Prepetition Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement).
“Priority Tax Claim” means any and all Claims accorded priority in payment pursuant to
section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Canadian Priority Tax Claim.
“Professional Fee Claim” means a claim for compensation for services rendered and for
reimbursement of expenses incurred pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330, 331 or 503(b) of the
Bankruptcy Code, relating to services incurred on and after the Petition Date and prior to and
including the Effective Date in connection with an application made to the Bankruptcy Court by
Professionals in the Chapter 11 Cases or Professionals retained by or on behalf of the Debtors or
their estates in connection with parallel restructuring proceedings in the Canadian Court.
“Professionals” means any professional employed in these Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to
sections 327 or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code or any Professional entitled to compensation pursuant
to sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b)(2) or (4), or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code or retained by or
on behalf of the Debtors or their estates in connection with parallel restructuring proceedings in
the Canadian Court.
“Property” means all assets or property of the Debtors’ respective Estates or the Reorganized
Debtors, as applicable, of any nature whatsoever, real or personal, tangible or intangible,
including contract rights, accounts and Causes of Action, previously or now owned by the Debtors,
or acquired by the Debtors’ respective Estates, or by the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, as
defined in section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Purchased Assets” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan Sponsor Agreement.
“Record Date” means (a) for the purpose of voting on the Plan, the date of entry of the order
approving the Disclosure Statement respecting the Plan and (b) for the purposes of any distribution
to Holders of Claims and Interests and for the determination of which Interests and Claims are
Allowed, the Confirmation Date.
“Reinstated or Reinstatement” means: (a) leaving unaltered the legal, equitable, and
contractual rights to which a Claim entitles the Holder of such Claim so as to leave such
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Claim Unimpaired in accordance with section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (b)
notwithstanding any contractual provision or applicable law that entitles the Holder of such Claim
to demand or receive accelerated payment of such Claim after the occurrence of a default, (i)
curing any such default that occurred before or after the Petition Date, other than a default of a
kind specified in section 365(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) reinstating the maturity of such
Claim as such maturity existed before such default; (iii) compensating the Holder of such Claim
for any damages incurred as a result of any reasonable reliance by such Holder on such contractual
provision or such applicable law; and (iv) not otherwise altering the legal, equitable, or
contractual rights to which such Claim entitled the Holder of such Claim; provided, however, that
any contractual right that does not pertain to the payment when due of principal and interest on
the obligation on which such Claim is based, including, but not limited to, financial covenant
ratios, negative pledge covenants, covenants or restrictions on merger or consolidation, and
affirmative covenants regarding corporate existence or which prohibit certain transactions or
actions contemplated by the Plan, or conditioning such transactions or action on certain factors,
shall not be required to be reinstated in order to accomplish Reinstatement.
“Rejection Claims” means claims of any non-Debtor counterparty to any unexpired leased of
nonresidential real property or executory contract arising on account of the rejection of such
lease or contract either during the administration of these Chapter 11 Cases under section 365 of
the Bankruptcy Code or as a result of the occurrence of the Effective Date of this Plan.
“Releasees” means: (a) the directors, officers and employees of the Debtors, in each case as
of the Petition Date or that have become directors, officers, or employees thereafter but prior to
the Effective Date, and the Debtors’ agents and Professionals; (b) the Junior DIP Agent and each of
the Junior DIP Lenders; (c) Charlesbank; (d) the Prepetition Lenders and the Prepetition Agent; (e)
the Senior DIP Agent and the Senior DIP Lenders; (f) the Junior DIP Agent and the Junior DIP
Lenders; and (g) the respective current and former officers, directors, employees, agents,
stockholders, managers, members, affiliates, partners, attorneys, advisors, investment bankers,
consultants and professionals of the parties identified in subclauses (a) through (f);
provided, however, that the foregoing released parties identified in subclauses (a)
through (f) above shall be released only from liabilities arising out of actions taken in such
capacity.
“Reorganized Debtors” means Reorganized TLC Canada, Reorganized TLC USA, and Reorganized TLC
MSI on and after the Effective Date.
“Reorganized TLC Canada” means TLC Canada on and after the Effective Date.
“Reorganized TLC USA” means TLC USA on and after the Effective Date.
“Reorganized
TLC MSI” means TLC MSI on and after the Effective Date.
“Schedule of Rejected Contracts” means the schedule listing certain executory contracts and
unexpired leases to be rejected by the Debtors as of the Effective Date, which schedule shall be
included in the Plan Supplement,
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“Schedules” means the schedules of assets and liabilities and statements of financial
affairs Filed on January 5, 2010 by any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases, as required by
section 521 of the Bankruptcy Code, as the same may have been or may be amended, modified or
supplemented.
“Secured Claim” means any Claim arising before the Petition Date that is: (a) secured in
whole or part, as of the Petition Date, by a Lien which is valid, perfected and enforceable under
applicable law on Property in which the Debtors’ respective Estates has an interest and is not
subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable non-bankruptcy law, or (b) subject to
setoff under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, but, with respect to both case (a) and (b), only
to the extent of each such Estate’s interest in the value of the assets or Property securing any
such Claim or the amount subject to setoff, as the case may be.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior DIP Agent” means Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, in its capacity as agent under the
Senior DIP Facility.
“Senior DIP Facility” means the debtor-in-possession financing facility provided by the
Senior Agent and the Senior Lenders pursuant to that certain Senior Secured Superpriority Debtor
In Possession Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2009 among the Senior DIP Agent and the
Debtors.
“Senior DIP Lenders” means the lender parties to the Senior DIP Facility.
“Senior Management” means the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief
Operating Officer, and such other executives and employees designated by the Buyer Parties. The
Reorganized Debtors’ senior management shall be substantially the same as the Debtors’ senior
management on the date immediately prior to the Effective Date.
“Senior Management Contracts” means: (a) certain of the existing employment and severance
agreements with Senior Management which shall be assumed by the Debtors as of the Effective Date
(each as they may be amended with the approval of the Buyer Parties); and (b) any new employment
agreements with Senior Management which shall be subject to the approval of the Debtors and the
Buyer Parties and which shall become effective as of the Effective Date. The form of the Senior
Management Contracts will be Filed under seal with the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the
Filing of the Plan Supplement.
“Subordinated Claims” means any and all claims subordinated pursuant to section 510 of the
Bankruptcy Code or pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
“Tax” means any tax, charge, fee, levy, impost or other assessment by any federal, state,
local or foreign governmental authority, including, without limitation, income, excise, property,
sales, transfer, employment, payroll, franchise, profits, license, use, ad valorem, estimated,
severance, stamp, occupation and withholding tax, together with any interest,
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penalties, fines or additions attributable to, imposed on, or collected by any such federal,
state, local or foreign governmental authority.
“TLC Canada” means TLC Vision Corporation, a New Brunswick Corporation.
“TLC USA”
means TLC Vision (USA) Corporation, a Delaware Corporation.
“TLC MSI” means TLC
Management Services Inc., a Delaware Corporation.
“TLC Canada Common Stock and Interests” means all authorized, issued and outstanding shares
of common stock of, and Interests in, TLC Canada, as of the Petition Date, including, without
limitation, all issued, outstanding and unexpired options, warrants, conversion, privilege or
other legal or contractual rights to acquire shares of TLC Canada Common Stock or Interests. TLC
Canada Common Stock and Interests also includes any contingent, disputed or unliquidated Claims
related to or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“TLC MSI Common Stock and Interests” means all authorized, issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of, and Interests in, TLC MSI, as of the Petition Date, including, without
limitation, all issued, outstanding and unexpired options, warrants, conversion, privilege or
other legal or contractual rights to acquire shares of TLC MSI Common Stock or Interests. TLC MSI
Common Stock and Interests also includes any contingent, disputed or unliquidated Claims related
to or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“TLC USA Common Stock and Interests” means all authorized, issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of, and Interests in, TLC USA, as of the Petition Date, including, without
limitation, all issued, outstanding and unexpired options, warrants, conversion, privilege or
other legal or contractual rights to acquire shares of TLC USA Common Stock or Interests. TLC USA
Common Stock and Interests also includes any contingent, disputed or unliquidated Claims related
to or in connection with any of the foregoing.
“Unclaimed Property” means any distribution of Cash or any other Property made to the Holder
of an Allowed Claim pursuant to the Plan that: (a) is returned to the Reorganized Debtors as
undeliverable and no appropriate forwarding address is received within the later of (a) one (1)
year after the Effective Date and (b) one (1) year after such distribution is made to such Holder,
or (b) in the case of a distribution made in the form of a check, is not negotiated and no request
for reissuance is made as provided for in Section 5.06 of the Plan.
“Unimpaired” means any Claim that is not Impaired within the meaning of section 1124 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
“United States Trustee” means the United States Trustee appointed under section 581(a)(3) of
title 28 of the United States Code to serve in the District of Delaware.
“U.S. Trustee’s Fee Claims” means any fees assessed against the Debtors’ Estates pursuant to
section 1930(a)(6) of title 28 of the United States Code.
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“Vision Source, L.P.” means the Debtors’ optometric franchising segment that provides
marketing, practice development and purchasing power to independently owned and operated practices
in the U.S. and Canada.
“Voting Agent” means Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC.
Section 1.02.
Rules of Interpretation. All references to “the Plan” herein shall be
construed, where applicable, to include references to this document and all its exhibits,
appendices, schedules and annexes, if any (and any amendments thereto made in accordance with the
Bankruptcy Code), including the Plan Supplement. Whenever from the context it appears appropriate,
each term stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the singular and the plural,
and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine,
feminine and the neuter. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereunder,” and other words of
similar import refer to the Plan as a whole and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph, or
clause contained in the Plan. The words “includes” and “including” are not limiting and mean that
the things specifically identified are set forth for purposes of illustration, clarity or
specificity and do not in any respect qualify, characterize or limit the generality of the class
within which such things are included. The captions and headings in the Plan are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the provisions hereof. Any term used in the
Plan that is not defined in the Plan, either in Article I hereof or elsewhere, but that is used in
the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to that term in (and
shall be construed in accordance with the rules of construction under) the Bankruptcy Code or the
Bankruptcy Rules (with the Bankruptcy Code controlling in the case of a conflict or ambiguity).
Without limiting the preceding sentence, the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the
Bankruptcy Code shall apply to the Plan, unless superseded herein. In computing any period of time
prescribed or allowed by the Plan, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) and Section 13.17
hereof shall apply, but Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall govern.
Section 1.03. Exhibits. All Exhibits to the Plan, including the Plan Supplement, are
incorporated into and are a part of the Plan as if set forth in full herein, regardless of when
Filed.
ARTICLE II.
CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
Section 2.01. Generally. Pursuant to section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code, set forth
below is a designation of Classes of Claims and Interests. A Claim or an Interest is classified in
a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description
of the Class and is classified in a different Class to the extent the Claim or Interest qualifies
within the description of that different Class. A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class
for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to the Plan only to the extent that such Claim
or Interest is an Allowed Claim or an Allowed Interest in that Class and such Claim or Interest has
not been paid, released, settled or otherwise satisfied prior to the Effective Date.
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Section 2.02.
