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Note 2 - Bankruptcy Proceedings
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Reorganization under Chapter 11 of US Bankruptcy Code Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 2:  BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

The Bankruptcy Filing is intended to permit Kodak to reorganize and increase liquidity in the U.S. and abroad, monetize non-strategic intellectual property and businesses, fairly resolve legacy liabilities, and focus on the most valuable business lines to enable sustainable profitability.  The Debtors’ goal is to develop and implement a plan of reorganization that meets the standards for confirmation under the Bankruptcy Code.  Confirmation of a plan of reorganization could materially alter the classifications and amounts reported in Kodak’s consolidated financial statements, which do not give effect to any adjustments to the carrying values of assets or amounts of liabilities that might be necessary as a consequence of a confirmation of a plan of reorganization or other arrangement or the effect of any operational changes that may be implemented.

OPERATION AND IMPLICATION OF THE BANKRUPTCY FILING

Under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, the filing of voluntary bankruptcy petitions by the Debtors automatically stayed most actions against the Debtors, including most actions to collect indebtedness incurred prior to the Petition Date or to exercise control over Kodak’s property.  Accordingly, although the Bankruptcy Filing triggered defaults for certain of the Debtors’ debt obligations, creditors are stayed from taking any actions as a result of such defaults.  Absent an order of the Bankruptcy Court, substantially all of the Debtors’ pre-petition liabilities are subject to compromise under a plan of reorganization.  As a result of the Bankruptcy Filing the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities are subject to uncertainty.  The Debtors, operating as debtors-in-possession under the Bankruptcy Code, may, subject to approval of the Bankruptcy Court, sell or otherwise dispose of assets and liquidate or compromise liabilities for amounts other than those reflected in the consolidated financial statements.  Further, a confirmed plan of reorganization or other arrangement may materially change the amounts and classifications in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Debtors may assume, assume and assign, or reject certain executory contracts and unexpired leases subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court and certain other conditions.  In general, rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease is treated as a pre-petition breach of the executory contract or unexpired lease in question and, subject to certain exceptions, relieves the Debtors from performing their future obligations under such executory contract or unexpired lease but entitles the contract counter-party or lessor to a pre-petition general unsecured claim for damages caused by such deemed breach.  Generally, the assumption of an executory contract or unexpired lease requires the Debtors to cure any existing defaults under such executory contract or unexpired lease.

Subsequent to the Petition Date, the Debtors received approval, but not direction, from the Bankruptcy Court to pay or otherwise honor certain pre-petition obligations generally designed to stabilize Kodak’s operations.  These obligations related to certain employee wages, salaries and benefits, certain customer program obligations, and the payment of vendors and other providers in the ordinary course for goods and services received after the Petition Date.  The Debtors have retained, pursuant to Bankruptcy Court approval, legal and financial professionals to advise the Company in connection with the Bankruptcy Filing and certain other professionals to provide services and advice in the ordinary course of business.  From time to time, the Debtors may seek Bankruptcy Court approval to retain additional professionals.

The U.S. Trustee for the Southern District of New York (the “U.S. Trustee”) has appointed an official committee of unsecured creditors (the “UCC”) as well as an official committee of retired employees (“Retiree Committee”).  The UCC, the Retiree Committee and their legal representatives have a right to be heard on all matters affecting the Debtors that come before the Bankruptcy Court.  There can be no assurance that the UCC will support the Debtors’ positions on matters to be presented to the Bankruptcy Court in the future or on any plan of reorganization, once proposed.

PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

In order for the Debtors to emerge successfully from chapter 11, the Debtors must obtain the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of a plan of reorganization, which will enable the Debtors to emerge from chapter 11 as a reorganized entity operating in the ordinary course of business outside of bankruptcy.  In connection with a plan of reorganization, the Company will also require a new ABL Revolving Credit Facility or other financing to supplement the current exit financing arrangement included as part of the Junior DIP Credit Agreement completed on March 22, 2013.  The Company’s ability to obtain such approval and exit financing will depend on, among other things, the timing and outcome of various ongoing matters related to the Bankruptcy Filing.  A plan of reorganization determines the rights and satisfaction of claims of various creditors and security holders, and is subject to the ultimate outcome of negotiations, events and Bankruptcy Court decisions.

On April 18, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order extending the period of time that the Debtors have the exclusive right to file a plan of reorganization and disclosure statement with the Bankruptcy Court through and including May 31, 2013.  The extension concerns only the length of time in which the Debtors have the sole right to file a plan of reorganization, not the duration of the case.

The debtor-in-possession credit agreements stipulate that a draft of an acceptable plan of reorganization and disclosure statement be filed with the Bankruptcy Court on or prior to April 30, 2013.

