EX-99.1 2 exh_991.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE DIVISION

 

In re: Case No. 3:16-bk-02230-PMG
RMS TITANIC, INC., et al.,1 Chapter 11 (Jointly Administered)
   
Debtors.  
   

 

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION OF THE DEBTORS FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER (I) APPROVING PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DEBTORS’ ASSETS; (II) SCHEDULING A RELATED AUCTION; (III) APPROVING PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES; (IV) APPROVING THE FORM AND MANNER OF NOTICE THEREOF; (V) APPROVING BID PROTECTIONS; AND (VI) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF

 

RMS Titanic, Inc. (“RMST”) and certain of its affiliates, as Debtors and Debtors in possession in the above-captioned case (collectively, the “Debtors”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby file this Notice of Withdrawal of the Motion of the Debtors for Entry of an Order (I) Approving Procedures in Connection with the Sale of All or Substantially All of the Debtors’ Assets; (II) Scheduling a Related Auction; (III) Approving Procedures Related to the Assumption of Certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; (IV) Approving the Form and Manner of Notice Thereof; (V) Approving Bid Protections; and (VI) Granting Related Relief, filed as Docket No. 811 on November 14, 2017.

 


1 The Debtors in the chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number include: RMS Titanic, Inc. (3162); Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (4922); Premier Exhibitions Management, LLC (3101); Arts and Exhibitions International, LLC (3101); Premier Exhibitions International, LLC (5075); Premier Exhibitions NYC, Inc. (9246); Premier Merchandising, LLC (3867); and Dinosaurs Unearthed Corp. (7309). The Debtors’ service address is 3045 Kingston Court, Suite I, Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30071.

 

 

 

 

 

NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP

 

By: /s/ Daniel F. Blanks

Daniel F. Blanks (FL Bar No. 88957)

Lee D. Wedekind, III (FL Bar No. 670588)

50 N. Laura Street, Suite 4100

Jacksonville, Florida 32202

(904) 665-3656 (direct)

(904) 665-3699 (fax)

daniel.blanks@nelsonmullins.com

lee.wedekind@nelsonmullins.com

 

Co-Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

and

 

TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

Jeffery W. Cavender (Ga. Bar No. 117751)

Stephen S. Roach (Ga. Bar No. 463206)

600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 5200

Atlanta, GA 30308

(404) 885-3000 (phone)

(404) 962-6990 (fax)

jeffery.cavender@troutmansanders.com

stephen.roach@troutmansanders.com

 

Co-Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF on December 15, 2017. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on the following counsel of record via transmission of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF:

 

David W. Baddley, Esq.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Office of Reorganization

950 E. Paces Ferry Road, NE, Suite 900

Atlanta GA 30326

(404) 842-7625

atlreorg@sec.gov

Attorneys for U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission

Jay B. Verona, Esq.

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 2800

Tampa, FL 33602

(813) 229-7600

jverona@slk-law.com

Attorneys for George F. Eyde

Orlando, LLC and Louis J. Eyde

Orlando, LLC

 

Scott E. Bomkamp, Esq.

Office of the United States Trustee

Middle District of Florida

400 W. Washington Street, Suite 1100

Orlando FL 32801

(407) 648-6301 ext. 150

scott.e.bomkamp@usdojgov

Attorneys for Guy G. Gebhardt,

Acting U.S. Trustee for Region 21

 

Scott M. Grossman, Esq.

Greenberg Traurig

401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 2000
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 768-5212
grossmansm@gtlaw.com

Attorneys for Lang Feng, Haiping Zou,

Jihe Zhang, and High Nature Holdings

Limited

Ari Newman, Esq.

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400

Miami, FL 33131

(305) 579-0500

newmanar@gtlaw.com

Attorneys for Lang Feng, Haiping Zou,

Jihe Zhang, and High Nature Holdings

Limited

Jason B. Burnett, Esq.

Alexandria V. Hill, Esq.

GrayRobinson, P.A.

50 N. Laura Street, Suite 1100

Jacksonville, FL 32202

(904) 598-9929

jason.burnett@gray-robinson.com

alexandria.hill@gray-robinson.com

Attorneys for 417 Fifth Avenue Real Estate, LLC

 

 

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Andrew T. Jenkins, Esq.

Bush Ross, P.A.

P.O. Box 3913

Tampa, FL 33601-3913

(813) 224-9255

ajenkins@bushross.com

Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A

Theodore B. Randles, Esq.

U.S. Dept. of Justice

1100 L Street NW, Suite 10060

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 307-3242

Theodore.B.Randles@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States Department of

Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 

Kathy A. Jorrie, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

725 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2800

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(213) 488-7251

Kathy.jorrie@pillsburylaw.com

Attorneys for AEG Live, Inc.

Oscar E. Sanchez, Esq.

Goldberg Segalla, LLP

222 Lakeview Avenue, Suite 800

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

(786) 814-4804

osanchez@goldbergsegalla.com

aburno@goldbergsegalla.com

mmartiez@goldbergsegalla.com

Attorneys for Structure Tone, Inc.

 

J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr., Esq.