Unclassified Claims. In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims are not classified and are excluded
from the Classes designated in this Article II of the Plan. The Junior DIP Claims likewise are not
classified and are excluded from the Classes designated in this Article II of the Plan. The
treatment accorded Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims and Junior DIP Claims is set forth
in Article III of the Plan.
Section 2.03. Classification of Claims Against and Interests in TLC USA.
(a) Unimpaired Classes. The Plan classifies the following Unimpaired
Claims that are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant to section 1126(f)
of the
Bankruptcy Code, each Holder of a Claim in the following Classes is conclusively presumed to
have accepted the Plan on account of such Claims and is not entitled to vote to accept or
reject
the Plan:
(i) Class Al shall consist of all Other Secured Claims (subject
to Section 3.02).
(ii) Class A2 shall consist of all Essential Trade Claims.
(iii) Class A3 shall consist of Other Priority Claims.
(iv) Class A4 shall consist of all Prepetition Lender Secured
Claims.
(b) Impaired Classes Entitled to Vote. The Plan classifies the
following Classes as Impaired Classes that may receive a distribution under the Plan and that
are
entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan:
(i)
Class A5 shall consist of the General Unsecured Claims.
(ii) Class A6 shall
consist of Medical Pending Litigation Claims.
(c) Impaired Classes Deemed to Reject. The Plan classifies the
following Impaired Classes of Interests and Claims as Impaired Classes that are not entitled
to
vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each
Holder of an Interest or Claim in these Classes is conclusively presumed to have rejected the
Plan on account of such Interests or Claims, because the Plan does not entitle the Holders of
such
Interests and Claims to receive or retain any property under the Plan on account of such
Interests
or Claims. Accordingly, Holders of such Interests and Claims are not entitled to vote to
accept
or reject the Plan:
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(i) Class A7 shall consist of all Subordinated Claims.
(ii)
Class A8 shall consist of all Intercompany Claims.
(iii) Class A9 shall consist of all TLC USA Common Stock and
Interests.
Section 2.04. Classification of Claims Against and Interests in TLC
Canada.
(a) Unimpaired Classes. The Plan classifies the following Unimpaired
Claims that are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant to section 1126(f)
of the
Bankruptcy Code, each Holder of a Claim in the following Classes is conclusively presumed to
have accepted the Plan on account of such Claims and is not entitled to vote to accept or
reject
the Plan:
(i) Class Bl shall consist of all Other Secured Claims (subject
to Section 3.02).
(ii)
Class B2 shall consist of all Other Priority Claims.
(iii) Class B3 shall consist of all Essential Trade Claims.
(iv) Class B4 shall consist of all Prepetition Lender Secured
Claims.
(b) Impaired Classes Entitled to Vote. The Plan classifies the
following Classes as Impaired Classes that may receive a distribution under the Plan and that
are
entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan:
(i) Class B5
shall consist of the General Unsecured Claims.
(ii) Class B6 shall consist of Medical Pending Litigation
Claims.
(c) Impaired Classes Deemed to Reject. The Plan classifies the following Impaired
Classes of Interests and Claims as Impaired Classes that are not entitled to vote to accept or
reject the Plan. Pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, each Holder of an Interest or
Claim in this Classes is conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan on account of such
Interests or Claims, because the Plan does not entitle the Holders of such Interests and Claims to
receive or retain any property under the Plan an account of such Interests
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or Claims (unless, with respect to Class B8, Classes B5 and B6 vote in favor of the Plan, in which
case it will be entitled to the treatment set forth in Section 3.07(h). Accordingly, Holders of
such Interests and Claims are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan:
(i) Class B7 shall consist of all Intercompany Claims.
(ii) Class B8 shall
consist of all TLC Canada Common Stock and Interests.
Section 2.05. Classification of Claims Against and Interests in TLC MSI.
(a) Unimpaired Classes. The Plan classifies the following Unimpaired Claims and
Unimpaired Interests that are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant to
section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, each Holder of a Claim or Interest in the following
Classes is conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan on account of such Claims or Interests
and is not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan:
(i) Class Cl shall consist of all Other Secured Claims (subject
to Section 3.02).
(ii) Class C2 shall consist of all Other Priority Claims.
(iii) Class C3 shall consist of the General Unsecured Claims.
(iv) Class C4 shall consist of all TLC MSI Common Stock and
Interests.
(v) Class C5 shall consist of Prepetition Lender Secured
Claims.
(vi) Class C6 shall consist of all Intercompany Claims.
(vii) Class C7 shall consist of Medical Pending Litigation
Claims.
ARTICLE III.
PROVISIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CLASSES OF
CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
Section 3.01. Satisfaction of Claims and Interests. The treatment of and
consideration to be received by Holders of Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests pursuant to this
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Article III and the Plan shall be in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and
discharge of their respective Claims against or Interests in the Debtors and the Debtors’
respective Estates, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order.
Section 3.02. Unclassified Claims, Classified Unimpaired and Impaired Claims and
Classified Interests. Administrative Claims and Priority Tax Claims are treated in accordance
with section 1129(a)(9)(A) and section 1129(a)(9)(C) of the Bankruptcy Code, respectively. Such
Claims are Unimpaired under the Plan and, in accordance with section 1123(a)(l) of the Bankruptcy
Code, are not designated as Classes of Claims for purposes of this Plan and for purposes of
sections 1123, 1124, 1126 and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Junior DIP Claims likewise are
Unimpaired under the Plan and are not designated as a Class of Claims for purposes of this Plan. In
addition, Claims and Interests in Classes A1, A2, A3, A4, Bl, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6
and C7 are classified as Classes of Claims and Interests that are Unimpaired. In accordance with
section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Holders of Claims or Interests in such Classes are
conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject
the Plan. However, in the event that holders of Claims in Classes A1, Bl and/or Cl are treated as
set forth in Sections 3.06(a)(iv), 3.07(a)(iv) or 3.08(a)(iv), they shall be entitled to vote on
the Plan. Claims in Classes A5, A6, B5, and B6 are Impaired, and the Holders thereof are entitled
to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Claims and Interests in Classes A7, A8, A9, B7, and B8 are
Impaired under the Plan, and the Holders thereof will receive no distribution on account of their
respective Claims and, pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Holders are
conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject
the Plan.
Section 3.03. Administrative Claims. Administrative Claims are Unimpaired. Unless
otherwise provided for herein, each Holder of an Allowed Administrative Claim, including
Professional Fee Claims, shall receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment
and discharge of such Claim: (a) the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as
reasonably practicable after the later of (i) the Effective Date, (ii) the date on which such
Administrative Claim becomes Allowed, or (iii) a date agreed to in writing by the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Administrative Claim; or (b) such
other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the Holder
of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy
Court may order; provided, however, that Allowed Administrative Claims representing (i)
liabilities, accounts payable or other Claims, or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business of the Debtors consistent with past practices subsequent to the Petition Date, or (ii)
contractual liabilities incurred subsequent to the Petition Date, whether or not incurred in the
ordinary course of business, shall be paid or performed by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the particular transactions relating to such
liabilities and any agreements relating thereto.
Section 3.04. Priority Tax Claims. Priority Tax Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of
an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, at the option of the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as the case may be, in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and
discharge of such Priority Tax Claim: (a) the amount of such unpaid Allowed Priority Tax Claim in
Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of (i) the Effective Date,
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(ii) the date on which such Priority Tax Claim becomes Allowed and (iii) a date agreed to by the
Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Priority Tax Claim; (b)
equal Cash payments from the Reorganized Debtors made on the last Business Day of every three (3)
month period following the Effective Date, over a period not exceeding five (5) years after the
assessment of the tax on which such Priority Tax Claim is based, totaling the principal amount of
such Priority Tax Claim plus simple interest on any outstanding balance from the Effective Date
calculated at the interest rate publicly quoted on the Effective Date for obligations backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States of America maturing in ninety (90) days; or (c) such
other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the Holder
of such Priority Tax Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as
the Bankruptcy Court may order. The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, shall
have the right, in their sole discretion, to prepay at any time, in whole or in part, any Allowed
Priority Tax Claim without premium or penalty of any sort or nature. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary in the Plan, the implementing Plan documents or the Order confirming the Plan: (1)
nothing shall affect the rights of the United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”)
to assert setoff and recoupment; and (2) the Priority Tax Claims of the IRS shall be paid on a no
less than quarterly basis within five (5) years of the Petition Date and interest shall accrue on
such claims from the Effective Date at the rate and method set forth in 26 U.S.C. Sections 6621 and
6622. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless Her Majesty in Right of Canada agrees otherwise, each
Allowed Canadian Priority Tax Claim shall be paid within six (6) months of the Canadian Sanction
Order, or as the Canadian Court may order.
Section 3.05. Junior DIP Claims. The Junior DIP Claims are Unimpaired. The Junior DIP
Claims shall be paid in full in cash (a) on or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date or
(b) upon such other terms as the Reorganized Debtors and the Holders of such Claims may agree.
Section 3.06. Treatment of Claims Against and Interests in TLC USA:
(a)
Class Al: Other Secured Claims. Class Al Other Secured Claims
are Unimpaired (unless such Claims are treated pursuant to clause (iv) in the following
sentence,
in which case such Claims are Impaired and shall be entitled to vote). Each Holder of an
Allowed Class A1 Other Secured Claim shall receive, in the sole discretion of the Debtors or
the
Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
extinguishment
and discharge of such Claim: (i) Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Other Secured Claim
on or as soon as practicable after the later of (x) the Effective Date, (y) the date that such
Other
Secured Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Class Al Other Secured Claim;
(ii) treatment such that such Other Secured Claim is Reinstated; (iii) the Property securing
such
Other Secured Claim, with any deficiency to result in a General Unsecured Claim; or (iv) such
other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as the
Bankruptcy Court may order.
(b)
Class A2: Essential Trade Claims. Class A2 Essential Trade
Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class A2 Essential Trade Claim shall
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receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (i)
the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the
later of (x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on which such Class A2 Claim becomes Allowed, and
(z) a date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder
of such Class A2 Essential Trade Claim; or (ii) such other treatment on such other terms and
conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order.
(c) Class A3: Other Priority Claims. Class A3 Other Priority Claims
are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class A3 Other Priority Claim shall receive in full
satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (i) the amount
of
such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
(x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on which such Class A3 Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a
date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder
of
such Class A3 Claim; or (ii) such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors,
as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order,
(d)
Class A4: Prepetition Lender Secured Claims. Class A4
Prepetition Lender Secured Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class A4
Prepetition Lender Secured Claim shall receive, on or as soon as reasonably practicable after
the
Effective Date, in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of
such
Claim, cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Class A4 Prepetition Lender Secured Claim.
(e)
Class A5: General Unsecured Claims. Class A5 General
Unsecured Claims are Impaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class A5 General Unsecured Claim
shall receive, on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, in full
satisfaction,
settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim, its pro rata share
of: (i) Cash in
the amount of 90% of the aggregate amount of all Allowed Class A5 Claims, up to a maximum
amount (when combined with the aggregate amount of all Allowed Class B5 Claims) of
$9,000,000; and (ii) from the General Unsecured Creditor Note, 10% of all Allowed Class A5
Claims, up to a maximum amount (when combined with the aggregate amount of all Allowed
Class B5 Claims) of $3,000,000; provided, however, that in the event that Holders of
Allowed
Class A5 Claims are paid in full pursuant to this Section 3.06(e), any remaining balance from
the
foregoing shall be distributed pro rata to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class B5.
