UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): November 28, 2015
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LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Texas |
0-7900 |
74-2962475 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
204 Woodhew
Waco, Texas |
76712 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (254) 751-7797
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2 below):
| o | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| o | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
As previously disclosed
in its reports filed with the SEC, on January 20, 2015, Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”)
filed a voluntary petition for relief (Case No. 15-40289) under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy
Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”).
On March 13, 2015, H. Thomas Moran II was appointed as Chapter 11 Trustee for the Company. On May 19, 2015, Life Partners, Inc.
(“LPI”) and LPI Financial Services, Inc. (“LPIFS,” and together with the Company
and LPI, the “Debtors”), each of which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, filed voluntary
petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court (together with Company’s aforementioned
case, the “Chapter 11 Cases”). LPI and LPIFS are operating as “debtors-in-possession” under
the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
On November 28, 2015,
the Debtors filed with the Bankruptcy Court a proposed disclosure statement (the “Disclosure Statement”),
including a Joint Plan of Reorganization by the Debtors (as further amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”)
and other related exhibits. Information contained in the Plan and the Disclosure Statement is subject to change, whether as a result
of further amendments to the Plan, third-party actions, or otherwise. A copy of the Disclosure Statement, as filed with the Bankruptcy
Court on November 28, 2015, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
The Disclosure Statement
includes certain exhibits which contain financial projections and other financial data and analyses prepared for purposes of the
Chapter 11 Cases (the “Disclosure Statement Financial Information”). The Company cautions investors and
potential investors not to place undue reliance upon the information contained in the Disclosure Statement Financial Information,
which is not prepared for the purpose of providing the basis for an investment decision relating to any of the securities of the
Company. The Disclosure Statement Financial Information has not been audited or reviewed by independent accountants. The Disclosure
Statement Financial Information contains information different from that required to be included in the Company’s reports
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such Disclosure
Statement Financial Information may not be indicative of the Company’s financial condition or operating results that would
be reflected in the Company’s financial statements or in its reports pursuant to the Exchange Act. Results set forth in the
Disclosure Statement Financial Information should not be viewed as indicative of future results. If the Plan described in the Disclosure
Statement is consummated, the Company’s common stock will be extinguished and the holders of the common stock will not receive
any consideration.
This Current Report
on Form 8-K is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as, a solicitation for a vote on the Plan. Acceptances or rejections
of the Plan may not be solicited until a disclosure statement has been approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The Disclosure Statement
furnished on Exhibit 99.1 hereto has been submitted for approval, but has not been approved by the Bankruptcy Court, and may be
revised to reflect events that occur after the date hereof but prior to Bankruptcy Court approval of the Disclosure Statement.
Limitation on Incorporation
by Reference
The information in
Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K, including the Exhibits described herein and furnished herewith, are being furnished and shall not be
deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section.
The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and the Exhibits furnished herewith shall not be incorporated by reference into any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language
in any such filing unless explicitly incorporated by reference therein.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current
Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements are those involving future events and future results that are based on current expectations,
estimates, forecasts, and projections, as well as the current beliefs and assumptions of the Company’s management. When
used in this document, the words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”,
“project”, “intend”, “plan”, “believe”, “may”,
“predict”, “will”, “would”, “could”, “should”,
“target” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this Current Report
that are not statements of historical fact and other estimates, projections, future trends and the outcome of events that
have not yet occurred referenced in this Form 8-K should be considered forward-looking statements. Although the Company
believes that its expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks
and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include the
Company’s ability to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval with respect to motions in the Chapter 11 Cases; the ability of
the Company and its subsidiaries to prosecute, develop and consummate one or more plan of liquidation with respect to the
Chapter 11 Cases; Bankruptcy Court rulings in the Chapter 11 Cases and the outcome of the cases in general; the length of
time the Company will operate under the Chapter 11 Cases; risks associated with third party motions in the Chapter 11 Cases;
increased legal costs related to the Chapter 11 Cases and other litigation; and other risks disclosed in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2014 and quarterly and current reports on Form 10-Q and 8-K filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be other factors that may cause the Company’s actual
results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| 99.1 | Disclosure Statement For Joint Plan of Reorganization Proposed by the Debtors on November 28, 2015. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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Date: December 1, 2015 |
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/s/ Colette Pieper |
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Colette Pieper |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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99.1 |
Disclosure Statement For Joint Plan of Reorganization Proposed by the Debtors on November 28, 2015. |
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Exhibit 99.1
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION
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In re: |
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Chapter 11 |
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LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., et al., |
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Case No. 15-40289-rfn-11 |
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Debtors. |
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Jointly Administered |
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DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
OF LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., ET AL.,
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE
THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: (214) 969-1700
Facsimile: (214) 969-1751
MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR, P.C.
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 3800
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: (214) 855-7500
Facsimile: (214) 855-7584
DATED: NOVEMBER 28, 2015
NOTE: H. THOMAS MORAN II, AS CHAPTER 11
TRUSTEE OF LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., AND AS SOLE DIRECTOR OF LIFE PARTNERS, INC., AND LPI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., TOGETHER
WITH THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PLAN PROPONENTS”), BELIEVE THAT ACCEPTANCE
OF THE PLAN DESCRIBED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DEBTORS’ ESTATES AND THEIR CREDITORS.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PLAN PROPONENTS RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE TO ACCEPT THE PLAN.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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DISCLAIMER |
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ARTICLE I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
5 |
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ARTICLE II INTRODUCTION AND VOTING PROCEDURES |
14 |
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Section 2.01 |
Overview of Chapter 11 |
14 |
Section 2.02 |
The Plan of Reorganization |
16 |
Section 2.03 |
The Disclosure Statement |
16 |
Section 2.04 |
Sources of Information |
18 |
Section 2.05 |
Rules of Interpretation |
19 |
Section 2.06 |
Solicitation Package |
19 |
Section 2.07 |
Voting Procedures, Ballots, And Voting Deadline |
20 |
Section 2.08 |
The Confirmation Hearing And Objection Deadline |
21 |
Section 2.09 |
Voting Tabulation |
22 |
Section 2.10 |
Agreements Upon Furnishing Ballots |
23 |
Section 2.11 |
Recommendation of the Plan Proponents and Plan Supporters to Approve Plan |
23 |
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ARTICLE III HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE DEBTORS AND THEIR PREPETITION BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
24 |
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Section 3.01 |
Overview Of The Debtors’ Corporate Structure And Management |
24 |
Section 3.02 |
Overview Of The Debtors’ Business |
25 |
Section 3.03 |
Pre-Petition Litigation Against The Debtors |
27 |
Section 3.04 |
The Securities And Exchange Commission Litigation |
28 |
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ARTICLE IV THE CHAPTER 11 CASES |
29 |
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Section 4.01 |
LPHI’S Bankruptcy Filing |
29 |
Section 4.02 |
LPHI’s Retention Of Professionals |
30 |
Section 4.03 |
Appointment Of The Committee |
31 |
Section 4.04 |
Ad Hoc And Other Informal Committees And Groups |
31 |
Section 4.05 |
The Appointment Of The Chapter 11 Trustee |
32 |
Section 4.06 |
The Chapter 11 Trustee’s Retention Of Professionals |
34 |
Section 4.07 |
The Governance Motion |
35 |
Section 4.08 |
The Subsidiary Debtors’ Bankruptcy Filing |
35 |
Section 4.09 |
First Day Motions |
35 |
Section 4.10 |
The Bar Date For Filing Claims |
36 |
Section 4.11 |
The Debtor’s Assets |
36 |
Section 4.12 |
The Ownership Issue |
36 |
Section 4.13 |
The Class Action Lawsuits |
38 |
Joint Disclosure Statement | i | |
Section 4.14 |
The Subsidiary Debtors’ Exclusive Periods To File And Solicit A Plan |
38 |
Section 4.15 |
The Financing Motion |
39 |
Section 4.16 |
The Chapter 11 Trustee’s Investigation Of The Debtors’ Business Practices |
41 |
Section 4.17 |
The Pardo Lawsuit |
46 |
Section 4.18 |
Licensee Litigation |
47 |
Section 4.19 |
Motion to Abate the 9006 Motions |
47 |
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ARTICLE V summary of the plan |
48 |
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Section 5.01 |
General Overview Of The Plan |
48 |
Section 5.02 |
Classification Of Claims And Interests |
49 |
Section 5.03 |
Summary Of Treatment Of Claims And Interests Under The Plan |
51 |
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ARTICLE VI implementation of the plan |
61 |
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Section 6.01 |
Maturity Funds Facility and Financing Order |
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Section 6.02 |
Exit Financing and Reserve Funding |
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Section 6.03 |
Compromise To Combined Fractional and Trust Model |
62 |
Section 6.04 |
Maturity Funds Reporting, Disbursement and Loan Payments |
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Section 6.05 |
Causes of Action |
65 |
Section 6.06 |
Deemed Consolidation of Debtors for Distribution Purposes Only |
65 |
Section 6.07 |
Winding Up of Reorganized Debtors |
66 |
Section 6.08 |
Formation of Successors And Distribution Of New Interests and New IRA Notes |
66 |
Section 6.09 |
Distribution And Contribution of Debtors’ Assets |
67 |
Section 6.10 |
Directors and Officers |
68 |
Section 6.11 |
Cancellation of Existing Secured Claims |
68 |
Section 6.12 |
Vesting Of The Assets |
68 |
Section 6.13 |
Post-Effective Date Catch-Up Reconciliation |
69 |
Section 6.14 |
Authorization For Reorganization Transactions |
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Section 6.15 |
Preservation Of Causes of Action And Reservation of Rights |
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Section 6.16 |
Employee Benefit Plans |
73 |
Section 6.17 |
Modification |
73 |
Section 6.18 |
Exemption From Certain Transfer Taxes |
73 |
Section 6.19 |
Termination Of The Chapter 11 Trustee |
73 |
Section 6.20 |
Creditors’ Trustee Closing Of The Chapter 11 Cases |
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ARTICLE VII FRACTIONAL POSITIONS |
74 |
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Section 7.01 |
The Election Rights Afforded To Holders Of Fractional Interests |
74 |
Section 7.02 |
The Continuing Monetary Obligations Of Those Current Position Holders Who Elect To Be Continuing Position Holders |
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Section 7.03 |
How And When To Make The Election |
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Joint Disclosure Statement | ii | |
ARTICLE VIII the POSITION HOLDER trust |
77 |
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Section 8.01 |
Creation Of The Position Holder Trust |
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Section 8.02 |
Funding Of Res Of The Trust |
77 |
Section 8.03 |
The Position Holder Trust Agreement and Trustee |
78 |
Section 8.04 |
The Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries |
79 |
Section 8.05 |
The Position Holder Trust Reserve |
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Section 8.06 |
Position Holder Trust Taxes |
81 |
Section 8.07 |
Liability; Indemnification |
81 |
Section 8.08 |
Termination Of The Position Holder Trust |
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ARTICLE IX THE IRA PARTNERSHIP AND NEW IRA Notes |
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Section 9.01 |
The IRA Partnership |
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Section 9.02 |
The New IRA Notes |
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ARTICLE X the CREDITOR trust |
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Section 10.01 |
Creation Of The Creditor Trust |
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Section 10.02 |
Funding Of Res Of The Trust |
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Section 10.03 |
The Creditors’ Trust Agreement and Trustee |
86 |
Section 10.04 |
Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries |
86 |
Section 10.05 |
Creditors’ Trust Reserves |
87 |
Section 10.06 |
Creditors’ Trust Taxes |
87 |
Section 10.07 |
Liability; Indemnification |
87 |
Section 10.08 |
Termination Of The Creditors’ Trust |
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ARTICLE XI THE SERVICING COMPANY |
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Section 11.01 |
Creation Of the Servicing Company |
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Section 11.02 |
Ownership Of the Servicing Company |
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Section 11.03 |
Management Of the Servicing Company |
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Section 11.04 |
Compensation Of the Servicing Company’s Management |
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Section 11.05 |
Working Capital |
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Section 11.06 |
Servicing Agreement |
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Section 11.07 |
Servicing Fee |
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Section 11.08 |
Post-Effective Date Adjustment Reports |
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Section 11.09 |
Policy Data And Reports |
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Section 11.10 |
Premium Calls And Payment Defaults |
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ARTICLE XII TRUSTEE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES |
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Section 12.01 |
Successor Trust Expenses |
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Section 12.02 |
Retention Of Professionals |
92 |
Section 12.03 |
Payment Of Professional Fees |
92 |
Joint Disclosure Statement | iii | |
ARTICLE XIII COMMITTEES |
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Section 13.01 |
Dissolution Of The Committee |
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Section 13.02 |
Formation and Management of the Advisory Committees |
93 |
Section 13.03 |
Liability And Indemnification |
93 |
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ARTICLE XIV RESERVES ADMINISTERED BY THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTS |
94 |
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Section 14.01 |
Establishment of Reserve Accounts, Other Assets and Beneficiaries |
94 |
Section 14.02 |
Deposits |
94 |
Section 14.03 |
Forfeiture |
94 |
Section 14.04 |
Disclaimer |
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ARTICLE XV compromises and settlementS provided for in the plan |
94 |
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Section 15.01 |
Resolution Of The Class Action Lawsuits, Class Proofs Of Claim And Ownership Issue |
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Section 15.02 |
Compromise with ATLES |
96 |
Section 15.03 |
Compromise With PES |
97 |
Section 15.04 |
The Willingham MDL Compromise. |
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Section 15.05 |
The Intercompany Claim Compromise |
98 |
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ARTICLE XVI Executory Contracts, Unexpired Leases and other agreements |
98 |
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Section 16.01 |
Assumption And Rejection |
98 |
Section 16.02 |
Pass Through |
98 |
Section 16.03 |
Claims Based On Rejections Of Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases |
98 |
Section 16.04 |
Nonoccurrence Of The Effective Date |
99 |
Section 16.05 |
Insurance Policies |
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ARTICLE XVII PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY |
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Section 17.01 |
Timing And Delivery Of Distributions By Successor Trusts |
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Section 17.02 |
Method Of Cash Distributions |
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Section 17.03 |
Failure To Negotiate Checks |
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Section 17.04 |
Fractional Dollars |
100 |
Section 17.05 |
Compliance With Tax Requirements |
100 |
Section 17.06 |
De Minimis Distributions |
100 |
Section 17.07 |
Setoffs |
100 |
Section 17.08 |
Distribution Record Date |
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ARTICLE XVIII PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED, CONTINGENT AND UNLIQUIDATED CLAIMS |
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Section 18.01 |
Expunging Certain Claims |
101 |
Joint Disclosure Statement | iv | |
Section 18.02 |
Objections To Claims |
101 |
Section 18.03 |
Estimation Of Claims |
101 |
Section 18.04 |
No Distributions Pending Allowance |
102 |
Section 18.05 |
Distributions After Allowance |
102 |
Section 18.06 |
Reduction Of Claims |
102 |
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ARTICLE XIX miscellaneous provisions |
102 |
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Section 19.01 |
Severability Of Plan Provisions |
102 |
Section 19.02 |
Successors And Assigns |
103 |
Section 19.03 |
Binding Effect |
103 |
Section 19.04 |
Term Of Pre-Confirmation Injunctions And Stays |
103 |
Section 19.05 |
No Admissions |
103 |
Section 19.06 |
Notice Of The Effective Date |
103 |
Section 19.07 |
Default Under The Plan |
103 |
Section 19.08 |
Governing Law |
104 |
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ARTICLE XX EFFECT OF THE PLAN ON CLAIMS AND INTERESTS |
104 |
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Section 20.01 |
Satisfaction Of Claims |
104 |
Section 20.02 |
Exculpation |
105 |
Section 20.03 |
Releases And Permanent Injunctions Relating To Claims And Interests |
106 |
Section 20.04 |
Permanent Injunction Relating To Assets Transferred Pursuant To The Plan |
107 |
Section 20.05 |
Recoupment |
108 |
Section 20.06 |
Release Of Liens |
108 |
Section 20.07 |
Good Faith |
108 |
Section 20.08 |
Rights Of Defendants And Avoidance Actions |
108 |
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ARTICLE XXI conditions precedent to confirmation and consummation of the plan |
108 |
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Section 21.01 |
Conditions Precedent To Confirmation |
108 |
Section 21.02 |
Conditions Precedent To Occurrence Of The Effective Date |
109 |
Section 21.03 |
Substantial Consummation |
109 |
Section 21.04 |
Waiver Of Conditions |
109 |
Section 21.05 |
Revocation, Withdrawal, Or Non-Consummation |
110 |
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ARTICLE XXII plan AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS |
110 |
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ARTICLE XXIII RETENTION OF JURISDICTION |
110 |
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ARTICLE XXIV financial information and FEASIBILITY OF the plan |
112 |
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Section 24.01 |
Financial Information |
112 |
Section 24.02 |
Feasibility of the Plan |
114 |
Joint Disclosure Statement | v | |
ARTICLE XXV certain risk factors |
114 |
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Section 25.01 |
General Bankruptcy Risks |
115 |
Section 25.02 |
Certain Bankruptcy Considerations |
115 |
Section 25.03 |
Risks Related To Life Settlements |
115 |
Section 25.04 |
Tax Risks |
116 |
Section 25.05 |
Risks Associated With Litigation Claims |
116 |
Section 25.06 |
Risks Associated With Historical Reported Information |
116 |
Section 25.07 |
Risks Associated With Beneficial Ownership of Policies |
117 |
Section 25.08 |
Risks Associated With Public Trading Market for Fractional Positions |
119 |
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ARTICLE XXVI certain federal income tax consequences of the plan |
120 |
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Section 26.01 |
General |
120 |
Section 26.02 |
Tax Consequences to Current Position Holders before the Effective Date |
121 |
Section 26.03 |
Tax Consequences to Continuing Position Holders |
124 |
Section 26.04 |
Consequences To The Position Holder Trust and Its Beneficiaries |
128 |
Section 26.05 |
Consequences To The Creditors’ Trust and its Beneficiaries |
132 |
Section 26.06 |
Tax Consequences to the IRA Partnership and Assigning IRA Holders |
134 |
Section 26.07 |
Information Reporting And Backup Withholding |
138 |
Section 26.08 |
Other Tax Consequences |
138 |
Section 26.09 |
Importance Of Obtaining Professional Tax Advice |
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ARTICLE XXVII securities law COMPLIANCE AND PRIVATE SALES |
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Section 27.01 |
Issuance and Resale of the Trust Interests and the Fractional Positions |
139 |
Section 27.02 |
Exchange Act Considerations |
141 |
Section 27.03 |
Investment Company Act Considerations |
143 |
Section 27.04 |
Private Sales of Continued Positions |
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ARTICLE XXVIII best interestS of creditors test |
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Section 28.01 |
Best Interest Of Creditors |
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Section 28.02 |
Liquidation Analysis |
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ARTICLE XXIX ALTERNATIVES TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN |
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Section 29.01 |
Alternative Plan(s) |
148 |
Section 29.02 |
Liquidation Under Chapter 7 |
148 |
Joint Disclosure Statement | vi | |
ARTICLE XXX VOTING AND ELECTION PROCEDURES AND CONFIRMATION REQUIREMENTS |
148 |
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Section 30.01 |
Ballots And Voting Deadline |
148 |
Section 30.02 |
Holders Of Claims Entitled To Vote |
149 |
Section 30.03 |
Classes Impaired Under The Plan |
149 |
Section 30.04 |
Information On Voting And Balloting And Elections |
150 |
Section 30.05 |
The Confirmation Hearing |
150 |
Section 30.06 |
Statutory Requirements For Confirmation Of The Plan |
150 |
Section 30.07 |
Confirmation Without Acceptance Of All Impaired Classes |
152 |
Section 30.08 |
Identity Of Persons To Contact For More Information |
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ARTICLE XXXI CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION |
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Executive Summary Charts |
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List of Exhibits |
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Joint Disclosure Statement | vii | |
DISCLAIMER
THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT (THE “DISCLOSURE STATEMENT”) CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
OF LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., ET AL., PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE,1
dated NOVEMBER 28, 2015 A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A,
PROPOSED BY H. THOMAS MORAN II (“MORAN” OR THE “CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE”), AS CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE
OF LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC. (“LPHI”), AND AS SOLE DIRECTOR OF LIFE PARTNERS, INC. (“LPI”),
AND LPI FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (“LPIFS” AND COLLECTIVELY WITH LPHI AND LPI, THE “DEBTORS”
OR “LIFE PARTNERS”), TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS (THE “COMMITTEE”,
AND COLLECTIVELY WITH THE CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE, LPI AND LPIFS, THE “PLAN PROPONENTS”).2
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ALSO CONTAINS SUMMARIES OF CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN OR THE
TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS AND CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATING THERETO.
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
INCLUDES CERTAIN EXHIBITS, EACH OF WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO AND MADE A PART OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AS IF SET FORTH IN FULL
HEREIN. THE STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WERE MADE AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, UNLESS OTHERWISE
SPECIFIED. HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS REVIEWING THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SHOULD NOT INFER THAT THE FACTS SET FORTH HEREIN
HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE DATE SET FORTH ON THE COVER PAGE HEREOF. HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EVALUATION
OF THE DEBTORS AND THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE TERMS OF THE PLAN IN DECIDING WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN.
ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS
AND INTERESTS ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THE PLAN ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ AND CAREFULLY CONSIDER THIS ENTIRE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, INCLUDING
RISK FACTORS CITED HEREIN AND THE PLAN ATTACHED HERETO, BEFORE VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN OR MAKE ANY ELECTION UNDER THE
PLAN.
THE PLAN PROPONENTS
ARE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SOLICITING HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS TO
ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN. NOTHING IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT MAY BE USED BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. THE
CONTENTS OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED AS PROVIDING ANY LEGAL, FINANCIAL, SECURITIES, TAX, OR BUSINESS ADVICE.
1
See Dkt. No. 1262.
2 Except as otherwise indicated,
capitalized terms used in this Disclosure Statement and not defined herein shall have their respective meanings set forth in the
Plan or, if not defined in the Plan, as defined in the Bankruptcy Code. For the reader’s convenience, a Glossary of defined
terms is included as Appendix 1 to this Disclosure Statement.
THE PLAN PROPONENTS
URGE EACH HOLDER OF A CLAIM OR INTEREST TO CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO LEGAL, FINANCIAL, SECURITIES, TAX, OR
BUSINESS ADVICE IN REVIEWING THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND PLAN. MOREOVER, THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE, AND MAY
NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, AN ADMISSION OF FACT, LIABILITY, STIPULATION, OR WAIVER. THE SUMMARY OF THE PLAN AND OTHER DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED
IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ARE QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS THEMSELVES AND THE EXHIBITS THERETO.
THE PLAN PROPONENTS
BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS ACCURATE, BUT ARE UNABLE TO WARRANT THAT IT IS WITHOUT ANY INACCURACY OR OMISSION. THE PLAN
PROPONENTS HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY PARTY TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT OR CONCERNING THE PLAN OR THE DEBTORS OR THE VALUE OF THEIR
PROPERTY, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS SHOULD NOT RELY UPON ANY OTHER
INFORMATION, REPRESENTATIONS, OR INDUCEMENTS MADE TO OBTAIN ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN.
THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S
APPROVAL OF THE ADEQUACY OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S APPROVAL OF THE PLAN. NEITHER
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT NOR THE PLAN HAS BEEN FILED WITH, OR REVIEWED BY, THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
(THE “SEC”) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY
OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW, OR ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW (“BLUE
SKY LAW”). THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND THE PLAN HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION AND NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN OR THEREIN. NEITHER THE OFFER NOR THE SALE OF ANY SECURITIES PURSUANT TO THE PLAN HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SIMILAR BLUE SKY LAW. ANY SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
SPECIFIED IN BANKRUPTCY CODE § 1145, OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION; PROVIDED THAT IF THE ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES DOES
NOT QUALITY FOR THE EXEMPTION UNDER BANKRUPTCY CODE § 1145, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL ISSUANCE
OF THE SECURITIES CAN BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.3
3 If the issuance does not
qualify for the Section 1145 exemption, it is unlikely that it will qualify for any other exemption from registration, given the
large number of Investors for whom evidence that they are “accredited investors” likely is not (and will not be) available
to the Debtors (e.g., those who do not make any Elections).
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THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
SUMMARIZES CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN, CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS, AND CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION. THE PLAN PROPONENTS BELIEVE
THAT THESE SUMMARIES ARE FAIR AND ACCURATE. IN THE EVENT OF ANY INCONSISTENCY OR DISCREPANCY BETWEEN A DESCRIPTION CONTAINED IN
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN OR OTHER DOCUMENTS OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION INCORPORATED HEREIN
BY REFERENCE, THE PLAN, OR SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL GOVERN FOR ALL PURPOSES. EACH HOLDER OF AN IMPAIRED CLAIM
THAT IS ALLOWED TO VOTE SHOULD REVIEW THE ENTIRE PLAN BEFORE CASTING A BALLOT. NO PARTY IS AUTHORIZED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT TO
PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE PLAN OTHER THAN THAT CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
CONTAINS PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEBTORS AND THEIR PROPOSED SUCCESSORS AND CERTAIN OTHER FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE BASED ON VARIOUS ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS AND WILL NOT BE UPDATED TO REFLECT EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER
THE DATE HEREOF. SUCH INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO INHERENT UNCERTAINTIES AND TO A WIDE VARIETY OF SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS,
ECONOMIC, AND COMPETITIVE RISKS, INCLUDING AMONG OTHERS, THOSE DESCRIBED HEREIN. CONSEQUENTLY, ACTUAL EVENTS, CIRCUMSTANCES, EFFECTS
AND RESULTS MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THOSE INCLUDED IN OR CONTEMPLATED BY SUCH PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND SUCH OTHER
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROJECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND OTHER FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN
SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS REPRESENTATIONS BY THE DEBTORS OR ANY OTHER PERSON THAT THE PROJECTED FINANCIAL CONDITION OR RESULTS
CAN OR WILL BE ACHIEVED.
THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS NOT BEEN AUDITED. THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS DESCRIBED
IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT [ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C, EXHIBIT D, EXHIBIT E AND EXHIBIT
F] HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY FINANCIAL ADVISORS WHO WERE RETAINED PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER BY THE CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE
AND SUBSIDIARY DEBTORS. THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS ARE NECESSARILY BASED ON A VARIETY OF ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS WHICH, THOUGH
CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY THE PLAN PROPONENTS AND THEIR ADVISORS, MAY NOT ULTIMATELY BE REALIZED, AND ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECT TO
SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC, COMPETITIVE, INDUSTRY, REGULATORY, MARKET, AND FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES, MANY
OF WHICH ARE BEYOND THE PLAN PROPONENTS’ CONTROL. THE PLAN PROPONENTS CAUTION THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE MADE AS TO THE
ACCURACY OF THE PROJECTIONS OR THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECTED RESULTS.
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INFORMATION INCORPORATED
BY REFERENCE INTO THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SPEAKS AS OF THE DATE OF SUCH INFORMATION OR THE DATE OF THE REPORT OR DOCUMENT IN
WHICH SUCH INFORMATION IS CONTAINED OR AS OF A PRIOR DATE AS MAY BE SPECIFIED IN SUCH REPORT OR DOCUMENT. ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED
IN A DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MODIFIED OR SUSPENDED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE EXTENT THAT
A STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY FILED DOCUMENT, WHICH IS ALSO INCORPORATED OR DEEMED
TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, MODIFIES OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY STATEMENT SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED,
EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED, TO CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
SOME ASSUMPTIONS INEVITABLY
WILL NOT MATERIALIZE. FURTHER, EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRING SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS WERE
PREPARED MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ASSUMED OR, ALTERNATIVELY, MAY HAVE BEEN UNANTICIPATED, AND, THUS, THE OCCURRENCE OF THESE
EVENTS MAY AFFECT FINANCIAL RESULTS IN A MATERIALLY ADVERSE OR MATERIALLY BENEFICIAL MANNER. THEREFORE, THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
MAY NOT BE RELIED UPON AS A GUARANTY OR OTHER ASSURANCE OF THE ACTUAL RESULTS THAT WILL OCCUR.
