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Welcome to the
Federal-Mogul Chapter 11 Claims Administration Web Site
URGENT UPDATE -PLEASE READ
On November 8, 2007, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware entered an ORDER CONFIRMING FOURTH AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR DEBTORS AND DEBTORS-IN-POSSESSION (AS MODIFIED.)
On November 13, 2007 an Order Affirming the Confirmation Order Entered by the Bankruptcy Court on November 8, 2007 was signed by the Honorable Joseph H. Rodriguez, US District Court Judge. It was entered on the Bankruptcy Court docket on November 14, 2007.
For more information, please go to www.fmoplan.com.
On November 21, 2006, Federal-Mogul Corporation and its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession, together with the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants, the Legal Representative for Future Asbestos Claimants, the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for Federal-Mogul Corporation's prepetition lenders (collectively, the "Plan Proponents"), jointly filed the Fourth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the "Fourth Amended Plan") with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court"). The Fourth Amended Plan is jointly proposed by the Plan Proponents as the means of restructuring the business of Federal-Mogul Corporation and its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
On October 1, 2001, Federal-Mogul Corporation and 156 of its U.S. and U.K.
subsidiaries (the "Debtors") each filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the
District of Delaware (the "Court"). The cases are jointly administered under lead case number 01-10578.
The documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court are available for inspection by accessing the Court's website at www.deb.uscourts.gov. You may retrieve copies of documents from Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER). To obtain a login/password, submit a registration from the PACER home page at http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov. You will not be able to obtain copies of documents by calling the Court directly.
THE PROPERTY DAMAGE BAR DATE AND CLAIM FORMS
The Court has established March 3, 2003 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time
(the "PD Bar Date"), as the last date and time by which claims
may be filed in the Debtors'
chapter 11 cases on account of damage caused by asbestos to property located in the United States and Canada
(the "North American PD Claims"). North American PD Claims include claims from loss
or damage to property or property interests for which any of the Debtors may be liable arising
out of such things as the cost of removal, testing and maintenance,
or the diminution in value resulting from any products or material containing asbestos.
The court-approved proof of claim form for North American PD Claims
can be downloaded from this Federal-Mogul Claims Website, by clicking here,
or obtained by writing The Garden City Group, Inc., P.O. Box 8872, Melville, NY 11747-8872,
or calling the Federal-Mogul Claims Helpline at 1(888) 212-5571.
THE GENERAL BAR DATE AND CLAIM FORMS
The Court has also established March 3, 2003 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern
time (the "Bar Date") as the last day and time by which General Claims may be filed in the Debtors'
chapter 11 cases. General Claims are any claims against the U.S. Debtors
arising prior to October 1, 2001 other than (i) an Asbestos-Related Property Damage Claim,
(ii) an Asbestos-Related Personal Injury Claim, (iii) a Rejection Claim, and (iv) an Amended
Schedule Claim (as each term is defined below), including the claims of governmental units.
General Claims include Derivative Asbestos Claims, as such term is defined below.
Asbestos-Related Personal Injury Claims are any claims for personal injury,
including wrongful death, for which any U.S. Debtor is alleged to be liable, arising out of or
relating to exposure to asbestos. Asbestos-Related Personal Injury Claims include all such
claims whether in nature of or sounding in tort, contract, warranty or any other theory of law,
equity or admiralty; whether seeking compensatory, special, economic and non-economic, punitive,
exemplary, administrative, or any other costs or damages; or whether seeking any legal, equitable
or other relief of any kind whatsoever. Asbestos-Related Personal Injury Claims include any such
claims that have been resolved or are subject to resolution pursuant to any agreement, or any such
claims that are based on a judgment or verdict. Asbestos-Related Personal
Injury Claims do not include Derivative Asbestos Claims (defined below).
Derivative Asbestos Claims are any claims or cross-claims against one or
more of the U.S. Debtors relating to the exposure of a party or parties other than the claimant
to asbestos, whether in the nature of or sounding in tort, contract, warranty, restitution,
conspiracy, contribution, guarantee, indemnity, subrogation or any other theory of law, equity
or admiralty; whether seeking compensatory, special, economic and non-economic, punitive, exemplary,
administrative, or any other costs or damages; or whether seeking any legal, equitable or other relief
of any kind whatsoever. Derivative Asbestos Claims include any such claims that have been resolved or
are subject to resolution pursuant to any agreement, or any such claims that are based on a judgment or
verdict. Derivative Asbestos Claims are included in the definition of "General Claim"
and are explicitly excluded from the definition of "Asbestos-Related Personal Injury Claim."