(f)
Class A6: Medical Pending Litigation Claims. Class A6 Medical
Pending Litigation Claims are Impaired. On the Effective Date, the Holders of Class A6
Medical Pending Litigation Claims shall be entitled to payment exclusively by way of any
insurance coverage held by TLC USA or its affiliates covering such Medical Pending Litigation
Claims.
(g)
Class A7: Subordinated Claims. Class A7 Subordinated Claims
are Impaired. Holders of Class A7 Subordinated Claims shall not receive or retain any Property
under the Plan on account of such Subordinated Claims. On the Effective Date, all Subordinated
Claims shall be extinguished.
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(h) Class A8: Intercompany Claims. Class A8 Intercompany Claims are Impaired. Holders
of Class A8 Intercompany Claims shall not receive or retain any Property under the Plan on account
of such Intercompany Claims. On the Effective Date, all Intercompany Claims shall be extinguished,
provided that claims owing by non-debtor subsidiaries and affiliates to TLC USA shall not be
affected by this Plan.
(i) Class A9: TLC USA Common Stock and Interests. Class A9 TLC USA Common Stock and
Interests are Impaired. Holders of Class A9 TLC USA Common Stock and Interests shall not receive
or retain any Property under the Plan on account of such Common Stock and Interests. All TLC USA
Common Stock and Interests shall be transferred to the Buyer Parties pursuant to the Plan Sponsor
Agreement.
Section 3.07. Treatment of Claims Against and Interests in TLC Canada:
(a) Class B1: Other Secured Claims. Class B1 Other Secured Claims
are Unimpaired (unless such Claims are treated pursuant to clause (iv) in the following
sentence,
in which case such Claims are Impaired and shall be entitled to vote). Each Holder of an
Allowed Class B1 Other Secured Claim shall receive, in the sole discretion of the Debtors or
the
Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
extinguishment
and discharge of such Claim: (i) Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Other Secured Claim
on or as soon as practicable after the later of (x) the Effective Date, (y) the date that such
Other
Secured Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Class B1 Other Secured Claim;
(ii) treatment such that such Other Secured Claim is Reinstated; (iii) the Property securing
such
Other Secured Claim, with any deficiency to result in a General Unsecured Claim; or (iv) such
other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as the
Bankruptcy Court may order.
(b) Class B2: Other Priority Claims. Class B2 Other Priority Claims
are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class B2 Other Priority Claim shall receive in full
satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (i) the amount
of
such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
(x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on which such Class B2 Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a
date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder
of
such Class B2 Claim; or (ii) such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors,
as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each
Allowed Canadian Priority Employee Claim shall be paid immediately after the Canadian
Sanction Order, or as the Canadian Court may order.
(c) Class B3: Essential Trade Claims. Class B3 Essential Trade
Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class B3 Essential Trade Claim shall
receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim:
(i) the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable
after the later of (x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on which such Class B3 Claim becomes
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Allowed, and (z) a date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be,
and the Holder of such Class B3 Essential Trade Claim; or (ii) such other treatment on such other
terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors
or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order.
(d) Class B4: Prepetition Lender Secured Claims. Class B4
Prepetition Lender Secured Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class B4
Prepetition Lender Secured Claim shall receive, on or as soon as reasonably practicable after
the
Effective Date, in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of
such
Claim, cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Class B4 Prepetition Lender Secured Claim.
(e) Class B5: General Unsecured Claims. Class B5 General
Unsecured Claims are Impaired. Class B5 General Unsecured Claims are Impaired, Each
holder of an Allowed Class B5 General Unsecured Claim shall receive, in full satisfaction,
settlement, release, extinguishment, and discharge of such Claim, its pro rata share
of: (i) (i)
Cash in the amount of 90% of the aggregate amount of all Allowed Class B5 Claims, up to a
maximum amount (when combined with the aggregate amount of all Allowed Class A5 Claims)
of $9,000,000; and (ii) from the General Unsecured Creditor Note, 10% of all Allowed Class B5
Claims, up to a maximum amount (when combined with the aggregate amount of all Allowed
Class A5 Claims) of $3,000,000; provided, however, that in the event that Holders of
Allowed
Class B5 Claims are paid in full pursuant to this Section 3.07(e), any remaining balance from
the
foregoing shall be distributed pro rata to Holders of Allowed Claims in Class A5.
(f) Class B6: Medical Pending Litigation Claims. Class B6 Medical
Pending Litigation Claims are Impaired. On the Effective Date, the Holders of Class B6 Medical
Pending Litigation Claims shall be entitled to payment exclusively by way of any insurance
coverage held by TLC Canada or its affiliates covering such Medical Pending Litigation Claims.
(g) Class B7: Intercompany Claims. Class B7 Intercompany Claims
are Impaired. Holders of Class B7 Intercompany Claims shall not receive or retain any Property
under the Plan on account of such Intercompany Claims. On the Effective Date, all
Intercompany Claims shall be extinguished, provided that claims owing by non-debtor
subsidiaries and affiliates to TLC Canada shall not be affected by this Plan.
(h) Class B8: TLC Canada Common Stock and Interests. Class B8 TLC Canada Common Stock
and Interests are Impaired and deemed to have rejected the Plan. The Holders of the TLC Canada
Common Stock and Interests shall retain such Common Stock and Interests although TLC Canada shall
no longer have any assets following the consummation of the Plan and Plan Sponsor Agreement. The
Holders of the TLC Canada Common Stock and Interests shall not receive or retain any Property under
the Plan on account of such Common Stock and Interests; provided, however, that
solely in the event that Holders of Class B5 General Unsecured Claims and Class B6 Medical Pending
Litigation Claims vote to accept the Plan, each Holder of an Allowed Class B8 TLC Canada Common
Stock and Interest shall receive its pro rata share of a cash pool of $287,500.
Section 3.08. Treatment of Claims Against and Interests in TLC MSI:
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(a)
Class C1: Other Secured Claims, Class C1 Other Secured Claims
are Unimpaired (unless such Claims are treated pursuant to clause (iv) in the following
sentence,
in which case such Claims are Impaired and shall be entitled to vote). Each Holder of an
Allowed Class C1 Other Secured Claim shall receive, in the sole discretion of the Debtors or
the
Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
extinguishment
and discharge of such Claim: (i) Cash equal to the amount of such Allowed Other Secured Claim
on or as soon as practicable after the later of (x) the Effective Date, (y) the date that such
Other
Secured Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Class C1 Other Secured Claim;
(ii) treatment such that such Other Secured Claim is Reinstated; (iii) the Property securing
such
Other Secured Claim, with any deficiency to result in a General Unsecured Claim; or (iv) such
other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the
Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, or as the
Bankruptcy Court may order.
(b) Class C2: Other Priority Claims.
Class C2 Other Priority Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class C2 Other Priority Claim shall receive in full
satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (i) the amount
of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
(x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on which such Class C2 Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a
date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder
of
such Class C2 Claim; or (ii) such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors,
as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order.
(c)
Class C3: General Unsecured Claims. Class C3 General
Unsecured Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class C3 General Unsecured
Claim not satisfied as of the Effective Date of the Plan shall receive, in full satisfaction,
settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (i) the amount of such unpaid
Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of (x) the
Effective
Date, (y) the date on which such General Unsecured Claim becomes Allowed, or (z) a date
agreed to in writing by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder
of such General Unsecured Claim; (ii) treatment such that such General Unsecured Claim is
Reinstated; or (iii) such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the
case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order.
(d)
Class C4: TLC MSI Common Stock and Interests. Class C4 TLC
MSI Common Stock and Interests is Unimpaired. Holders of Allowed Class C4 TLC MSI
Common Stock and Interests shall retain their Interests.
(e)
Class C5: Prepetition Lender Secured Claims. Class C5
Prepetition Lender Secured Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class C5
Prepetition Lender Secured Claim shall receive, on or as soon as reasonably practicable after
the Effective Date, in full satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of
such
Claim, cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Class C5 Prepetition Lender Secured Claim.
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(f) Class C6: Intercompany Claims. Class C6 Intercompany Claims
are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class C6 Intercompany Claim shall receive in full
satisfaction, settlement, release, extinguishment and discharge of such Claim: (i) the amount
of
such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the later of
(x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on which such Class C6 Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a
date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder
of
such Class C6 Claim; or (ii) such other treatment on such other terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors,
as the case may be, or as the Bankruptcy Court may order.
(g) Class C7: Medical Pending Litigation Claims. Class C7 Medical
Pending Litigation Claims are Unimpaired. Each Holder of an Allowed Class C7 Medical
Pending Litigation Claim shall receive in full satisfaction, settlement, release,
extinguishment
and discharge of such Claim: (i) the amount of such unpaid Allowed Claim in Cash on or as
soon as reasonably practicable after the later of (x) the Effective Date, (y) the date on
which such
Class C7 Claim becomes Allowed, and (z) a date agreed to by the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as the case may be, and the Holder of such Class C7 Claim; or (ii) such other
treatment
on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon in writing by the Holder of such
Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be.
ARTICLE IV.
ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN; CRAMDOWN
Section 4.01. Acceptance by Impaired Classes of Claims and Interests. Pursuant to
section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, an Impaired Class of Claims shall have accepted the Plan
if: (a) the Holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in dollar amount of the Allowed Claims actually
voting in such Class (other than Claims held by any Holder designated pursuant to section 1126(e)
of the Bankruptcy Code) have timely and properly voted to accept the Plan, and (b) more than
one-half (1/2) in number of the Holders of such Allowed Claims actually voting in such Class
(other than Claims held by any Holder designated pursuant to section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy
Code) have timely and properly voted to accept the Plan. No Class of Interests is entitled to vote
on the Plan pursuant to section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 4.02. Voting Classes. Except as otherwise required by the Bankruptcy Code or
the Bankruptcy Rules or as otherwise provided in this Section 4.02, the Holders of Claims against
TLC USA in Classes A5 and A6, and Holders of Claims or Interests against TLC Canada in Classes B5
and B6 shall be entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan in accordance with Section 4.01 of
the Plan. Classes of Claims and Interests Unimpaired under the Plan (Classes Al, A2, A3, A4, Bl,
B2, B3, B4, Cl, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C7) shall not be entitled to vote to accept or reject the
Plan, and shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of
the Bankruptcy Code. However, in the event that holders of Claims in Classes Al, Bl and Cl are
treated as set forth in Sections 3.06(a)(iv), 3.07(a)(iv) or 3.08(a)(iv), they shall be entitled to
vote on the Plan. The Classes of Claims and Interests that are Impaired that are receiving no
distribution under the Plan (Classes A7, A8, A9, B7, and B8) shall not be entitled to vote to
accept or reject the Plan and shall be conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan.
Administrative Claims, Priority Tax Claims and the Junior DIP Claims
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are Unimpaired and not classified under the Plan and hence are not entitled to vote to accept or
reject the Plan.