*****
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This Disclosure Statement
contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts
included in this Disclosure Statement that address activities, events or developments that the Plan Proponents expect, project,
believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the
use of forward-looking terminology, including “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“continue,” “foresee,” “project,” “could,” or other similar words. These forward-looking
statements may include, but are not limited to, (a) references to timing and procedures in which the Debtors’ Chapter 11
Cases and the distribution of the Debtors’ assets pursuant to the Plan will be conducted, and (b) the Plan Proponents’
financial projections and liquidation analysis. Forward-looking statements are not guaranties of performance. The Plan Proponents
have based these statements on the Plan Proponents’ assumptions and analysis in light of experience and perception of historical
trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors the Plan Proponents and their court-appointed financial
advisors believe are appropriate in the circumstances. No assurance can be given that these assumptions are accurate. Moreover,
these statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from the expectations reflected in the Disclosure Statement’s forward-looking statements include, among others:
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| · | The ability of the Plan Proponents to prosecute, confirm, and consummate a plan of reorganization
with respect to the Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases; |
| · | Risks associated with ownership of life insurance policies and related investments; |
| · | The ability of the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval
with respect to motions in the Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases; |
| · | Risk associated with litigation and other claims; |
| · | Risk associated with the Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases being converted to cases under chapter 7 of
the Bankruptcy Code; and |
| · | The potential adverse impact of the Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases on the Debtors’ liquidity. |
Other factors that are unknown or unpredictable
could also have a material adverse effect on future results.
All subsequent written
or oral forward-looking information attributable to the Plan Proponents or to persons acting on the Plan Proponents’ behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events
anticipated by the Plan Proponents’ forward-looking statements may not occur, and you should not place any undue reliance
on any of the Plan Proponents’ forward-looking statements. The Plan Proponents’ forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date made and the Plan Proponents undertake no obligation to update or revise their forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
ARTICLE
I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Disclosure Statement
relates to the Joint Plan of Reorganization filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee of LPHI, the Subsidiary Debtors (i.e., LPI and LPIFS)
and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. Given the complex nature of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, this Disclosure
Statement contains many capitalized terms which are used with specific defined meanings. For your convenience, a Glossary containing
each of these defined terms is included as Appendix 1 attached to this Disclosure Statement.
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In addition, Article
II (Section 2.01) of this Disclosure Statement contains a general summary of chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. If you are unfamiliar
with chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, it may benefit you to read that section first, to obtain some understanding of the reorganization
plan process generally applicable in all chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.
This Disclosure Statement
is provided for the purposes of providing adequate information in order for all Holders of Claims (including Current Position Holders)
to make informed decisions as to whether to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and in order for Current Position Holders to make
informed decisions as to which Election to make with respect to each Fractional Position they hold. Given the events that may occur
pursuant to the Plan as described herein between the date of this Disclosure Statement and the hearing on confirmation of the Plan,
the Plan Proponents will also be disseminating a supplement to the Plan (the “Plan Supplement”). Important
information regarding all of the matters summarized in this Executive Summary is included in this Disclosure Statement and additional
important information will be included in the Plan Supplement. You are urged to read this Disclosure Statement and the Plan Supplement
when available, including all of the attached exhibits and other documents, in their entirety, and consult with your legal, tax,
financial and other advisers.
Life Partners Holdings,
Inc., Life Partners, Inc. and LPI Financial Services, Inc. have filed voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions with the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. The Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered
by the Bankruptcy Court.
In addition to provisions
relating to all Holders of Claims and Interests other than Current Position Holders, the Plan contains a feature that allows current
Holders of Fractional Positions (i.e., Fractional Interests and IRA Notes) relating to the Policies (“Current Position
Holders”) to elect what treatment they would like under the Plan for their Claims relating to the Fractional Positions
("Election").4 For each Fractional Position
held, a Current Position Holder generally may choose ("Elect") one (1) of three (3) (four (4), with respect to
IRA Holders) alternatives, to be effective as of the Effective Date of the Plan, as described below:
4 The specific
treatment that will be available will depend to some degree on whether the Fractional Position is a Fractional Interest or an
IRA Note, and where meaningful, those differences are summarized in the discussion.
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| (1) | Option 1- Continuing Holder Election: Treatment as a holder of a Continued Position (“Continuing
Position Holder”) relating to the Fractional Position held, after making the related Continuing Position Holder Contribution
(“Continuing Holder Election”). If Option 1 is chosen, a Holder is electing, as provided in the Plan and discussed
more fully below, (a) to have confirmed status as the owner of 95% of its Fractional Position, and (b) to make a Continuing Position
Holder Contribution of 5% with respect to the Fractional Position. All Current Position Holders (i.e., Fractional Interests and
IRA Notes) who make a Continuing Holder Election will be required to pay any Catch-Up Payment (i.e., any Policy premiums or other
charges that became owing before the Effective Date), and Continuing Fractional Holders will continue to be responsible to pay
all premiums and other charges required to maintain, service and administer the relevant Policy and its Continued Position after
the Effective Date. Continuing IRA Holders will be relieved of all future obligations to pay any premiums or other charges required
to maintain, service and administer the Policy to which the Fractional Position relates or any Continued Position after the Effective
Date, as these amounts will be taken into account in determining the principal amount of the New IRA Note comprising the Continued
Position to be received by the Continuing IRA Holder; or |
| (2) | Option 2 – Position Holder Trust Election: Contribution of the Fractional Position
to the Position Holder Trust (“Position Holder Trust Election”) in exchange for either (i) if the Fractional
Position is a Fractional Interest, a beneficial interest (“Position Holder Trust Interest”) in the Position
Holder Trust, or (ii) if the Fractional Position is an IRA Note, an Interest in the IRA Partnership, which will receive and hold
Position Holder Trust Interests related to Fractional Positions contributed to the Position Holder Trust on behalf of IRA Holders.
This option essentially creates a "pool" of the Fractional Positions contributed to the Position Holder Trust. Under
Option 2, the Holder (“Assigning Position Holder”) is electing, as provided in the Plan and discussed more fully
below, (a) to have its Fractional Position contributed to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest
or an IRA Partnership Interest, as the case may be, and (b) to be relieved of all past and future obligations to pay any premiums
or other charges required to maintain, service and administer the Policy to which the Fractional Position relates or any Continued
Position, including but not limited to any Catch-Up Payment. As provided in the Plan and discussed more fully below, instead of
only receiving a distribution upon the maturity of any specific Policy, each holder of a Trust Interest in the Position Holder
Trust or an IRA Partnership Interest (including each Continuing Position Holder in respect of its Continuing Position Holder Contribution)
will receive a share of all periodic distributions made by the Position Holder Trust from all sources (the trust’s share
of all Policy maturities, proceeds from any sale of the Servicing Company, any dividends or distributions made by the Servicing
Company prior to its sale, and residual distributions from the Creditors’ Trust); or |
| (3) | Option 3 – Creditors’ Trust Election: Rescission of the purchase of the Fractional
Position, with corresponding treatment as a General Unsecured Creditor in the Chapter 11 Cases (“Creditors’ Trust
Election”). This “rescission” option essentially provides for the cancellation of the Holder’s purchase
of the Fractional Position, and an Election to be treated as the Holder of a General Unsecured Claim against LPI resulting from
the rescission. As provided in the Plan and discussed more fully below, Holders who choose Option 3 (“Rescinding Position
Holders”) will receive a Trust Interest in the Creditors’ Trust in exchange for their Allowed Claim. |
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In addition to the
three (3) options listed above, IRA Holders will have a fourth option, as described below:
| (4) | Option 4 – “Conversion”: Distribution of the IRA Note to the individual
owner of the IRA Holder so that it is owned outside of the IRA by the individual owner of the IRA Holder, in which case the individual
owner will be able to make a Continuing Holder Election to become a Continuing Fractional Holder under the Plan. |
Under the Plan,
Current Position Holders who make no Election will be treated as having made a Continuing Holder Election (Option 1), subject
to the corresponding obligation to make any Catch-Up Payment with respect to the Fractional Position. Holders who make, or are
treated as having made, a Continuing Holder Election will have to pay any Catch-Up Payment due (other than a Pre-Petition Default
Amount) by not later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, or they will be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust
Election as a result of a Payment Default. A Current Position Holder who owes a Pre-Petition Default Amount with regard
to a Fractional Position will have to pay the Pre-Petition Default Amount in full by not later than the Effective Date, or they
will be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the Fractional Position as of the Effective Date, the position will be vested in
and become property of LPI’s bankruptcy Estate, and the Current Position Holder’s Claim will be treated as a General
Unsecured Claim.
Pursuant to the Plan,
as of the Effective Date, Continuing Position Holders who make, or are treated as having made, the Continuing Holder Election will
be registered as the confirmed owners of Continued Positions. Pursuant to the Plan, three (3) new legal entities (“Successors”
or “Successor Entities”) will be formed to implement the provisions of the Plan, and take required actions (including
those noted below), as follows:
| 1. | Life Partners Position Holder Trust (“Position Holder Trust”) will (a) issue
Position Holder Trust Interests to (i) Current Fractional Holders who make Position Holder Trust Elections or Continuing Holder
Elections, and (ii) the IRA Partnership in respect of Current IRA Holders who make Position Holder Trust Elections or Continuing
Holder Elections, (b) issue New IRA Notes to IRA Holders who make Continuing Holder Elections, and (c) enter into the Servicing
Agreement with the Servicing Company and the IRA Partnership, and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement with the Reorganized
LPI and the IRA Partnership. |
| 2. | Life Partners IRA Partnership LLC (“IRA Partnership”) will (a) issue IRA Partnership
Interests to IRA Holders who make Position Holder Trust Elections or Continuing Holder Elections, (b) hold Position Holder Trust
Interests issued in respect of Position Holder Trust Elections and Continuing Holder Elections made by IRA Holders, and (c) be
a party to the Servicing Agreement. |
| 3. | Life Partners Creditors’ Trust (“Creditors’ Trust”) will (a) pursue
litigation and other Causes of Action assigned to it under the Plan and the Class Action Settlement Agreement, and (b) distribute
the net proceeds collected to its beneficiaries, which will consist of Current Position Holders who make the Creditors’ Trust
Election and other Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims. |
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A chart depicting the
resulting structure for the Successors to the Reorganized Debtors as of the Effective Date is included in Appendix 2
to this Disclosure Statement.
LPHI is a public reporting
company, which was formerly publicly traded. It is not current in filing public reports and its common stock has been delisted
by NASDAQ (formerly trading under the symbol “LPHI”) and is currently not eligible to be quoted on the over the counter
markets. LPHI owns 100% of the equity interests in LPI.5
Prior to the filing of the first petition in the Chapter 11 Cases, LPI was an operating company, and historically engaged in the
business of: (i) acting as a life settlement provider in purchasing and administering life insurance policies insuring the lives
of terminally ill individuals or seniors; and (ii) finding investors to purchase Fractional Positions relating to the policies.
LPI would sell Fractional
Positions to investors (the “Investors”) to raise money to pay for policies it agreed to purchase. As discussed more
fully below, a significant portion of the amounts invested by purchasers of Fractional Positons was used to pay undisclosed fees
and commissions to LPI and certain other parties (including brokers who sold the Fractional Positions – called “licensees”
by LPI – and third party service providers, including an individual who provided life expectancy reports used by LPI and
the licensees to sell Fractional Positions). Another portion was used to fund an initial reserve to pay premiums on the related
policy.
Following acquisition
of a policy, LPI would become the record owner of the policy and appoint a third party service provider (who also received a portion
of the investors’ purchase price) as the beneficiary. In an opinion handed down in May 2015, the Texas Supreme Court held
that LPI is the legal owner of all of the Policies, entitled to exercise all rights as the legal owner, and that what the investors
purchased were “investment contracts” that are securities under the Texas Securities Act. Based on LPI’s business
practices and the Texas Supreme Court opinion, as of the Subsidiary Debtors Petition Date, there was uncertainty as to the nature
and extent of LPI’s ownership interest in the Policies.
On the other hand,
many holders of Fractional Positions in the Policies assert that they, not LPI, are the beneficial or equitable owners of the Policies.
The issue of who is the beneficial or equitable owner of the Policies has been referred to as the “Ownership Issue,”
and has not been resolved by the Bankruptcy Court. The Ownership Issue is currently in dispute in connection with two class action
lawsuits (“Class Action Lawsuits”) which were filed with the Bankruptcy Court after the Chapter 11 Cases were
commenced and are described in further detail in this Disclosure Statement. As set forth below, the Ownership Issue and Class Action
Lawsuits will be resolved if the Plan is confirmed.
5 A chart depicting the organizational
structure of the Debtors as of the LPHI Petition Date is included in Appendix 2 to this Disclosure Statement.
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Prior to the Debtors’
bankruptcy filings, LPHI and LPI were defendants in numerous lawsuits commenced by the SEC, the State of Texas and certain purchasers
of Fractional Positions, which alleged that the Debtors had violated federal and state securities laws in connection with LPI’s
solicitation of investors to purchase Fractional Positions in policies. In December 2014, the SEC obtained a $38,700,000 judgment
against LPHI. Following entry of judgment, the SEC filed a motion to appoint a receiver to take over LPHI’s operations.
Prior to a hearing
on the SEC’s receivership motion, LPHI filed its bankruptcy petition. The Committee was appointed shortly thereafter by the
United States Trustee.
On March 10, 2015,
the Bankruptcy Court granted a motion filed by the SEC and appointed H. Thomas Moran II (“Moran”) as Chapter
11 Trustee, finding gross mismanagement by the Debtor’s pre-petition management, and that the appointment of a Chapter 11
trustee was in the best interests of creditors, equity holders and other parties in interest.
Following his appointment,
the Bankruptcy Court granted a motion filed by Moran to replace the board of directors of LPI and LPIFS (collectively the “Subsidiary
Debtors”), and authorize a bankruptcy filing by the Subsidiary Debtors. On May 19, 2015, the Subsidiary Debtors filed
their voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions.
Since his appointment,
the Chapter 11 Trustee has conducted an investigation of the Debtor’s pre-petition business practices and found substantial
fraud and self-dealing. As a result, the Chapter 11 Trustee has commenced litigation against Brian Pardo, LPHI’s former chief
executive officer, and others seeking damages for their wrongful acts, including licensees who acted as brokers and received commissions
relating to the sale of Fractional Positions.
At the time of the
Chapter 11 Trustee’s appointment, the Debtors lacked significant resources to pay operating expenses, premiums relating to
Policies and the administrative expenses associated with a restructuring under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As a result,
on September 16, 2015, the Chapter 11 Trustee filed a financing motion, seeking authority to borrow funds consisting of existing
and future proceeds from the maturity of life insurance policies that are or will be held in escrow, and accumulated cash surrender
value in life insurance policies. The motion was granted by the Bankruptcy Court, which authorized the Debtors to utilize up to
$25 million of maturities. This financing should allow the Chapter 11 Trustee to fund the Debtors’ operations, ensure the
payment of premiums on Policies and fund the administrative expenses of the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases.
The Debtors’
Chapter 11 Cases have been designated by the Bankruptcy Court as complex chapter 11 cases. The Debtors have over 90,000 creditors
and parties in interest and control almost 3,400 life insurance policies with an aggregate face amount of approximately $2.4 billion.
There are approximately 22,000 Holders of over 100,000 outstanding Fractional Positions, and these are the Current Position Holders
referred to in the Plan and this Disclosure Statement.
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During the course of
the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases, the Chapter 11 Trustee has been in negotiations with numerous parties over a plan of reorganization,
including the Committee, the Plan Supporters, and KLI Investments LP (“KLI”). The Plan that all Holders are
being asked to vote upon, and Current Position Holders are being afforded the opportunity to make Elections under as to the treatment
of their Claims and Interests relating to Fractional Positions, constitutes the culmination of these negotiations.
The Plan resolves the
Ownership Issue, and provides for Distributions to all Current Position Holders and other creditors of the Debtors. A chart depicting
the ownership of the Policies on the Effective Date of the Plan is included in Appendix 2 to this Disclosure Statement.
| E. | Holders Of All Fractional Positions |
As noted above and
discussed in more detail below, the Ownership Issue is resolved by providing all Current Position Holders with the opportunity
to choose one of three alternatives for the treatment of each Fractional Position they hold.6
Specifically, holders
of Fractional Positions may Elect with respect to each Fractional Position they own to: (i) be treated as a Continuing Position
Holder with respect to their Fractional Position and be confirmed as the owner of a Fractional Interest or a New IRA Note, after
making the related Continuing Position Holder Contribution; (ii) contribute their Fractional Position to the Position Holder Trust
and receive a Trust Interest in the Position Holder Trust or an IRA Partnership Interest ; or (iii) rescind their purchase of the
Fractional Position, and receive a Trust Interest in the Creditors’ Trust. The Position Holder Trust will hold legal title
to all of the Policies and all of the beneficial and equitable ownership of the Policies that is not represented by Fractional
Interests outstanding from time to time. The IRA Partnership will be formed to permit IRA Holders to receive the benefits of the
long-term liquidation of the Beneficial Ownership in the Policies held by the Position Holder Trust, and other assets held by the
Position Holder Trust.
The Holder of a Fractional
Position who Elects to become a Continuing Position Holder with respect to a Fractional Position will be required to make the Continuing
Position Holder Contribution to the Position Holder Trust. The Continuing Position Holder Contribution will consist of five percent
(5%) of the Fractional Position, five percent (5%) of all Escrowed Funds for premiums relating to such Fractional Position, and
five percent (5%) of any Maturity Funds relating to such Fractional Position. Continuing Position Holders will be required to pay
a servicing fee equal to three percent (3%) of their interest in the death benefit under the applicable Policy, and the servicing
fee applicable to the Pro Rata portion of the Collateral securing each New IRA Note will be taken into account in determining the
principal amount of the note.
6
As set forth above, IRA Holders have a fourth option.
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Continuing Position
Holders will also be required to pay any Catch-Up Payment due by not later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, or
they automatically will be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election as a result of a Payment Default. If a Current
Position Holder owed a Catch-Up Payment as of the Subsidiary Petition Date (a Pre-Petition Default Amount), payment in full will
be due by the Effective Date, or the Current Position Holder automatically will be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the Fractional
Position, effective as of the Effective Date. The Fractional Position will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust, and the
Current Position Holder will not be entitled to receive any Distribution under the Plan wither respect to the Fractional Position.
Current Position Holders will be notified if they owe or may owe any Catch-Up Payment as of the Effective Date, and whether any
of it is a Pre-Petition Default Amount, when their Ballots are mailed to them.
Continuing Position
Holders will be required to pay their share of premium payments (and the Servicing Fee) in the future with respect to their Fractional
Positions, and the Servicing Company will manage the premium call process. Current Position Holders who make the Position Holder
Trust Election and contribute their Fractional Positions to the Position Holder Trust will be relieved of future obligations with
respect to premium payments relating to the contributed Fractional Positions, and such responsibility will be borne by the Position
Holder Trust. Those Holders who Elect to become Continuing Position Holders but default on their obligations to make premium payments
will be deemed to have made an Election to be an Assigning Position Holder and to contribute their Fractional Positions to the
Position Holder Trust, and will receive Trust Interests calculated as described in Section 7.02 of in this Disclosure Statement
entitled “The Continuing Monetary Obligations Of Those Current Position Holders Who Elect To Be Continuing Position Holders.”
Continuing Position
Holders will be express third-party beneficiaries of the Servicing Agreement and the Position Holder Trust’s rights under
the Escrow Agreement, and those who own New IRA Notes will also be express third party beneficiaries of the Contribution and Collateral
Agreement relating to the Beneficial Ownership pledged as Collateral for the New IRA Notes.
To the extent a Fractional
Position relates to Maturity Funds which have been advanced to the Debtors pursuant to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the
Effective Date or are being held in the Maturity Escrow Account as of the Effective Date, the Continuing Position Holder will receive
a Statement of Maturity Account, reflecting a Maturity Funds Loan payable to the Continuing Position Holder and the balance of
the Maturity Funds being held in escrow. The Maturity Funds Facility and the anticipated timeline for payout of Maturity Funds
and payment of Maturity Funds Loans is described in Section 6.02 hereof, entitled, “Exit Financing and Reserve Funding.”
Holders of IRA Notes
may Elect with respect to each of their Fractional Positions to either: (i) be treated as a Continuing Position Holder with respect
to their Fractional Position, subject to the terms of the Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement; (ii) contribute their Fractional
Position to the Position Holder Trust and receive a Trust Interest in the Position Holder Trust; (iii) rescind their investment
in the Fractional Position, and receive a Trust Interest in the Creditors’ Trust; or (iv) have its Fractional Positions distributed
to it in exchange for a Fractional Interest for it to hold, after the Continuing Position Holder Contribution is made, outside
of its IRA.
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The Holder of an IRA
Note who makes a Continuing Holder Election will (i) transfer the remainder of the IRA Note, after the Continuing Position Holder
Contribution, to LPI and (ii) as Distributions, receive (a) a New IRA Note with terms as summarized below, and (b) in exchange
for the Continuing Position Holder Contribution, an IRA Partnership Interest derived from a Position Holder Trust Interest in the
Position Holder Trust.
The Position Holder
Trust will be the Issuer of the New IRA Notes. The New IRA Notes will be non-recourse and secured by liens established under the
Contribution and Collateral Agreement on Collateral consisting of all of the Beneficial Ownership related to all Fractional Positions
(except the Continuing Position Holder Contribution) as to which Continuing Holder Elections are made by IRA Holders. Holders of
New IRA Notes will not be obligated to pay premiums allocable to the Collateral for the notes. Each New IRA Note will have a fixed
principal amount, accrue interest at a stated annual interest rate and have a long-term fixed maturity date.7
Interest will be payable annually, subject to the Position Holder Trust’s right to defer payment and continue to accrue interest
for payment in the future under circumstances specified in the Contribution and Collateral Agreement. If the actual mortality experience
of the Policies to which the Beneficial Ownership included in the Collateral as a result of Continuing Holder Elections made by
all IRA Holders entitled to Distributions of New IRA Notes exceeds the projected mortality experience set forth in the Plan Supplement,
the New IRA Notes will be entitled to mandatory partial prepayment. If determined to be appropriate by the Plan Proponents or the
Position Holder Trustee, the New IRA Notes will be subject to optional redemption by the Position Holder Trust for a redemption
price equal to principal amount plus accrued interest, plus a redemption premium. The specific terms of the New IRA Notes (principal
amount relative to Allowed Claim amount, interest rate, maturity date, mandatory prepayment provisions, and any redemption right
in favor of the Position Holder Trust) will be included in the Plan Supplement, along with a form of the New IRA Note.
| G. | General Unsecured Claims |
The Creditors’
Trust will be a trust formed as of the Effective Date, to which all Causes of Action (i) held by the Debtors and their bankruptcy
Estates will be transferred pursuant to the Plan, and (ii) held by the Assigning Class Parties will be transferred pursuant to
the Class Action Settlement Agreement. These Causes of Action will be pursued by the Creditors’ Trustee for the benefit of
the beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust, who will consist of Current Position Holders who make the Creditors’ Trust
Election and general unsecured creditors of the Debtors, including Former Position Holders. Distributions will be made by the Creditors’
Trust to the beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust, at least annually, as set forth in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
7
Likely 10 to 15 years for most.
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| H. | The Successors and Exit Financing |
The Position Holder
Trust, the IRA Partnership, the Creditors’ Trust and the Servicing Company will all be formed effective as of the Effective
Date. The financing necessary for the formation and initial capitalization of the Successors will come from the financing previously
approved by the Bankruptcy Court which, unless replaced by exit financing provided by a third party, will continue post-Effective
Date as exit financing. In the Plan Proponents’ opinion, such financing will be sufficient (i) to capitalize the Position
Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership, the Creditors’ Trust, and unless it is sold as discussed elsewhere herein, the Servicing
Company, and (ii) to repay all Maturity Funds Loans outstanding under the Maturity Funds Facility, with interest as provided in
the facility. The Debtors are continuing to solicit and evaluate proposals for third party exit financing, and any proposed agreement
relating to such financing that is reached prior to the mailing Date for the Plan Supplement will be described therein.
In addition to external
financing, the Plan Proponents are developing proposals, with input from the Plan Supporters, regarding the desirability of and
possible terms for pursuing voluntary financing that would be provided by Continuing Position Holders in addition to or as a voluntary
continuation or expansion of the Maturity Funds Facility, and/or as a voluntary contribution of CSV to the Position Holder Trust
in exchange for a note from the Position Holder Trust with terms designed to replace any maturity proceeds lost by an Investor
as a result of use of the CSV.
| I. | Deadlines For Submitting Ballots And Making Elections |
Ballots for accepting
or rejecting the Plan are included with this Disclosure Statement and have been sent to all Current Position Holders, the SEC and
the Holders of General Unsecured Claims against each of the Debtors. Directions for the return of executed Ballots is set forth
in Section 2.07 of this Disclosure Statement. Executed Ballots must be received by the Balloting Agent by no later than [_________,]
2016 in order to be counted.
Additionally, the Current
Position Holders have until [__________,] 2016 to make Elections with respect to each of their Fractional Positions. Current Position
Holders have the right to make any Election available to them, regardless of whether they vote to accept or reject the Plan. All
Elections shall be made by Electronic Election (with the option to make a Written Election if Electronic Election is not feasible).
Current Position Holders who do not make a timely Election for a Fractional Position will be conclusively deemed to have made a
Continuing Position Election, subject to the payment of any corresponding Catch-Up Payment and other continuing obligations.
ARTICLE
II
INTRODUCTION AND VOTING PROCEDURES
Section 2.01 Overview
of Chapter 11
Chapter 11 is the principal
business reorganization chapter of the Bankruptcy Code. The commencement of a chapter 11 case creates an “estate” comprised
of all the legal and equitable interests of a debtor in property. The business of a chapter 11 debtor may be continued and its
assets managed by either the debtor’s pre-petition management or by a chapter 11 trustee who may be appointed by the bankruptcy
court for cause, including fraud, dishonesty or gross mismanagement committed by the debtor’s management or if such appointment
is in the best interest of creditors, equity security Holders and the other interests of the estate.
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The filing of a chapter
11 case also triggers the application of Bankruptcy Code § 362, which provides for an automatic stay prohibiting all attempts
to collect upon claims against a debtor that arose before a bankruptcy filing. Generally speaking, the automatic stay prohibits
interference with a debtor’s property or business.
Formulation and confirmation
of a plan of reorganization is the principal purpose of a chapter 11 case. Unless a trustee is appointed, only the debtor may file
a plan of reorganization during the first 120 days of the chapter 11 case. A creditor or party in interest may file a plan only
after that 120-day exclusive period has expired or has terminated pursuant to a court order. If a debtor files its plan within
the 120 day period, it has an additional 60 days to solicit acceptances of its plan. The bankruptcy court can reduce or enlarge
the Debtor’s exclusive periods for cause shown.
