Case 11-12804-KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re: NEWPAGE CORPORATION, et al., 1 Reorganized Debtors. Chapter 11 Case No. 11-12804 (KG) (Jointly Administered) PIRINATE CONSULTING GROUP LLC, AS LITIGATION TRUSTEE OF THE NP CREDITOR LITIGATION TRUST, v. PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANTS LISTED BELOW. STATUS REPORT ON OPEN ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED BY PAUL HASTINGS LLP AND YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP ON BEHALF OF LITIGATION TRUSTEE WITH TOTAL AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY GREATER THAN $75,000 2 1 2 The Reorganized Debtors in these Chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Reorganized Debtor s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are: Chillicothe Paper Inc. (6154), Escanaba Paper Company (5598), Luke Paper Company (6265), NewPage Canadian Sales LLC (5384), NewPage Consolidated Papers Inc. (8330), NewPage Corporation (6156), NewPage Energy Services LLC (1838), NewPage Group Inc. (2465), NewPage Holding Corporation (6158), NewPage Port Hawkesbury Holding LLC (8330), NewPage Wisconsin System Inc. (3332), Rumford Paper Company (0427), Upland Resources, Inc. (2996), and Wickliffe Paper Company LLC (8293). The Reorganized Debtors corporate headquarters is located at 8540 Gander Creek Drive, Miamisburg, OH 45342. This status report only applies to those adversary proceedings commenced by Paul Hastings LLP and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP on behalf of the Litigation Trustee.
Case 11-12804-KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 2 of 5 Defendant Name(s) (Wave I) HHP Inc. 13-52203 Maryland Department of the Environment 13-52206 Defendant Name(s) (Wave II) BASF Corporation 13-52428 C. R. Meyer & Sons Co. 13-52429 Cascades Sonoco Inc. and Cascades Conversion, Inc. (d/b/a Cascades Sonoco Kingsey Falls Division) 13-52430 Celtic International, LLC 13-52431 DuPont Titanium Technologies, Inc. 13-52433 Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals Inc. (f/k/a Eka Chemicals Inc.) 13-52434 Erco Worldwide, a Division of Superior Plus LP 13-52435 Kretz Truck Brokerage LLC 13-52438 RGL Specialty Services LLC 13-52440 Springfield Terminal Railway Co. 13-52442 Styron LLC 13-52443 WM Recycle America, LLC 13-52444 Andritz Inc., Andritz Iggesund Tools Inc. (f/k/a Iggesund Tools Inc.), Andritz Separation Inc., Andritz Kusters Inc., Andritz Ltd., Andritz Ltee., Andritz Pulp & Paper, Andritz Pulp & Paper 13-52445 Services, Andritz Environment & Process, and Andritz Visant Corporation 13-52448 Defendant Name(s) (Wave III) Kadant Black Clawson 13-52518 Kadant Johnson Inc. 13-52519 Kadant Solutions Division 13-52520 Occidental Chemical Corp. 13-52521 Ashland Inc. (d/b/a Ashland Chemical Inc.) 14-50034 Hercules, Incorporated (d/b/a Ashland Hercules Water Technologies) 14-50035 Plaintiff files the attached status report providing a status of the above-referenced open adversary proceedings in accordance with the Order Establishing Streamline Procedures Governing Adversary Proceedings with Total Amount in Controversy Greater than $75,000 Commenced by Litigation Trustee Pursuant to Sections 502, 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code [Main Case Docket No. 4405], and in preparation for the March 2, 2015 status conference. 2
Case 11-12804-KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 3 of 5 Dated: February 24, 2015 YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP /s/ M. Blake Cleary M. Blake Cleary (No. 3614) Andrew L. Magaziner (No. 5426) Rodney Square 1000 North King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 571-6600 Fax: (302) 571-1253 -and- PAUL HASTINGS LLP Luc A. Despins Robert E. Winter Christopher Fong 875 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 551-1700 Co-Counsel to PIRINATE Consulting Group LLC, As Litigation Trustee of The NP Creditor Litigation Trust 3
Case 11-12804-KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 4 of 5 STATUS F ANSWERS FILED AND DISCOVERY/DISCLOSURES ARE UNDERWAY Defendant Name(s) Status (expected date of completion of discovery) Maryland Department of the Environment 13-52206 February 25, 2015 (conclusion of expert discovery) Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals Inc. (f/k/a Eka Chemicals Inc.) 13-52424 June 2, 2015 (non-expert BASF Corporation 13-52428 May 22, 2015 (non-expert Cascades Sonoco Inc. and Cascades Conversion Inc. (d/b/a Cascades Sonoco Kingsey Falls 13-52430 April 13, 2015 (non-expert Division) DuPont Titanium Technologies, Inc. 13-52433 60 days after filing of Mediator s Report (non-expert Erco Worldwide, a Division of Superior Plus LP 13-52435 Springfield Terminal Railway Co. 13-52442 April 15, 2015 (non-expert Styron LLC 13-52443 March 16, 2015 (non-expert WM Recycle America, LLC 13-52444 February 13, 2015 (non-expert Kadant Black Clawson 13-52518 Kadant Johnson Inc. 13-52519 Kadant Solutions Division 13-52520 Occidental Chemical Corp. 13-52521 Ashland Inc. (d/b/a Ashland Chemical Inc.) Hercules, Incorporated (d/b/a Ashland Hercules Water Technologies) 14-50034 14-50035 90 days after filing of Mediator s Report to complete depositions of fact witnesses. 120 days after filing of Mediator s Report (expert discovery deadline) 120 days after filing of Mediator s Report (expert discovery deadline)
Case 11-12804-KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 5 of 5 STATUS G MEDIATOR HAS BEEN SELECTED/APPOINTED Defendant Name(s) HHP Inc. 13-52203 C. R. Meyer & Sons Co. 13-52429 Kretz Truck Brokerage LLC 13-52438 Celtic International, LLC 13-52431 RGL Specialty Services LLC 13-52440 Andritz Inc., Andritz Iggesund Tools Inc. (f/k/a Iggesund Tools Inc.), Andritz Separation Inc., Andritz Kusters Inc., Andritz Ltd., Andritz Ltee., Andritz Pulp & Paper, Andritz Pulp & Paper 13-52445 Services, Andritz Environment & Process, and Andritz Visant Corporation 13-52448