Section 4,03. Ballot Instructions, Each Holder of a Claim entitled to vote on the
Plan will be asked to complete and return a Ballot to the Voting Agent, which will compile the
votes so received. Any questions as to the validity, form, and eligibility (including time of
receipt) of Ballots will be resolved by the Bankruptcy Court upon application or at the
Confirmation Hearing.
Section 4.04. Cramdown. If all applicable requirements for Confirmation of the Plan
are met as set forth in section 1129(a)(l) through (13) of the Bankruptcy Code except subsection
(8) thereof, the Debtors intend to request that the Bankruptcy Court confirm the Plan in
accordance with section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, notwithstanding the requirements of
section 1129(a)(8) thereof, on the bases that the Plan is fair and equitable, and does not
discriminate unfairly, with respect to each Class of Claims or Interests that is Impaired under,
and has not accepted or is deemed to have rejected, the Plan.
ARTICLE V.
PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS
UNDER THE PLAN
Section 5.01. Timing of Distributions. Except as set forth in Section 5.03 below,
distributions of Property will be made to Holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests in
accordance with Article III of the Plan. If a Claim or Interest is not an Allowed Claim or an
Allowed Interest as of the applicable distribution date, distributions will be made only if and
when the Claim or Interest is Allowed, and then in accordance with Article III of the Plan and,
with respect to the cure of defaults for assumed executory contracts and unexpired leases, Section
6.02 of the Plan, and in each case, subject to Article VIII of the Plan.
Section 5.02. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims. The Reorganized Debtors
shall deliver to the Disbursing Agent sufficient Cash to make the distributions to be made on the
Effective Date to the Holders of Allowed Claims entitled to receive Cash in accordance with
Article III of the Plan. Payments and other distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan will be
available from the funds held by the Reorganized Debtors as of the Effective Date. If any dispute
arises as to the identity of a Holder of an Allowed Claim who is to receive any distribution, the
Reorganized Debtors shall, in lieu of making such distribution to such Holder, delay such
distribution until the disposition thereof shall be determined by Final Order of the Bankruptcy
Court or by written agreement among the interested parties to such dispute.
Section 5.03. Delivery of Distributions. Distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims
shall be made by the Disbursing Agent: (a) at the last known addresses of such Holders or (b) at
the addresses set forth in any written notices of address changes delivered to the Disbursing
Agent. If any Holder’s distribution is returned as undeliverable, no further distributions to such
Holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent is notified of such Holder’s then
current address, at which time all missed distributions shall be made to such Holder without
interest; provided, however, that such notice be received by the Disbursing Agent
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prior to such distribution becoming Unclaimed Property. All distributions pursuant to the Plan
shall be at the Reorganized Debtors’ expense.
Section 5.04. Method of Cash Distributions. Any Cash payment to be made pursuant to
the Plan may be made by Cash, draft, check, wire transfer, or as otherwise required or provided in
any relevant agreement or applicable law at the option of the Reorganized Debtors.
Section 5.05. Fractional Dollars. Whenever any payment of a fraction of a dollar
would otherwise be called for, the actual payment shall reflect a rounding of such fraction to the
nearest whole dollars (rounding down in the case of $0.50 or less and rounding up in the case of
more than $0.50).
Section 5.06. Failure to Negotiate Checks, Checks issued in respect of distributions
under the Plan shall be null and void if not negotiated within sixty (60) days after the date of
issuance. Any amounts returned to the Reorganized Debtors in respect of such non-negotiated checks
shall be held by the Reorganized Debtors, as appropriate. Requests for reissuance for any such
check shall be made directly to the Reorganized Debtors by the Holder of the Allowed Claim with
respect to which such check originally was issued. All amounts represented by any voided check
will be held until the later of one (1) year after (a) the Effective Date or (b) the date that a
particular Claim is Allowed, and all requests for reissuance by the Holder of the Allowed Claim in
respect of a voided check are required to be made prior to such date. Thereafter, all such amounts
shall be deemed to be Unclaimed Property, in accordance with Section 5.07 of the Plan, and all
Holders of Claims in respect of void checks shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from
asserting a claim to such funds in any manner against the Debtors or their respective assets or
the Reorganized Debtors or their respective assets.
Section 5.07. Unclaimed Distributions. All Property distributed on account of Claims
must be claimed within the later of (a) one (1) year after the Effective Date or (b) one (1) year
after such distribution is made to such Holder or, in the case of a distribution made in the form
of a check, must be negotiated and a request for reissuance be made as provided for in Section 5.06
of the Plan. All Unclaimed Property will be retained by and will revest in the Reorganized Debtors
and will no longer be subject to distribution. All full or partial payments made by the Disbursing
Agent and received by the Holder of a Claim prior to the Effective Date will be deemed to be
payments under the Plan for purposes of satisfying the obligations of the Debtors pursuant to the
Plan, Nothing contained in the Plan shall require the Reorganized Debtors to attempt to locate any
Holder of an Allowed Claim other than by reviewing the records of the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as applicable, and any Claims filed in these Cases. Pursuant to section 1143 of the
Bankruptcy Code, all Claims in respect of Unclaimed Property shall be deemed Disallowed and the
Holder of any Claim Disallowed in accordance with this Section 5.07 will be forever barred,
expunged, estopped and enjoined from asserting such Claim in any manner against the Debtors or
their respective assets or the Reorganized Debtors or their respective assets.
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Section 5.08. Limitation on Distribution Rights. If a claimant holds more than one
Claim in any one Class, all Claims of the claimant in that Class will be aggregated into one Claim
and one distribution will be made with respect to the aggregated Claim.
Section 5.09.
Compliance With Tax Requirements. In connection with each distribution
with respect to which the filing of an information return (such as an Internal Revenue Service
Form 1099 or 1042) or withholding is required, the Reorganized Debtors shall file such information
return with the Internal Revenue Service and provide any required statements in connection
therewith to the recipients of such distribution or effect any such withholding and deposit all
moneys so withheld as required by law. With respect to any Person from whom a tax identification
number, certified tax identification number or other tax information required by law to avoid
withholding has not been received by the Reorganized Debtors within thirty (30) days from the date
of such request, the Reorganized Debtors may, at their option, withhold the amount required and
distribute the balance to such Person or decline to make such distribution until the information
is received.
Section 5.10. Documentation Necessary to Release Liens. Each Creditor which is to
receive a Cash distribution under the Plan in full satisfaction of a Secured Claim shall not
receive such distribution until such Creditor executes and delivers any documents necessary to
release all Liens arising under any applicable security agreement or non-bankruptcy law (in
recordable form if appropriate) in connection with such Secured Claim and such other documents as
the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may reasonably request or otherwise turns
over and releases any and all Property of the Debtors that secures or purportedly secures such
Claim. Any such Holder that fails to execute and deliver such release of liens within 120 days of
the Effective Date shall be deemed to have no further Claim against the Debtors, the Reorganized
Debtors or their assets or Property in respect of such Claim and shall not participate in any
distribution hereunder on account of such Claim. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, any such Holder of a Disputed Claim shall not be required to execute and deliver such
release until at least the date that is 30 days after the date on which such Claim is Allowed or
Disallowed.
ARTICLE VI.
EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES; INDEMNIFICATION
OBLIGATIONS; BENEFIT PROGRAMS
Section 6.01. Treatment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. Pursuant to
sections 365(a) and 1123(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, all executory contracts and unexpired leases
that exist between the Debtors and any Person or Entity shall be deemed assumed by the Debtors as
of the Effective Date, except for any executory contract or unexpired lease that (a) has expired or
terminated pursuant to its own terms, (b) has previously been assumed, assumed and assigned, or
rejected pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court on or prior to the Confirmation Date, and, if
necessary, by order of the Canadian Court, (c) is the subject of a pending motion to assume, assume
and assign, or reject as of the Confirmation Date, or (d) is listed on the Schedule of Rejected
Contracts which shall be included with the Plan Supplement; provided, however, that the Debtors
shall have the right, with the consent of the Buyer Parties, at any time prior to the Confirmation
Date, to amend the Schedule of Rejected
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Contracts upon notice to the counterparty to such contract or lease (a) to delete any
executory contract or unexpired lease listed therein, thus providing for its assumption pursuant
to this Section 6.01 or (b) to add any executory contract or unexpired lease thereto, thus
providing for its rejection pursuant to this Section 6.01. The Confirmation Order (except as
otherwise provided therein) shall constitute an order of the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section
365 of the Bankruptcy Code, effective as of the Effective Date, approving the assumptions and
rejections hereunder. Each contract and lease assumed pursuant to this Section 601 shall be
assumed only to the extent that any such contract or lease constitutes an executory contract or
unexpired lease. Assumption of a contract or lease pursuant to this Section 6.01 shall not
constitute an admission by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors that such contract or lease is
an executory contract or unexpired lease or that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have any
liability thereunder. All executory contracts and unexpired leases that are assumed will be
assumed under their present terms or upon such terms as are agreed to in writing between the
applicable Debtor and the counterparty to the executory contract or unexpired lease; provided,
however, that any leases and executory contracts of TLC Canada that are assumed under this Plan
shall be deemed to be assigned to the Canadian Buyer. Each executory contract and unexpired lease
that is assumed and relates to the use, ability to acquire, or occupancy of real property shall
include: (a) all modifications, amendments, supplements, restatements, or other agreements made
directly or indirectly by any agreement, instrument, or other
document that in any manner affect
such executory contract or unexpired lease and (b) all executory contracts or unexpired leases
appurtenant to the premises, including all easements, licenses, permits, rights, privileges,
immunities, options, rights of First refusal, powers, uses, reciprocal easement agreements,
vaults, tunnel or bridge agreements or franchises, and any other interests in real estate or
rights in rent related to such premises, unless any of the foregoing agreements has been rejected
pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
Section 6.02. Cure of Defaults for Assumed Contracts and Leases. Within fifteen (15)
days after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay to the nondebtor parties to such
executory contracts and unexpired leases being assumed the cure amounts. The nondebtor parties to
such executory contracts and unexpired leases shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of such cure
amounts to object thereto. If any objections are filed, and cannot be resolved by agreement, the
Bankruptcy Court shall hold a hearing to determine the cure amount with respect to the executory
contract or unexpired lease subject to the objection or to otherwise resolve such objection. Any
party failing to object (whether to the proposed cure amount or otherwise) within thirty (30) days
after receipt of the cure amount by the Reorganized Debtors shall be forever barred from asserting,
collecting, or seeking to collect from the Reorganized Debtors any amounts in excess of the cure
amount or from otherwise objecting to the assumption, by the Debtors, of such executory contract or
unexpired lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything else in this Article VI, with respect
to any executory contract or unexpired lease which is the subject of an objection, the Reorganized
Debtors shall retain the right, until five (5) Business Days after any order resolving the
objection becomes a Final Order, to reject such executory contract or unexpired lease.