A plan of reorganization
sets forth the means for satisfying all claims against, and interests in, a debtor. Although usually referred to as a plan of reorganization,
a plan may provide for the liquidation of assets. Generally, a claim against a debtor arises from a normal debtor/creditor transaction,
such as a promissory note or a trade credit relationship, but may also arise from other contractual agreements or from alleged
torts (i.e., wrongful acts that cause damage to another Person or Entity, or their property). An interest in a debtor is held by
a party with an ownership stake in the debtor, such as a shareholder.
Before soliciting acceptances
of a plan of reorganization, Bankruptcy Code § 1125 requires a plan proponent to prepare a disclosure statement containing
information of a kind, and in sufficient detail, to enable a hypothetical investor to make an informed judgment regarding acceptance
of the plan of reorganization. This Disclosure Statement is submitted in accordance with Bankruptcy § 1125.
The Bankruptcy Code
provides that creditors, except those holding administrative or priority claims, and equity holders are to be grouped into “classes”
under a plan and that those classes which are "impaired" (defined below) by the plan are permitted to vote to accept
or reject a plan by class. As a general matter, creditors with similar legal rights are placed together in the same class and equity
Interest Holders with similar legal rights are placed together in the same class. For example, creditors entitled to similar priority
under the Bankruptcy Code should typically be grouped together.
The Bankruptcy Code
does not require that each claimant or equity Interest Holder vote in favor of a plan in order for the court to confirm the plan.
Rather, the plan must be accepted by each class of claimants and shareholders (subject to an exception discussed below). A class
of claimants accepts the plan if, of the claimants in the class who actually vote on the plan, such claimants holding at least
two-thirds in dollar amount and more than one-half in number of allowed claims vote to accept the plan. For example, if a hypothetical
class has ten creditors that vote and the total dollar amount of those ten creditors’ claim is $1,000,000, then for such
class to have accepted the plan, six or more of those creditors must have voted to accept the plan (a simple majority) and the
claims of the creditors voting to accept the plan must total at least $666,667 (a two-thirds majority).
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The bankruptcy court
may confirm a plan even though fewer than all classes of claims and equity interests vote to accept such plan. In such instance,
the plan must be accepted by at least one “impaired” class of claims, without including any acceptance of the plan
by an “insider.” Bankruptcy Code § 1124 defines “impairment” and generally provides that
a claim as to which legal, equitable or contractual rights are altered under a plan is deemed to be “impaired.”
If all impaired classes
of claims under the plan do not vote to accept the plan and at least one impaired class of claims votes to accept the plan, a proponent
of a plan is entitled to request that the court confirm the plan pursuant to the “cram down” provisions of Bankruptcy
Code § 1129(b). The “cram down” provisions permit the plan to be confirmed over the dissenting votes
of classes of claims or equity interests if the bankruptcy court determines that the plan does not discriminate unfairly and is
fair and equitable with respect to each impaired, dissenting class of claims or equity interests.
Except to the extent
that the Holder of a particular claim has agreed to a different treatment of such claim, the plan must provide that Holders of
administrative and priority claims (other than tax claims) be paid in full in cash on the effective date of the plan, and that
Holders of priority tax claims receive, on account of such claims, deferred cash payments over a period not exceeding five (5)
years after the petition date, of a value, as of the effective date of the plan, equal to the allowed amount of such claim (Bankruptcy
Code § 1129(a)(9)).
Independent of the
acceptance of the plan as described above, to confirm a plan the bankruptcy court must determine that the requirements of Bankruptcy
Code § 1129(a) have been satisfied.
Section 2.02 The Plan
of Reorganization
The Plan Proponents
believe that the Plan satisfies the confirmation requirements of the Bankruptcy Code. Confirmation of the Plan makes the Plan binding
upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, all Holders of Claims and Interests, and other parties-in-interest, irrespective of
whether they have filed Proofs of Claim or Interests and/or they have voted to accept or reject the Plan.
Although
styled as a “joint plan,” thE Plan consists of THREE (3) separate plans (one for each of the Debtors). Consequently,
except as provided in thE Plan for purposes of making and receiving distributions under thE Plan, votes will be tabulated separately
for each Debtor with respect to each Debtor’s plan of reorganization. Confirmation of one or more of the THREE separate plans,
or the failure to confirm any of THREE separate plans, MAY not affect the PLAN PROPONENTS’ ability to confirm any of the
other plans.
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Section 2.03 The Disclosure
Statement
The Plan Proponents
are furnishing this Disclosure Statement to the Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors pursuant to Section 1125
of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in connection with the solicitation of Ballots
for the acceptance of the Plan, a copy of which Plan is attached as Exhibit A, and the exercise of Elections
available to Continuing Position Holders under the Plan. The Plan was formulated after extensive negotiations between and among
the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee, the Plan Supporters (including KLI). This Disclosure Statement describes, among other things:
the Debtors’ business operations; the treatment of Holders of Claims and Interests under, and other aspects of, the Plan;
the proposed transactions relating to the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors and the Successors to be effected pursuant to the Plan;
models and forecasts relating to the funding requirements for, and financial consequences of, ownership of the Policies; and the
continuing and significant events that the Plan Proponents believe will occur in these Chapter 11 Cases, and related matters.
The purpose of this
Disclosure Statement is to provide “adequate information” to Persons who hold Claims to enable them to make an informed
decision before exercising their right to vote to accept or reject the Plan, and to Current Position Holders to enable them to
make an informed decision before choosing among the Elections available to them regarding the treatment of their Claims. Pursuant
to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on December __, 2015 (the “Disclosure Statement Order”), this Disclosure
Statement was approved and held to contain adequate information. A true and correct copy of the Disclosure Statement Order is attached
as Exhibit B.8
This Disclosure Statement
sets forth certain detailed information regarding the Debtors’ history and significant events expected to occur during the
Chapter 11 Cases. This Disclosure Statement also describes the Plan, effects of Confirmation of the Plan, and the manner in which
Distributions will be made under the Plan. Additionally, this Disclosure Statement discusses the confirmation process and the voting
procedures that Holders of Claims must follow for their votes to be counted.
THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
CONTAINS SUMMARIES OF CERTAIN PLAN PROVISIONS, STATUTORY PROVISIONS, DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE PLAN, AND CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT
OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS UNDER THE PLAN. THESE SUMMARIES ARE QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO THE PLAN (AS WELL AS THE
EXHIBITS ATTACHED THERETO AND DEFINITIONS THEREIN). A COPY OF THE PLAN IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A.
THE PLAN ITSELF AND
THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO THEREIN CONTROL THE ACTUAL TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST AND INTERESTS IN THE DEBTORS UNDER THE PLAN AND
WILL, UPON OCCURRENCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE, BE BINDING UPON ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AGAINST AND INTERESTS IN THE DEBTORS, THEIR
ESTATES, THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS, ALL PARTIES RECEIVING PROPERTY UNDER THE PLAN, AND OTHER PARTIES-IN-INTEREST. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE PLAN OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT ON THE OTHER HAND,
THE TERMS OF THE PLAN AND/OR SUCH OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT WILL CONTROL.
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THE APPROVAL BY THE
BANKRUPTCY COURT OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OF THE PLAN OR A GUARANTEE
OF THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THE MATERIAL CONTAINED HEREIN IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE USE
BY HOLDERS OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS IN EVALUATING THE PLAN AND BY HOLDERS OF CLAIMS IN VOTING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN AND WITH
RESPECT TO ELECTIONS THAT CERTAIN HOLDERS CAN MAKE REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF THEIR CLAIMS, ACCORDINGLY, IT MAY NOT BE RELIED
UPON FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN THE DETERMINATION OF HOW TO VOTE ON THE PLAN AND WHAT ELECTION TO MAKE UNDER THE PLAN. THE PLAN
IS SUBJECT TO NUMEROUS CONDITIONS AND VARIABLES AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE PLAN WILL BE EFFECTUATED.
Section 2.04 Sources
of Information
Unless otherwise stated
herein, the statements contained in this Disclosure Statement are made as of the date hereof, and the information contained in
this Disclosure Statement is as of the date hereof and neither the delivery of this Disclosure Statement nor any distribution made
pursuant to the Plan will, under any circumstance, create any implication that the information contained herein is correct at any
time subsequent to the date hereof, or such other date as described herein. Any estimates of Claims or Interests set forth in this
Disclosure Statement may vary from the amounts of Claims or Interests determined by the Debtors or ultimately Allowed by the
Bankruptcy Court, and an estimate shall not be construed as an admission of the amount of such Claim.
Information incorporated
by reference into this Disclosure Statement speaks as of the date of such information or the date of the report or document in
which such information is contained or as of a prior date as may be specified in such report or document. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that
a statement contained in this Disclosure Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Disclosure Statement.
In this Disclosure
Statement, no statements concerning the Debtors, the value of the Debtors’ property, or the value of any benefit offered
to the Holder of a Claim or Interest in connection with the Plan should be relied on other than as set forth in this Disclosure
Statement. In arriving at a decision, parties should not rely on any representation or inducement made to secure their acceptance
or rejection that is contrary to information contained in this Disclosure Statement, and any such additional representations or
inducements should be immediately reported to counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors, Thompson & Knight,
LLP, One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500, Dallas, Texas 75201 (Attn: David M. Bennett and Katharine Battaia Clark), Telephone:
(214) 969-1700; and to the Committee, c/o Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., 500 N. Akard Street, Suite 3800, Dallas, Texas 75201
(Attn: Joseph J. Wielebinski and Jay H. Ong), Telephone: (214) 855-7500, Facsimile: (214) 855-7584.
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Section 2.05 Rules of
Interpretation
The following rules
for interpretation and construction shall apply to this Disclosure Statement: (1) whenever from the context it is appropriate,
each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in
the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender; (2) unless otherwise specified,
any reference in this Disclosure Statement to a contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document being in a particular
form or on particular terms and conditions means that such document shall be substantially in such form or substantially on such
terms and conditions; (3) unless otherwise specified, any reference in this Disclosure Statement to an existing document, schedule,
or exhibit, whether or not filed, shall mean such document, schedule, or exhibit, as it may have been or may be amended, modified,
or supplemented; (4) any reference to a Person or Entity as a Holder of a Claim or Interest includes that Person or Entity’s
successors and assigns; (5) unless otherwise specified, all references in this Disclosure Statement to Articles are references
to Articles of this Disclosure Statement; (6) unless otherwise specified, all references in this Disclosure Statement to exhibits
are references to exhibits to this Disclosure Statement; (7) the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto”
refer to this Disclosure Statement in its entirety rather than to a particular portion of this Disclosure Statement; (8) captions
and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation
of this Disclosure Statement; (9) unless otherwise set forth in this Disclosure Statement, the rules of construction set forth
in Bankruptcy Code § 102 shall apply; (10) any term used in capitalized form in this Disclosure Statement that is
not otherwise defined in this Disclosure Statement, Plan, or exhibits to this Disclosure Statement Order, but that is used in the
Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules,
as applicable; (11) all references to docket numbers of documents filed in the Chapter 11 Cases are references to the docket numbers
under the Bankruptcy Court’s CM/ECF system; (12) all references to statutes, regulations, orders, rules of courts, and the
like shall mean as amended from time to time, unless otherwise stated; (13) in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed,
the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply, and if the date on which a transaction may occur pursuant to this Disclosure
Statement shall occur on a day that is not a Business Day, then such transaction shall instead occur on the next succeeding Business
Day; and (14) unless otherwise specified, all references in this Disclosure Statement to monetary figures shall refer to currency
of the United States of America.
Section 2.06 Solicitation
Package
Accompanying this Disclosure
Statement for the purpose of soliciting votes on the Plan are copies of (i) the notice of, among other things, the time for submitting
Ballots to accept or reject the Plan, the date, time, and place of the hearing to consider the Confirmation of the Plan (the “Confirmation
Hearing Notice”) and related matters, and the time for filing objections to confirmation of the Plan, and (ii) a Ballot
or Ballots (and return envelope(s)) that you must use in voting to accept or to reject the Plan, or a notice of non-voting status,
as applicable. If you did not receive a Ballot and believe that you should have, please contact the Balloting Agent (as defined
below) at the address or telephone number set forth in the next subsection. Instructions relating to voting and the return of Ballots
are set forth below in Section 2.07 of this Disclosure Statement entitled “Voting Procedures, Ballots, And Voting Deadline.”
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Section 2.07 Voting
Procedures, Ballots, And Voting Deadline
After carefully reviewing
this Disclosure Statement and the Plan, and the exhibits thereto, and the detailed instructions accompanying your Ballot, Holders
of Class A2, A3, B2, B3, B4 and C2 Claims should complete and sign their Ballot and return it in the envelope provided so that
it is RECEIVED by the Voting Deadline (as defined below). For details on the Election process and how eligible Current Position
Holders may make their Elections, please see Article VII of this Disclosure Statement.
Each Ballot has been
coded to reflect the Class of Claims it represents. Accordingly, in voting to accept or reject the Plan, you must use only the
coded Ballot or Ballots sent to you with this Disclosure Statement.
If you have any questions
about the procedure for voting your Claim or with respect to the packet of materials that you have received, please contact Epiq
Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC (the “Balloting Agent”) (i) telephonically or (ii) in writing by (a) hand
delivery, (b) overnight mail or (c) first class mail using the information below:
Life Partners Ballot Processing Center
c/o Epiq. Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC
P.O. Box 4421
Beaverton, Oregon 97076-4421
(866) 841-7869 (toll free)
(503) 597-5539
THE BALLOTING AGENT
MUST RECEIVE ORIGINAL BALLOTS ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M., PREVAILING CENTRAL TIME, ON JANUARY __, 2016 (THE “VOTING
DEADLINE”) AT THE APPLICABLE ADDRESS ABOVE. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR DETERMINED OTHERWISE
BY THE PLAN PROPONENTS, BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER THE VOTING DEADLINE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, COUNTED OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE
DEBTORS’ REQUEST FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN OR ANY MODIFICATION THEREOF.
The Plan Proponents
reserve the right to amend the Plan. Amendments to the Plan that do not materially and adversely affect the treatment of Claims
or Interests may be approved by the Bankruptcy Court at the Confirmation Hearing (as defined below) without the necessity of re-soliciting
votes. In the event re-solicitation is required, the Plan Proponents will furnish new solicitation packets that will include new
Ballots to be used to vote to accept or reject the Plan, as amended.
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Section 2.08 The Confirmation
Hearing And Objection Deadline
THE BANKRUPTCY COURT
HAS SCHEDULED JANUARY __, 2016, AT __:__ A.M., PREVAILING CENTRAL TIME, AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE HEARING ON CONFIRMATION
OF THE PLAN AND TO CONSIDER ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PLAN (THE “CONFIRMATION HEARING”). THE CONFIRMATION HEARING
WILL BE HELD AT THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, BEFORE THE HONORABLE RUSSELL F. NELMS, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE, COURTROOM
204 AT THE ELDON B. MAHON U.S. COURTHOUSE, 501 W. 10TH STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102-3643. THE PLAN PROPONENTS WILL REQUEST CONFIRMATION
OF THE PLAN AT THE CONFIRMATION HEARING.
THE
BANKRUPTCY COURT HAS FURTHER FIXED JANUARY __, 2016, AT 5:00 P.M., PREVAILING CENTRAL TIME, AS THE DEADLINE (THE “OBJECTION
DEADLINE”) FOR FILING OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN WITH
THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. objections to confirmation of the Plan must be served so as to be received by the following parties on or
before the objection deadline:
Counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary
Debtors:
David M. Bennett
Katharine Battaia Clark
THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP
One Arts Plaza
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel: 214.969.1700
Fax: 214.969.1751
david.bennett@tklaw.com
katie.clark@tklaw.com
Counsel to Committee:
Joseph J. Wielebinski
Dennis L. Roossien, Jr.
Jay H. Ong
MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR P.C.
500 N. Akard Street, suite 3800
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel: (214) 855-7500
Fax: (214) 855-7584
jwielebinski@munsch.com
droosien@munsch.com
jong@munsch.com
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United States Trustee:
Lisa M. Lambert
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE
1100 Commerce Street, Room 976
Dallas, TX 75242
Tel: 214.767.8967
Fax: 214.767.8971
lisa.l.lambert@usdoj.gov
ANY OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION OF THE
PLAN MUST BE IN WRITING AND (A) MUST STATE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OBJECTING PARTY AND THE AMOUNT OF ITS CLAIM OR THE
NATURE OF ITS INTEREST AND (B) MUST STATE WITH PARTICULARITY THE NATURE OF ITS OBJECTION. ANY CONFIRMATION OBJECTION NOT TIMELY
FILED AND SERVED AS SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED WAIVED AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.
Section 2.09 Voting
Tabulation
Under the Bankruptcy
Code, for purposes of determining whether the requisite acceptances have been received, only Holders who are entitled to vote and
actually vote will be counted. The failure of a Holder to deliver a duly executed Ballot will be deemed to constitute an abstention
by such Holder with respect to voting on the Plan, except in the case that the Holder’s interest will be voted by the Class
Representative as described in Section 15.01 hereof, and such abstentions will not be counted.
Unless otherwise ordered
by the Bankruptcy Court, Ballots that are signed, dated, and timely received, but on which a vote to accept or reject the Plan
has not been indicated, will not be counted. The Plan Proponents, in their sole discretion, may request that the Balloting Agent
attempt to contact such voters to cure any such defects in the Ballots.
Except as provided
below, unless the applicable Ballot is timely submitted to the Balloting Agent before the Voting Deadline, together with any other
documents required by such Ballot, the Plan Proponents may, in their sole discretion, reject such Ballot as invalid and decline
to count such vote or to utilize it in connection with seeking Confirmation of the Plan.
A vote may be disregarded
if the Bankruptcy Court determines, pursuant to Bankruptcy Code §1126(e), that it was not solicited or procured in good faith
or in accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
If a Ballot is signed
by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation, or another acting in a fiduciary or
representative capacity, such Person should indicate such capacity when signing and, unless otherwise determined by the Plan Proponents,
must submit proper evidence satisfactory to the Debtors of authority to so act.
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The period during which Ballots with respect to the Plan will be
accepted by the Plan proponents will terminate on the Voting Deadline. Except to the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Court,
Ballots that are received after the Voting Deadline will not be counted or otherwise used by the Plan Proponents in connection
with the Plan Proponents' request for Confirmation of the Plan (or any permitted modification thereof). IN NO CASE SHOULD A BALLOT
BE DELIVERED TO ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN THE BALLOTING AGENT.
PURSUANT TO THE DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT ORDER, THE COURT HAS APPROVED CERTAIN SOLICITATION, VOTING, AND BALLOTING PROCEDURES, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B. PLEASE
REVIEW THOSE PROCEDURES PRIOR TO CASTING YOUR VOTE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN.
Section 2.10 Agreements
Upon Furnishing Ballots
The delivery of an accepting
Ballot to the Balloting Agent by a Holder pursuant to the procedures set forth above and approved by the Bankruptcy Court, will
constitute the agreement of such Holder to accept: (a) all of the terms of, and conditions to, the solicitation and voting procedures;
and (b) the terms of the Plan; provided, however, all parties-in-interest retain their right to object to Confirmation
of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 1129.
Section 2.11 Recommendation
of the Plan Proponents and Plan Supporters to Approve Plan
The Plan Proponents approved
the solicitation of acceptances of the Plan and all of the Reorganization Transactions contemplated thereunder. In light of the
benefits to be attained by the Holders of Claims pursuant to consummation of the Reorganization Transactions contemplated under
the Plan, the Plan Proponents recommend that such Holders of Claims vote to accept the Plan. The Plan Proponents have reached this
decision after considering the alternatives to the Plan that are available to the Plan Proponents, and negotiating with numerous
parties including the Plan Supporters regarding the available alternatives. These alternatives include liquidation under chapter 7
of the Bankruptcy Code or reorganization under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with an alternative plan of reorganization.
The Plan Proponents determined, after consulting with their financial and legal advisors that the Reorganization Transactions contemplated
in the Plan would likely result in a distribution of greater value to creditors than would a liquidation under chapter 7.
THE PLAN PROPONENTS
SUPPORT THE PLAN AND RECOMMEND THAT ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS WHOSE VOTES ARE BEING SOLICITED TIMELY SUBMIT BALLOTS TO ACCEPT THE PLAN.
IN ADDITION, THE PLAN PROPONENTS RECOMMEND THAT ALL CURRENT POSITION HOLDERS MAKE A TIMELY ELECTION WITH REGARD TO EACH OF THEIR
FRACTIONAL POSITIONS.
THE PLAN SUPPORTERS
(INCLUDING KLI) SUPPORT THE PLAN AND RECOMMEND THAT ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS WHOSE VOTES ARE BEING SOLICITED TIMELY SUBMIT BALLOTS
TO ACCEPT THE PLAN.
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ARTICLE
III
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF THE DEBTORS AND THEIR
PREPETITION BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Section 3.01 Overview
Of The Debtors’ Corporate Structure And Management
LPHI is a public reporting
company9 incorporated in Texas, and its stock was formerly
publicly traded. It is not current in its public reporting and its common stock has been delisted from the NASDAQ (formerly trading
under the symbol “LPHI”), and is currently not eligible to be quoted on the over the counter markets. LPHI is a holding
company and is the parent company, by virtue of being the 100% stock owner, of LPI.
LPI is a Texas corporation,
which was incorporated in 1991, and has conducted business under the registered service mark “Life Partners” since
1992. LPI was formed to engage in the secondary market for life insurance policies known generally as “life settlements,”
involving the purchase of previously issued life insurance policies insuring the lives of individuals (the “Insureds”).
LPI sold investment contracts denominated as Fractional Positions (the “Investment Contracts”), which the Texas
Supreme Court has held were securities that were subject to the registration requirements under the Texas Securities Act. LPI has
never registered any Fractional Positions for sale under any state or federal law.
LPIFS is a Texas corporation
and a wholly owned subsidiary of LPI.
Prior to the Debtors’
bankruptcy filings, the Debtors’ management included: (i) Brian Pardo (“Pardo”), who was the chief executive
officer, president, and chairman of the board of directors of LPHI;10
(ii) R. Scott Peden (“Peden”), who was the secretary and general counsel of LPHI and president
of LPI; (iii) Colette Pieper (“Pieper”), who was the chief financial officer of LPHI; and (iv) Mark Embry (“Embry”),
who was LPI’s chief operations officer and chief information officer.
On January 20, 2015, LPHI
filed a voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petition with the Bankruptcy Court. On March 19, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered an
order (the “Trustee Order”), appointing Moran as Chapter 11 Trustee of LPHI.11
On April 7, 2015, the Bankruptcy entered an order (the “Governance Order”), granting the Chapter
11 Trustee authority to modify the Subsidiary Debtors’ corporate governance documents for purposes of electing the Chapter
11 Trustee as the sole director of the Subsidiary Debtors and for authority to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on behalf
of the Subsidiary Debtors.12 As a result of Trustee Order
and the Governance Order, Pardo and Peden were removed by the Chapter 11 Trustee from their management roles in the Debtors, and
the Debtors are currently managed by the Chapter 11 Trustee.
9 LPHI is subject to the reporting
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1034, as amended.
10 Additionally, a trust controlled
by Pardo’s family (the “Pardo Family Trust”), directly or indirectly, owns over 50% of the common stock
of LPHI.
11 Dkt. No. 229.
12 Dkt. No. 261.
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Section 3.02 Overview
Of The Debtors’ Business
From its inception in 1991
to the early 2000s, Life Partners dealt exclusively in the purchase and administration of life insurance policies held by persons
who were thought to be terminally ill. Those types of life settlements are specifically referred to as “viaticals”
in the industry. From the early 2000s until the appointment of the Chapter 11 Trustee, Life Partners transitioned into the purchase
and administration of life insurance policies for which the insured is over the age of 65 (sometimes referred to as “senior”
life settlements). In either instance, viaticals or senior life settlements (collectively, “Life Settlements”),
the existing policyholder would sell the policy to LPI and receive an immediate cash payment.13
To build its portfolio
of life insurance policies (the “Policy Portfolio”), LPI was generally contacted by holders of policies, or
their representatives, to sell their policies. The policyholder provided LPI with certain information about the policy so that
LPI could verify the policy exists, confirm ownership of the policy, and verify the policy could be transferred. LPI would then
solicit money from Investors to fund its purchase of the policy. As soon as money was raised, LPI would purchase the policy through
the execution of a “Life Settlement Purchase Agreement.” Once the purchase was completed, LPI recorded its ownership
of the policy with the insurance company and would then designate an “escrow” company as the record beneficiary.
LPI purchased many types
of life insurance policies, including group, term, universal life, and whole life. As of the Subsidiary Petition Date, LPI is
or was the record owner of approximately 3,392 life insurance policies (the “Policies”) with an aggregate face
value of approximately $2.4 billion.14 Life Partners
has not purchased any new life insurance policies after the appointment of the Chapter 11 Trustee.
The Texas Supreme Court
recently held that the agreements LPI used to solicit money from Investors are “investment contracts.”15
These contracts recite that Investors contracted for the right to receive a portion of the proceeds paid out on maturity
of a policy. In most cases, the Investors would either invest directly or through their Individual Retirement Accounts (or “IRAs”).
Once an Investor purchased an investment contract relating to a policy, the percent of death benefit the Investor had contracted
to receive was described as a “position” in a policy, (a “Fractional Position”), and Investors
typically invested in more than one Fractional Position (i.e., payouts under multiple policies). The Investment Contracts
further obligate Investors to “contribute additional amounts” to pay premiums on the policy until maturity.
13 LPI is currently a licensed
Life Settlement provider in several states. A life insurance policy that has been purchased in the secondary market is sometimes
referred to as a “life settlement policy.”
14 Ownership of at least some of
the Policies is recorded in the name of other Persons with which LPI had relationships.
15 Life Partners, Inc. v. Arnold, 464 S.W.2d 660 (Tex. Sup. Ct. 2015).
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As of the Subsidiary Petition
Date, LPI had contracts with two entities, Purchase Escrow Services, LLC (“PES”) and Advance Trust and Life
Escrow Services, LTA (“ATLES”), to receive and hold money the Investors invested to fund policy acquisition
and maintenance and serve in the capacity as record beneficiary. Pursuant to their respective agreements with LPI, ATLES and PES
have certain stated duties, which include: receiving money from Investors, holding funds for payment of premiums to life insurance
companies, holding funds for new investments with LPI (whether for new policies LPI was purchasing or for investments being resold),
and receiving and distributing death benefits to the Investors. ATLES and PES act only on the instructions of LPI and, pursuant
to the certain servicing agreements, cannot distribute funds without LPI’s prior approval.
As of the Subsidiary Petition
Date, ATLES held approximately $52,800,000 in premium reserves and PES held approximately $5,200,000 in premium reserves, for a
total of approximately $58,000,000 to which Life Partners has access but is controlled, in some respects, by PES and ATLES. When
a policy matures and the insurance company sends the check for death benefits, the check is made out to either PES or ATLES, as
the record beneficiary. Historically, PES or ATLES would then distribute death benefits to Investors who had purchased Investment
Contracts relating to the applicable policy.
Life Partners solicited
prospective investors through its network of various sales agents (referred to as “licensees” even though they were
not required to hold any “license”). Upon deciding to invest with Life Partners, an Investor would enter into an agency
agreement and one or more policy funding agreements with Life Partners. If an Investor was investing through an IRA, he signed
substantially the same documents, with changes to reflect the investment through an IRA.
Life Partners divided the
amount of each investment (i.e., per Fractional Position bought) among the following: (1) to the seller of the policy, (2)
to LPI (for a fee), (3) to the licensee (for a commission), (4) to ATLES/PES (for a fee), and (5) to ATLES or PES to meet the on-going
premium burden (a so-called “premium escrow”). The Investors were told they were either buying fractional “interests”
or “positions” in the policies or “notes” (the “IRA Notes”) secured by such fractional
interests or positions (i.e., the Fractional Positions).