Burr Forman, LLP

50 N. Laura Street, Suite 3000

Jacksonville, FL 32202

(904) 232-7200

esummers@burr.com

Attorneys for Michael J. Little

Norman P. Fivel, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the New York State Attorney General

Civil Recoveries Bureau, Bankruptcy Litigation Unit

The Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

(518) 776-2264

norman.fivel@ag.ny.gov

Attorneys for New York Dept. of Taxation

and Finance

 

D. Marcus Braswell, Jr., Esq.

Sugarman & Susskind, P.A.

100 Miracle Mile, Suite 300

Coral Gables, FL 33134

(305) 529-2801

mbraswell@sugarmansusskind.com

Attorneys for Theatrical Protective Union,

Local No. One, IATSE

Chris Broussard, Esq.

Suzy Tate, Esq.

Suzy Tate, P.A.

14502 N. Dale Mabry Highway, Suite 200

Tampa, FL 33618

(813) 264-1685

cbrouss@suzytate.com

suzy@suzytate.com

Attorneys for The Armada Group GP, Inc.

 

 

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Richard R. Thames, Esq.

Thames Markey & Heekin, P.A.

50 N. Laura Street, Suite 1600
Jacksonville, FL 32202

(904) 358-4000
rrt@tmhlaw.net

Attorneys for Official Committee of

Unsecured Creditors

Patricia Ann Redmond

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler

Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

Museum Tower

150 West Flagler Street

Suite 2200

predmond@stearnsweaver.com

Attorneys for the Trustees of the

National Maritime Museum

 

Stephen D. Busey

Smith Hulsey & Busey

225 Water Street, Suite 1800

Jacksonville, Florida 32202

busey@smithhulsey.com

Counsel for the Ad Hoc Equity Group

 

 

Via U.S. Mail

 

A-1 Storage and Crane

2482 197th Avenue

Manchester, IA 52057

 

ABC Imaging

1155 21st Street NW

Suite M400

Washington, DC 20036

 

A.N. Deringer, Inc.

PO Box 11349

Succursale Centre-Ville

Montreal, QC H3C 5H1

 

ATS, Inc.

1900 W. Anaheim Street

Long Beach, CA 90813

 

Broadway Video

30 Rockefeller Plaza

54th Floor

New York, NY 10112

 

CBS Outdoor/Outfront Media

185 US Highway 48

Fairfield, NJ 07004

 

Dentons Canada LLP

250 Howe Street

20th Floor

Vancouver, BC V6C 3R8

 

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Canada

709 Miner Avenue

Scarborough, ON M1B 6B6

Expedia, Inc.

10190 Covington Cross Drive

Las Vegas, NV 89144

 

George Young Company

509 Heron Drive

Swedesboro, NJ 08085

 

Gowling Lafleuer Henderson

550-2300 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5

 

Hoffen Global Ltd.

305 Crosstree Lane

Atlanta, GA 30328

 

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Kirvin Doak Communications

5230 W. Patrick Lane

Las Vegas, NV 89118

 

MNP LLP

15303 - 31st Avenue

Suite 301

Surrey, BC V3Z 6X2

 

Morris Visitor Publications

PO Box 1584

Augusta, GA 30903

 

NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

805 King Farm Blvd.

Rockville, MD 20850

 

National Geographic Society

1145 - 17th Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20036

 

NYC Dept. of Finance

PO Box 3646

New York, NY 10008

 

PacBridge Limited Partners

22/F Fung House

19-20 Connaught Road

Central Hong Kong

 

Pallet Rack Surplus, Inc.

1981 Old Covington Cross Road NE

Conyers, GA 30013

 

Ramparts, Inc.

d/b/a Luxor Hotel and Casino

3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

 

Screen Actors Guild

1900 Broadway

5th Floor

New York, NY 10023

 

Seaventures, Ltd.

5603 Oxford Moor Blvd.

Windemere, FL 34786

 

Sophrintendenza Archeologica

di Napoli e Pompei

Piazza Museo 19

Naples, Italy 80135

 

Syzygy3, Inc.

1350 6th Avenue

2nd Floor

New York, NY 10019

 

Time Out New York

475 Tenth Avenue

12th Floor

New York, NY 10018

 

TPL

3340 Peachtree Road

Suite 2140

Atlanta, GA 30326

 

TSX Operating Co.

70 West 40th Street

9th Floor

New York, NY 10018

 

Verifone, Inc.

300 S. Park Place Blvd.

Clearwater, FL 33759

 

Sam Weiser

565 Willow Road

Winnetka, IL 60093

WNBC - NBC Universal Media

30 Rockefeller Center

New York, NY 10112

 

 

United States Attorney’s Office

Middle District of Florida

300 N. Hogan Street, Suite 700

Jacksonville, FL 32202

 

 

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Jonathan B. Ross, Esq.

Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
550 Burrard Street, Suite 2300, Bentall 5
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5

Christine R. Etheridge, Esq.

Bankruptcy Administration

Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLC

PO Box 13708

Macon, GA 31208

 

TSX Operating Co., LLC
c/o James Sanna
70 W.  40th Street
New York, NY 10018
Creditor Committee

Dallian Hoffen Biotechnique Co., Ltd.
c/o Ezra B. Jones
305 Crosstree Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328
Creditor Committee

 

B.E.  Capital Management Fund LP
Thomas Branziel
205 East 42nd Street , 14th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Creditor Committee
 

 

 

 

 

 

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