Section 6.03. Resolution of Objections to Assumption of Executory Contracts and Unexpired
Leases. Any party objecting to the Debtors’ proposed assumption of an executory contract or
unexpired lease on any grounds other than the proposed cure amount,
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including, without limitation, the ability of the Reorganized Debtors to provide “adequate
assurance of future performance” (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under
the contract or lease to be assumed shall File and serve on counsel for the Debtors a written
objection to the assumption of such contract or lease not later than thirty (30) days from service
of notice of the Debtors’ intent to assume such executory
contract or unexpired lease. Service of
such notice shall be sufficient if served on the other party to the executory contract or
unexpired lease at the address indicated on (a) the contract or lease, (b) any proof of Claim
filed by such other party in respect of such contract or lease, or (c) the Reorganized Debtors’
books and records; provided, however, that if such a notice is served by the Reorganized Debtors
to one of the foregoing addresses and is promptly returned as undeliverable, the Reorganized
Debtors shall attempt reservice of the notice on an alternative address, if any, from the above
listed sources. Failure to File an objection within the time period set forth above shall
constitute an acknowledgement of the assumption and revestment of such contract or lease, subject
to payment of the cure amount, if any, including an acknowledgment that the proposed assumption
provided adequate assurance of future performance. To the extent that any objections to the
assumption of a contract or lease are timely Filed and served and such objections are not resolved
between the Debtors and the objecting parties, the Bankruptcy Court shall resolve such disputes at
the Confirmation Hearing or as soon as reasonable practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, or anything else in this Article VI, with respect to any executory contract or
unexpired lease which is subject to an objection, the Reorganized Debtors shall retain the right,
until five (5) Business Days after any order resolving the objection becomes a Final Order, to
reject such executory contract or unexpired lease.
Section 6.04. Bar Date for Rejection Claims. Rejection Claims arising out of the
rejection of any executory contract or unexpired lease pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof must be
filed with the Bankruptcy Court no later than the later of thirty (30) days after the entry of an
order rejecting such executory contract or unexpired lease or the Bar Date. Any Claim not filed
within such time period shall be forever barred. The Reorganized Debtors shall have the exclusive
right to object to any Claim arising out of the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired
lease pursuant to the terms of Section 8.05 of this Plan.
Section 6.05. Treatment of Rejection Claims. The Bankruptcy Court shall determine any
Objections Filed in accordance with Section 8.05 hereof at a hearing to be held on a date to be
determined by the Bankruptcy Court. Subject to any statutory limitation, including, but not limited
to, the limitations contained in sections 502(b)(6) and 502(b)(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, any
Claims arising out of the rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases shall, pursuant to
section 502(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, be treated as Class A5, B5, or C3 General Unsecured Claims,
as appropriate, in accordance with Sections 3.05, 3.06, or 3.07 of the Plan.
Section 6.06. Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Entered Into and Other Obligations
Incurred After the Petition Date. On the Effective Date, all contracts, leases, and other
agreements entered into by any or all of the Debtors on or after the Petition Date, which
agreements have not been terminated in accordance with their terms on or before the Effective
Date, shall revest in and remain in full force and effect as against the Reorganized Debtors and
the other parties to such contracts, leases and other agreements.
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Section 6.07. Modification of Change of Control Provisions. To the extent any
contracts of the Debtors contain provisions modifying their rights or the rights of the subject
counterparties, or give rise to rights or obligations of the Debtors or such counterparties, as a
result of a change in control of any of the Debtors, such contracts are hereby deemed to be
modified such that the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Plan
Sponsor Agreement, shall not modify or give rise to any such rights or obligations.
Section 6.08. Reorganized Debtors’ Indemnification Obligations. To the extent not
inconsistent with the Plan, any obligations of the Debtors, pursuant to their respective articles
of incorporation or by-laws, applicable state law or their specific agreement, to indemnify a
Person with respect to all present and future actions, suits and proceedings against the Debtors,
the Reorganized Debtors or such indemnified Person, based upon any act or omission related to
service with, or for or on behalf of, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, shall survive
Confirmation of the Plan and shall not be impaired by Confirmation of the Plan, but shall be
deemed and treated as executory contracts that are assumed and, as applicable, amended by the
Debtors pursuant to the Plan and section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, except to the extent any such
obligation has been released, discharged or modified pursuant to the Plan. Such indemnification
obligations shall survive unaffected by the Plan and shall be performed and honored by the
Reorganized Debtors. The Debtors will purchase “tail” coverage to their existing D&O insurance
policies pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Plan Sponsor Agreement.
Section 6.09. Benefit Programs. Employees of TLC Canada to be transferred to the
Buyers will be given full credit for their years of service with TLC Canada before the Effective
Date for purposes of vesting and eligibility to participate (but not accrual of benefits for any
purpose) in benefit plans, vacation and leave, severance and other programs of Buyer and its
Affiliates that are made available to such employees after the Effective Date. Such employees shall
cease to participate in TLC Canada’s benefit plans (other than any Assumed Benefit Plans as defined
in the Plan Sponsor Agreement) as at the Effective Date and shall commence participation in the
Buyers’ benefit plans as at the Effective Date. In respect of any Assumed Benefit Plan, effective
as of the Effective Date, TLC Canada shall assign to the subject new employer the Assumed Benefit
Plans and all of its rights, duties, obligations and liabilities under and in relation to the
Assumed Benefit Plans and all related agreements. Buyer shall cause the employer to accept such
assignment and become the sponsor and administrator (where applicable) of the Assumed Benefit Plans
as of the Effective Date. Except and to the extent previously assumed by an order of the Bankruptcy
Court on or before the Effective Date, all officer, director or employee compensation and benefit
programs of Debtors TLC USA and TLC MSI entered into before or after the Petition Date and not
since terminated, shall be deemed to be, and shall be treated as though they are, executory
contracts that are assumed under Section 6.01 of the Plan, but only to the extent that rights under
such programs are held by such Debtors or Persons who are employees of the Debtors as of the
Effective Date, and the Debtors’ obligations under such programs to Persons who are employees of
the Debtors on the Effective Date shall survive Confirmation of the Plan, except for (a) executory
contracts or plans specifically rejected pursuant to the Plan, and (b) executory contracts or plans
that have previously been rejected, are the subject of a motion to reject, or have been
specifically waived by the beneficiaries of any plans or contracts.
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ARTICLE VII.
MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
Section 7-01. Corporate Action. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute
authorization for the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to take or to cause to be taken all
corporate actions necessary or appropriate to consummate and implement the provisions of the Plan
prior to, on and after the Effective Date, and all such actions taken or caused to be taken shall
be deemed to have been authorized and approved by the Bankruptcy Court, including, without
limitation, (a) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Plan Sponsor Agreement;
(b) the election of directors and officers in accordance with Section 10.02 of the Plan; (c) the
adoption of the New TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws; (d) the execution and
delivery of the new Senior Management Contracts; (e) the adoption of the New Management Incentive
Plan; and (f) the filing of liquidation proceedings in the Canadian Court. All such actions shall
be deemed to have occurred and shall be in effect pursuant to applicable non-bankruptcy law and
the Bankruptcy Code, without any requirement of further action by the stockholders or directors of
the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors. On the Effective Date, the appropriate officers and
directors of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors are authorized and directed to execute and
deliver the agreements, documents and instruments contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement
in the name and on behalf of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to effect the actions
detailed herein.
Section 7.02. Plan Funding. The funds to be utilized to make Cash payments under this
Plan have been and/or will be generated from, among other things, payments made, funds available,
or obligations assumed under the Plan Sponsor Agreement, payments under the General Unsecured
Creditor Note, the Cash of the Debtors as of the Effective Date, and Cash generated from
operations of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors,
Section 7.03. Plan Sponsor Agreement. On the Effective Date, the transactions
contemplated by the Plan Sponsor Agreement shall be consummated.
Section 7.04. Articles of Organization, The New TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation
and By-Laws shall contain such provisions as are required to satisfy the provisions of the Plan and
the Bankruptcy Code and shall include, among other things, (a) a prohibition on the issuance of
nonvoting equity securities to the extent, and only to the extent, required by section 1123(a)(6)
of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) provisions for a five (5) member Board of Directors of Reorganized TLC
USA consisting of initial members who will be identified in the Plan Supplement, and (c) other
provisions ordinary and customary in such situations so long as they are not inconsistent with any
of the provisions contained in the foregoing (a) and (b).
Section 7.05. Operations Between the Confirmation Date and the Effective Date. The
Debtors shall continue to operate as debtors-in-possession, subject to the supervision of the
Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, during the period
from the Confirmation Date through and until the Effective Date.
Section 7.06. Revesting of Assets. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the
Plan, pursuant to sections 1123(a)(5), 1123(b)(3) and 1141(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, all
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Property comprising the Estates of each Debtor, including, but not limited to, all Avoidance
Actions and all Causes of Action shall automatically be retained and revest in the relevant
Reorganized Debtor or its respective successor, free and clear of all Claims, Liens,
contractually-imposed restrictions, charges, encumbrances and Interests of Creditors and equity
security holders on the Effective Date, with all such Claims, Liens, contractually-imposed
restrictions, charges, encumbrances and Interests being extinguished except as otherwise provided
in the Plan and Plan Sponsor Agreement. As of the Effective Date, each Reorganized Debtor may
operate its business and use, acquire and dispose of Property and settle and compromise Claims or
Interests without supervision of the Bankruptcy Court free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy
Code or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those restrictions expressly imposed by the Plan and
Confirmation Order. Without limiting the foregoing, each Reorganized Debtor may pay the charges it
incurs for professional fees, disbursements, expenses, or related support services after the
Effective Date without any application to the Bankruptcy Court.
Section 7.07. Approval of Agreements. The solicitation of votes on the Plan shall be
deemed a solicitation of the Holders of Claims for the approval of all other agreements and
transactions contemplated by the Plan and the Plan Supplement. Entry of the Confirmation Order
shall constitute approval of such agreements and transactions and the Confirmation Order shall so
provide.
Section 7.08. Adoption or Assumption of Senior Management Contracts. On the Effective
Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall (i) assume existing Senior Management Contracts (each as they
may be amended with the approval of the Buyer Parties), and (ii) shall enter into an employment
agreement with Jim Tiffany, current President and Chief Operating Officer, and Ellen Jo Plass (on
terms and conditions acceptable to the Buyer Parties).
Section 7.09. Adoption of New Management Incentive Plan. On the Effective Date, the
Buyer Parties will adopt the New Management Incentive Plan,
Section 7.10. Corporate Structure Changes. Following the Effective Date, the
Reorganized Debtors shall have the same corporate structure as existed prior to the Effective Date,
as may be modified in a manner acceptable by the Buyer Parties; provided, however, that Reorganized
TLC Canada shall cease all operations and the Information Officer of TLC Canada appointed by the
Canadian Court shall be authorized, pursuant to powers set out in the Confirmation Order and
Canadian Sanction Order, to liquidate any remaining assets of TLC Canada and distribute the net
proceeds of such assets to Holders of Allowed Class B5 Claims.
ARTICLE VIII.
PRESERVATION OF CAUSES OF ACTION AND
RIGHT TO DEFEND AND CONTEST
Section 8.01. Preservation of Rights. Except to the extent that any Claim is Allowed
during the Chapter 11 Cases or expressly by this Plan, nothing, including, but not limited to, the
failure of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to object to a Claim or Interest for any reason
during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, shall affect, prejudice, diminish or impair the rights
and legal and equitable defenses of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors
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with
respect to any Claim or Interest, including, but not limited to, all rights of the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors to contest or defend themselves against such Claims or Interests in any lawful
manner or forum when and if such Claim or Interest is sought to be enforced by the Holder thereof.