In addition, Life Partners
generated documents that purport to create “trusts” to assign the IRA Notes the Investors received. Each non-recourse
“promissory note” is payable out of a percentage of the death benefits of a corresponding life insurance policy. However,
the “promissory notes” have neither a fixed repayment date nor a fixed interest rate. In addition, under the policy
funding agreement, the IRA was obligated to make additional “contributions” to pay premiums (apparently without any
modification of the “note”) and, if the additional amounts were not paid, the “note” would be deemed abandoned.
The Chapter 11 Trustee
has been unable to locate any document that purports to transfer title to or ownership of any of the Policies to any LPI Investor.
The policy funding agreement was not recorded or registered by Life Partners in any manner. In addition, with very few exceptions,
no transfer of ownership to, and no lien in favor of, any Investor was recorded with the insurance company that issued the Policy.
The typical transaction did not include any unrecorded assignment, deed, bill of sale, or other conveyance document that purports
to transfer an ownership interest in the subject policy from LPI to any Investor. On the other hand, certain Investors dispute
LPI’s title because, among other reasons, the transaction documents referenced LPI “as agent.”
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Following LPI’s purchase
of a life insurance policy and related sale of Investment Contracts to its Investors, LPI is responsible for, among other things,
determining the frequency and amount of premiums to pay the insurance companies in order to keep each policy in force. Historically,
LPI has instructed what it called escrow agents to pay premiums in amounts and frequency LPI directed. LPI is also responsible
for monitoring the health status of Insureds and, when a policy matures, for gathering all required information and preparing a
claim for the death benefits. Historically, the claim has been sent to inform the escrow agents, as record beneficiary, to submit
the claim to the insurance company.
Prior to LPI filing bankruptcy,
it was LPI’s business practice to bill and pay premiums in a set amount, irrespective of the cost of insurance and expenses
due on the policy. This practice caused, in many instances, cash value to build up at the policy level. Despite the fact that accumulated
cash surrender value (“CSV”) can be used to satisfy premiums requirements, and if not used is typically extinguished
when a Policy matures, LPI did not take advantage of the right to use CSV to satisfy premiums, nor did it disclose the existence
of the CSV to the Investors. As a result, LPI accumulated cash value in policies such as Universal Life or Whole Life. Under the
terms of the Policies, LPI may use CSV to obtain loans and related cash advances. If a Policy loan remains outstanding when the
Policy matures, the death benefit may be reduced by the amount of that loan.
In addition, LPI and its
licensees historically facilitated “resale” transactions (on which they collected additional fees and commissions)
and, to that end, several years ago, LPI began to operate an online trading platform it called the “LP Market.” Shortly
after his appointment, the Chapter 11 Trustee closed that market out of concern, among other things, that it involved the sale
of unregistered “securities.”
Section 3.03 Pre-Petition
Litigation Against The Debtors
Prior to their bankruptcy
filings, the Debtors were parties, as defendants, to numerous lawsuits, which alleged that LPHI had violated federal and state
securities laws, and had engaged in dishonest, fraudulent or deceptive conduct. Regulatory agencies also brought suits, including
the SEC, alleging violations of the federal securities laws, and the State of Texas, alleging violations of the Texas Securities
Act. LPHI and LPI were also defendants in numerous lawsuits throughout the United States, including several class action lawsuits
seeking rescission or damages in connection with LPI’s sale of fractional interests in Life Settlements to Investors.
For example, on May 13,
2011, Michael Arnold and other Investors commenced a class action lawsuit in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas (the “Pre-Petition
Arnold Action”) on behalf of themselves and other Texas Investors who purchased a Life Settlement from LPHI or LPI. The
plaintiffs alleged that the sale of life settlements constituted the sale of unregistered securities in violation of the Texas
Securities Act. The plaintiffs sought the rescission of their settlement contracts, the return of all amounts invested, their costs,
expenses, interest and attorneys’ fees. The District Court dismissed the case on the grounds that the sale of interests in
the Life Settlements did not constitute a sale of securities under state law. However, that decision was reversed in part by the
Dallas Court of Appeals in 2014. In 2015, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals decision, holding that LPI’s
sale of interests in Life Settlements constituted the sale of securities under the Texas Securities Act.
Disclosure Statement | Page 27 |
Similar actions have been
initiated by groups of Investors against the Debtors since 2011. Two such cases are currently pending in the 191st District
Court, Dallas County: the Willingham multi-district litigation, MDL No. 13-0357 (the “Willingham Litigation”),
and the McDermott multi-district litigation, MDL No. 11-02966 (the “McDermott Litigation”). Additionally, other
cases were filed by other individual Investors, including Arthur and Jeanne Morrow (Case No. 3:14-cv-141 in the Western District
of Pennsylvania) (the “Morrow Litigation”), John Woelfe (Case No. 14-80433-CIV-JIC in the Southern District
of Florida) (the “Woelfe Litigation”), and Marilyn Steuben (Case No. CV11-010212 PSG in the Central District
of California) (the “Steuben Litigation” and collectively, with the Willingham Litigation, the McDermott Litigation,
the Morrow Litigation, and the Woelfe Litigation, the “Willingham MDL”). The defendants in the Willingham MDL
include LPI, LPHI, Brian Pardo, Scott Peden, and Pardo Family Holdings. The Investor plaintiffs in the Willingham MDL (i.e., the
“Willingham MDL Investors”) assert various claims, including: breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, civil conspiracy,
conversion, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Texas Securities Act. The Willingham MDL Investors seek damages, a rescission
of their settlement contracts, the return of all amounts invested, the return of dividends issued by LPHI to the other defendants,
exemplary damages, and their costs, expenses, and interest. Prior to the LPHI Petition Date, the Willingham MDL had collectively
reached relatively advanced stages of litigation. For example, the Willingham Litigation specifically had proceeded through the
discovery phase and was set for trial at the time LPHI filed its bankruptcy petition. In addition, a sanctions hearing was set
in that matter in January 2015 over a failure of the defendants to produce discovery. The sanctions hearing and trial of the Willingham
Litigation, along with the remaining Willingham MDL, were stayed by the filing of the LPHI bankruptcy petition.
On August 16, 2012, the
State of Texas commenced its own action against LPHI, LPI, Pardo, Peden, ATLES and PES before the District Court of Travis County
seeking injunctive and other relief. The State of Texas asserted that that the defendants had engaged in fraudulent activities
in connection with the sale of securities. While the District Court dismissed the action on the grounds that LPI had not promoted
or marketed any securities, that decision was reversed by the Austin Court of Appeals in 2014. On appeal, the Texas Supreme Court,
which consolidated the appeal with the appeal in the Pre-Petition Arnold Action, affirmed, holding that LPI’s sale of interests
in Life Settlements constituted a sale of securities under the Texas Securities Act.
Section 3.04 The
Securities And Exchange Commission Litigation
On January 11, 2012, the
SEC commenced an action (the “SEC Action”) before the United States District Court for the Western District
of Texas (Austin Division) against LPHI, Pardo and Peden alleging numerous violations of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Following a jury trial, a judgment was entered finding that the defendants had filed numerous false and misleading forms with the
SEC in violation of Sections 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder. The jury also found that
Pardo violated Exchange Act Rule 13a-14 by knowingly certifying false public reports.
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As a result of the jury’s
verdict, the Court entered a $38,700,000 judgment against LPHI (the “SEC Judgment”). Specifically, the SEC Judgment
required LPHI to disgorge $15,000,000 in ill-gotten profits and pay a civil penalty of $23,700,000. Further, the SEC Judgment permanently
enjoined LPHI from further violations of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The Court also entered judgment against Pardo
in the amount of $6,161,843 and Peden in the amount of $2,000,000.
On December 30, 2014, the
defendants filed a notice of appeal of the SEC Judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
On January 5, 2015, the
SEC filed an emergency motion with the District Court, seeking the appointment of a receiver to take over LPHI’s operations
from its existing management, including Pardo and Peden ("Receiver Motion"). The SEC asserted that in order to
protect Life Partners’ investors and creditors, the Court should appoint a receiver for Life Partners to ensure that its
current officers “are unable to continue to waste assets and to ensure that LPHI is operated in compliance with the federal
securities laws.” The District Court set a hearing on the Receiver Motion for January 21, 2015. LPHI filed its bankruptcy
petition on the morning of the Receivership Hearing.
After LPHI filed for bankruptcy, it filed a
suggestion of bankruptcy in the Fifth Circuit, which stayed all proceedings on the defendants’ appeal and the SEC’s
cross-appeal. On motion by Pardo and Peden, the Fifth Circuit lifted the stay only as to Pardo and Peden’s appeal. Pardo
and Peden have filed their opening brief in the appeal, in which they seek reversal of the judgment that they aided and abetted
LPHI’s violations of Section 13(a) and Rule 12b-20, 13a-1, and 13a-13. They also seek reversal of the civil penalties assessed
against them.
Pardo and Peden then moved to sever their appeal
from LPHI’s appeal so that their appeal could proceed. The SEC voluntarily dismissed its cross-appeal against LPHI. The Fifth
Circuit has granted the motion to sever, and the SEC’s brief in Pardo and Peden’s appeal is currently due on December
4, 2015. LPHI’s appeal remains stayed.
ARTICLE
IV
THE CHAPTER 11 CASES
Section 4.01 LPHI’S
Bankruptcy Filing
On January 20, 2015 (the
“LPHI Petition Date”), the day before the scheduled hearing on the SEC’s Receiver Motion, LPHI filed a
voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition with the Bankruptcy Court. In a press release issued shortly after its bankruptcy filing,
LPHI stated that it filed its chapter 11 bankruptcy petition so that it could pursue an appeal of the SEC Judgment, and avoid the
appointment of a receiver by the Court in the SEC Action.
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Section 4.02 LPHI’s
Retention Of Professionals
Prior to the appointment
of the Chapter 11 Trustee, LPHI retained numerous professionals pursuant to Bankruptcy Court order, consisting of attorneys to
represent it during the course of its Chapter 11 Case. Specifically, pursuant to an order entered on April 28, 2015, the Bankruptcy
Court authorized the retention of Forshey & Prostok, LLP (“F&P”) as counsel for LPHI in connection
with its chapter 11 case for the period covering the LPHI Petition Date through February 6, 2015.16
LPHI then replaced F&P with Pronske Goolsby & Kathman, P.C. (“PG&K”). Pursuant to
an order entered on May 5, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court approved LPHI’s retention of PG&K, as LPHI’s counsel for
the period from February 5, 2015 through March 13, 2015.17
The Bankruptcy Court also
authorized LPHI’s retention of special litigation counsel. Pursuant to an order entered on April 17, 2015, the Court authorized
LPHI’s retention of Kevin Buchanan & Associates, P.L.L.C. (the “Buchanan Firm”) as special counsel
to LPHI for the period from the LPHI Petition Date through March 9, 2015, which is the date of the Court’s decision appointing
a Chapter 11 Trustee to replace LPHI’s management.18
Similarly, pursuant to an order entered on September 18, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court approved LPHI’s retention of C. Alfred
Mackenzie (the “Mackenzie Law Firm”) as special litigation counsel for LPHI from the LPHI Petition Date through
March 9, 2015.19
Each of the aforementioned
counsel for LPHI have filed final applications seeking the allowance of their fees and expenses in these Chapter 11 Cases. Pursuant
to an order entered on April 28, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court awarded fees and expenses to F&P in the amount of $154,409.11.
After taking into account the retainer it received for its fees, the outstanding amount due to F&P is $96,795.97, which constitutes
a Professional Fee Claim against LPHI pursuant to Bankruptcy Code §§ 503 and 507(a)(2).20
Pursuant to an order entered
on May 5, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court awarded final fees and expenses to PG&K in the amount of $126,617.68.21
After taking into account the $100,000 retainer it received from LPI, the outstanding amount due to PG&K is $26,617.68,
which constitutes a Professional Fee Claim against LPHI pursuant to Bankruptcy Code §§ 503 and 507(a)(2).
Pursuant to an order entered
on July 1, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court awarded final fees and expenses to the Buchanan Firm in the amount of $140,235.46. Since
the Buchanan Law Firm did not receive a retainer for its services, this amount constitutes a Professional Fee Claim against LPHI
pursuant to Bankruptcy Code §§ 503 and 507(a)(2).22
16
Dkt. No. 302.
17
Dkt. No. 318.
18
Dkt. No. 278
19
Dkt. No. 981.
20
Dkt. No. 303.
21
Dkt. No. 318.
22
Dkt. No. 561.
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Pursuant to an order entered
on September 23, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court awarded final fees and expenses to the Mackenzie Firm in the amount of $4,792.50, which
was paid in full from a retainer which had been previously provided to the Mackenzie Firm.
Section 4.03 Appointment
Of The Committee
Section 1102 of the Bankruptcy
Code provides that as soon as practical after the filing of a voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petition, the United States Trustee
shall appoint a committee of creditors holding unsecured claims. Accordingly, on January 30, 2015, the United States Trustee appointed
the Committee.23 The original members of the Committee
were Bert Scalzo, Adriana Atchley, and Glenda Pirie. On June 4, 2015, following the commencement of the Subsidiary Debtors' Chapter
11 Cases, the U.S. Trustee Filed its Amended Notice Appointment of the Committee, adding members Robert "Skip" Trimble
and Marc Redus. Subsequently, on June 23, 2015, Atchley submitted her resignation from the Committee, and effective as of September
15, 2015, Pirie submitted her resignation from the Committee. Both Atchley and Pirie indicated a desire to focus on personal matters
and their resignations have been accepted by the Committee. The current members of the Committee are Robert "Skip" Trimble,
Marc Redus, and Bert Scalzo. Pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order entered on April 6, 2015, the law firm of Munsch, Hardt, Kopf
& Harr, P.C. was appointed as counsel to the Committee.24
As of November 1, 2015 Munsch Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C. filed Fee Applications with the Bankruptcy Court seeking payment from
the Debtors’ Estates of legal fees in the amount of $1,323,558.50 and expenses of $16,830.43 for work incurred through September
30, 2015. The fees and expenses of the Committee’s Professionals are also payable by the Debtors’ Estates, and the
Committee has filed an application to employ Professionals, including Scott Gibson (Lewis & Ellis, Inc.) and Robert
Hughes (D3G Capital Management, LLC) and Policy Data Analysts.25
Section 4.04 Ad
Hoc And Other Informal Committees And Groups
In addition to the Committee,
certain ad hoc committees and other groups have been formed by certain creditors and parties in interest, which have participated
in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases.26 In the instant
case, there is an Ad Hoc Committee of Direct Fractional Owners of Life Settlement Parties, the Amicus Curiae Committee of Fractional
Interest Holders, the Small Individuals Investors Group, and a group of Certain IRA Investors, among others.
23
Dkt. No. 42.
24
Dkt. No. 259.
25
Dkt. No. 1197.
26 Ad hoc committees are typically informal committees formed by similarly
situated creditors or holders of interests for the purpose of addressing the common rights and concerns of their members. Since
ad hoc committees are neither appointed by the U.S. Trustee, nor the Bankruptcy Court, the payment of the fees and expenses of
professionals retained by members of ad hoc committees are generally not borne by the debtor’s bankruptcy estate, except
upon a motion of the ad hoc committee for reimbursement of expenses on the grounds that the ad hoc committee made a "substantial
contribution" that conferred a direct benefit upon the debtor’s bankruptcy estate. Any request for Court approval of
fees or reimbursement to any ad hoc committee or other group based on “substantial contribution” will proceed on a
case-by-case basis and only if such an applicant elects to seek this relief. Nothing in the Plan irrevocably binds the Plan Proponents
to support or oppose any such application.
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On April 15, 2015, Pardo
field a motion seeking to compel the U.S. Trustee to form an official committee of shareholders of LPHI, as to which the Committee
objected and sought to conduct discovery upon Pardo. Pardo withdrew his request on May, 11, 2015.27
Accordingly, there exists no committee of shareholders in these Chapter 11 Cases.
Section 4.05 The
Appointment Of The Chapter 11 Trustee
On January 23, 2015, the
SEC filed a motion (the “SEC Trustee Motion”) with the Bankruptcy Court, seeking the appointment of a chapter
11 trustee to replace LPHI’s management. On January 26, 2015, the United States Trustee filed its own motion (the “U.S.
Trustee’s Motion”) for an order appointing a chapter 11 trustee. (The SEC Trustee Motion and U.S. Trustee’s
Motion are hereafter collectively referred to as the “Trustee Motions”). On February 5, 2015, the Committee
filed a joinder in the Trustee Motions. Evidentiary hearings on the Trustee Motions were held before the Bankruptcy Court on February
9, 10, 12, 17, and 19, and March 3, 2015.
Prior to a determination
of the Trustee Motions, LPHI announced that Pardo resigned as president, chief executive officer and chairman of LPHI’s board
of directors and as an officer of the Subsidiary Debtors, and Peden resigned as secretary of LPHI and as an officer of the Subsidiary
Debtors. LPHI further announced: (i) the appointment of Pieper as acting president, chief executive officer, treasurer and secretary
of LPHI and acting chief executive officer of the Subsidiary Debtors, in addition to her then existing role as Chief Financial
Officer of LPHI; (ii) the appointment of Embry as acting president and secretary of the Subsidiary Debtors in addition to his continuing
role as LPI’s chief operations officer and chief information officer; and (iii) Pardo and Peden would be retained as “consultants”
for LPHI.
Moreover, additional proceedings
were held to resolve the SEC's Emergency Opposed Motion to Supplement the Record Regarding Material Developments Concerning
the Motion of the SEC for Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee, filed on February 24, 2015.28
("Motion to Supplement"). In the Motion to Supplement, the SEC raised certain press releases and
public filings that had been issued by LPHI following the foregoing hearings to consider the Trustee Motions.
On February 25, 2015,
the Committee filed its Joinder to the SEC's Motion to Supplement.29
On February 26, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered its order partially granting the Motion to Supplement, and following
a further hearing conducted on March 3, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court granted the Motion to Supplement.30
27
See Dkts. Nos. 273, 329.
28
Dkt. No. 145.
29
Dkt. No. 147.
30
See Dkt. Nos. 150, 168.
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At the conclusion of a
March 9, 2015 hearing, the Bankruptcy Court issued its findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to the Trustee Motions.
The Bankruptcy Court found that: (i) cause existed for the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee based upon LPHI’s gross mismanagement;
and (ii) the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee would be in the best interests of creditors, Interest Holders and other parties
in interest.
In its bench ruling authorizing
the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee, the Bankruptcy Court held that LPHI had committed gross mismanagement: (a) through its
filing of false and misleading financial reports with the SEC, which resulted in the Bankruptcy Court finding that it had no confidence
that LPHI’s management could be relied upon for the full, accurate and transparent disclosures required in a bankruptcy case;
(b) by continuing to use reports for insured’s life expectancies prepared by Dr. Donald Cassidy (the “Cassidy LEs”)
for the purpose of attracting potential investors to purchase fractional interests in life policies, even though the Cassidy LEs
had proven to be inaccurate and numerous lawsuits had been brought against LPHI alleging that the Cassidy LEs were fraudulent;
and (c) by imposing a new, ministerial fee on Investors to cover operating expenses at a time when, even though the company was
losing revenues, LPHI was continuing to pay exorbitant compensation to Pardo and dividends to shareholders, over 50% of which consisted
of the Pardo Family Trust.
The Court further concluded
that the replacement of Pardo as LPHI’s chief executive officer did not allay the Court’s concerns about the debtor’s
management. Additionally, the Court stated that LPHI’s board of directors, the majority of which had not changed since LPHI’s
bankruptcy filing, was not independent and ultimately, it is the board that runs the company. According to the Bankruptcy Court,
LPHI’s board had shown little independence from Pardo, and was complicit in the acts of gross mismanagement that the Court
relied upon in its decision to appoint a trustee.31
Accordingly, on March
10, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the SEC Trustee Motion, and authorized the U.S. Trustee to appoint a
chapter 11 trustee for LPHI, which appointment was subject to the Bankruptcy Court’s approval.32
On March 13, 2015, the
U.S. Trustee filed a notice of appointment of Moran as chapter 11 Trustee of LPHI.33
On March 19, 2015, the U.S. Trustee filed an application seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of the U.S. Trustee’s
appointment of Moran as chapter 11 trustee of LPHI.34
On March 19, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the U.S. Trustee’s application and approved the appointment
of Moran as the chapter 11 trustee of LPHI.35 On October
30, 2015, the Chapter 11 Trustee filed an application with the Bankruptcy Court seeking the payment of $11,849.94 in expenses
incurred by the Chapter 11 Trustee through September 30, 2015.
31
Dkt. No. 188.
32 As a result of granting the
SEC Trustee Motion, the U.S. Trustee’s Motion was denied by the Bankruptcy Court as moot.
33
Dkt. No. 205.
34 Dkt. No. 225.
35 Dkt. No. 229.
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Section 4.06 The
Chapter 11 Trustee’s Retention Of Professionals
The Chapter 11 Trustee
on behalf of LPHI and the Subsidiary Debtors has also retained professionals to represent him and the Subsidiary Debtors in these
Chapter 11 Cases. Pursuant to an order entered on July 17, 2015, the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP was retained as counsel
to the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors.36
Pursuant to an order entered on July 17, 2015, Asset Servicing Group was retained as a consultant to the Chapter 11 Trustee and
Subsidiary Debtors.37 Pursuant to an order entered on
July 27, 2015, MMS Advisors, LLC was retained as forensic accountant and portfolio consultant for the Chapter 11 Trustee and the
Subsidiary Debtors.38 Pursuant to an order entered on
August 4, 2015, Bridgepoint Consulting, LLC was retained as a financial and restructuring advisor to the Chapter 11 Trustee and
Subsidiary Debtors. Pursuant to an order entered on August 3, 2015, Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard PLLC was retained as special
tax consultant to the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors. Pursuant to an order entered on August 21, 2015, Phillips Murrah
P.C. was retained as conflicts counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors. Additionally, the Bankruptcy Court entered
an order on July 17, 2015 granting the Chapter 11 Trustee’s motion to retain Kimberly D. Hinkle as the new general counsel
of the Debtors.39 Pursuant to an order entered November
19, 2015, the Court approved the retention of Predictive Resources as actuary and accountant to the Chapter 11 Trustee and the
Subsidiary Debtors.40
As of November 1, 2015,
the following professionals retained by the Chapter 11 Trustee Filed fee applications seeking the payment of the following fees
and expenses from the Debtors’ Bankruptcy Estate for services rendered through September 30, 2015: (i) Thompson & Knight
LLP - $6,348,625.15 in fees and $60,096.20 in expenses; (ii) Asset Servicing Group - $550,097.25 in fees and $129,712.58 in expenses;
(iii) MMS Advisors, LLC - $301,687.50 in fees and $43,304.99 in expenses; (iv) Bridgepoint Consulting - $404,093.75 in fees and
$13,006.31 in expenses; (v) Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard LLC - $34,473 in fees and $927.86 in expenses; (vi) Phillips Murrah
P.C. - $136,438.50 in fees and $3,697.68 in expenses; and (vii) Kimberly D. Hinkle - $152,311.26 in fees and $10,981.76 in expenses.
36
Dkt. No. 632.
37
Dkt. No. 631.
38
Dkt. No. 680. Subsequently, in September 2015, MMS withdrew from the engagement.
39
Dkt. No. 629.
40 Dkt. No. 1243.
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Section 4.07 The
Governance Motion
Within a week of his appointment,
the Chapter 11 Trustee filed his emergency Governance Motion with the Bankruptcy Court for authority to amend the governing documents
of the Subsidiary Debtors and file voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on their behalf.41
Specifically, the Governance Motion sought authority for the Chapter 11 Trustee to: (i) remove the existing boards
of directors for LPI and LPIFS; (ii) amend the governing documents of LPI and LPIFS to reduce the size of their respective boards
to one member; and (iii) elect the Chapter 11 Trustee as the sole director of LPI and LPIFS for the purpose of, among other things,
the filing of voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on their behalf. On April 7, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court granted the Governance
Motion.42
Section 4.08 The
Subsidiary Debtors’ Bankruptcy Filing
On May 19, 2015 (the “Subsidiary
Petition Date”), the Chapter 11 Trustee filed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on behalf of the Subsidiary
Debtors.43 On May 22, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered
an order which provides for the joint administration of LPHI and the Subsidiary Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases. On June 10, 2015,
the Bankruptcy Court entered an order designating the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases as “complex chapter 11 cases.”44
Section 4.09 First
Day Motions
On the Subsidiary Petition
Date, the Chapter 11 Trustee filed a series of motions (the “First Day Motions”) for the purposes of stabilizing
and ensuring the Debtors’ ongoing business operations. These motions sought entry of orders authorizing the Chapter 11 Trustee
and the Subsidiary Debtors to: (i) pay prepetition employee wages, salaries and payroll taxes, unreimbursed business expenses
and honor existing benefit plans and policies in the ordinary course of business (the “Wage Motion”); (ii)
continue workers’ compensation, liability, property and other insurance programs, and enter into premium financing agreements
for such insurance in the ordinary course of business (the “Insurance Motion”);45
(iii) provide adequate assurances of payments to utilities serving the Debtors, and prohibiting such utilities from
altering, refusing or discontinuing services to the Debtors (the “Utilities Motion”);
46 and (iv) pay pre-petition taxes and related
obligations in the ordinary course of business (the “Tax Motion”).47
On June 17, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered orders granting the Wage Motion, Insurance Motion, Utilities Motion
and Tax Motion.48
41
Dkt. No. 240.
42
Dkt. No. 261.
43
Dkt. No. 336.
44
Dkt. No. 434.
45
Dkt. No. 340.
46
Dkt. No. 341.
47
Dkt. No. 342.
48 Dkt. Nos. 481, 482, 483, 484.
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Section 4.10 The
Bar Date For Filing Claims
Pursuant to a July 2,
2015 order of the Bankruptcy Court, September 1, 2015 was fixed as the last date for creditors to file proofs of Claims against
the Debtors, except for governmental entities who had until November 16, 2015 to file proofs of Claims against the Debtors’
bankruptcy estates.49 The claims of Creditors who did
not file proofs of Claims by such deadlines will be barred from receiving a distribution in these Chapter 11 Cases or voting on
the Plan, except for: (i) creditors whose Claims were listed as neither contingent, unliquidated or disputed in the Bankruptcy
Schedules filed with the Bankruptcy Court on behalf of the Debtors (including any amendments thereto); (ii) creditors whose Claims
arise out of the rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, provided such creditors file a proof of Claim no later
than the deadline provided by the Confirmation Order; and (iii) entry of an order of the Bankruptcy Court allowing a late-filed
Claim.
Section 4.11 The
Debtor’s Assets
It is the Chapter 11 Trustee’s
position that the Debtors’ assets consist primarily of their interests in life insurance Policies which LPI purchased as
Life Settlements. These Policies have a face value of approximately $2.4 billion. However, certain holders of Fractional Positions
dispute this contention, and assert that the Holders of the Fractional Positions are the beneficial owners of such Policies. This
Ownership Issue is being resolved pursuant to the Plan and the Class Action Settlement Agreement. Each Current Position Holder
will have the right to make Elections under the Plan with respect to the treatment of each of their Fractional Positions, and all
of the Debtors’ rights in the Policies (including all Fractional Interests contributed to it pursuant to the Plan) will be
contributed to the Position Holder Trust.