Under section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, the disclosure statement must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court before the Debtors may solicit acceptance of the proposed plan of reorganization.  To be approved by the Bankruptcy Court, the disclosure statement must contain “adequate information” that would enable a hypothetical holder to make an informed judgment about the plan.  Once the disclosure statement is approved, the Debtors may send the proposed plan of reorganization, the disclosure statement and ballots to all creditors entitled to vote.

Kodak presently expects that any proposed plan of reorganization will provide, among other things, settlement of the obligations under the debtor-in-possession credit agreements, mechanisms for settlement of claims against the Debtors’ estates, treatment of the Company’s existing equity and debt holders, and certain corporate governance and administrative matters pertaining to the reorganized Company.  Any proposed plan of reorganization will be subject to revision prior to submission to the Bankruptcy Court based upon discussions with the Debtors’ creditors and other interested parties, and thereafter in response to creditor claims and objections and the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Court.  There can be no assurance that the Debtors will be able to secure approval for the Debtors’ proposed plan of reorganization from creditors or confirmation from the Bankruptcy Court.  In the event the Debtors do not secure approval or confirmation of the plan of reorganization, any outstanding debtor-in-possession credit agreement principal and interest could become immediately due and payable.

DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION CREDIT FACILITIES

Senior Debtor-in-Possession Credit Facility

In connection with the Bankruptcy Filing, on January 20, 2012, the Company and Kodak Canada Inc. (the “Canadian Borrower” and, together with the Company, the “Borrowers”) entered into a Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement (the “Original Senior DIP Credit Agreement”), as amended on January 25, 2012, March 5, 2012, April 26, 2012, December 19, 2012, and February 6, 2013 (the “Original Senior DIP Credit Agreement”).  Pursuant to the terms of the Original Senior DIP Credit Agreement, the lenders agreed to lend to the Borrowers an aggregate principal amount of up to $950 million, consisting of up to $250 million super-priority senior secured asset-based revolving credit facilities and an up to $700 million super-priority senior secured term loan facility (collectively, the “Loans”).  On March 22, 2013, the Original Senior DIP Credit Agreement was amended and restated pursuant to an Amendment Agreement dated as of March 13, 2013 (the “Amended and Restated Senior DIP Credit Agreement”).  The Amended and Restated Senior DIP Credit Agreement terminates and all outstanding obligations must be repaid on the earliest to occur of (i) September 30, 2013, (ii) the date of the substantial consummation of certain reorganization plans, or (iii) certain other events, including Events of Default (as defined in the Amended and Restated Senior DIP Credit Agreement) and repayment in full of the obligations pursuant to a mandatory prepayment.

Junior Debtor-in-Possession Credit Facility

On March 22, 2013, the Company entered into a Debtor-in-Possession Loan Agreement (“Junior DIP Credit Agreement”) with an aggregate principal amount of $848 million of term loans.  The term loans consist of first lien term loans in the aggregate principal amount of $473 million (the “New Money Loans”) and junior lien term loans in the aggregate principal amount of $375 million consisting of a dollar-for-dollar “roll-up” (such loans, the “Rolled-Up Loans”)  for a portion of the amounts outstanding under the Company’s 2019 Senior Secured Notes issued March 15, 2011 and 2018 Senior Secured Notes issued March 5, 2010 (the “Second Lien Notes”).  The Bankruptcy Filing created an event of default under the Second Lien Notes.  The Junior DIP Credit Agreement also contains provisions allowing for a conversion of up to $654 million of the Junior DIP Credit Agreement loans upon emergence from chapter 11 into permanent exit financing with a five year term, provided that Kodak meets certain conditions and milestones, including Bankruptcy Court approval of a plan of reorganization by September 15, 2013 with an effective date of no later than September 30, 2013; repayment of at least $200 million of principal amount of New Money Loans; the resolution of all obligations owing in respect of the Kodak Pension Plan in the United Kingdom on terms reasonably satisfactory to the “Required Lead Lenders” (as defined in the Junior DIP Credit Agreement); there shall have been an additional prepayment of loans in an amount equal to 75% of U.S. Liquidity (as defined in the Junior DIP Credit Agreement) above $200 million; and receiving at least $600 million in cash proceeds through the disposition of certain specified assets that are not part of the commercial imaging business, including any combination of the Document Imaging and Personalized Imaging businesses and trademarks and related rights provided that consent of the Required Lead Lenders would be necessary to exclude the assets of the Document Imaging and Personalized Imaging businesses from the disposition.  Upon entering into the Junior DIP Credit Agreement, the Company repaid, in full, the term loan outstanding under the Amended and Restated Senior DIP Credit Agreement.

Refer to Note 8, “Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt” for additional information on the debtor-in-possession credit agreements.