Section 8.02. Rights of Action. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, all Causes
of Action, including Avoidance Actions, shall automatically be retained and preserved and will
revest in the Reorganized Debtors. Pursuant to section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, the
Reorganized Debtors (as representatives of the Debtors’ Estates) will retain and have the
exclusive right to enforce and prosecute such Causes of Action against any Entity, that arose
before the Effective Date, other than those expressly released or compromised as part of or
pursuant to the Plan.
Section 8.03. Setoffs. Except to the extent that any Claim is Allowed, the Debtors or the
Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may, but shall not be required to, set off against any Claims
and the payments or distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan in respect of such Claims, any
and all debts, liabilities, Causes of Action and claims of every type and nature whatsoever which
the Estates, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may have against their Creditors, but neither
the failure to do so nor the allowance of any such Claims, whether pursuant to the Plan or
otherwise, shall constitute a waiver or release by the Debtors of any such claims or Causes of
Action the Debtors may have against such Creditors, and all such claims and Causes of Action which
are not expressly released pursuant to the Plan shall be reserved to and retained by the
Reorganized Debtors.
Section 8.04. No Payment or Distribution Pending Allowance. All references to Claims
and amounts of Claims refer to the amount of the Claim Allowed by agreement of the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors and the Holder of such Claim, by operation of law, by Final Order, or by this
Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, no payment or distribution shall be made on
account of or with respect to any Claim to the extent it is a Disputed Claim unless and until the
Disputed Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.
Section 8.05. Resolution of Disputed Claims. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court
after notice and a hearing, the Reorganized Debtors shall have the exclusive right, on and after
the Effective Date, to File Objections to Claims (except those specifically Allowed by this Plan)
and shall serve a copy of each such objection upon the holder of the Claim to which the objection
is made as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Claims Objection Deadline. The
foregoing deadlines may be extended by order of the Court. An Objection to any Claim shall be
deemed properly served on the Holder thereof if the Reorganized Debtors effect service in any of
the following manners: (a) in accordance with Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as
modified and made applicable by Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7004; (b) by first class mail,
postage prepaid, on the signatory on the proof of claim or other representative identified in the
proof of Claim or any attachment thereto; or (c) by first class mail, postage prepaid, on any
counsel that has appeared on the Holder’s behalf in the Chapter 11 Cases.
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ARTICLE IX.
CONDITIONS TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN
Section 9.01. Conditions to Confirmation. The Confirmation Order shall not be entered
unless and until the following conditions have occurred or have been duly waived (if waivable)
pursuant to Section 9.03 below:
(a) the Plan, including any amendments, modifications, or supplements
thereto, and all documentation contemplated by the Plan, shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer Parties;
(b) no default or event of default shall have occurred under the junior DIP Loan Agreement;
(c) the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Plan Sponsor Order;
(d) the Canadian Court shall have entered the Canadian Recognition
Order;
(e) all material third party consents and waivers shall have been obtained, reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer Parties; and
(f) the Debtors shall not be in breach of the Plan Sponsor Agreement.
Section 9.02. Conditions to Effective Date. The Plan shall not be consummated, and
the Effective Date shall not occur, unless and until the following conditions have occurred or
have been duly waived (if waivable) pursuant to Section 9.03 below;
(a) the Bankruptcy Court shall have approved the information contained in the Disclosure
Statement as adequate;
(b) the Confirmation Order, which order shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Debtors and Buyer Parties, shall have been entered and shall not be stayed by order of a court of
competent jurisdiction;
(c) the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order confirming the Plan, which order shall be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Debtors and Buyer Parties
(d) all documents and agreements required to be executed or delivered under the Plan on or
prior to the Effective Date shall have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto;
(e) the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order (contemplated to be part of the
Confirmation Order) authorizing and directing the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to take all
actions necessary or appropriate to enter into, implement, and consummate the contracts,
instruments, releases, indentures and other agreements or documents created, amended, supplemented,
modified or adopted in connection with the Plan;
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(f) the Canadian Court shall have entered the Canadian Sanction Order;
(g) the Debtors’ obligations under the Junior DIP Financing shall have been paid in full;
(h) the New Debtors Certificates of Incorporation shall have been filed with the applicable
authority of each Reorganized Debtors’ jurisdiction of incorporation or organization in accordance
with such jurisdiction’s applicable law;
(i) all authorizations, consents and regulatory approvals required, if any, in connection
with the Plan’s effectiveness shall have been obtained;
(j) the conditions to closing under the Plan Sponsor Agreement shall have been satisfied;
(k) the Buyer Parties shall have issued the General Unsecured Creditor Note to the Disbursing
Agent;
(1) the Senior Management Contracts shall have been entered into by the parties thereto (as
applicable); and
(m) all Plan Documents shall have been adopted, shall be in full force and effect and shall
be in form and substance acceptable to the Debtors and the Buyer Parties.
Section 9.03. Waiver of Conditions to Confirmation and Consummation. The conditions
to confirmation in Section 9.01 and to consummation in Section 9.02 (other than 9.02(a) and (b))
may be waived at any time by a writing signed by an authorized representative of each of the
Debtors and the Buyer Parties without notice or order of the Bankruptcy Court or any further
action other than proceeding to consummation of the Plan.
Section 9.04. Effect of Failure or Absence of Waiver of Conditions Precedent to
the Effective Date of the Plan. In the event that one or more of the conditions specified
in Section 9.02 of the Plan have not occurred (or been waived) within ninety (90) days after entry
of the Confirmation Order, upon notification submitted by the Debtors to the Bankruptcy Court, (a)
the Confirmation Order, automatically and without further order of the Bankruptcy Court, shall be
deemed, vacated, null and void, with no force or legal effect
whatsoever, (b) no distributions under
the Plan shall be made, (c) all Property of the Estates shall revest in the Debtors’ Estates, (d)
the Debtors and all Holders of Claims and Interests shall be restored to the status quo ante as of
the day immediately preceding the Confirmation Date as though the Confirmation Date never occurred,
and (e) the Debtors’ obligations with respect to the Claims and Interests shall remain unchanged
and nothing contained herein shall constitute or be deemed a waiver or release of any Claims or
Interests by or against the Debtors or any other Person or Entity or to prejudice in any manner the
rights of the Debtors or any Person or Entity in any further proceedings involving the Debtors.
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ARTICLE X.
OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS
Section 10.01. Post-Effective Date Operation of Business. From and after the
Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will continue to exist as separate corporate entities, in
accordance with the applicable law in the respective jurisdictions in which they are incorporated
and pursuant to the New TLC USA Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws and the existing
Certificates of Incorporation and By-Laws of TLC Canada and TLC MSI.
Section 10.02. Post Effective Date Officers and Directors. On the Effective Date, the
officers of the Reorganized Debtors (a) shall be the individuals with such titles as set forth in
the Plan Supplement, and (b) will be reimbursed for all reasonable costs and expenses, and will
receive compensation, as set forth in the Senior Management Contracts or such other employment
arrangements, with all such payments to be made by the respective Reorganized Debtors. The members
of each of the Boards of Directors of the Reorganized Debtors, which shall serve starting on the
Effective Date, will be identified in the Plan Supplement.
ARTICLE XI.
EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION
Section 11.01. Discharge. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
(including, without limitation, section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code), and except as otherwise
provided in the Plan or in the Confirmation Order, all consideration distributed under the Plan
shall be in exchange for, and in complete satisfaction, settlement, discharge and release of, all
Claims of any nature whatsoever against the Debtors or any of their assets or Properties,
regardless of whether any Property shall have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on
account of such Claims. Upon the Effective Date, and except as expressly contemplated in this Plan,
the Debtors, and each of them, shall: be deemed discharged and released under section 1141(d)(I)(A)
of the Bankruptcy Code from any and all Claims, including, but not limited to, demands and
liabilities that arose before the Effective Date, debts (as such term is defined in section 101(12)
of the Bankruptcy Code), Liens, security interests, and encumbrances of and against all Property of
the respective Estates, the Debtors, or the Reorganized Debtors that arose prior to the Effective
Date, including, without limitation, all debts of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h) or
502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code, whether or not (i) such Claim has been Allowed pursuant to section
502 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) the Holder of such Claim has voted to accept the Plan. Further,
as of the Effective Date, all entities, including, without limitation, all Holders of Claims or
Interests, shall be barred and enjoined from asserting against the Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, their successors or their Property any other or further Claims, debts, rights, Causes of
Action, liabilities or Interests relating to the Debtors based upon any act, omission, transaction
or other activity of any nature that occurred prior to the Effective Date, except for those
obligations expressly created by, or reserved in, this Plan. In accordance with the foregoing,
except as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall be a
judicial determination of discharge of all such Claims and other debts and liabilities against the
Debtors, pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge and
termination shall void any judgment obtained against the Debtors or the
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Reorganized Debtors at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged Claim or
terminated Interest.
Section 11.02. Injunction.
(a) Discharged Claims and Terminated Interests. Except as otherwise expressly provided
for in the Plan or the Confirmation Order and to the fullest extent authorized or provided by the
Bankruptcy Code, including sections 524 and 1141 thereof, the entry of the Confirmation Order
shall, provided that the Effective Date occurs, permanently enjoin all Persons that have held,
currently hold or may hold a Claim or other debt or liability that is discharged or an Interest or
other right of an equity security holder that is Impaired or terminated pursuant to the terms of
the Plan from taking any of the following actions against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or
their Property on account of any such discharged Claims, debts or liabilities or such terminated
Interests or rights: (i) commencing, conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or
indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding of any kind; (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching,
collecting or otherwise recovering in any manner or by any means, whether directly or indirectly,
any judgment, award, decree or order; (iii) creating, perfecting or enforcing in any manner,
directly or indirectly, any Lien or encumbrance of any kind; (iv) asserting any setoff, offset,
right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind, directly or indirectly, against any debt, liability
or obligation due to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (other than with respect to any right
of setoff validly asserted against any of the Debtors prior to the Effective Date and any valid
defense of recoupment held by any non-debtor party); and (v) proceeding in any manner in any place
whatsoever, including employing any process, that does not conform to or comply with or is
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.
(b) Released Claims. As of the Effective Date, the Confirmation Order shall
constitute an injunction permanently enjoining any Person that has held, currently holds or may
hold a Claim, demand, debt, right, Cause of Action or liability that is released pursuant to
Section 11.04 of the Plan from enforcing or attempting to enforce any such Claim, demand, debt,
right, Cause of Action or liability against any (i) Debtor, (ii) Reorganized Debtor, (iii)
Releasee, or (iv) Exculpated Person, or any of their respective Property, based on, arising from or
relating to, in whole or in part, any act, omission, or other occurrence talking place on or prior
to the Effective Date with respect to or in any way relating to the Chapter 11 Cases, all of which
claims, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action or liabilities shall be deemed released on and as
of the Effective Date; provided, however, this injunction shall not apply to (a) any claims
Creditors may assert under the Plan to enforce their rights thereunder to the extent permitted by
the Bankruptcy Code or (b) any claims Creditors or other third parties may have against each other,
which claims are not related to the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, it being understood,
however, that any defenses, offsets or counterclaims of any kind or nature whatsoever which the
Debtors may have or assert in respect of any of the claims of the type described in (a) or (b) of
this proviso are fully preserved.