Other than asserted ownership
interests in the Policies, the Debtors’ significant assets, not including Causes of Action and Intercompany Claims, consist
of: (i) Cash, which as of October 31, 2015 was approximately $355,000 for LPHI, $229,000 for LPI and $1,028,000 for LPIFS and
(ii) office equipment whose value was listed at approximately $115,000 in the Bankruptcy Schedules filed by LPI with the Bankruptcy
Court.50
49
Dkt. No. 564.
50 After the Petition Date and prior to the filing of this Disclosure Statement,
LPHI sold the real property and improvements located in Waco, Texas (Dkt. No. 815), and LPI and LPHI sold certain prehistoric
artifacts and other personal property (Dkt. No. 1053)].
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Section 4.12 The
Ownership Issue
One of the principal issues
in controversy in these Chapter 11 Cases has been who the “beneficial” or “equitable” owners of the Policies
are – LPI or some or all of the Current Position Holders (the “Ownership Issue”). The Ownership Issue
has been raised by several parties, but not yet decided by the Bankruptcy Court. The Bankruptcy Court has recognized, and the
Texas Supreme Court has held, that LPI is the “legal” owner of all of the Policies.51
As set forth above, the Policies were purchased by LPI, and LPI sold Fractional Positions to Investors to raise money to
pay for them, and to generate fee and commission income. Title to the Policies was recorded in the name of LPI, and third party
agents were designated by LPI as the beneficiaries of the Policies. The Chapter 11 Trustee has been unable to locate any document
that purports to transfer title to or ownership of any of the Policies, or any “fractional interest” in any Policies,
to any Investor. In addition, with very few exceptions, no transfer of ownership to, and no lien in favor of, any Investor was
recorded with the insurance company that issued the Policy. The typical transaction did not include any unrecorded assignment,
deed, bill of sale, or other conveyance document which even purports to transfer an ownership interest in any Policy from LPI
to any Investor, or to any trust for the benefit of any Investor. Thus, as of the Subsidiary Debtors Petition Date, there was
uncertainty as to the nature and extent of LPI’s ownership interest in the Policies; however, LPI’s status as issuer
of the outstanding Fractional Positions is not in controversy.
The Plan Supporters (including
KLI), among others, assert that, inter alia, the transaction documentation Investors were presented expressly created an
agency relationship between LPI and each Fractional Position Holder with respect to holding title on behalf of the Fractional Position
Holder (or, in the case of IRA policies, a trustee), as Principal, for each of the Policies, and that LPI therefore owned only
bare legal title in furtherance of the agency relationship. Likewise, Plan Supporters and others allege that LPI historically treated
Fractional Position Holders (or, in the case of IRA policies, a trustee) as owners of Fractional Positions for various purposes,
including requiring payment of premiums and fees associated with the Policies. As such, the Plan Supporters (including KLI), and
others assert that the Policies are not owned by LPI and are therefore not property of LPI’s bankruptcy Estate. These parties
assert that they are the beneficial or equitable owners of the Policies that they invested in (or that Fractional Positions they
acquired from original Investors relate to). On June 19, 2015, KLI and certain other Entities initiated an adversary proceeding
against LPI seeking a determination of the Ownership Issue.52
On August 6, 2015, the Court entered a scheduling order for the adversary proceeding setting an expedited timetable for determination
of the Ownership Issue. Thereafter, several parties filed motions to intervene in the KLI Adversary joining the named plaintiffs
in seeking a determination of the Ownership Issue. On September 21, 2015, the Court granted all of the motions to intervene. On
October 06, 2015, the parties filed their Joint Motion to Abate Adversary Proceeding (“Motion to Abate”)
in view of the potential settlement of the Ownership Issue in the Plan. On October 15, 2015 the Court granted the Motion to Abate,
and as a result, the KLI Adversary has been abated.
As more fully described
in section 12.01 hereof, the Plan and the Class Action Settlement Agreement fully resolve the Ownership Issue.
51
Life Partners, Inc. v. Arnold, 464 S.W.3d 660, 664 (Tex. 2015).
52 The KLI Adversary is styled as follows: KLI Investments, et. al. v.
Life Partners, Inc., Adv. No. 15-04051 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2015).
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Section 4.13 The
Class Action Lawsuits
Since the Subsidiary Petition
Date, two class action adversary proceedings have been commenced against LPI by Investors in the Bankruptcy Court. On July 19,
2015, Philip M. Garner, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, commenced a class action adversary proceeding
against LPI (the “Garner Class Action”) relating to Investors’ purchases of fractional interests in Life
Settlements from LPI.53 The complaint seeks a declaratory
judgment that the class members are the equitable owners of the Life Settlement interests that they purchased from LPI, and that
the class members' Fractional Interests in Life Settlements are not property of the Debtors’ bankruptcy Estates.
On July 28, 2015, Michael
Arnold and others, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, commenced a class action adversary proceeding against
LPI (the “Arnold Class Action”), asserting that LPI’s sale of interests in Life Settlements constituted
a sale of unregistered securities under the Texas Securities Act.54
The complaint seeks the rescission of the class members’ purchase of Fractional Interests and the return of all monies
invested by plaintiffs, including the initial investment amount and all subsequent amounts invested, pre-judgment and post-judgment
interest, and attorneys’ fees.
The Garner Class Action
Litigants and the Arnold Class Action Litigants also filed proofs of Claims on behalf of themselves and all others included in
the class definitions in the Garner Class Action and the Arnold Class Action (the “Class Proofs of Claim”).
The Plan Proponents and
the plaintiffs in the Garner Class Action and Arnold Class Action have reached a settlement of the Garner Class Action, the Arnold
Class Action, and the Class Proofs of Claims (the “Class Action Settlement”), which is subject to the Bankruptcy
Court’s approval. A description of this settlement is contained in §15.01 of this Disclosure Statement and in a Notice
Of Proposed Class Action Settlement, to be approved by the Bankruptcy Court and sent to all Settlement Class members.
Section 4.14 The
Subsidiary Debtors’ Exclusive Periods To File And Solicit A Plan
Section 1121 of the Bankruptcy
Code provides that, absent the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee, a debtor shall have a 120 day exclusive period during which
it is the only party that may file a plan of reorganization, and if the debtor files a plan within such period, the debtor is granted
an additional 180 day exclusive period to solicit acceptances to a plan of reorganization (collectively, the “Exclusivity
Periods”); provided however, that the Exclusivity Periods may be extended or terminated by the bankruptcy court upon
a showing of cause.
53
Garner v. Life Partners, Inc., Adv. No. 15-04061 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2015)
54 Arnold v. Life Partners, Inc., Adv. No. 15-04064 (Bankr N.D. Tex. 2015).
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On June 22, 2015, only
34 days after the Subsidiary Petition Date, certain creditors filed a motion (the “Termination Motion”) to terminate
the Subsidiary Debtors’ Exclusivity Periods, which was joined by The Ad Hoc Committee of Direct Fractional Interest Owners
of Life Settlement Policies. The Termination Motion asserted that the Subsidiary Debtors were not entitled to the Exclusivity Periods
because the Chapter 11 Trustee for LPHI “is effectively administering the Subsidiary Debtors' Chapter 11 Cases as if he had
been appointed the Chapter 11 trustee of the Subsidiary Debtors.” Alternatively, the Termination Motion asserted that the
Subsidiary Debtors’ Exclusivity Periods should be terminated for cause. The Trustee and the Committee both Filed responses
to the Termination Motion.
At an August 28, 2015 hearing,
the Court denied the Termination Motion. In its ruling, the Court rejected the argument that the Subsidiary Debtors were not entitled
to the Exclusivity Periods because a trustee was appointed for LPHI. The Bankruptcy Court also held that cause did not exist for
terminating the Subsidiary Debtors’ Exclusivity Periods because: (i) the Chapter 11 Cases are large and complex; (ii) the
time that had elapsed in the Chapter 11 Cases had not been so great as to justify terminating exclusivity; (iii) there had been
reasonable progress in negotiations, which were proceeding in good faith (as evidenced by, among other things, the filing of the
plan term sheet executed by the Plan Proponents and the Plan Supporters); (iv) the Ownership Issue was a substantial unresolved
contingency in the Chapter 11 Cases; and (v) the Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors have not been using the Exclusivity Periods
to pressure creditors.
On September 16, 2015,
the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors filed a motion (the “Extension Motion”) to extend the Subsidiary
Debtors’ Exclusivity Periods. The Committee and Plan Supporters supported the Extension Motion. On October 29, 2015, the
Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the Extension Motion and extending the Subsidiary Debtors’ exclusive time to
file a plan to December 21, 2015, and exclusive period to solicit acceptances to a plan to February 22, 2016.55
Section 4.15 The
Financing Motion
When the Chapter 11 Trustee
was appointed, Life Partners had limited liquid assets, causing the Chapter 11 Trustee to make the search for financing among his
highest priorities. Under the LPI business model, Investors are responsible for meeting premium calls. When premium calls are not
met, LPI has to find money to fund the shortfall or the policy may lapse (with all associated value lost). As of the LPHI Petition
Date, LPI had limited Cash on hand to pay the premiums due on Policies that had neither CSV nor sufficient Premium Reserves to
pay the premiums (“Distressed Policies”). By September 2015, the collection rate on Premium Calls to Investors
had dropped to roughly 54% from pre-bankruptcy levels of approximately 90%.
LPI’s prior funding
sources for payment of premium shortfalls included: (i) fees LPI charged in connection with Life Settlement transactions and (ii)
commissions and fees LPI collected in connection with Investor resales of Fractional Positions they purchased from LPI through
LPI’s online “LP Market” (which is now closed). These sources are no longer available.
55
Dkt. No. 1148.
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If premiums were not paid,
by either the Investor or LPI somehow making up the shortfall, the Policies would have lapsed and been lost. The Financing Motion
estimated that approximately $1 million would be due in premiums on Distressed Policies by the end of 2015 alone which, in the
absence of financing, would have jeopardized an estimated 652 Policies with death benefits of over approximately $130 million which
could have lapsed (or enter the contractual "grace period"). After taking into account available Premium Reserves and
CSV, the Financing Motion further estimated that there were approximately $5.7 million of additional premium payments which would
be due on Distressed Policies within the year following the filing of the Financing Motion which, in the absence of financing would
have jeopardized an estimated 1,614 Policies with death benefits of approximately $592 million.
As of November 24, 2015,
ATLES and PES were holding in excess of $33.5 million in funds generated by the maturity of life insurance policies (the “Matured
Policies”), and another $40,6 million in face amount of policies had matured and were in process of being collected by
LPI. These maturity proceeds, along with future maturities (collectively referred to as the “Maturity Funds”
or the “Funds”) are being held pending a determination by the Bankruptcy Court regarding the Ownership Issue,
subject to use as permitted by the Financing Order. Additionally, there is approximately $166 million of CSV associated with the
Policies.
Accordingly, on September
16, 2015, the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors filed a motion (the “Financing Motion”) with the Bankruptcy
Court, seeking approval of post-petition financing for the Debtors. In light of, among other things, a negotiated plan term sheet,
the Committee and the Plan Supporters supported the Financing Motion.
Pursuant to the Financing
Motion, the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors requested: (a) the immediate use on an interim basis of an amount of Maturity
Funds necessary to avoid immediate and irreparable harm to the Estates (the “Interim Loaned Maturity Funds”),
and (b) a final order approving the use of up to $25 million of Maturity Funds (the “Final Loaned Maturity Funds”,
and collectively the “Maturity Funds Loans”) to:
i. pay
or reimburse premiums on abandoned interests and Distressed Policies from March 13, 2015 forward as to LPHI and from May 19, 2015
forward as to LPI and LPIFS approximately $5 million;
ii. pay
or reimburse operating expenses from March 13, 2015 forward as to LPHI and from May 19, 2015 forward as to LPI and LPIFS approximately
$3 million;
iii. pay
or reimburse expenses for the bankruptcy Claims and Noticing Agent, Epiq Systems approximately $3 million; and
iv. pay
reasonable and necessary administrative expenses incurred by the Chapter 11 Trustee or any of the Debtors in accordance with an
agreed budget to be filed with the Court, in an amount not to exceed $14 million.
The use of Maturity Funds
as described above is referred to the “Maturity Funds Facility.” All Maturity Funds Loans are withdrawn pro
rata from all maturities being held in escrow at the time a draw is made.
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As security for such financing,
if the Bankruptcy Court later determined that Investors owned separate property interests in the Loaned Maturity Funds or a confirmed
plan of reorganization provided for such treatment, the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors agreed to: (i) the repayment
of the Maturity Funds Loans with interest at 10% per annum; (ii) the granting of first priority liens and security interests in
the Debtors’ Policy-related assets and causes of action; (iii) a super-priority administrative expense; and (iv) repayment
at or near the effective date of the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors’ chapter 11 plan.
On October 7, 2015, the
Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Interim Financing Order”) granting the Financing Motion on an interim
basis, authorizing the Debtors to utilize up to $1,600,000 of the Maturity Funds.56
On October 23, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Financing Order”) granting the
Financing Motion on a final basis, authorizing the Debtors to utilize up to $25,000,000 of the Maturity Funds.57
On November 5, 2015, the
first advance under the Maturity Funds Facility was made in the amount of $6.3 million.
Section 4.16 The
Chapter 11 Trustee’s Investigation Of The Debtors’ Business Practices
Subsequent to his appointment,
the Chapter 11 Trustee began an investigation of the Debtors’ pre-bankruptcy business practices.
This investigation included
an analysis of the Life Partners business enterprise, and prior business practices, with a particular emphasis on investigating
the allegations that resulted in the judgment entered in the SEC Action. The Chapter 11 Trustee’s conclusions were presented
to the Bankruptcy Court in testimony and by the Declaration of H. Thomas Moran II In Support of Voluntary Petitions, First Day
Motions and Designation as Complex Chapter 11 Case (the “Initial Fraud Report”).58
As set forth in detail
in the Initial Fraud Report, , and as summarized below, Life Partners devised and executed a wide-ranging scheme to defraud its
Investors, which took place over the course of a number of years, and occurred in a number of ways, including, but not limited
to:
| · | Use of artificially shortened life expectancies in the sale of its so-called “fractional
investments”; |
| · | Material misrepresentation of the returns Investors could expect; |
| · | Misrepresentations regarding whether policies had lapsed and the resale of lapsed interests; |
56
Dkt. No. 1073.
57 Dkt. No. 1127.
58 Dkt. No. 347. The Chapter 11 Trustee anticipates filing a supplemental
fraud report prior to the conclusion of the Disclosure Statement Hearing, or any continuance thereof.
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| · | Use of so-called “escrow companies,” including one with the word “trust”
in its name, as instrumentalities of, and cover for, the fraudulent scheme; |
| · | Charging massive, undisclosed fees and commissions, the total amount of which, in many cases, exceeded
the purchase price of the policies themselves; |
| · | Repeated misrepresentation of Life Partners’ business practices in order to maneuver around
securities regulatory regimes; |
| · | Egregious and continuous self-dealing by insiders; |
| · | Failure to disclose CSV; |
| · | Forcing Investors to abandon Fractional Positions, many of which were then resold for personal
gain; |
| · | Systematic financial mismanagement, including improper payment of dividends; |
| · | Faulty and inconsistent record keeping, including with respect to the purported “escrow”
companies and “trusts”; |
| · | Commingling and unauthorized use of Investor monies; |
| · | The offer and sale of unregistered securities; and |
| · | Implying the investment structure was a permissible investment for an IRA, and failing to disclose
the risks if it was not. |
A. LPI
Purposefully Reduced Life Expectancies to Lure Investors, Inflate Profits.
In a Life Settlement transaction,
the estimate of an Insured’s life expectancy (“LE”) is a critical factor in determining the purchase price
that investors are willing to pay. Investors will often pay more to acquire Life Settlements that have shorter LEs, as they may
receive a payout on their investment from death benefit sooner, and the anticipated period of time during which they may have to
make premium payments to maintain their investment is shorter.
LPI purposefully used reduced
LEs in the sale of the purported “Fractional Interests” to induce Investors to invest in its Life Settlements. In short,
LPI used a captive LE underwriter (paid on commission) to create a false arbitrage between the LEs LPI used to buy the policies
in the first instance and the much shorter ones LPI used to market its investment “opportunities” to Investors.
Disclosure Statement | Page 42 |
Specifically, LPI evaluated
and purchased life insurance policies accompanied by LEs prepared by companies well-respected in the life insurance industry. Those
LEs were never shared with potential Investors. Rather, starting in 1999, LPI hired Cassidy, who systematically generated materially
shorter LEs for LPI. Cassidy’s LEs were, on average, approximately half as long as the independent LE that originally accompanied
the policies and had been used to price the policy in the Life Settlement market. At all times since the inception of LPI, Life
Partners relied on the opinion of a single medical doctor to render LEs for use in marketing of policies to retail investors. Beginning
in 1999, Dr. Donald Cassidy provided these estimates. For those policies that Life Partners ended up offering, on average, Dr.
Cassidy’s LEs were materially shorter than those provided by the industry standard LE providers.59
LPI’s use of the
Cassidy LEs created a fraudulent spread between the lower prices at which LPI bought policies and the artificially higher price
that was the result of LPI’s use of, and the retail Investors’ reliance on, the Cassidy LEs–a centerpiece of
LPI’s fraudulent scheme. Life Partners misrepresented that Cassidy’s methodology was consistent with well-known life
expectancy provider firms when, in fact, the opposite was true. The shorter Cassidy LEs made the investment with LPI appear more
attractive, causing retail Investors to pay more than what the investment was worth. Later, LPI concealed the fact that Insureds,
in most cases, were materially outliving the Cassidy LEs. That information was never disclosed to its Investors. In fact, in its
marketing materials, LPI represented that there were an insignificant number of policies that had exceeded their LEs, a statement
which LPI knew to be false. Moreover, LPI failed to disclose that it possessed industry-standard LEs that were on average twice
the length of the Cassidy LEs.
In addition, as a result
of Cassidy’s inaccurately short LEs, in the vast majority of cases, the up-front monies LPI collected from the Investors
to pay premiums over LPI’s projected “term” of the investment ultimately were insufficient, and premium calls
have been routinely required because the funds collected from Investors were not enough to cover the ongoing premiums. In the 12
months ended March 31, 2015, LPI billed Investors over $72 million to cover premiums on policies, and Investors have paid over
$67 million of that amount.
The result of only escrowing
premiums based on the misleadingly short LEs, there was a correspondingly high likelihood that premium calls would be required,
causing the ultimate cost of the investment to be much greater than the Investors anticipated. A substantial number of Investors
continue to pay premiums. And those Investors unable to afford the premium calls were often forced to either abandon their investments
or sell out of their investments in distressed circumstances.
For many Investors who
could not afford to make any further investments into Fractional Positions,60
LPI failed to disclose to the Investors that the related policies could have been maintained using the existing CSV in the policies
for years after the premium calls were sent. The Investors, totally reliant on LPI to manage their investments for them (as noted
by the Texas Supreme Court in its opinion), could not even call the insurance company and ask if there was any CSV because LPI,
as the record owner, is the only party the insurance company will talk to about the policy.
59 Cassidy had no experience rendering
LEs and no actuarial experience prior to his work with Life Partners. Life Partners did not conduct any due diligence on his qualifications
to provide underwriting for LEs of the Insureds; Pardo simply met Cassidy at a funeral of the doctor who previously rendered LEs
for Life Partners and shortly thereafter agreed he would take over that role. Cassidy was originally paid $500 for each policy
he reviewed that LPI actually purchased. Later, his compensations was revised to include a monthly retainer of $15,000,
and in addition, he received a bonus of $500.00 for every policy LPI was able to sell to Investors.
60 For example, due to limitations on the funds in their IRAs or other Cash
shortfalls.
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B. LPI
Concealed From Investors the Actual Purchase Price of the Policies and the Substantial Commissions and Fees Charged by LPI and
Its Licensees.
In addition, Life Partners
failed to disclose the price LPI paid to purchase the policy and the magnitude of the fees and commissions paid to LPI and its
licensees. By way of example, in 2008, one LPI Confidential Case History (“CCH”)61
used by LPI to solicit Investors described the opportunity to purchase an investment contract relating to a policy
with a face amount of $7,500,000. The CCH showed an acquisition cost of $4,500,000 and an escrow for future premium payments of
$1,587,500.62 In reality, the actual “Retail Closing
Worksheet” maintained by LPI63—which was
not disclosed to the Investors—reflected that the amount LPI paid to the seller for the policy was actually $700,000, with
a $75,000 fee to the seller’s broker.
In that case, the undisclosed
fees that went to the licensees were $540,000, with fees to the escrow company, ATLES, of $7,280 and fees to LPI of $1,589,720.64
Thus, the fees and commissions paid to LPI and the licensees were over $2.1 million compared to a purchase price for the
policy of $700,000. In other words, LPI charged the Investors almost $3 million for Investment Contracts that corresponded
to a Life Settlement policy that cost LPI only $700,000. While those Investors had to wait to find out whether they would receive
any return on their investments, LPI generated a “profit” of over 200%.65
The Chapter 11 Trustee
analyzed the distribution of Investor funds from January 2007 through February 2015. The information analyzed reflects the
following:
61
CCHs are similar to offering memorandum issued on a specific Policy that only included limited disclosures.
62
Id.
63
LPI submitted Retail Closing Worksheets to ATLES or PES at the closing of LPI’s purchase of the Policy.
64
Id.
65 In addition, LPI represented that the amount it collected would cover
premium payments for four years based on the Cassidy LE “at 2 to 4 years.” Notably, the Policy was still in force
as of the Chapter 11 Trustee’s appointment, nearly 6 ½ years after it was purchased.
Disclosure Statement | Page 44 |
Average Breakdown of Distribution of Investor Funds- Jan. 2007-Feb. 2015 | |
| Amount | | |
Percentage |
Total Cost of Policies | |
| | | |
$ | 348,412,457 | | |
27.1% |
Fees and Commissions | |
| | | |
| | |
§ Medical Review,
Misc, Loan Interest & Escrow Agent Fees
| |
$ | 3,106,831 | | |
| | | |
0.2% |
§ Licensee Commissions
| |
$ | 154,685,367 | | |
| | | |
12.1% |
§ LPI Fees
| |
$ | 237,477,443 | | |
| | | |
18.5% |
Total Fees and Commissions | |
| | | |
$ | 395,269,641 | | |
30.8% |
Escrowed Premiums | |
| | | |
$ | 539,925,846 | | |
42.1% |
Total Investor Funds | |
| | | |
$ | 1,283,607,944 | | |
100.0% |
Face Value of Policies Purchased | |
| | | |
$ | 2,323,542,169 | |
C. LPI
Benefitted from Its Material Omissions of Cash Value.
As noted above, LPI also
failed to disclose the cash values in the policies, leaving Investors in the dark as to a material economic attribute of the policies.
In addition, LPI, from time to time: (1) instructed the escrow companies to pay funds held to insurance companies which unnecessarily
created cash value in the policies; and (2) made premium calls to Investors for policies that had significant CSV. As of the Subsidiary
Petition Date, LPI’s records reflected approximately $187 million in the aggregate for CSV in the Policies.
Thus, the Investors had
no knowledge that LPI was billing them for premium calls that were not needed to maintain the policy. Furthermore, LPI did not
disclose that Cash value was at risk because it would be lost upon maturity.
As a result, Investors
were asked to pay amounts they did not need to pay, and, in some cases, Investors who could not pay the premiums suffered the unnecessary
loss of their investment in circumstances of “distress” that LPI manufactured.
D. LPI
Propped Up Its Fractional Model.
At times, LPI used its
own revenue to keep its scheme from being exposed. For example, although each of the Investment Contracts included a provision
that the Investor would be deemed to have abandoned the investment if he or she did not pay premium calls, LPI did not routinely
enforce that provision prior to March 2013.66 Instead,
LPI used funding provided by subsequent investments (including the “fees” LPI earned from such investments) to pay
outstanding premiums in order to keep the Policy Portfolio intact, thereby generating a false appearance of stability in the portfolio
in order to lure more Investors to invest in LPI’s fraudulent scheme.67
66 Though there were occasions
where Investors abandoned their investments because they could not or would not pay more premiums.
67 In addition, it appears that, in some cases, funds contributed by an Investor
to the premium reserve for a Policy and held by PES were used for purposes other than to pay that Investor’s share of the
premiums for that Policy, and then the death benefits from that Policy were used to reconcile the premium reserve account before
any payout to the Investors.
Disclosure Statement | Page 45 |
E. Transfers
to Insider Company.
As “defaulted”
premium amounts rose and LPI’s ability to cover missed premium calls diminished, in roughly March 2013, LPI began to “foreclose”
on affected Fractional Positions (irrespective of CSV in a policy). In at least some cases when abandonment or foreclosure occurred,
LPI transferred the Fractional Positions to an affiliate of Brian Pardo and his family. These interests were transferred to that
Entity for an amount described as a “fee” (as opposed to a sales price) that was less than what someone would have
paid for a similar position on the “LP Market,” along with payment of any premium then due. This essentially enabled
Pardo’s affiliate to acquire the Fractional Position for a price below the LP Market, while the original Investor lost the
entirety of that investment. The affiliate would then most often sell the Fractional Position for a profit.
F. LPI
Failed to Disclose, and Actively Covered Up, Policy Lapses.
At times, life insurance
policies underlying the investments lapsed. When that occurred, LPI, from time to time, failed to disclose the lapse, even though
the investment itself became worthless at time of the lapse. Apparently, some lapses may have been caused by LPI’s own negligence
in monitoring and maintaining the policies, which was also not disclosed to Investors.
LPI also often did not
inform Investors of the reason for a carrier’s non-payment of death benefits in the case of lapse. In some instances, LPI
went so far as to use its illicit gains to make payouts to Investors whose policies had already lapsed to avoid having to disclose
the lapse. Further, in at least a few instances, LPI enabled the resale of Fractional Positions in a policy that had either lapsed
or was never successfully purchased in the first instance.
Section 4.17 The
Pardo Lawsuit
On September 11, 2015,
the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors commenced an action (the “Pardo Litigation”) against Pardo for
knowingly devising and implementing a scheme to defraud Investors who wished to purchase fractional interests in insurance policies
from LPI and to obtain money and property from such Investors by false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.
Thereafter, on October 5, 2015, the Chapter 11 Trustee filed his Amended Complaint against Pardo and against additional insiders,
including, Deborah Carr, Kurt Carr, R. Scott Peden, Linda Robinson also known as Linda Robinson-Pardo, Pardo Family Holdings, Ltd.,
Pardo Family Holdings US, LLC, Pardo Family Trust, Paget Holdings, Inc., and Paget Holdings, Ltd. (the “Insider Defendants”).
Disclosure Statement | Page 46 |
The Chapter 11 Trustee
seeks damages and the clawback of monies against the Insider Defendants based upon the following claims: actual fraudulent transfer,
constructive fraudulent transfer, preferences, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, alter ego and/or sham to perpetrate a fraud, unjust
enrichment and constructive trust, RICO, disallowance of the Insider Defendants’ claims, and equitable subordination Certain
of the Insider Defendants have filed motions to dismiss the claims and other Insider Defendants have not yet answered the lawsuit.
Section 4.18 Licensee
Litigation
On October 27, 2015, the
Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors commenced an action (the “Licensee Litigation”) against certain of
Life Partners’ Licensees, for return of the commissions and fees obtained by them as a part of Life Partners’ fraudulent
scheme. The litigation includes claims for fraudulent transfer against approximately 30 of Life Partners’ Licensees and Master
Licensees, including many of the top-grossing sellers of the Life Partners Investment Contracts. The Chapter 11 Trustee seeks repayment
of the fraudulently transferred monies back into the Bankruptcy Estates. Under the Plan, any and all litigation against Insiders
and/or Licensees shall be vested in the Reorganized Debtor and contributed to the Creditors’ Trust.