PRE-PETITION CLAIMS

On April 18, 2012, as amended on May 16, 2012 and February 1, 2013, the Debtors filed schedules of assets and liabilities and statements of financial affairs with the Bankruptcy Court.  On May 10, 2012, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order establishing July 17, 2012 as the bar date for potential creditors to file proofs of claims and established the required procedures with respect to filing such claims.  A bar date is the date by which pre-petition claims against the Debtors must be filed if the claimants wish to receive any distribution in the chapter 11 proceedings.

As of April 18, 2013 the Debtors have received approximately 6,100 proofs of claim, a portion of which assert, in part or in whole, unliquidated claims.  In the aggregate, total liquidated proofs of claim of approximately $21.5 billion have been filed against the Debtors.  New and amended claims may be filed in the future, including claims amended to assign values to claims originally filed with no designated value.  The Debtors are in the process of reconciling such claims to the amounts listed by the Debtors in their schedule of assets and liabilities (as amended). Differences in liability amounts estimated by the Debtors and claims filed by creditors will be investigated and resolved, including through the filing of objections with the Bankruptcy Court, where appropriate.  Approximately 1,300 claims totaling approximately $1.1 billion have been expunged or withdrawn.  The Debtors may continue to ask the Bankruptcy Court to disallow claims that the Debtors believe are duplicative, have been later amended or superseded, are without merit, are overstated or should be disallowed for other reasons.  In addition, as a result of this process, the Debtors may identify additional liabilities that will need to be recorded or reclassified to liabilities subject to compromise.  In light of the substantial number of claims filed, the claims resolution process may take considerable time to complete. The resolution of such claims could result in material adjustments to Kodak’s financial statements. The determination of how liabilities will ultimately be treated cannot be made until the Bankruptcy Court approves a plan of reorganization.  Accordingly, the ultimate amount or treatment of such liabilities is not determinable at this time.

FINANCIAL REPORTING IN REORGANIZATION

Expenses, gains and losses directly associated with reorganization proceedings are reported as Reorganization items, net in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations.  In addition, liabilities subject to compromise in the chapter 11 proceedings are distinguished from liabilities of Non-Filing Entities, fully secured liabilities not expected to be compromised and from post-petition liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.  Where there is uncertainty about whether a secured claim will be paid or impaired under the chapter 11 proceedings, Kodak has classified the entire amount of the claim as a liability subject to compromise.  The amount of liabilities subject to compromise represents Kodak’s estimate, where an estimate is determinable, of known or potential pre-petition claims to be addressed in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings.  Such liabilities are reported at Kodak’s current estimate, where an estimate is determinable, of the allowed claim amounts, even though the claims may be settled for lesser amounts.  These claims remain subject to future adjustments, which may result from: negotiations; actions of the Bankruptcy Court; disputed claims; rejection of contracts and unexpired leases; the determination as to the value of any collateral securing claims; proofs of claims; or other events.

Effective as of January 19, 2012, Kodak ceased recording interest expense on outstanding pre-petition debt classified as liabilities subject to compromise.  Contractual interest expense represents amounts due under the contractual terms of outstanding debt, including debt subject to compromise.  Contractual interest expense related to liabilities subject to compromise of approximately $12 million and $10 million for the periods from January 1, 2013 through March 31, 2013 and January 19, 2012 through March 31, 2012, respectively, has not been recorded, as it is not expected to be an allowed claim under the chapter 11 case.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY GUARANTEE

Eastman Kodak Company has previously issued (pre-petition) a guarantee to Kodak Limited (the “Subsidiary”) and KPP Trustees Limited (“Trustee”) of the Kodak Pension Plan in the United Kingdom (the “KPP”).  Under that arrangement, EKC guaranteed to the Subsidiary and the Trustee the ability of the Subsidiary, only to the extent it becomes necessary to do so, to (1) make contributions to the KPP to ensure sufficient assets exist to make plan benefit payments, as they become due, if the KPP otherwise would not have sufficient assets and (2) make contributions to the KPP such that it will achieve fully funded status by the funding valuation for the period ending December 31, 2022.

The Subsidiary agreed to make certain contributions to the KPP as determined by a funding plan agreed to by the Trustee.  Under the terms of this agreement, the Subsidiary is obligated to pay a minimum amount of $50 million to the KPP in each of the years 2011 through 2014, and a minimum amount of $90 million to the KPP in each of the years 2015 through 2022.  The Subsidiary has not paid the annual contribution due for 2012 and payment of this amount may be demanded at any time.  Future funding beyond 2022 would be required if the KPP is still not fully funded as determined by the funding valuation for the period ending December 31, 2022.  These payment amounts for the years 2015 through 2022 could be lower, and the payment amounts for all years noted could be higher by up to $5 million each year, based on the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and British pound.  These minimum amounts do not include potential contributions related to tax benefits received by the Subsidiary.