Section 11.03. Exculpation. None of the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors or Exculpated
Persons shall have or incur any liability to any Person, including, without limitation, any Holder
of a Claim or Interest or any other party in interest, or any of their respective agents,
employees, representatives, financial advisors, attorneys or affiliates or any of their successors
or
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assigns, for: (i) any act taken or omission made in connection with, relating to, or arising out
of, the Chapter 11 Cases; (ii) Filing, negotiating, prosecuting, administering, formulating,
implementing, confirming or consummating this Plan; or (iii) the Property to be distributed under
this Plan, including all activities leading to the promulgation and confirmation of the Plan, the
Disclosure Statement (including any information provided or statement made in the Disclosure
Statement or omitted therefrom), or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or
document created in connection with or related to the Plan or the administration of the Debtors or
these Chapter 11 Cases; provided, however, that the foregoing exculpation shall not apply to any
act of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 11.04. Releases.
(a) Releases by Debtors. Effective as of the Effective Date, and except as
otherwise provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, for good and valuable consideration, the
adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, in their individual
capacities and as debtors in possession, will be deemed to have forever released, waived and
discharged the Releasees from any and all claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands,
debts, rights, Causes of Action and liabilities (other than the rights of the Debtors or
Reorganized Debtors to enforce the Plan and the contracts, instruments, releases, and other
agreements or documents delivered thereunder), whether for tort, contract, violations of federal or
state securities laws, or otherwise, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent,
matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter
arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in part on any act, omission,
transaction, event or other occurrence, including actions in connection with indebtedness for money
borrowed by the Debtors, taking place on or prior to the Effective Date in any way relating to any
of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, or the Plan, and the subject matter
of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any claim or interest that is treated in the Plan
(other than claims based on gross negligence or willful misconduct) arising on or prior to the
Effective Date, that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors have, had or may have,
provided, however, that no Releasee shall be released or discharged from any Claims,
obligations, suits, judgments, debts or Causes of Action arising out of or in connection with
indebtedness for money borrowed by any such person from any of the Debtors, provided,
however, that such release provisions will not impact, modify or limit the ability of the
Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to take any defensive measure, including, without limitation, as
to impleading any party into such matter, necessary to respond to any litigation, adversary
proceeding or other proceeding that may be brought by any other party in interest to the bankruptcy
proceeding or in relation thereto, as necessary to fully and properly protect their interests.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Plan shall not release former
officers of the Debtors from any continuing obligations the former officers owe to the Debtors
under employment, separation, severance, non-competition, non-disclosure or proprietary
rights agreements existing between the Debtors and the former officers.
(b) Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests. Effective as of the Effective Date,
and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, in consideration for the
obligations of the Debtors under the Plan and the payments, contracts, instruments, releases,
agreements or documents to be entered into or delivered in connection
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with the Plan, each Holder of a Claim or Interest and any Affiliate of any such Holder (as
well as any trustee or agent on behalf of each such Holder) that either affirmatively votes in
favor of the Plan or is deemed to have accepted this Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the
Bankruptcy Code, shall be deemed to have forever waived, released and discharged (i) the Debtors,
(ii)the Reorganized Debtors, and (iii)the Releasees From any and all claims, obligations, suits,
judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, causes of action and liabilities, whether for tort,
contract, violations of federal or state securities laws or otherwise, or whether liquidated or
unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen,
then existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that are based in whole or in
part on any act, omission, transaction, event or other occurrence taking place on or prior to the
Effective Date in any way relating to any of the Debtors or the Plan that such person or entity
has, had or may have against the Debtors, the Releasees, the Junior DIP Lenders and the Junior DIP
Agent, and each of their respective present or former directors, affiliates, officers, employees,
attorneys, accountants, underwriters, investment bankers, professionals, financial advisors and
agents (acting in such capacity and excluding claims based on gross negligence or willful
misconduct); provided however that, the foregoing provision will not impact, modify or
limit the ability of any such party to take any defensive measure, including, without limitation,
as to impleading any party into such matter, necessary to respond to any litigation, adversary
proceeding or other proceeding that may be brought by any other party in interest to the
bankruptcy proceeding or in relation thereto, as necessary to fully and properly protect its
interests.
Section 11.05. Indemnification. To the extent not inconsistent with the Plan or the
Confirmation Order and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including, but not
limited to, the extent provided in their constituent documents, contracts (including, but not
limited to, employment agreement or indemnification agreement), statutory law or common law, the
Reorganized Debtors will indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Exculpated Persons from and
against any and all losses, claims, Causes of Action, damages, fees, expenses, liabilities and
actions: (a) for any act taken or omission made in good faith in connection with or in any way
related to negotiating, formulating, implementing, confirming or consummating the Plan, the
Disclosure Statement, or any contract, instrument, release or other agreement or document created
in connection with the Plan or the administration of the Chapter 11 Cases; or (b) for any act or
omission in connection with or arising out of the administration of the Plan or the Property to be
distributed under the Plan or the operations or activities of the Reorganized Debtors, and any
Claims of any such Exculpated Person against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors on account of
such indemnification obligations shall be unaltered and Unimpaired within the meaning of section
1124(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, except that none of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall
have any obligation to indemnify any Exculpated Person for any acts or omissions that constitute
gross negligence or willful misconduct as such is finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. Such indemnification obligations shall survive unaffected by entry of the
Confirmation Order, irrespective of whether such indemnification is owed for an act or event
occurring before or after the Petition Date.
Section 11.06. Other Documents and Actions. The Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors
are authorized to execute such documents and take such other action as is necessary to effectuate
the transactions provided for in the Plan.
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Section 11.07. Term of Injunctions or Stays. Unless otherwise provided herein or in
the Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays provided for in the Chapter 11 Cases under
sections 105(a) or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation
Date, shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date.
Section 11.08. Preservation of Insurance. Except as necessary to be consistent with
the Plan, the Plan and the discharge provided herein shall not diminish or impair: (a) the
enforceability of insurance policies that may cover Claims against the Debtors or any other Person
or Entity; or (b) the continuation of workers’ compensation programs in effect, including
self-insurance programs.
Section 11.09. Guaranties. Notwithstanding the existence of guaranties by the Debtors
of obligations of any Entity or Entities, and the Debtors’ joint obligations with another Entity
or Entities with respect to the same obligations, all Claims against the Debtors based upon any
such guaranties shall be satisfied, discharged and released in the manner provided in this Plan
and the Holders of Claims shall be entitled to only one distribution with respect to any given
obligation of the Debtors.
Section 11.10. Subordination Rights. Any distributions under the Plan shall be
received and retained free of and from any obligations to hold or transfer the same to any other
Creditor, and shall not be subject to levy, garnishment, attachment or other legal process by any
Holder by reason of claimed contractual subordination rights and such subordination rights shall
be waived and the Confirmation Order shall constitute an injunction enjoining any Person from
enforcing or attempting to enforce any contractual, legal or equitable subordination rights to
Property distributed under the Plan, in each case other than as provided in the Plan.
Section 11.11. No Successor Liability. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the
Plan, the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors do not, pursuant to the Plan or otherwise, assume,
agree to perform, pay, or indemnify or otherwise have any responsibilities for any liabilities or
obligations of the Debtors relating to or arising out of the operations of or assets of the
Debtors, whether arising prior to, on, or after the Effective Date. The Reorganized Debtors are
not, and shall not be, successors to the Debtors by reason of any theory of law or equity, and none
shall have any successor or transferee liability of any kind or character, except that the
Reorganized Debtors shall assume the obligations specified in the Plan and the Confirmation Order.
ARTICLE XII.
RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
Section 12.01. Exclusive Jurisdiction of Bankruptcy Court. Notwithstanding the entry
of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall
retain after the Effective Date exclusive jurisdiction of all matters arising out of, arising in
or related to the Chapter 11 Cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including,
without limitation, jurisdiction to:
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(a) classify or establish the priority or secured or unsecured status of any Claim
(whether Filed before or after the Effective Date and whether or not contingent, Disputed or
unliquidated) or resolve any dispute as to the treatment of any Claim pursuant to the Plan;
(b) grant or deny any applications for allowance of compensation or reimbursement of expenses
pursuant to sections 330, 331 or 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise provided for in the
Plan, for periods ending on or before the Effective Date;
(c) determine and resolve any matters related to the assumption, assumption and assignment or
rejection of any executory contract or unexpired lease to which any Debtor is a party or with
respect to which any Debtor may be liable, and to hear, determine and, if necessary, liquidate any
Claims arising therefrom;
(d) ensure that all payments due under the Plan, including, without limitation, payments of
Allowed Administrative Claims, and performance of the provisions of the Plan are accomplished as
provided herein and resolve any issues relating to distributions to Holders of Allowed Claims
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan;
(e) construe, take any action and issue such orders, prior to and following the Confirmation
Date and consistent with section 1142 of the Bankruptcy Code, as may be necessary for the
enforcement, implementation, execution and consummation of the Plan and all contracts, instruments,
releases, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan, including, without
limitation, the Disclosure Statement and the Confirmation Order, for the maintenance of the
integrity of the Plan and protection of the Reorganized Debtors in accordance with sections 524 and
1141 of the Bankruptcy Code following consummation;
(f) determine and resolve any cases, controversies, suits or disputes that may arise in
connection with the consummation, interpretation, implementation or enforcement of the Plan
Sponsor Agreement, the Plan (and all Exhibits to the Plan and the Plan Supplement) or the
Confirmation Order, including the indemnification and injunction provisions set forth in and
contemplated by the Plan Sponsor Agreement, the Plan or the Confirmation Order, or any Entity’s
rights arising under or obligations incurred in connection therewith;
(g) hear any application of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors to modify the Plan before or
after the Effective Date pursuant to section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code and Section 13.04 hereof
or modify the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract, instrument, release, or
other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the
Confirmation Order, or remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in any
Bankruptcy Court order, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract,
instrument, release, indenture or other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan,
the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, in such manner as may be necessary or
appropriate to consummate the Plan, to the extent authorized by the Bankruptcy Code and the Plan;
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(h) issue injunctions, enter and implement other orders or take such other actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Entity with consummation, implementation
or enforcement of the Plan or the Confirmation Order;
(i) enter and implement such orders as are necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order
is for any reason modified, stayed, reversed, revoked or vacated;
(j) determine any other matters that may arise in connection with or relating to the Plan
Sponsor Agreement, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Confirmation Order or any contract,
instrument, release, or other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan Sponsor
Agreement, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or the Confirmation Order, except as otherwise
provided in the Plan;
(k) determine such other matters and for such other purposes as may be provided in the
Confirmation Order;
(l) hear and determine any other matters related hereto and not inconsistent with chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code;
(m) hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation
or enforcement of the Plan;
(n) enter a final decree closing the Chapter 11 Cases;
(o) determine and resolve any and all controversies relating to the rights and obligations of
the Disbursing Agent in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases;
(p) allow, disallow, determine, liquidate or estimate any Claim, including the compromise,
settlement and resolution of any request for payment of any Claim, the resolution of any
Objections to the allowance of Claims and to hear and determine any other issue presented hereby
or arising hereunder, including during the pendency of any appeal relating to any Objection to
such Claim (to the extent permitted under applicable law);
(q) permit the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to recover all assets of the Debtors and
Property of their respective Estates, wherever located;
(r) hear and determine any motions or contested matters involving taxes, tax refunds, tax
attributes and tax benefits and similar or related matters with respect to the Debtors or the
Debtors’ respective Estates arising prior to the Effective Date or relating to the period of
administration of the Chapter 11 Cases, including, without limitation, matters concerning federal,
state and local taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505 and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(s) hear and determine any motions, applications, adversary proceedings, contested matters and
other litigated matters pending on, Filed or commenced after the Effective Date that may be
commenced by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors thereafter, including Avoidance Actions,
proceedings with respect to the rights of the Debtors or
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their Estates to recover Property under sections 542, 543 or 553 of the Bankruptcy Code, or
proceedings to otherwise collect to recover on account of any claim or Cause of Action that the
Debtors may have; and
(t) hear any other matter not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 12.02. Failure of Bankruptcy Court to Exercise Jurisdiction. If the
Bankruptcy Court abstains from exercising or declines to exercise jurisdiction over any matter
arising under, arising in or related to the Debtors, including with respect to the matters set
forth above in Section 12-01 hereof, this Article XII shall not prohibit or limit the exercise of
jurisdiction by any other court having competent jurisdiction with respect to such subject matter.