Section 4.19 Motion
to Abate the 9006 Motions
The Trustee and the Committee filed their
Joint, Agreed Motion of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Chapter 11 Trustee, to Temporarily Abate Proceedings
on Rule 9006 Motions with Respect to Claims Bar Date (the “Motion to Abate the 9006 Motions”) on October
21, 2015 [Dkt. No. 1119]. The Motion to Abate the 9006 Motions was filed in response to motions filed by under Bankruptcy Rule
9006 (the “9006 Motions”) by various parties (the “9006 Movants”) requesting relief from
the Bar Date in order to timely file claims after the Bar Date, or to otherwise have their untimely claims deemed timely.
As of the filing of this Disclosure Statement,
the 9006 Motions have not been resolved, but resolution of those motion may include amendments to the schedules and/or the Class
Settlement as to the Class Proof of Claim.
Disclosure Statement | Page 47 |
ARTICLE
V
summary of the plan
Section 5.01 General
Overview Of The Plan
The Plan represents a
compromise and settlement of claims regarding the Ownership Issue and other issues, and provides generally as follows68:
| · | Upon Plan confirmation, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all of the Policies will
be confirmed as Beneficially Owned as of the Effective Date by the following Persons, to the extent their interests may appear:
(a) Holders of Continued Positions comprised of Fractional Interests, and (b) the Position Holder Trust as to the remainder, after
accounting for the outstanding Fractional Interests. |
| · | In exchange for certainty on ownership and other issues, and the confirmed Plan providing for a
reorganization of the Debtors favorable to all Current Position Holders, Continuing Position Holders will be making an across-the-board
Continuing Position Holder Contribution to the Position Holder Trust. |
| · | Current
Position Holders will be allowed to choose, for themselves, among the three69
Elections available to all Current Position Holders for treatment of their Allowed Claims relating to Fractional
Positions under the Plan. |
| · | A Position Holder Trust will be created to hold, and pay its Pro Rata share of carrying costs for,
all of the Policies. The Position Holder Trust will be the legal and record owner of all of the Policies, subject to its right
to designate a third party to serve as the record owner or beneficiary. The beneficiaries of the Position Holder Trust will be
all of the Current Fractional Holders other than those who make the Creditors’ Trust Election, and the IRA Partnership, the
members of which will be all of the Current IRA Holders other than those who make the Creditors’ Trust Election. See
Section 24.01 herein entitled, “Financial Information” for a description of the financial models (and related assumptions)
prepared by the Debtors and their financial advisers, with input from the Committee, relating to potential Distributions by the
Position Holder Trust after the Effective Date. |
| · | A Creditors’ Trust will be created to pursue litigation. The primary beneficiaries of the
Creditors’ Trust will be Current Position Holders who make the Creditors’ Trust Election (Option 3), Former Position
Holders, and other unsecured creditors of the Debtors. The residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust will be the Position
Holder Trust, to the extent the litigation recoveries exceed 100% of all Allowed Claims of the primary beneficiaries of the Creditors’
Trust. Because the Creditors’ Trust Assets will consist of rights to pursue litigation, including Causes of Action against
parties involved in selling Fractional Positions to Investors, it is difficult to project whether the residual beneficiary of the
Creditors’ Trust will receive any distributions from the trust. A description of the Causes of Action that will be included
in the Creditors’ Trust Assets is included in Section 10.02 of this Disclosure Statement, entitled “Funding Of Res
Of The Trust.” |
68 The Elections to be made by
Current Position Holders are also generally described in Article I, Executive Summary, hereof, and described in detail in Article
VII hereof.
69 IRA Holders will be given four options.
Disclosure Statement | Page 48 |
| · | An IRA Partnership will be formed to hold Position Holder Trust Interests issued in respect of
Claims of IRA Holders. The IRA Partnership will permit IRA Holders to receive the benefits of the long-term liquidation of the
Beneficial Ownership in the Policies and other assets held by the Position Holder Trust. |
| · | A new company (the Servicing Company, referred to in the Plan as “Newco”) will be created
to service the Policies and administer the Continued Positions, the Position Holder Trust Interests and the IRA Partnership Interests
(including maintaining or engaging a third party to maintain the ownership register for Continued Positions, Position Holder Trust
Interests and IRA Partnership Interests). The Servicing Company will also service the Maturity Funds Facility and prepare various
reports for the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership and Holders of Continued Positions after the Effective Date. |
| · | Private resale of Fractional Positions after the Effective Date, subject to compliance with applicable
securities laws, will be permitted. There can be no assurances that any market for Fractional Positions will develop, and the Position
Holder Trust, as well as the Servicing Company for so long as it is owned in whole or in part by the Position Holder Trust, will
be prohibited from taking any actions to facilitate the development of any such market. The Plan Proponents have had discussions
and negotiations with a number of parties interested in buying Fractional Positions, and the Plan Proponents are continuing to
consider allowing an offer to purchase to be made in connection with consummation of the Plan. |
Section 5.02 Classification
Of Claims And Interests
Under the Plan, all Claims
and Interests, except for Administrative Claims and Priority Claims, have been placed in the Classes as set forth below. In accordance
with Bankruptcy Code § 1123(a)(1), Administrative Claims, and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified.
The Plan classifies Claims
and Interests for all purposes, including for purposes of voting, confirmation, and distribution pursuant to the Plan and Bankruptcy
Code §§ 1122 and 1123. A Claim or Interest shall be deemed classified in a particular Class only to the extent that it
qualifies within the description of such Class, and shall be deemed classified in other Classes to the extent that any portion
of such Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of such other Classes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Plan, a Claim or Interest shall be deemed classified in a Class only to the extent that such Claim or Interest has not been paid,
released, or otherwise settled before the Effective Date.
All impaired classes of
Claims and Interests are entitled to vote on the Plan, with the sole exception of those impaired classes which are to receive no
distribution under the Plan, and are, as a result, conclusively presumed to have rejected the Plan. A class of Claims or Interests
which is not impaired under the Plan is conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan, and is not entitled to vote on the Plan.
Disclosure Statement | Page 49 |
A class of Claims or Interests
is impaired under a plan unless (i) the plan leaves unaltered the legal, equitable and contractual rights of the members of the
class; or (ii) with respect to a class of claims which was accelerated pre-bankruptcy, the plan cures any pre-petition default,
reinstates the maturity of the claims, compensates the claimants for any damages incurred as a result of reasonable reliance upon
any contractual acceleration clause, and compensates the claimants for any actual pecuniary loss incurred as a result of any failure
to perform any non-monetary obligations.
Under the Plan, Claims
and Interests against each of the Debtors are classified as follows:
LPHI Class Identification
Class |
Description |
Status |
Voting Rights |
Class A1 |
Secured Claims Against LPHI |
Unimpaired |
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed To Accept) |
Class A2 |
General Unsecured Claims Against LPHI |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class A3 |
SEC Judgment Claim |
Impaired |
Entitled To Vote |
Class A4 |
Intercompany Claims Against LPHI |
Impaired |
Entitled To Vote |
Class A5 |
Interests In LPHI |
Impaired |
Not Entitled To Vote (Deemed To Reject) |
Disclosure Statement | Page 50 |
LPI Class Identification
Class |
Description |
Status |
Voting Rights |
Class B1 |
Secured Claims Against LPI |
Unimpaired |
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed To Accept) |
Class B2 |
Fractional Interest Holder Claims Against LPI |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class B3 |
IRA Holder Claims Against LPI |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class B4 |
General Unsecured Claims Against LPI |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class B5 |
Intercompany Claims Against LPI |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class B6 |
Interest in LPI |
Impaired |
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed To Reject) |
LPIFS Class Identification
Class |
Description |
Status |
Voting Rights |
Class C1 |
Secured Claims Against LPIFS |
Unimpaired |
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed To Accept) |
Class C2 |
General Unsecured Claims Against LPIFS |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class C3 |
Intercompany Claims Against LPIFS |
Impaired |
Entitled to Vote |
Class C4 |
Interests In LPIFS |
Impaired |
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed To Reject) |
Section 5.03 Summary
Of Treatment Of Claims And Interests Under The Plan
The Plan provides for the
treatment of all Claims and Interests against the Debtors. Under the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Expense Claims and Priority
Claims are not placed in classes. The treatment of Administrative and Property Claims is set forth below as follows:
Disclosure Statement | Page 51 |
(a) Treatment
Of Administrative Claims. Administrative Claims are those post-petition expenses which are or were reasonable and necessary
to the Debtors’ post-petition operations and reorganization efforts. Under the Plan, unless the Holder of an Allowed General
Administrative Claim (i.e., each Administrative Claim, which is not a Professional Fee Claim) and the Debtors or the Plan
Proponents, as applicable, agree to less favorable treatment, each Holder of Allowed General Administrative Claims will be paid
in full either: (a) on the Effective Date; or (b) if the General Administrative Claim is not Allowed as of the Effective Date,
within ten (10) days after the date on which an order allowing such General Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order, or as soon
thereafter as reasonably practicable. The Plan Proponents estimate that the total amount of General Administrative Claims as of
the Effective Date will be approximately $2.8 million.
Administrative Claims of
Professionals, whose fees and expenses are subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, must file and serve their final requests for payment
of Professional Fee Claims, incurred during the period from the Petition Date through the Confirmation Date, no later than 45 days
after the Effective Date. Payments to holders of Allowed Professional Fee Claims will be made as soon as practicable after the
date on which an order allowing such Professional Fee Claim becomes a Final Order. The Plan Proponents estimate that the total
amount of Professional Fee Claims as of the Effective Date will be approximately $4 million, subject to rulings on pending applications
and disbursements pursuant to the established professional fee procedures.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, on the Effective Date and prior to the transfer of any property to the successor Trusts, the
Debtors shall pay, in full, in Cash, any fees due and owing to the U.S. Trustee as of the Effective Date. On and after the Effective
Date, the Creditors’ Trust Trustee shall be responsible for filing required post-confirmation reports and paying quarterly
fees due to the U.S. Trustee until the entry of a final decree in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Case(s) or until such Chapter 11
Case(s) is converted or dismissed. The Plan Proponents estimate that the total amount of unpaid U.S. Trustee fees as of the Effective
Date will be approximately $13,000.
(b) Treatment
Of Priority Tax Claims. Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment,
in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each
Holder of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in Bankruptcy Code §1129(a)(9)(C),
which generally requires that Allowed Priority Tax Claims be paid in cash within five years from the Petition Date. The principal
Priority Tax Claim in these Chapter 11 Cases, is held by the IRS, in the approximate amount of $6.2 million.
(c) Treatment
Of Non-Administrative And Non-Priority Claims. The table below summarizes the classification and treatment of the pre-petition
Non-Administrative and Non-Priority Claims and Interests under the Plan. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the provisions of the Plan.
Disclosure Statement | Page 52 |
LPHI Distributions
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
A1 |
Allowed Secured Claims Against LPHI |
|
Except to the extent that it agrees to less favorable treatment each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A1 shall receive, at LPHI’s option: (i) payment in full in Cash; (ii) delivery of collateral securing any such Allowed Claim, including any Interest allowed under 11 U.S.C. § 506(b), with any Allowed Claim remaining after application of such collateral to comprise a general unsecured Deficiency Claim under Class A2; (iii) Reinstatement of such Allowed Claim; or (iv) other treatment rendering such Allowed Claim Unimpaired. |
100% |
A2 |
General Unsecured Claims Against LPHI |
|
Except to the extent that it agrees to less favorable treatment each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A2 shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest. |
|
Disclosure Statement | Page 53 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
A3 |
SEC Judgment Claim |
$38,700,000 |
In full and final satisfaction settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for the SEC Judgment Claim, the SEC shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its SEC Judgment Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest that shall be subordinated under the Creditors’ Trust Agreement in right to receive any distributions to a level below (A) all other Creditors’ Trust Interests, including but not limited to any and all costs of administration of the Creditors’ Trust, and (B) any other subordinated or residual interests therein, including all of the Position Holder Trust Interests held by beneficiaries of the Position Holder Trust. |
0% |
A4 |
Intercompany Claim |
|
As part of the Intercompany Settlement, all Intercompany Claims shall be subordinated, cancelled and released without any distribution on account of such claims. |
0% |
A5 |
Interests In LPHI |
|
Interests will be cancelled and released without any Distribution on account of such Interests. |
0% |
LPI Distributions
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
B1 |
Secured Claims Against LPI |
|
Except to the extent that it agrees to less favorable treatment, each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B1 shall receive, at LPI’s option: (i) payment in full in Cash; (ii) delivery of collateral securing any such Allowed Claim, including any interest Allowed under 11. U.S.C. § 506(b), with any Allowed Claim amount remaining after application of such collateral to comprise a general unsecured Deficiency Claim under Class B4; (iii) Reinstatement of such Allowed Claim; or (iv) other treatment rendering such Allowed Claim Unimpaired. |
100% |
Disclosure Statement | Page 54 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
B2 |
Fractional Interest Holder Claims Against LPI |
|
Each Fractional Interest Holder shall be deemed
to have an Allowed Class B2 Claim pursuant to the Compromise, and thereby may Elect one of the following three (3) options for
each of its Fractional Positions, and receive a Distribution(s) under the Plan as provided below:
(A) Option 1 - Continuing Holder Election.
Confirmed status as the owner of 95% of the Fractional Interest (referred to as a Continuing Position) and a Continuing Fractional
Holder under the Plan. Choosing this option obligates the Holder to make a Continuing Position Holder Contribution to the Position
Holder Trust and to pay all all premium and other payments due relating to the Continued Position, and entitled each Continuing
Fractional Holder to receive a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust on account of the 5% Fractional Interest the Holder
contributes to the Trust. This option is further subject to the Holder timely paying any Catch-Up Payment due and the 3% Servicing
Fee charged against the share of maturity proceeds represented by the Continued Position. To the extent the Fractional Interest
related to Maturity Funds advanced to the Debtors pursuant to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the Effective Date or held in
the Maturities Escrow Account, such funds will be treated as provided in § 4.04 of the Plan. |
|
Disclosure Statement | Page 55 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
|
|
|
(B) Option 2 – Position Holder Trust Election. Contribute the Fractional Interest to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Trust Interest in the Position Holder Trust (which trust will, among other things, hold LPI’s Policy Related Asssets and be the residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust). Holders who Elect this option will no longer be required to make premium payments with respect to the Policies. The Pro Rata Interest in the Policy Holder Trust that Holders will receive will be based upon the formula set forth in the Plan, which is based upon the Pro-Rata amount of the Holder’s Allowed Claim relative to the amount of Allowed Claims held by all other Class B2 Creditors who have made the Policy Trust Election. |
|
Disclosure Statement | Page 56 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
|
|
|
(C) Option 3 – Creditors’ Trust Election. Rescind the transaction pursuant to which the Fractional Interest was purchased and receive a Trust Interest in, the Creditors’ Trust. Holders who Elect this option will not be beneficiaries under the Position Holder Trust. Any distribution(s) that they receive from the Creditors’ Trust will be based upon the Creditors’ Trust’s recoveries in litigation which will be assigned to the Creditors’ Trust under the Plan and the Class Action Settlement Agreement. |
|
B3 |
IRA Holder Claims Against LPI |
|
Each IRA Note Holder shall be deemed to
have an Allowed Class B3 Claim and may elect one of the following four (4) options for each of its Fractional Positions, and receive
a Distribution(s) under the Plan as provided below:
(A) Option 1 – Continuing Holder
Election. Contribute 5% of the IRA Note and the remaining 95% to the Position Holder Trust and in return receive (1) a New IRA
Note with terms that will be described in the Plan Supplement, and (2) an IRA Partnership Interest in an amount calculated as provided
in § 7.04(a)(iii) of the Plan. To the extent the IRA Note relates to Maturity Funds advanced to the Debtors pursuant
to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the Effective Date or held in the Maturities Escrow Account, such funds will be treated
as provided in § 4.04 of the Plan |
|
Disclosure Statement | Page 57 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
|
|
|
(B) Option 2 – Position Holder Trust
Election. Contribute the IRA Note to the IRA Partnership and, in exchange, receive an IRA Partnership Interest. As holders of IRA
Partnership Interests, Holders who make this Election will receive a Pro Rata share of distributions from the Position Holder Trust
(which will be made first to the IRA Partnership and then to the Holders of IRA Partnership Interests).
(C) Option 3 –
Creditors’ Trust Election.70 Rescind the transaction pursuant to which the IRA Note was acquired, and receive
a Creditors’ Trust Interest. Holders that Elect this option will not be beneficiaries under the Position Holder Trust. Any
distribution(s) that they receive from the Creditors’ Trust will be based upon the Creditors’ Trust’s recoveries
in litigation which will be assigned to the Creditors’ Trust under the Plan and the Class Action Settlement Agreement. |
|
70 A Qualified
Plan Holder is not permitted to choose this Option 3, Creditors’ Trust Election.
Disclosure Statement | Page 58 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
|
|
|
(D) Option 4 – “Conversion.” Distribute the IRA Note to the individual owner of the IRA Holder so that it is owned outside of the IRA by the individual owner of the IRA Holder, in which case the individual owner will be able to make a Continuing Holder Election to become a Continuing Fractional Holder under the Plan. |
|
B4 |
General Unsecured Claims Against LPI |
|
Except to the extent that it agrees to less favorable treatment , each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B4 shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest. |
|
B5 |
Intercompany Claims Against LPI |
|
As part of the Intercompany Settlement, all Intercompany Claims against LPI shall be subordinated, cancelled, and released without any Distribution on account of such Claims. |
0% |
B6 |
Interests In LPI |
N/A |
Interests will be cancelled and released without any Distribution on account of such Interests |
0% |
Disclosure Statement | Page 59 |
LPIFS Distributions
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
C1 |
Secured Claims Against LPIFS |
|
Except to the extent that it agrees to less favorable treatment, each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class C1 shall receive, at LPIFS’ option: (i) payment in full in Cash; (ii) delivery of collateral securing any such Allowed Claim, including any interest Allowed under 11 U.S.C. §506(b), with any Allowed Claim amount remaining after application of such collateral to comprise a general unsecured Deficiency Claim under Class C2; (iii) Reinstatement of such Allowed Claim; or (iv) other treatment rendering such Allowed Claim Unimpaired. |
100% |
C2 |
General Unsecured Claims Against LPIFS |
|
Except to the extent that it agrees to less favorable treatment, each Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class C2 shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest as further described in Section 6.05 of the Plan. |
|
C3 |
Intercompany Claims Against LPIFS |
|
As part of the Intercompany Settlement, all Intercompany Claims against LPIFS shall be subordinated, cancelled and released without any Distribution on account of such Claims. |
0% |
Disclosure Statement | Page 60 |
Class |
Type of Allowed
Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Range of
Allowed
Claims or
Interests |
Treatment of Claims or Interests |
Estimated
Recovery
Under the
Plan |
C4 |
Interests In LPIFS |
N/A |
Interests will be cancelled and released without any Distribution on account of such Interests |
0% |
ARTICLE
VI
implementation of the plan
Section 6.01 Maturity
Funds Facility and Financing Order
The approval of the
Maturity Funds Facility was instrumental in facilitating the development and Filing of the Plan. To effect this, the Trustee and
the Subsidiary Debtors Filed the Financing Motion and obtained permission to use the Maturity Funds as a source of financing for
these Chapter 11 Cases, subject to the terms and provisions set forth in the Financing Order, which include, among other things:
(a) repayment in full, with interest (10% annual rate); (b) first priority liens and security interests on certain of
the Policy Related Assets and the Debtors’ Causes of Action; (c) super-priority Administrative Claims; and (d) repayment
contemplated at or near the Effective Date as provided herein.
Section 6.02 Exit Financing
and Reserve Funding
The Maturity Funds
Facility shall continue in effect on and after the Effective Date until Cash flow from the Position Holder Trust is sufficient
to repay all outstanding Maturity Funds Loans and fund all premium payments and other reserve requirements of the Position Holder
Trust and its Affiliates. On the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trust shall assume all obligations to pay all of the outstanding
Maturity Funds Loans, including any required interest, from and after the Effective Date. After the Effective Date, pursuant to
the Position Holder Trust Agreement, advances under the Maturity Funds Facility will be used to fund a reserve account for premium
payments on Policies during a rolling 120-day period (90 days for the initial period from the Effective Date to the Catch-Up Cutoff
Date), to the extent the Policies do not have sufficient Premium Reserves or CSV to fund their ongoing premiums.
To the extent necessary
to repay Maturity Funds Loans, or fund ongoing premium payments, operating expenses and related reserve requirements, the Position
Holder Trust will have the right to obtain financing from third parties. Any financing proposed at the time the Plan Supplement
is Filed will be included therein.
Disclosure Statement | Page 61 |
In addition, the Position
Holder Trust shall be entitled to access the CSV related to its Beneficial Ownership in each Policy from time to time to use for
any purpose permitted by the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and if any such use results in a decrease in the death benefit payable
under the related Policy, the decrease shall be taken out the Position Holder Trust’s share of the maturity proceeds of the
Policy, or if the Position Holder Trust’s share is insufficient, the Position Holder Trust shall make up the difference.
The portion of the
Maturity Funds Facility (i.e., the Maturity Funds Loans) attributable to the Assigning Position Holders shall be extinguished upon
its distribution to the Assigning Position Holders as set forth in Sections 6.03 and 8.07.
Section 6.03 Compromise
To Combined Fractional and Trust Model
As part of the Compromise,
at the Effective Time of the Reorganization Transactions, the Debtors shall (i) waive any claim to Beneficial Ownership in the
Policies to the extent of the Fractional Interests comprising or related to the Fractional Interest Certificates to be Distributed
to Continuing Position Holders on or as of the Effective Date as provided in the Plan; (ii) contribute to the Position Holder Trust
all Fractional Interests related to the Continuing IRA Holders’ respective IRA Notes in exchange for New IRA Notes to be
Distributed to the Continuing IRA Holders, in respect of their Allowed Claims; (iii) contribute to the Position Holder Trust (x)
all Fractional Interests related to the Assigning Position Holders’ respective Fractional Positions, (y) the portion of the
Maturity Funds Facility not attributable to the Assigning Position Holders or the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their
interests in the Position Holder Trust (including through the IRA Partnership), and (z) 5% of the Fractional Interests related
to the Continuing Position Holders’ respective Fractional Positions in exchange for Position Holder Trust Interests to be
Distributed to the Continuing Fractional Holders, the IRA Partnership, and the Assigning Fractional Holders in accordance with
this Plan in respect of their Allowed Claims and the extinguishment of the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable
to Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including
the IRA Partnership) upon distribution to the Assigning Fractional Holders, Continuing Fractional Holders, and the IRA Partnership;
(iv) contribute to the Position Holder Trust all Fractional Interests related to the Rescinding Position Holders’ respective
Fractional Positions, along with all Pre-Petition Abandoned Positions; (v) contribute to the Creditors’ Trust all of their
Causes of Action in exchange for Creditors’ Trust Interests to be Distributed to the Rescinding Position Holders, Former
Position Holders and Holders of General Unsecured Claims, in respect of their Allowed Claims. From and after the Effective Time,
(a) Continuing Fractional Holders will be treated in all respects as tenants in common with the Position Holder Trust as to the
Beneficial Ownership represented by their Fractional Interests, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 12.09 of the Plan
relating to the consequences of Payment Default, and (b) the Position Holder Trust will be the sole legal, beneficial, and equitable
owner of all of the Policies, save and except for, and subject to, the Fractional Interests held by the Continuing Fractional Holders.
As part of the Class
Action Settlement included in the Compromise, the Assigning Class Parties will transfer and assign the Assigned Class Litigation
to the Creditors’ Trust.
Disclosure Statement | Page 62 |
After the Effective
Date, the Continued Position of a Fractional Interest Holder who made a Continuing Holder Election will represent 95% of the Fractional
Position (i.e., a Fractional Interest or the Fractional Interest denominated as collateral for an IRA Note) with respect
to which the Election was made, with the other 5% comprising the Continuing Position Holder Contribution made to the Position Holder
Trust on the Effective Date. The Continuing Position Holder will be obligated to pay the premium payments and Policy expenses allocable
to the Continued Position (i.e., 95% of the original Fractional Interest with respect to which the Option 1, Continuing Holder
Election was made).
Upon maturity of a
Policy, all of the Holders of Continuing Fractional Positions related to the Policy will receive (i) the Policy proceeds allocable
to each Continuing Fractional Position held (i.e., 95% of the proceeds payable with respect to each Fractional Interest with respect
to which an Option 1, Continuing Holder Election was made), and (ii) for each New IRA Note held, payment in full of the principal
amount of the IRA Note, plus accrued interest.
The maturity amount
paid to a Continuing Position Holder, other than the Holder of a New IRA Note, will be reduced by (x) the Servicing Fee payable
with respect to the Continuing Fractional Position and (y) any premium amount paid by the Position Holder Trust prior to the date
of death with respect to the Continuing Fractional Position that is not refunded as a result of the maturity. The Continuing Fractional
Position of an IRA Holder who made a Continuing Holder Election will be represented by a New IRA Note, and the Continuing IRA Holder
will also receive an IRA Partnership Interest. Holders of New IRA Notes may receive mandatory prepayments on their notes, depending
on the actual maturity experience of the Policies with respect to which the collateral for the New IRA Notes relate. The circumstances
under which any prepayments will be made will be described in the Plan Supplement.
All Holders of Position
Holder Trust Interests (i.e., Assigning Holders who receive a Position Holder Trust Interest in exchange for 100% of their
Fractional Position and Continuing Holders who receive a Position Holder Trust Interest in exchange for 5% of their Fractional
Position) will share Pro Rata in all distributions made by the Position Holder Trust pursuant to its trust agreement. Holders of
Position Holder Trust Interests will not be required to pay premiums allocable to the Contributed Positions after the Effective
Date.
After the Effective
Date, upon the occurrence of a Payment Default with respect to a Continued Position, the Continuing Position Holder shall be deemed
to have made a Position Holder Trust Election (Option 2) as to the Continued Position, effective as of the Payment Default Date.
Upon such Payment Default, the Fractional Interest comprising or pledged as collateral for the Continued Position automatically
shall be transferred to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest, calculated as provided in Section
5.05 of the Plan, and the Position Holder Trust Interest shall be transferred to the Holder, who shall thereafter be an Assigning
Position Holder with respect to the Fractional Position.
As part of the Compromise,
the treatment provided for hereunder with respect to Intercompany Claims reflects a compromise and settlement (the “Intercompany
Settlement”) of the validity, enforceability, and priority of certain prepetition intercompany claims by and among LPHI,
LPI, and LPIFS. The Compromise also includes a compromise and settlement of all Claims that creditors have with respect to the
marshaling of assets and liabilities of LPHI, LPI, and LPIFS in determining relative entitlements to distributions under a plan.
Disclosure Statement | Page 63 |
The Plan shall constitute
a motion to approve the Intercompany Settlement. Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, entry of the Confirmation Order
shall constitute approval of the Intercompany Settlement pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and a finding by the Bankruptcy Court
that the Intercompany Settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates. If the Effective Date does not occur,
the Intercompany Settlement shall be deemed to have been withdrawn without prejudice to the respective positions of the parties.
