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Postpetition Plan Support Agreements

The propriety of postpetition plan support agreements (aka 'lockup' agreements) has been the subject of considerable controversy since 2002 when Judge Mary Walrath of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware issued two unreported decisions announcing a 'bright-line' rule that such agreements are 'solicitations' within the meaning of ' 1125(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. In light of these rulings, parties seeking to memorialize a heavily negotiated consensus to support confirmation of a plan of reorganization have run the risk that any such consensus that is reduced to writing could be deemed a violation of ' 1125(b) unless it was accompanied by a prior court-approved disclosure statement. Furthermore, parties to such agreements also faced the significant risk that they could be disenfranchised from the Chapter 11 process through designation of their votes regarding the plan that they have agreed to support.

25 minute readAugust 30, 2006 at 01:28 PM
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Kurt A. Mayr
Postpetition Plan Support Agreements

The propriety of postpetition plan support agreements (aka 'lockup' agreements) has been the subject of considerable controversy since 2002 when Judge Mary Walrath of the U.S.

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