ARTICLE XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01. Binding Effect of Plan. The provisions of the Plan shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Debtors, the Estates, the Reorganized Debtors, any Holder of
any Claim or Interest treated herein or any Person named or referred to in the Plan, and each of
their respective heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, predecessors, successors,
assigns, agents, officers and directors, and, to the fullest extent permitted under the Bankruptcy
Code and other applicable law, each other Person affected by the Plan.
Section 13.02. Withdrawal of the Plan. The Debtors reserve the right, at any time
prior to Confirmation of the Plan, though subject to the terms of the Plan Sponsor Agreement, to
withdraw the Plan. If the Plan is withdrawn, the Plan shall be null and void and have no force and
effect. In such event, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or release
of any claims by or against the Debtors or any other Person or to prejudice in any manner the
rights of the Debtors or any Person in any further proceedings involving the Debtors.
Section 13.03. Final Order. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, any
requirement in the Plan for a Final Order may be waived by the Debtors (with the consent of the
Buyer Parties) or, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors upon written notice to the
Bankruptcy Court. No such waiver shall prejudice the right of any party in interest to seek a stay
pending appeal of any order that is not a Final Order.
Section 13.04. Modification of the Plan. The Debtors may alter, amend or modify the
Plan (with the consent of the Buyer Parties) in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy
Code or as otherwise permitted at any time prior to the Confirmation Date. After the Confirmation
Date and prior to the substantial consummation of the Plan, and in accordance with the provisions
of section 1127(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, the Debtors may (with the
consent of the Buyer Parties), so long as the treatment of Holders of Claims or Interests under
the Plan is not adversely affected, institute proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to remedy any
defect or omission or to reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement or
the Confirmation Order and any other matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and
effects of the Plan; provided, however, prior notice of such proceedings shall be served in
accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002 and 9014.
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Section 13.05. Business Days. If any payment or act under the Plan is required
to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or
the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall be
deemed to have been completed as of the required date.
Section 13.06. Severability. Should the Bankruptcy Court determine, prior to the
Confirmation Date, that any provision of the Plan is either illegal on its face or illegal as
applied to any Claim or Interest, such provision shall be unenforceable as to all Holders of
Claims or Interests or to the specific Holder of such Claim or Interest, as the case may be, as to
which such provision is illegal. Unless otherwise determined by the Bankruptcy Court, such a
determination of unenforceability shall in no way limit or affect the enforceability and operative
effect of any other provision of the Plan. The Debtors reserve the right not to proceed with
Confirmation or consummation of the Plan if any such ruling occurs. In the event that the Canadian
Court does not enter an accompanying order that includes the approval of Sections 3.07(e)(2) and
3.07(h) of this Plan, such provisions are expressly severed from this Plan.
Section 13.07. Governing Law. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BANKRUPTCY CODE OR
BANKRUPTCY RULES OR OTHER FEDERAL LAWS ARE APPLICABLE, AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY
CONTRACT, INSTRUMENT, RELEASE, OR OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PLAN, THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLAN AND ALL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
ARISING UNDER THE PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES WHICH WOULD
APPLY THE LAW OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
Section 13.08. Dissolution of Committee. On the Effective Date, any Committee shall
be automatically dissolved and all of its members, Professionals and agents shall be deemed
released of their duties, responsibilities and obligations, and shall be without further duties,
responsibilities and authority in connection with the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan or
its implementation.
Section 13.09. Payment of Fees and Expenses of the Junior DIP Agent and Junior DIP
Lenders. The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (as applicable) shall pay the reasonable fees
and expenses incurred by the Junior DIP Agent and the Junior DIP Lenders in connection with the
Chapter 11 Cases and the performance of their duties pursuant to the terms of the Plan Sponsor
Agreement (as long as such duties are performed prior to the Effective Date) in accordance with the
provisions of the Junior DIP Order and without further Order of the Bankruptcy Court.
Section 13.10. Payment of Statutory Fees. All U.S. Trustee’s Fee Claims, as
determined, if necessary, by the Bankruptcy Court at the hearing pursuant to section 1128 of the
Bankruptcy Code, shall be paid on or before the Effective Date.
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Section 13.11. Post-Confirmation Operating Reports. The Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as applicable, shall continue to file quarterly operating reports as required by the
United States Trustee until such time as an order is entered under section 350(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code closing the Bankruptcy Cases.
Section 13.12. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be provided under this
Plan to the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, or any request for information with respect to the
Plan, shall be in writing and served by either (a) certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, (b) hand delivery or (c) reputable overnight delivery service, freight prepaid,
to be addressed as follows:
TLC Vision (USA) Corporation
16305 Swingley Ridge Road
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Attn:William McManus
Email:
wmcmanus@cdgco.com
With a copy to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
70 West Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Attn: Mark K. Thomas
Email: mthomas@proskauer.com
Section 13.13. Filing of Additional Documents. On or before substantial consummation
of the Plan, the Debtors shall issue, execute, deliver, and File with the Bankruptcy Court or
record any agreements and other documents, and take any action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate, consummate and further evidence the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Section 13.14. Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors have, and upon
Confirmation of the Plan shall be deemed to have, solicited acceptances of the Plan in good faith
and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Debtors (and each
of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, advisors,
members, attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, other representatives and Professionals), have
participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code
in the offer, issuance, sale, and purchase of the securities offered and sold under the Plan, and
are not, and on account of such offer, issuance, sale, solicitation, and/or purchase will not be,
liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the
solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or the offer, issuance, sale, or purchase of
the securities offered and sold under the Plan.
Section 13.15. Section 1146 Exemption. To the fullest extent permitted under section
1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the issuance, transfer or exchange of any security under the Plan,
if any, or the execution, delivery or recording of an instrument of transfer under the Plan, or
the revesting, transfer or sale of any real or other Property of or to the Debtors or the
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Reorganized Debtors, shall not be taxed under any state or local law imposing a stamp tax,
transfer tax or similar tax or fee. Consistent with the foregoing, each recorder of deeds or
similar official for any county, city or governmental unit in which any instrument hereunder is to
be recorded shall, pursuant to the Confirmation Order, be ordered and directed to accept such
instrument, without requiring the payment of any documentary stamp tax, deed stamps, stamp tax,
transfer tax, mortgage recording tax, intangible tax or similar tax.
Section 13.16. Release of Liens Upon entry of the Confirmation Order, all Liens of
the Prepetition Lenders against all non-debtor guarantors under the Prepetition Credit Agreement
and the related Prepetition Loan Documents shall be released. Furthermore, the Debtors are
permitted to file termination statements to effectuate such releases of those Liens.
Section 13.17. Time. Unless otherwise specified herein, in computing any period of
time prescribed or allowed by the Plan, the day of the act or event from which the designated
period begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be
included, unless it is not a Business Day, in which event the period runs until the end of next
succeeding day that is a Business Day. Otherwise, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006 shall
apply.
Section 13.18. No Attorneys’ Fees. No attorneys’ fees will be paid by the Debtors
with respect to any Claim or Interest except as expressly specified herein or by order of
the Bankruptcy Court (including the Junior DIP Order).
Section 13.19. No Injunctive Relief. No Claim or Interest shall under any
circumstances be entitled to specific performance or other injunctive, equitable or other
prospective relief.
Section 13.20. Non-Voting Equity Securities. The Debtors shall comply with the
provisions of section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 13.21. Continued Confidentiality Obligations. Pursuant to the terms thereof,
members of and advisors to the Committee, any other Holder of a Claim or Interest and their
respective predecessors, successors and assigns shall continue to be obligated and bound by the
terms of any confidentiality agreement executed by them in connection with these Chapter 11 Cases
or the Debtors, to the extent that such agreement, by its terms, may continue in effect after the
Confirmation Date.
Section 13.22. No Admissions or Waivers. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed an admission or waiver by the Debtors with
respect to any matter set forth herein, including, without limitation, liability on any Claim or
Interest or the propriety of any classification of any Claim or Interest.
Section 13.23. Entire Agreement. The Plan (and all Exhibits to the Plan and the Plan
Supplement) sets forth the entire agreement and undertakings relating to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior discussions and documents. The Debtors shall not be bound by any terms,
conditions, definitions, warranties, understandings, or representations with respect to
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the subject matter hereof, other than as expressly provided for herein or as may hereafter be
agreed to by the parties in writing.
Section 13.24. Waiver, The Debtors or the Reorganized
Debtors, as applicable, reserve the right to waive (with the consent of the Buyer Parties) any
provision of this Plan to the extent such provision is for the sole benefit of the Debtors and/or
their officers or directors.
Section 13.25. Bar Date for Professionals. Applications for compensation for services
rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred by Professionals (a) from the Petition Date through
the Effective Date, or (b) at any time during the Chapter 11 Cases when such compensation is sought
pursuant to sections 503(b)(2) through (b)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be Filed no later than
forty-Five (45) days after the Effective Date or such later date as the Bankruptcy Court approves.
Such applications shall be served on: (a) the Reorganized Debtors at the address set forth in
Section 13.12 of the Plan; (b) counsel to the Debtors at the address set forth in Section 13.12 of
the Plan; (c) the Office of the United States Trustee, 844 King Street, Room 2202, Wilmington, DE
19801, Attn: Mark Kenney; (d) counsel for Charlesbank, Goodwin Procter, LLP, The New York Times
Building, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018-1405, Attn: Brian W. Harvey; and (e) counsel to the
Committee, Winston & Strawn LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-4193, Attn: David Neier.
Applications that are not timely Filed will not be considered by the Court. The Reorganized Debtors
may pay any Professional fees and expenses incurred after the Effective Date without any
application to the Bankruptcy Court.
CONFIRMATION REQUEST
The Debtors hereby request confirmation of the Plan pursuant to section 1129(a) or section
1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Dated: May 5, 2010
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