Section 6.04 Maturity
Funds Reporting, Disbursement and Loan Payments
Prior to the Effective
Date, the Debtors shall provide to each Lending Investor a report captioned “Statement of Maturity Account”
for the Investor, detailing (i) all Maturity Funds relating to Fractional Positions held by the Investor that have been deposited
into the Maturity Escrow Account and the date of each deposit, (ii) the portion of those Maturity Funds that have been advanced
to the Debtors as Maturity Funds Loans and the date of each advance, and (iii) the portion of those Maturity Funds that will be
disbursed to the Investor on or about the Effective Date.
The Statement of Maturity
Account will also detail the date as of which interest will accrue on the Maturity Funds Loan. Any Maturity Funds advanced to the
Debtors (before the Effective Date) or to the Position Holder Trust (on or after the Effective Date) in accordance with the Maturity
Funds Facility will begin to accrue simple interest at a 10% rate on the date the Funds are or were used or if later, the date
that is 120 days after the Funds were first deposited into the Maturity Escrow Account.
On the Effective Date,
the balance of the Maturity Funds will be disbursed to each Lending Investor as reflected in the Statement of Maturity Account.
The Maturity Funds Loans shall be secured by the Maturity Funds Liens on certain assets of the Position Holder Trust as provided
in the Financing Order and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement.
Following the Effective
Date, Maturity Funds shall continue to be deposited into the Maturity Escrow Account. Not later than 15 Business Days after the
date each deposit is made, the Maturity Funds deposited shall be disbursed as follows:
(a) First,
to fund any advance requests made by the Position Holder Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Position Holder
Trust Agreement, the Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court. Advances will be funded on a Pro Rata basis
with respect to (A) all Continuing Position Holders who have Maturity Funds held in escrow, and (B) the Position Holder Trust with
respect to its Beneficial Ownership in the relevant Policy that is pledged as collateral for New IRA Notes.
(b) Second,
with regard to Maturity Funds relating to Beneficial Ownership held in the name of the Position Holder Trust (A) first to pay (I)
accrued but unpaid interest on all of the outstanding Maturity Funds Loans, and (II) principal payable on the Maturity Funds Loans
in the order in which the loans were made (i.e., the principal outstanding the longest will be repaid first), and (B) to
the extent funds remain, to make disbursement of Maturity Funds to the Position Holder Trust for its share of the Maturity Funds
that have been held in escrow for more than 120 days.
Disclosure Statement | Page 64 |
(c) Third,
with regard to Maturity Funds relating to Fractional Interests held by Continuing Fractional Holders, (A) to make disbursements
of Maturity Funds or payments of New IRA Notes to the Continuing Position Holders whose positions relate to the Maturity Funds
that have been held in escrow for more than 120 days and (B) to make payments on Maturity Funds Loan that have been outstanding
for more than 120 days. All disbursements and payments shall be made based on which Maturity Funds were deposited into the Maturity
Escrow Account first (i.e., on a first-in, first-out basis), until all Continuing Position Holders have received disbursements
or payments of all Maturity Funds held in escrow and payments of all interest and principal on all Maturity Funds Loan. If Maturity
Funds are used to make payments on Maturity Funds Loan, such use will be treated as an advance under the Maturity Funds Facility,
and entries will be recorded on the books of the Position Holder Trust in favor of the Lending Investor to evidence the advance.
Not later than 45 days
after the end of each calendar quarter ending after the Effective Date, and not later than 90 days after the end of each calendar
year after the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trust shall provide (or cause the Servicing Company to provide) a Statement
of Maturity Account as of the end of the quarter to each Continuing Position Holder who is a Lending Investor or Holder of a Fractional
Interest relating to Maturity Funds held in the Maturity Escrow Account, reflecting all activity during the quarter relating to
the Holder’s account.
At such time as all
outstanding Maturity Funds Loans have been repaid and the cash flow from the Position Holder Trust is sufficient to fund all premium
payments and other reserve requirements of the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust, the Maturity Funds Facility
will be suspended and thereafter, Maturity Funds will be disbursed as soon as reasonably possible after the date of receipt, subject
to the Position Holder Trust’s right to reactivate the Maturity Funds Facility during the first two years following the Effective
Date if necessary to fund the 120-day Premium Reserve for Distressed Policies.
Section 6.05 Causes
of Action
All Causes of Action
included in the Estates are transferred to the Creditors’ Trust for the benefit of: (a) the Holders of Allowed General Unsecured
Claims against the Debtors, (b) the Holders of Allowed Class B2 Claims who make the Creditors’ Trust Election, and (c) the
Holders of Allowed Class B3 Claims who make the Creditors’ Trust Election.
Disclosure Statement | Page 65 |
Section 6.06 Deemed
Consolidation of Debtors for Distribution Purposes Only
The Plan Proponents
request, and as a Compromise of all Intercompany Claims, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, that the Estates of the
Debtors in these Chapter 11 Cases be deemed consolidated under the Plan solely for purposes of Distributions to be made under
the Plan. If the Debtors are deemed consolidated for purposes of Distribution, each and every Claim Filed or to be Filed against
any of the Debtors shall be deemed Filed against the deemed consolidated Debtors and shall be deemed one Claim against all Debtors
and (a) all Claims of each Debtor against any other Debtor will be eliminated and released; (b) any obligation
of any Debtor and all guarantees thereof executed by one or more of the Debtors shall be deemed to be one obligation of all of
the consolidated Debtors; (c) any Claims Filed or to be Filed in connection with any such obligation and such guarantees shall
be deemed one Claim against the consolidated Debtors; (d) all duplicative Claims (identical in amount and subject matter)
Filed against one or more of the Debtors will be automatically expunged so that only one Claim survives against the consolidated
Debtors; and (e) the consolidated Debtors will be deemed, for purposes of determining the availability of the right of set-off
under Bankruptcy Code §553, to be one Entity, so that, subject to other provisions of Bankruptcy Code §553, the debts
due to a particular Debtor may be offset against the Claims against such Debtor or Debtors.
Such deemed consolidation
shall not (other than for purposes related to funding Distributions under the Plan) affect: (i) the legal and organizational
structure of the Successors; (ii) pre- and post-Petition Date guaranties, liens, and security interests that are required
to be maintained (A) in connection with Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that were entered into during the Chapter 11
Cases or that have been or will be assumed; (B) pursuant to the Plan; or (C) in connection with any financing assumed
or entered into by the Successor Trusts on the Effective Date; and (D) distributions out of any life insurance policies (other
than the Policies) or proceeds of such policies.
If the Court does not
approve the Plan Proponents' request that the Estates be deemed consolidated for purposes of distribution, Creditors holding Allowed
Claims against multiple Debtors will be treated as holding a separate Allowed Claim against each Debtor’s Estate. If deemed
consolidation is not approved, Creditors with Allowed Claims against only one Debtor may receive a lower percentage than they would
receive if consolidation for distribution purposes was to occur as described above (and, conversely, Creditors with Allowed Claims
against multiple Debtors may receive a higher percentage than they would receive if the Estates were deemed consolidated for purposes
of distribution).
Section 6.07 Winding
Up of Reorganized Debtors
On the Effective Date,
the Reorganized Debtors shall adopt plans of complete liquidation under applicable state law, and will begin the orderly winding
up and termination of their corporate existences.
On the Effective Date,
all Interests in the Debtors (including any Interests held as treasury stock by any of the Debtors) will be terminated and extinguished
and the certificates that previously evidenced ownership of those Interests shall be deemed cancelled.
Disclosure Statement | Page 66 |
Section 6.08 Formation
of Successors And Distribution Of New Interests and New IRA Notes
On the Effective Date,
(i) the Successor Entities will be formed; (ii) the Position Holder Trust will, subject to the Catch-Up Reconciliation, issue Fractional
Interest Certificates for Distribution to the Continuing Fractional Holders; (iii) the Position Holder Trust will, subject to the
Catch-Up Reconciliation, issue New IRA Notes for Distribution to the Continuing IRA Holders; (iv) the Position Holder Trust will
make Distributions of Trust Interests to the Assigning Fractional Holders, the IRA Partnership and the Continuing Fractional Holders;
(v) the IRA Partnership will make Distributions of IRA Partnership Interests to the Assigning IRA Holders and the Continuing IRA
Holders; (vi) the Creditors’ Trust will make Distributions of Trust Interests to the Rescinding Position Holders and Holders
of Allowed General Unsecured Claims; and (vii) the Servicing Company will be formed. As provided in Section 11.02 hereof, the Servicing
Company interests may be sold by private sale or pursuant to an Auction in accordance with the KLI PSA. All proceeds from any sale
of the Servicing Company interests would be distributed to the Position Holder Trust. .
Section 6.09 Distribution
And Contribution of Debtors’ Assets
On the Effective Date,
the assets of the Debtors shall vest in the Reorganized Debtors and shall be Distributed and contributed to the Successors as follows:
(a) LPHI
shall contribute all of its assets, including Causes of Action other than any relating to Catch-Up Payments due to the Debtors,
to the Creditors’ Trust;
(b) LPIFS
shall contribute (i) all of its assets, excluding its Causes of Action (other than those relating to Catch-Up Payments due to the
Debtors, which will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust), to the Position Holder Trust, and (ii) all of its Causes of Action,
other than those relating to Catch-Up Payments due to the Debtors, to the Creditors’ Trust; and
(c) LPI
shall contribute its assets as follows: (i) to the Position Holder Trust, all of its Policy Related Assets, including the New IRA
Note Collateral; (ii) to Newco, (A) all of its furniture, fixtures and equipment relating to servicing of the Policies, and (B)
the Portfolio Information License; (iii) to the Creditors’ Trust, all of LPI’s Causes of Action arising from, or related
to, LPI’s pre-Petition business activities, other than those relating to Catch-Up Payments and/or Pre-Petition Default Amounts
due to the Debtors, including but not limited to any and all Avoidance Actions; and (iv) from and after the Effective Date, legal
and record title to all of the Policies included in the Policy Related Assets contributed to the Position Holder Trust shall be
held by the Position Holder Trust for the benefit of all Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries (including the IRA Partnership) and
all Continuing Fractional Holders, subject to the terms of this Plan, the Confirmation Order, the Position Holder Trust Agreement,
the Contribution and Collateral Agreement, and the rights and obligations of Continuing IRA Holders and the Position Holder Trust
under the New IRA Notes and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement
(d) Any
Other Assets of any of the Debtors not included in one of the Distributions set forth above shall be contributed to the Creditors’
Trust.
From and after the
Effective Date, legal and record title to all of the Policies included in the Policy Related Assets contributed to the Position
Holder Trust shall be held by the Position Holder Trust for the benefit of all Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries, and all Continuing
Position Holders, subject to the terms of the Plan, the Confirmation Order, the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and the rights
and obligations of Continuing IRA Holders, and the Position Holder Trust under the New IRA Notes and the Contribution and Collateral
Agreement.
Disclosure Statement | Page 67 |
Section 6.10 Directors
and Officers
On the Effective Date,
(a) the Creditors’ Trustee shall become the sole director and president of each Reorganized Debtor with all rights, powers
and duties to complete the winding up of the Reorganized Debtors and to act on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors in connection
with the Assigned Class Litigation and other Causes of Action; and (b) the Position Holder Trustee shall be vested with power of
attorney under the Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement to act on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors in (i) transferring
record title of the Policies to the Position Holder Trust, (ii) designating the Position Holder Trust as the beneficiary of record
for all of the Policies, (iii) completing the transfer and assignment of the other Policy Related Assets as provided in the Plan,
(iv) entering into all of the Plan Documents to which the Position Holder Trust is a party, and (v) taking all such other actions
on behalf of the Position Holder Trust as required by the Plan and any of the Plan Documents. The Chapter 11 Trustee, as sole director
of for LPI and LPIFS, and all officers of LPI and LPIFS, shall resign as of the Effective Date. Resignation of the Chapter 11 Trustee
as sole director shall not affect or impair the sole director’s right to seek a final ruling on any request for compensation
and reimbursement of expenses made in connection with LPI and LPIFS.
Section 6.11 Cancellation
of Existing Secured Claims
Save and except for
the Maturity Funds Liens, and except as expressly provided otherwise in the Plan (including but not limited to provisions for the
treatment of Allowed Secured Claims under the Plan), any Lien encumbering any of the assets of the Debtors or their Estates shall
be deemed released and the Holder of such Allowed Secured Claim shall deliver to the applicable Debtor (or Reorganized Debtor)
any collateral for the Allowed Secured Claim held by such Holder, and any termination statements, instruments of satisfactions,
or releases of all security interests with respect to its Allowed Secured Claim that may be reasonably required in order to terminate
any related financing statements, mortgages, mechanic’s liens, or lis pendens.
The Confirmation Order
shall provide that none of the Original IRA Note Issuers held any property interest in any Fractional Interest or otherwise in
any Policy, and therefore was not able to, and in fact did not, grant any Lien to any IRA Holder.
Section 6.12 Vesting
Of The Assets
On the Effective Date:
(i) ownership of Fractional Interests held in the name of Continuing Position Holders shall be vested in the Continuing Position
Holders, subject to the terms of the Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement; (ii) the Vested Assets shall vest in the applicable
Reorganized Debtors free and clear of all Liens, save and except for Maturity Funds Liens and the Fractional Interests outstanding
after the Effective Date, which will continue as provided in the Plan; (iii) the Vested Assets shall be contributed to the applicable
Successors as part of the Reorganization Transactions provided for in the Plan, free and clear of all Liens, save and except for
the Maturity Funds Liens and the Fractional Interests outstanding after the Effective Date; and (iv) the assumed contracts shall
be assumed by the applicable Successors as provided in the Plan and vest in the applicable Successor(s).
Disclosure Statement | Page 68 |
Except as otherwise
set forth in the Plan, the Confirmation Order or any of the Plan Documents, from and after the Effective Date, (i) the respective
Successors shall perform and pay when due liabilities under, or related to the ownership or operation of, the Vested Assets and
the assumed contracts to be contributed to or assumed by each of them as provided herein and therein, and (ii) none of the Successors
shall be responsible for any liabilities relating to Vested Assets contributed to, or contracts assumed by, any other Successor,
or for any liabilities of any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors not expressly assumed by it or relating to Vested Assets contributed
to it. The Reorganized Debtors and the Successors may operate free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code.
After the Effective
Date, each Successor Trustee, as applicable, may present such orders or assignments of the Bankruptcy Court, suitable for Filing
in the records of every county or governmental agency where the Vested Assets are or were located, or third party by whom record
title to any of the Vested Assets or custody of any of the Escrowed Funds or Maturity Funds is maintained, which provide that such
property is conveyed to or vested in the Reorganized Debtors or the Successors, or is to be transferred to the Escrow Agent to
be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. The orders or assignments may designate all Liens,
Claims, and encumbrances or other interests, which appear of record and/or from which property is being transferred and assigned.
The Plan shall be conclusively deemed to be adequate notice of title to the Vested Assets and that any Lien, Claim, encumbrance,
or other interest is being extinguished and no notice other than by the Plan shall be given before the presentation of such orders
or assignments. Any person having a Lien, Claim, encumbrance or other interest against any Vested Asset shall be conclusively deemed
to have consented to the transfer, assignment and vesting of such Vested Assets free and clear to the Reorganized Debtors by failing
to object to Confirmation, except as otherwise provided for in the Plan with regard to the Maturity Funds Liens and the Fractional
Interests to be outstanding after the Effective Date; provided, however, except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, nothing herein
shall be deemed to be a release of any Lien, Claim, encumbrance or other interest in or against property that is not a Vested Asset.
Section 6.13 Post-Effective
Date Catch-Up Reconciliation
| A. | In connection with selecting between the Elections available to them as Holders of Class
B-2 Claims or Class B-3 Claims, Current Position Holders will be informed whether they owe any Catch-Up Payment amount as of the
Voting Record Date. |
| B. | If a Current Position Holder makes a Continuing Holder Election for a Fractional Position
as to which any Catch-Up Payment is owing, (i) the Continuing Holder Election will not be effective as of the Effective Date, and
the Current Position Holder will not become a Continuing Position Holder or receive a Distribution relating to the Election as
of the Effective Date, and (ii) with regard to any Catch-Up Payment, the Current Position Holder will have until the Catch-Up Cutoff
Date (ninety (90) days after the Effective Date) to pay the Catch-Up Payment in full to the Position Holder Trust and thereby (x)
render the Election effective and (y) be eligible to receive a Distribution with respect to a Continued Position, effective as
of the Effective Date. |
Disclosure Statement | Page 69 |
| C. | Irrespective of whether the Current Position Holder made an Election, if a Current Position
Holder who owes a Catch-Up Payment does not pay the Catch-Up Payment in full by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, as evidenced by the information
included in the Post-Effective Adjustment Report provided to the Position Holder Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the
Current Position Holder (i) automatically will be conclusively deemed to have made the Position Holder Trust Election with respect
to the Fractional Position, effective as of the Effective Date, and (ii) in exchange for the Fractional Position, will receive
a Distribution of a Position Holder Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section 5.05 herein. |
| D. | If a Current Position Holder does not make any Election at all as to any Fractional Position
(i.e., a non-Electing Holder), then, unless the Catch-Up Payment(s) due with respect to all of the Holder’s Fractional Positions
are paid in full by the applicable due date, the Holder automatically will be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election
and thereby be treated as an Assigning Position Holder with respect to all of its Fractional Positions. |
| E. | Any partial payment made by a non-Electing Holder in respect of Fractional Positions deemed
contributed to the Position Holder Trust will be taken into account in determining the Holder’s Pro Rata share allocated
to the Position Holder Trust Interest issued in respect of the Contributed Positions. |
| ii. | Outstanding Pre-Petition Defaults. |
| A. | If an Investor who owes a Pre-Petition Default Amount does not pay the Pre-Petition Default
Amount in full by the Effective Date, as evidenced by the information included in the Post-Effective Adjustment Report provided
to the Position Holder Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, (i) the Investor automatically will be conclusively deemed
to have abandoned the Fractional Position, effective as of the Subsidiary Petition Date, (ii) the Fractional Position (being a
Pre-Petition Abandoned Position) will either be contributed to the Position Holder Trust or become a Class Action Litigants’
Counsel Fee Position in accordance with the terms of this Plan, and (iii) the Investor will be automatically deemed to be a Former
Position Holder and shall not be entitled to a Distribution on account of the subject Pre-Petition Abandoned Position unless the
defaulting Investor timely filed a Proof of Claim. |
| B. | If an Investor who owes a Pre-Petition Default Amount pays the Pre-Petition Default Amount
in full by the Effective Date, the Investor will be deemed to be a Current Position Holder with respect to the subject Fractional
Position, effective as of the date the Pre-Petition Default Amount is paid in full, and to be entitled to make an Election and,
accordingly, entitled to a Distribution with respect to the subject Fractional Position in accordance with the Election (or, as
the case may be, deemed Election). |
Disclosure Statement | Page 70 |
| C. | Any partial payment made by an Investor with respect of Fractional Positions on which Pre-Petition
Default Amounts were owed will not be accepted and instead will be returned to the Investor. |
| iii. | Disputes. Any dispute relating to whether the Catch-Up Payment is due from any Current Position
Holder or to whether a Pre-Petition Default Amount is due from any Investor as set forth in the information provided to the Investor,
or whether it is in the correct amount will be resolved by the Position Holder Trustee in accordance with the authority granted
to the Position Holder Trustee under this Plan. |
Section 6.14 Authorization
For Reorganization Transactions
On the Effective Date
or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Debtors, including as the Reorganized Debtors and the Successor Trustees are
authorized and directed to take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved
by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Plan or the Reorganization Transactions.
Section 6.15 Preservation
Of Causes of Action And Reservation of Rights
Except to the extent
such rights, claims, causes of action, defenses, and counterclaims are otherwise disposed of in the Plan, or are expressly and
specifically released in connection with the Plan, the Class Action Settlement and/or Confirmation Order, or in any settlement
agreement approved during the Chapter 11 Cases, or in any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement entered into
in connection with the Plan, in accordance with Bankruptcy Code § 1123(b): (i) any and all rights, Claims, Causes of Action
(including Avoidance Actions), defenses, and counterclaims of or accruing to the Debtors or their Estates shall be automatically
preserved, reserved and transferred to the Creditors’ Trust, whether or not litigation relating thereto is pending on the
Effective Date, and whether or not any such rights, Claims, Causes of Action, defenses and counterclaims have been Scheduled, listed
or referred to in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Bankruptcy Schedules, or any other document Filed
with the Bankruptcy Court; and (ii) the Creditors’ Trustee does not waive, relinquish, or abandon (nor shall it be estopped
or otherwise precluded from asserting) any right, Claim, Cause of Action, defense, or counterclaim that constitutes property of
the Estates or any of them: (A) whether or not such right, Claim, Cause of Action, defense, or counterclaim has been listed or
referred to in the Plan, the Debtors Bankruptcy Schedules, the Debtors’ Bankruptcy Statement of Financial Affairs, or any
other document Filed with the Bankruptcy Court; (B) whether or not such right, Claim, Cause of Action, defense, or counterclaim
is currently known to the Debtors; and (C) whether or not a defendant in any litigation relating to such right, Claim, Cause of
Action, defense or counterclaim Filed a Proof of Claim in the Chapter 11 Cases, Filed a notice of appearance or any other pleading
or notice in the Chapter 11 Cases, voted for or against the Plan, or received or retained any consideration under the Plan.
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Without in any manner
limiting the generality of the foregoing, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable principle of law or equity, without limitation,
any principles of judicial estoppel, res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, or any similar doctrine, the failure
to list, disclose, describe, identify, or refer to a right, Claim, Cause of Action, defense, or counterclaim, or potential right,
claim, cause of action, defense, or counterclaim, in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Debtors’
Bankruptcy Schedules, the Debtors’ Bankruptcy Statement of Financial Affairs or any other document filed with the Bankruptcy
Court shall in no manner waive, eliminate, modify, release, or alter any Estate’s or the Creditors’ Trust’s right
to commence, prosecute, defend against, settle, and realize upon any rights, claims, causes of action, defenses, or counterclaims
that a Debtor has, or may have, as of the Effective Date. The Creditors’ Trustee may, subject to the Plan and the Creditors’
Trust Agreement, commence, prosecute, defend against, settle, and realize upon any rights, claims, causes of action, defenses,
and counterclaims as provided in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, in accordance with what is in the best interests, and for
the benefit, of the beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust.
The Causes of Action
preserved by the Debtors and Assigning Class Parties and transferred to the Creditors’ Trust, as provided by the Plan and
the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, include, but are not limited to the following:
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims, and counter claims related to the existing litigation in Moran v. Pardo, et al.,
Adversary Proceeding No. 15-04079-rfn in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Case; |
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims, and counter claims related to the existing litigation in Moran v. Sundelius, et al.,
Adversary Proceeding No. 15-04087-rfn in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Case; |
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims, and counter claims related to the Assigned Class Litigation, including, but not limited
to, claims for the following: violations of the Texas Securities Act (Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat.
art. 581-1, et seq.), violations of the Securities Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. § 78a–pp), violations of Rule
10b-5, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting violations of the Texas
Securities Act, aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duties, conspiracy, and violations of RICO (18 U.S.C. §§
1961–68); |
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims, and counter claims related to any Avoidance Actions, existing and potential, against any
insiders, licensees, brokers, insider companies, affiliates of Brian Pardo, recipients of political contributions, recipients of
charitable contributions, shareholders, IRA custodians, banks, and any other parties, known and unknown, that received property
transferred by the Debtors; |
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims, and counter claims related to potential litigation against insiders, directors, licensees,
brokers, IRA custodians, insider companies, affiliates of Brian Pardo, and any other parties, known and unknown, including, but
not limited to, claims for the following: violations of the Texas Securities Act (Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat.
art. 581-1, et seq.), fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting violations of the
Texas Securities Act, aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duties, conspiracy, violations of RICO (18 U.S.C. §§
1961–68), unjust enrichment and constructive trust, and attorneys’ fees; |
Disclosure Statement | Page 72 |
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims, and counter-claims related to the existing litigation pending in California Superior Court,
Los Angeles County, styled Life Partners Holdings, Inc. v. Wedbush Securities, Case No. BC558646; and |
| · | All claims, defenses, cross-claims and counter-claims related to the existing litigation pending in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Northern District of Illinois, styled Life Partners Holdings, Inc. v. OptionsXpress, Inc., et al., Adversary
Proceeding No. 15-00640. |
Section 6.16 Employee
Benefit Plans
Effective as of the
Effective Date, all employee benefit plans shall be terminated in accordance with their terms and the applicable provisions of
the state and federal law.
Section 6.17 Modification
The Plan Proponents
shall retain the exclusive right to amend or modify the Plan and any of the Plan Documents, and to solicit acceptances of any amendments
to or modifications of the Plan or any of the Plan Documents, through and until the date of Substantial Consummation of the Plan.
Section 6.18 Exemption
From Certain Transfer Taxes
Pursuant to Bankruptcy
Code §1146(a), the issuance, transfer, or exchange of a security, or the making of delivery of an instrument of transfer,
including any transfers effected pursuant to the Plan or by any of the Reorganization Transactions, provided for under the Plan,
from the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to the Servicing Company, the Position Holder Trust, the Creditors’ Trust, or
any other Person or Entity pursuant to the Plan, as applicable, may not be taxed under any law imposing a stamp tax or similar
tax, and the sale and/or Confirmation Order shall direct the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents to forego
the collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and to accept for Filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments
or other documents without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment.
Section 6.19 Termination
Of The Chapter 11 Trustee
The Chapter 11 Trustee of LPHI shall be
discharged on the Effective Date. The Chapter 11 Trustee, upon discharge shall cancel his trustee bond. Discharge
of the Chapter 11 Trustee does not affect or impair the Chapter 11 Trustee’s right to seek a final ruling on any request
for statutory compensation and reimbursement of expenses made in connection with the LPHI case nor his compensation from the LPI
and LPIFS cases.
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Section 6.20 Creditors’
Trustee Closing Of The Chapter 11 Cases
When (a) the Bankruptcy
Court has adjudicated all applications by Professionals for final allowance of compensation for services and reimbursement of expenses
and the issuance of a Final Order for each application and the payment of all amounts payable thereunder; (b) all Disputed Claims
Filed against a Debtor have become Allowed Claims or have been Disallowed by Final Order or otherwise pursuant to the Plan; and
(c) all appropriate Distributions of Fractional Interest Certificates, New Interests and New IRA Notes have been made or arranged
to be made pursuant to the Plan, the Creditors’ Trustee shall seek authority from the Bankruptcy Court to close the Debtors’
Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules, without prejudice to the rights of the Creditors’
Trustee or Position Holders Trustee to seek to reopen the Bankruptcy Cases as necessary to effectuate the confirmed Plan.
ARTICLE
VII
FRACTIONAL POSITIONS
Section 7.01 The Election
Rights Afforded To Holders Of Fractional Interests
Holders of Fractional
Positions may Elect with respect to each Fractional Position they own to: (i) be treated as a Continuing Position Holder with respect
to their Continued Position; (ii) contribute their Fractional Position to the Position Holder Trust and receive a Trust Interest
in the Position Holder Trust, which will hold legal title to all of the Policies and all of the beneficial and equitable ownership
of the Policies that is not represented by Fractional Interests outstanding from time to time; or (iii) rescind their purchase
of the Fractional Position, and receive a Trust Interest in the Creditors’ Trust.
The Holder of a Fractional
Position who Elects to become a Continuing Position Holder with respect to a Fractional Position will be required to make the Continuing
Position Holder Contribution to the Position Holder Trust. The Continuing Position Holder Contribution will consist of five percent
(5%) of the Fractional Position, five percent (5%) of all Escrowed Funds for premiums relating to such Fractional Position, and
five percent (5%) of any Maturity Funds relating to such Fractional Position. Continuing Position Holders will be required to pay
a servicing fee equal to three percent (3%) of their interest in the death benefit under the applicable Policy. Any Continuing
Position Holder who paid his or her October 2014 platform and servicing charge assessed by LPIFS will receive a credit against
the Servicing Company’s servicing fee in an amount equal to one half of the amount paid which is allocable to any Fractional
Position held by the Continuing Position Holder relating to a Policy that matures on or after the Effective Date.