Rejection Claims are any claims Claims arising out of the rejection of an
executory contract or unexpired lease by the U.S. Debtors pursuant to an order entered prior to
the confirmation of a plan of reorganization in the applicable U.S. Debtor's chapter 11 case.
Amended Schedule Claims are claims relating to the amendment by any of
the U.S. Debtors of their schedules of assets and liabilities previously filed with the
Bankruptcy Court that reduces the undisputed, noncontingent and
liquidated amount or changes the classification of a Claim against a U.S. Debtor reflected therein.
The [court-approved] proof of claim form for General Claims
can be downloaded from this Federal-Mogul Claims Website, by clicking here,
or obtained by writing The Garden City Group, Inc., P.O. Box 8872, Melville, NY 11747-8872,
or calling the Federal-Mogul Claims Helpline at 1(888) 212-5571. Alternatively, you may use Official
Bankruptcy Form No. 10, which may be obtained from the Court's website at
www.deb.uscourts.gov/forms.htm.
ALL ENTITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, THAT WISH TO ASSERT ANY NORTH
AMERICAN PD CLAIMS AGAINST ANY OF THE DEBTORS OR GENERAL CLAIMS AGAINST ANY OF THE U.S. DEBTORS
ARE REQUIRED TO FILE PROPERTY DAMAGE PROOFS OF CLAIM OR GENERAL PROOFS OF CLAIM, AS APPLICABLE,
ON OR BEFORE THE BAR DATE: 4:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON MARCH 3, 2003. |
A signed original of a completed proof of claim form, together with any
supporting documentation, must be delivered to the Debtor's Claims and Noticing Agent:
The Garden City Group, Inc., ("GCG"), so as to be received by the Bar Date.
The proof of claim form may be submitted
in person, by courier service, hand delivery, or mail
addressed to GCG, P.O. Box 8872, Melville, NY 11747-8872.
Any proof of claim submitted by facsimile or e-mail will not be accepted
and will not be deemed filed.
Please note that GCG is not permitted to give legal advice. We strongly
recommend that
you read the Notices of General Bar Date and Property Damage Bar Date in their entirety for
more complete information
regarding the Bar Dates for General and North American PD Claims. To view the Notice of
Property Damage Bar Date,
please click here. To view the Notice of General Bar Date,
please click here. We also recommend that you read the
instructions with the
proof of claim form for more information about the filing of a proof of claim..
To view the instructions with the Property Damage Proof
of Claim, please click here.
To view the instructions
with the General Proof of Claim, please click here.
NO BAR DATE FOR FILING ASBESTOS-RELATED PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS HAS BEEN
SET BY THE COURT IN THESE CHAPTER 11 CASES. THIS WEBSITE
WILL BE UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS WHEN THE COURT ESTABLISHES
A BAR DATE FOR FILING SUCH CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEBTORS.
DETERMINING WHETHER YOU MAY HOLD A NORTH AMERICAN PD CLAIM
To help you determine whether you may be the holder of a North American PD Claim
against any of the Debtors, please read the information about asbestos-containing products
manufactured or sold by the Debtors by clicking here.
Federal-Mogul Corporation, J.W. Roberts Limited,
T&N Limited, and TAF International Limited are the companies affiliated with Federal-Mogul that
traditionally have been sued in asbestos property damage litigation. Nevertheless, you may assert a claim
against any one of the 157 affiliated Debtors. For a complete list of the Debtors covered in
these cases, please click here.
You may also consult the Debtors' available lists of U.S. and Canadian asbestos
applications, which lists are available only for the product referred to as Limpet. To view the
U.S. applications, please click here. To view the Canadian applications,
please click here. To learn more about Federal-Mogul, you may visit
the company's website at www.federal-mogul.com.
PLANT LOCATIONS BY LEGAL ENTITY
For a brief description of Federal-Mogul Corporation, its
4 operating U.S. Debtor subsidiaries, and its 18 non-operating U.S. Debtor subsidiaries,
please click here.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO FILE PROOF OF CLAIM
Any entity that fails to file a proof of claim by March 3, 2003, shall be forever barred, estopped,
and enjoined from asserting any North American PD Claim against any of the Debtors or any General
Claim against any of the U.S. Debtors; or voting upon, or receiving any distributions under any
plan or plans of reorganization in these chapter 11 cases in respect of such claims.
Failure to use the required proof of claim form to assert a North American PD Claim, or failure
to include all of the information and documentation required by that proof of claim form, may lead
to such claim being disallowed even if it was filed prior to March 3, 2003. To access the Court
approved proof of claim form for use in asserting a North American PD Claim,
please click here.
You may wish to consult an attorney regarding this matter.
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