The underfunded position of the KPP of approximately $1.4 billion (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP) is included in Pension and other postretirement liabilities presented in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2013.  The underfunded obligation relates to a non-debtor entity.  The Trustee has asserted an unsecured claim of approximately $2.8 billion under the guarantee.  The Subsidiary has also asserted an unsecured claim under the guarantee for an unliquidated amount.

On April 26, 2013, Eastman Kodak Company, the KPP Trustee, Kodak Limited and certain other Kodak entities entered into a global settlement that resolves all liabilities of the Kodak group with respect to the KPP (the “Global Settlement”).  The Global Settlement involves the following key elements:

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the Subsidiary will pay a cash payment of at least $120 million which will be applied to reduce Kodak Limited’s pension liabilities to the KPP (the “KL Payments”);

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the extinguishment of the Subsidiary’s remaining obligations to the KPP in connection with a “regulated apportionment arrangement” (the “RAA”) under English law;

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the acquisition by the KPP (or one or more designated companies owned by the KPP) of Kodak’s Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses with at least $445 million settled in cash (the “KPP Purchase”) of which no more than $325 million will come from KPP assets, excluding the KL Payments;

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the approval by the Pension Regulator of the United Kingdom (the “Regulator”) of a clearance application filed by Kodak and its affiliates stating that, after giving effect to the Global Settlement, it would be unreasonable for the Regulator to issue to any of the applicants a “financial support direction” or “contribution notice” with respect to any remaining funding shortfall that may affect the KPP.  Such approval was granted by the Regulator on April 26, 2013; and

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a release by Kodak, the KPP Trustee, Kodak Limited and other applicable entities with respect to all other liabilities relating to the KPP.

Each of these primary elements of the Global Settlement will be simultaneously effective upon consummation of the KPP Purchase.  Conditions to the KPP Purchase include, among others: (i) Bankruptcy Court approval, (ii) the absence of a “Material Adverse Effect” as defined in the documentation for the KPP Purchase (unless waived by the KPP Trustee), (iii) substantial consummation of Kodak’s plan of reorganization (unless waived by the KPP Trustee), (iv) customary conditions precedent for negotiated purchases of going concern businesses by arm’s-length parties and (v) the approval of the RAA by the Regulator.  On April 26, 2013 the Regulator issued a “determination notice” with respect to its intent to approve the RAA, with approval expected by the end of May 2013 after a 28-day waiting period prescribed by statute.  On the same day, the Pension Protection Fund of the United Kingdom issued a letter stating that it did not object to the RAA, the receipt of which was a condition to Kodak proceeding with the Global Settlement.

A motion to approve the Global Settlement, including the KPP Purchase, will be submitted to the Bankruptcy Court for its approval.

SECTION 363 ASSET SALES

Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging Businesses

On August 23, 2012, Kodak announced the decision to initiate sale processes for its Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses. The Personalized Imaging business consists of retail systems solutions, paper & output systems, and event imaging solutions.  The Document Imaging business consists of scanners, as well as capture software, and services for enterprise customers.

On April 15, 2013, Eastman Kodak Company, on behalf of itself and its bankruptcy estate entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Brother Industries, Ltd. (“Brother”), pursuant to which Brother will acquire certain assets (the “Transferred Assets”), and will assume certain obligations, primarily related to Kodak’s Document Imaging business through a supervised sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.

The purchase price for the Transferred Assets under the Agreement is approximately $210 million subject to certain price adjustments at and after closing.

In accordance with the Agreement, EKC filed a motion on April 18, 2013 (the “Bidding Procedures and Sale Motion”) with the Bankruptcy Court for, among other things, authority to sell the Transferred Assets to Brother pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and the entry of an order (the “Bidding Procedures Order”) establishing bidding procedures to permit higher and better bids, setting a date for an auction should such bids be received and setting a hearing date for the approval of the sale of the assets to the winning bidder.

Due to the April 26, 2013 Global Settlement agreement, Kodak has withdrawn its motion in the Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of the Agreement with Brother.

Intellectual Property

On February 1, 2013, Kodak entered into a series of agreements related to the monetization of certain of its intellectual property assets, including the sale of its digital imaging patents.  Under these agreements, Kodak received approximately $530 million, a portion of which was paid by twelve licensees that received a license to the digital imaging patent portfolio and other patents owned by Kodak. Another portion was paid by Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC (“Intellectual Ventures”) and Apple, Inc., each of which acquired a portion of the digital imaging patent portfolio, subject to the licenses granted to the twelve new licensees, and previously existing licenses.  In addition, Kodak retained a license to the digital imaging patents for its own use.  In connection with this transaction, the Company entered into a separate agreement with FUJIFILM Corporation (“Fuji”) whereby, among other things, Fuji granted Kodak the right to sub-license certain Fuji Patents to businesses Kodak intends to sell as part of the Company’s emergence efforts.  The Debtors also agreed to allow Fuji a general unsecured pre-petition claim against the Debtors in the amount of $70 million.