LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 2 fp0080270-2_g1ai.htm

Item G.1.a.1 Legal Proceedings

 

In re Tribune Co. Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., No. 11-md-2296 (S.D.N.Y.) and In re Tribune Co. Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., No. 13-3992 (2d Cir. Mar. 29, 2016)

 

On December 7, 2010, the Trust was named as a defendant and putative member of the proposed defendant class of shareholders named in an adversary proceeding brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Official Committee”) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, in connection with Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In re Tribune Company). The proceeding relates to a leveraged buyout (“LBO”) transaction by which Tribune Company converted to a privately-held company in 2007, and the putative defendant class is comprised of beneficial owners of shares of Tribune Company who received proceeds (the “Proceeds”) of the LBO. The Official Committee seeks to recover payments of those Proceeds. On April 5, 2012, the adversary proceeding was transferred to the Southern District of New York for consolidated pretrial proceedings. The action is now being prosecuted by the litigation trustee (“Trustee”) for the Tribune Litigation Trust. This case has been dismissed by the district court and dismissal was affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Trustee has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court, which was recently denied.