Continuing Position
Holders will also be required to pay any Catch-Up Payment due by not later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date (i.e.,
the Catch-Up Cutoff Date), or they automatically will be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election as a result of a
Payment Default. Current Position Holders will be notified if they owe or may owe any Catch-Up Payment as of the Effective Date
when their Ballots are mailed to them.
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Continuing Position
Holders, except New IRA Note Holders, will be required to pay their share of premium payments (and the Servicing Fee) in the future
with respect to their Continued Positions, and the Servicing Company will manage the premium call process. Current Position Holders
who make the Position Holder Trust Election and contribute their Fractional Positions to the Position Holder Trust will be relieved
of future obligations with respect to premium payments relating to the contributed Fractional Positions, and such responsibility
will be borne by the Position Holder Trust. Those Holders who Elect to become Continuing Position Holders but default on their
obligations to make premium payments will be deemed to have made an Election to contribute their Fractional Positions to the Position
Holder Trust, and will receive Trust Interests calculated as described in Section 7.02 of in this Disclosure Statement entitled
“The Continuing Monetary Obligations Of Those Current Position Holders Who Elect To Be Continuing Position Holders.”
Continuing Position
Holders will be express third party beneficiaries of the Servicing Agreement and, if utilized, the Escrow Agreement, and those
who own New IRA Notes will also be express third party beneficiaries of the Contribution and Collateral Agreement relating to the
Fractional Interests pledged as Collateral for the New IRA Notes.
To the extent a Fractional
Position relates to Maturity Funds which have been advanced to the Debtors pursuant to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the
Effective Date or are being held in the Maturity Escrow Account as of the Effective Date, the Continuing Position Holder will receive
a Statement of Maturity Account, reflecting a Maturity Funds Loan payable to the Continuing Position Holder and the balance of
the Maturity Funds being held in escrow. The Maturity Funds Facility and the anticipated timeline for payout of Maturity Funds
and payment of Maturity Funds Loans is described in section 6.02 hereof entitled, “Exit Financing and Reserve Funding.”
| Section 7.02 | The
Continuing Monetary Obligations Of Those Current Position Holders Who Elect To Be Continuing
Position Holders |
Current Position Holders
who make a Continuing Holder Election will have continuing monetary obligations with respect to the Continued Position they will
own after the Effective Date.
First, if a Current
Position Holder makes (or is treated as having made) a Continuing Holder Election for a Fractional Position as to which any outstanding
premium or other amount is owing (i.e., a Catch-Up Payment), the Continuing Holder Election will not be effective as of the Effective
Date and the Current Position Holder will not become a Continuing Position Holder or receive Distributions relating to the Election
as of the Effective Date. The Current Position Holder will have until the Catch-Up Cutoff Date to pay the Catch-Up Payment in full
to the Position Holder Trust, and thereby render the Election effective and be eligible to receive Distributions with respect to
a Continued Position, effective as of the Effective Date.
If the Current Position
Holder does not pay the Catch-Up Payment in full by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, as evidenced by the information included in a Post-Effective
Adjustment Report provided to the Position Holder Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Current Holder (i) automatically
will be conclusively deemed to have made the Position Holder Trust Election with respect to the Fractional Position, effective
as of the Effective Date, and (ii) in exchange for the Fractional Position, will receive a Distribution of a Position Holder Trust
Interest.
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Second, on a going
forward basis, from and after the Effective Date, the Servicing Company will make premium calls to Continuing Position Holders
holding Fractional Positions related to Distressed Policies by sending premium notice and payment reminders to each Continuing
Position Holder. Premium calls shall be sent no later than 120 days prior to the date the premium payment is due to the insurance
company that issued the relevant Policy. If the Continuing Position Holder does not pay in full the amount specified in the premium
call notice for any Continued Position by the due date specified in the notice, a “Payment Default” with respect
to the Continued Position (a “Defaulted Fractional Position”) shall occur on the due date (the “Payment
Default Date”), and the Continuing Position Holder shall be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election with
respect to the Defaulted Fractional Position as of the Payment Default Date, without any further notice from or other action by
the Servicing Company, the Position Holder Trust or any other Person. Within 30 days after the Payment Default Date, the Servicing
Company shall notify the Position Holder Trustee of the occurrence of the Payment Default, and the Position Holder Trust shall
pay into the premium payment account provided for in the Servicing Agreement an amount equal to the amount unpaid by the Continuing
Position Holder with respect to the Defaulted Fractional Position. Any payment made by the Continuing Position Holder after the
Payment Default Date with respect to the Fractional Position shall be returned to the payer, less the processing fee provided for
in the Servicing Agreement. Within 30 days after the Position Holder Trustee receives notice of the Payment Default, the Position
Holder Trust shall issue a Position Holder Trust Interest to the defaulting Continuing Position Holder, for further delivery to
the Continuing Position Holder (in either case, in the Holder’s new capacity as an Assigning Position Holder with respect
to the Defaulted Fractional Position), representing a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust.
Not less than 120 days
before the due date for any premium payment on a Distressed Policy, the Position Holder Trustee will be authorized to send, or
direct the Servicing Company to send, a notice to all Continuing Fractional Holders of Fractional Interests relating to the Distressed
Policy (i) stating that, in the Position Holder Trustee’s judgment, no further premium payments should be made on the Policy,
and (ii) offering to transfer the Beneficial Ownership in the Policy held by the Position Holder Trust to one or more of the Continuing
Fractional Holders in exchange for their payment of the premiums due with respect to the Position Holder Trust’s Beneficial
Ownership in the Policy, which will be set forth in the notice. If the Continuing Fractional Holders do not accept the offer and
pay into the premium payment account provided for in the Servicing Agreement an amount equal to all of the premiums relating to
the Beneficial Ownership held by the Position Holder Trust before the end of the 120-day period, the Policy will lapse. If one
or more of the Continuing Fractional Holders do pay all of the required premiums into the premium payment account before the due
date, then (x) within 30 days after the due date, the Servicing Company will provide a report to the Position Holder Trustee detailing
which Continuing Fractional Holder(s) paid a portion of the premiums relating to the Position Holder Trust’s Beneficial Ownership,
the amount paid by each such Continuing Fractional Holder, and the excess amount, if any, paid by each Continuing Fractional Holder,
(y) within 30 days of the Position Holder Trustee’s receipt of the report from the Servicing Company, the Position Holder
Trust shall (1) issue Fractional Interests to the relevant Continuing Fractional Holders, Pro Rata based on the amount paid by
each, and (2) notify the Servicing Company of the transfer, and (z) within 30 days after it receives the notice from the Position
Holder Trust, the Servicing Company will return the excess amount paid by any Continuing Fractional Holder, unless the Continuing
Fractional Holder instructs the Servicing Company to add the amount to any Premium Reserve maintained in the Holder’s name
to pay premiums on the Holder’s Fractional Interests. Unless all of the Continuing Fractional Holders who own Fractional
Interests in such a Policy (which will then represent 100% of the Beneficial Ownership of the Policy) provide written notice otherwise,
the Position Holder Trust will remain the record owner and beneficiary of the Policy for the benefit of such Continuing Fractional
Holders, and the Policy will continue to be subject to the Servicing Agreement, including payment of the Servicing Fee.
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Section 7.03 How And
When To Make The Election
The deadline for Current
Position Holders to make an Election with respect to each of their Fractional Positions is ______ __, 2016 (the “Election
Deadline”). Current Position Holders have the right to make an Election(s) regardless of whether they vote to accept
or reject the Plan.
Each Election shall
be made by noting the Election with respect to each Fractional Position held on the Election Form and send it to the Balloting
Agent no later than the Ballot Deadline and/or Electronically Making Such Elections. If a Current Position Holder does not make
an Election with respect to any of its Fractional Positions, such Holder will be deemed to have made a Continuing Holder Trust
Election pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
ARTICLE
VIII
the POSITION HOLDER trust
Section 8.01 Creation
Of The Position Holder Trust
The Position Holder
Trust shall be created on the Effective Date pursuant to the Position Holder Trust Agreement for the purpose of liquidating the
Position Holder Trust Assets in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d), as may be further set forth in the Position
Holder Trust Agreement. The Position Holder Trust Agreement shall be filed with the Bankruptcy Court, along with the Plan Supplement,
no later than 14 days prior to the Confirmation Hearing.
Section 8.02 Funding
Of Res Of The Trust
On the Effective Date,
all of the Position Holder Trust Assets shall be transferred, assigned, and contributed, or issued, to and vested in the Position
Holder Trust, and the Position Holder Trust shall be in possession of, and have title to, all the Position Holder Trust Assets.
The conveyances and vesting of all Position Holder Trust Assets shall be accomplished pursuant to this Plan, the Position Holder
Trust Agreement, the Plan Documents providing for the Reorganization Transactions and the Confirmation Order. The Reorganized Debtors
shall convey, transfer, assign and deliver the Position Holder Trust Assets free and clear of all Liens, save and except for the
Maturity Funds Liens. The Position Holder Trustee may present such orders to the Bankruptcy Court as may be necessary to require
third parties to accept and acknowledge such conveyances of vested title to the Position Holder Trust. Such orders may be presented
without further notice other than as has been given in the Plan.
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Following payment of
the expenses of the Creditors’ Trust, and in the event that all Allowed Claims exchanged for Trust Interests in the Creditors’
Trust are paid in full, the Position Holder Trust shall be the residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust.
Section 8.03 The Position
Holder Trust Agreement and Trustee
The Position Holder
Trust Agreement will conform to the terms of the Plan, and to the extent that the Position Holder Trust Agreement is inconsistent
with the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, as the case may be, shall govern.
The Position Holder
Trustee will be named in the Position Holder Trust Agreement filed with the Plan Supplement. The Position Holder Trustee will retain
and have all the rights, powers and duties necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities under the Plan and the Position Holder
Trust Agreement, and as otherwise provided in the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order. However, the Position Holder Trustee
shall not be obligated to review, investigate, evaluate, analyze, or object to Fee Applications or Professional Fee Claims relating
to services rendered and expenses incurred before the Effective Date. The Position Holder Trustee shall be the exclusive trustee
of the Position Holder Trust Assets for the purposes of 31 U.S.C. § 3713(b) and 26 U.S.C. § 6012(b)(3), as well as the
representative of the Estates appointed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 1123(b)(3)(B). Matters relating to the appointment,
removal and resignation of the Position Holder Trustee and the appointment of any successor Position Holder Trustee shall be set
forth in the Position Holder Trust Agreement. The Position Holder Trustee shall be required to perform his or her duties as set
forth in the Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
The Position Holder
Trustee shall have full authority to compromise claims or settle interests with respect to the Policies without supervision by
the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those restrictions expressly
imposed by the Plan, the Confirmation Order, and the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, or the powers, authority and responsibilities set for the in the Position Holder Trust Agreement,
the Position Holder Trustee will have the authority and responsibilities set forth in the Plan and in the Position Holder Trust
Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) the payment of all premiums associated with Beneficial Ownership of the Fractional
Positions contributed to the Position Holder Trust on or after the Effective Date, including Contributed Positions, and maintenance
of the Premium Reserve required by the Position Holder Trust Agreement; (ii) resolving any dispute relating to whether the Catch-Up
Payment due from any Current Position Holder or Pre-Petition Default Amount due from any Investor is in the correct amount; (iii)
enforcing the Position Holder Trust’s rights under this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement, including the Position
Holder Trust’s rights in Fractional Positions abandoned or contributed, as the case may be, after the Effective Date as the
result of a Payment Default; (iv) administering and enforcing the Position Holder Trust’s rights and obligations under the
Servicing Agreement, the Portfolio Information License, and the Escrow Agreement, (v) appointing third party service providers
to serve as record owner or beneficiary of record for any or all of the Policies, and (vi) evaluating Distressed Policies after
the Effective Date to determine whether the Position Holder Trustee should exercise the rights provided under the Plan and the
terms of the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
Disclosure Statement | Page 78 |
Section 8.04 The Position
Holder Trust Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of
the Position Holder Trust shall be the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders entitled to receive
Position Holder Trust Interests pursuant to the Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement. The Position Holder Trust Interest
received by each Assigning Position Holder and each Continuing Position Holder with respect to each Contributed Position shall
be calculated relative to their Allowed Claim amount for the Contributed Positions in respect of which the Position Holder Trust
Interest is to be issued, subject to adjustment as set forth below, and the Pro Rata beneficial interest represented by each Position
Holder Trust Interest shall be calculated as set forth in Section 5.05 of the Plan and described below.
The beneficial interest
represented by each Position Holder Trust Interest issued on the Effective Date, or effective as of the Effective Date as the result
of a deemed Position Holder Trust Election for failure to pay any Catch-Up Payment, shall be determined as follows:
(a) For
each Fractional Position as to which a Position Holder Trust Election is made, an Assigning Position Holder who does not owe any
Catch-Up Payment with regard to the Contributed Position will receive a Position Holder Trust Interest that represents a beneficial
interest entitled to receive a Pro Rata share of all distributions by the Position Holder Trust, with the Pro Rata share calculated
based on (i) the Assigning Position Holder’s full Allowed Claim amount for the position and (ii) the Allowed Claim amounts
for all Position Holder Trust Interests to be outstanding following the issuance of the Position Holder Trust Interest, subject
to adjustment for subsequent issuances of Position Holder Trust Interests;
(b) For
each Fractional Position as to which a Position Holder Trust Election is made, an Assigning Position Holder who owes a Catch-Up
Payment with regard to the Contributed Position will receive a Position Holder Trust Interest that represents a beneficial interest
entitled to receive a Pro Rata share of all distributions by the Position Holder Trust, with the Pro Rata share calculated based
on (A) (I) the Assigning Position Holder’s Allowed Claim amount for the position minus (II) the Catch-Up Payment and (B)
the Allowed Claim amounts (adjusted for Catch-Up Payments due) for all Position Holder Trust Interests to be outstanding following
the issuance of the Position Holder Trust Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent issuances of Position Holder Trust Interests;
and
(c) For
each Continuing Position Holder entitled to receive a Position Holder Trust Interest in exchange for a Continuing Position Holder
Contribution to the Position Holder Trust, the Continuing Position Holder will receive a Position Holder Trust Interest that represents
a beneficial interest entitled to receive a Pro Rata share of all distributions by the Position Holder Trust, with the Pro Rata
share calculated based on (i) 5% of the Continuing Position Holder’s full Allowed Claim amount for the position with respect
to which the Continuing Position Holder Contribution was made, and (ii) the Allowed Claim amounts for all Position Holder Trust
Interests to be outstanding following the issuance of the Position Holder Trust Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent
issuances of Position Holder Trust Interests.
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The Pro Rata share
for the Position Holder Trust Interest received by any Continuing Position Holder deemed to have made the Position Holder Trust
Election and become an Assigning Position Holder as a result of a Payment Default after the Effective Date will be initially calculated
as described in section 8.04(b) above (using the amount of the Payment Default instead of the Catch-Up Payment), and then adjusted
to:
(a) Reduce
the Allowed Claim amount for the Contributed Position by (A) 20% multiplied by (B) the Allowed Claim amount for the position to
which the Payment Default relates;
(b) Exclude
any share of income realized by the Position Holder Trust prior to the date of the deemed Position Holder Trust Election (and all
distributions and Premium Reserves or other reserves resulting from or relating to such income); and
(c) Subordinate
the right of the Position Holder Trust Interest to share in any distributions made by the Position Holder Trust out of distributions
received by the Position Holder Trust as the residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust, until all Assigning Position Holders
as of the Effective Date have received distributions from the Position Holder Trust in an amount equal to the amount of their full
Allowed Claim.
The provisions described
above shall not apply to a Current Position Holder who owes a Catch-Up Payment as of the Effective Date and does not pay the amount
due by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, and in such case, the Current Position Holder will be treated as an Assigning Position Holder
owing a Catch-Up Payment and entitled to receive a Position Holder Trust Interest as of the Effective Date.
As provided in the
Position Holder Trust Agreement, Position Holder Trust Interests will be expressed in “Units” of beneficial interest
in the Position Holder Trust represented by certificates, and the Units represented by each certificate will be used to determine
the Pro Rata share to which the certificate holder is entitled based on the number of Units represented by the certificate and
the total number of Units outstanding as of the date of the certificate’s issuance and from time to time thereafter.
Section 8.05 The Position
Holder Trust Reserve
Following the Effective
Date of the Plan, the Position Holder Trust shall establish and maintain Premium Reserves as provided in the Plan and the Position
Holder Trust Agreement. In addition, the Position Holder Trust shall establish such other reserves as required or permitted by
the Position Holder Trust Agreement or the Confirmation Order.
Disclosure Statement | Page 80 |
Section 8.06 Position
Holder Trust Taxes
The Position Holder
Trustee will file all federal income tax returns for the Position Holder Trust as a grantor trust pursuant to Internal Revenue
Code Section 671 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-4(a).
The Position Holder
Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders will be contributed
to the Position Holder Trust for the benefit of the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries, and such beneficiaries will receive Position
Holder Trust Interests in exchange for their Allowed Claims, as set forth in Section 8.05. For all federal income tax purposes,
all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized Debtors, the Position Holder Trustee and the Position
Holder Trust Beneficiaries) will treat the transfer and assignment to the Position Holder Trust of the Position Holder Trust Assets
and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders as (a) a transfer of the Position
Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders directly to the
Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims followed by (b) the extinguishment of the portion of
the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and (c) the transfer of the Position Holder Trust Assets
by the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for Position Holder Trust Interests. The deemed
transfer of the Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position
Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest(s) in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership)
directly to the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims will be a taxable exchange, as discussed
further in Section 26.04(B) of this Disclosure Statement.
The Position Holder
Trust will be treated as a grantor trust for federal tax purposes and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, for state
and local income tax purposes. The beneficiaries of the Position Holder Trust will be treated as the grantors and owners of their
Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust Assets for federal income tax purposes. All of the income of the Position Holder
Trust will be treated as subject to tax on a current basis. The Position Holder Trust will not pay tax. The Position Holder Trustee
will file a blank IRS Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,” annually and attach a separate statement
to that form, and issue such statement to each beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust (or the appropriate middleman), separately
stating such beneficiary’s Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction,
and credit. If the grantor statement is issued to an IRA custodian or other middleman, such person is required to issue the grantor
statement to the beneficiary. Each beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust will be required to include its Pro Rata portion of
the Position Holder Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit in computing its taxable income and pay any
tax due.
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Section 8.07 Liability;
Indemnification
The Position Holder
Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted to be taken in the capacity of Position Holder Trustee, other
than acts or omissions resulting from such Person’s willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. The Position Holder Trustee
may, in connection with the performance of his or her functions, and in his or her sole absolute discretion, retain and consult
with attorneys, accountants and agents, and shall not be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done
in accordance with advice or opinions rendered by such professionals. Notwithstanding such authority, the Position Holder Trustee
shall be under no obligation to consult with attorneys, accountants or his or her agents, and his or her determination to not do
so should not result in imposition of liability on the Position Holder Trustee unless such determination is based on willful misconduct,
gross negligence or fraud. The Position Holder Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless the Position Holder Trustee and his or her
agents, representatives, professionals, and employees from and against and in respect to any and all liabilities, losses, damages,
claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions
or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect to the Position Holder Trust or the implementation or
administration of the Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such Persons or Entities
for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
Section 8.08 Termination
Of The Position Holder Trust
The duties, responsibilities
and powers of the Position Holder Trust shall terminate after all Position Holder Trust Assets have been fully resolved, abandoned
or liquidated and the Position Holder Trust Assets have been distributed in accordance with this Plan and the Position Holder Trust
Agreement, and the Reorganized Debtors have been liquidated and their corporate existence terminated; provided, however, except
in the circumstances set forth below, the Position Holder Trust shall terminate no later than ten (10) years after the Effective
Date. If warranted by the facts and circumstances provided for in this Plan, and subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court
upon a finding that an extension is necessary for the purpose of the Position Holder Trust, the term of the Position Holder Trust
may be extended, one or more times (not to exceed a total of four extensions, unless the Position Holder Trustee receives a favorable
ruling from the IRS that any further extension would not adversely affect the status of the Position Holder Trust as a grantor
trust for federal income tax purposes) for a finite period, not to exceed five years, based on the particular circumstances at
issue. Each such extension must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court not more than six months prior to the beginning of the extended
term with notice thereof to all of the unpaid beneficiaries of the Position Holder Trust. Upon the occurrence of the termination
of the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee shall File with the Bankruptcy Court, a report thereof, seeking to be
discharged from his duties71.
71 In order
to obtain such an extension, the Position Holder Trustee would be required to file a motion with the Bankruptcy Court, seeking
entry of an order re-opening the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases for the purpose of extending the term of the Position Holder
Trust. If the Bankruptcy Court does not re-open the Chapter 11 Cases and extend the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder
Trust will be required to terminate and liquidate its remaining assets.
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ARTICLE
IX
THE IRA PARTNERSHIP AND NEW IRA Notes
Section 9.01 The
IRA Partnership
The IRA Partnership
that will be created pursuant to the Plan is a Texas limited liability company that is intended to be taxed as a partnership for
U.S. federal tax purposes. The IRA Partnership will be a beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust, which will permit the Holders
of interests in the IRA Partnership to receive the benefits of the long-term liquidation of the Beneficial Ownership in the Policies
and other assets held by the Position Holder Trust. The owners of the interests in the IRA Partnership will be those IRA Holders
(Class B3 Holders) who elect either Option 1 or Option 2 as their treatment under the Plan. As set forth earlier, under Option
2, Holders contribute their Fractional Position to the IRA Partnership in exchange for an interest in the IRA Partnership. Under
Option 1, Holders of IRA Notes contribute 95% of the Fractional Positions to the IRA Partnership and contribute 5% of their Fractional
Position to the Position Holder Trust, and in return receive a New IRA Note with respect to their Fractional Position, along with
an IRA Partnership Interest with respect to their contribution to the Position Holder Trust.
Section 9.02 The
New IRA Notes
The Position Holder
Trust will be the Issuer of the New IRA Notes. The New IRA Notes will be non-recourse and secured by liens established under the
Contribution and Collateral Agreement on Collateral consisting of all of the Beneficial Ownership related to all Fractional Positions
as to which Continuing Holder Elections are made by IRA Holders. Holders of New IRA Notes will not be obligated to pay premiums
allocable to the Collateral for the notes. Each New IRA Note will have a fixed principal amount, accrue interest at a stated annual
interest rate and have a long-term fixed maturity date. Interest will be payable annually, subject to the Position Holder Trust’s
right to defer payment and continue to accrue interest for payment in the future under circumstances specified in the Contribution
and Collateral Agreement. If the actual mortality experience of the Policies to which the Beneficial Ownership included in the
Collateral as a result of Continuing Holder Elections made by all IRA Holders entitled to Distributions of New IRA Notes exceeds
the projected mortality experience set forth in the Plan Supplement, the New IRA Notes will be entitled to mandatory partial prepayment.
If determined to be appropriate by the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Debtors’ financial advisers, the New IRA Notes will be
subject to optional redemption by the Position Holder Trust for a redemption price equal to principal amount plus accrued interest
plus a redemption premium. The specific terms of the New IRA Notes (principal amount relative to Allowed Claim amount, interest
rate, maturity date, mandatory prepayment provisions, and any redemption right in favor of the Position Holder Trust) will be included
in the Plan Supplement, along with a form of the New IRA Note.
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ARTICLE
X
the CREDITOR trust
Section 10.01 Creation
Of The Creditor Trust
The Creditors’
Trust shall be created on the Effective Date pursuant to the Creditors’ Trust Agreement for the purpose of liquidating the
Creditors’ Trust Assets in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d), as may be further set forth in the
Creditors’ Trust Agreement. The Creditor Trust Agreement shall be filed with the Bankruptcy Court, along with the Plan Supplement,
no later than 14 days prior to the Confirmation Hearing.
Section 10.02 Funding
Of Res Of The Trust
On the Effective Date,
all of the Creditors’ Trust Assets shall be transferred, assigned, and contributed to, and vested in, the Creditors’
Trust, and the Creditors’ Trust shall be in possession of, and have title to, all the Creditors’ Trust Assets. The
conveyances and vesting of all Creditors’ Trust Assets shall be accomplished pursuant to the Plan, the Class Action Settlement
Agreement, the Financing Order and the Confirmation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors and the Assigning
Class Parties shall convey, transfer, assign and deliver the Creditors’ Trust Assets free and clear of all Liens, Claims,
encumbrances and Interests (including any right of set off). The Creditors’ Trustee may present such orders to the Bankruptcy
Court as may be necessary to require third parties to accept and acknowledge such conveyance to the Creditors’ Trust. Such
orders may be presented without further notice other than as has been given in the Plan.
The Creditors’
Trust shall receive from the Position Holder Trust Cash contributions paid over time and/or interest-bearing financing in an amount
necessary to adequately capitalize the Creditors’ Trust, including (i) litigation costs and (ii) such other amounts
as are reasonably necessary to compensate the Creditors’ Trust for its constituency’s share of the value of the Policy
Related Assets and LPI’s contributions of assets to the Servicing Company, including its rights and assets needed to service
the Policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Creditors’ Trust shall not receive or retain Cash or Cash Equivalents in
excess of a reasonable amount necessary to meet claims and contingent liabilities or to maintain the value of the Creditors’
Trust assets during liquidation.
The Creditors’
Trust Assets consist of all Causes of Action held by the Debtors, including claims which may be asserted against creditors and
third parties under the Bankruptcy Code, and the Causes of Action held by the plaintiffs in the Class Action Litigation, which
are being assigned pursuant to the Class Action Settlement.
A comprehensive list
of the Causes of Action being assigned to the Creditors’ Trust will be included in the Plan Supplement. Included within these
Causes of Action is the Pardo Litigation (which is described in Section 4.17 hereof), the Licensee Litigation (which is described
in Section 4.18 hereof) and the claims being assigned pursuant to the Class Action Settlement (which is described in section 15.01
hereof), which consist primarily of all claims held by the Class Action Plaintiffs.
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Also, included within
the claims assigned to the Creditors’ Trust are “avoidance claims” under the Bankruptcy Code, which includes
preference and fraudulent transfer claims. A preference claim is a claim to recover payments or transfers which were: (i) made
to of for the benefit of a creditor of the debtor; (ii) on an account of an antecedent debt owed to the creditor; (iii) made within
90 days prior to the debtor’s bankruptcy filing (or one year prior to the bankruptcy filing if the recipient is an insider
of the Debtor, such as an officer or director or shareholder holding in excess of 20% of the equity securities in the debtor);
(iv) made while the debtor was insolvent; and (v) which allows the recipient or transferee to receive more than they would have
received in a Chapter 7 liquidation of the debtor had the transfer not been made. Even if these elements are satisfied, there exist
certain defenses to a preference claim which include, without limitation that: (a) the transfer was made in the ordinary course
of the debtor and transferee’s business; (b) the transfer was intended and made for a substantially contemporaneous exchange
of value; and (c) following the transfer, but before the debtor’s bankruptcy filing, the transferee provided new value to
the debtor, in which case the transfer will not be recoverable by the trustee to the extent of such new value.
The Chapter 11 Trustee’s
financial advisors have reviewed the Debtors’ books and records and believe that there are approximately $48.0 million in
pre-bankruptcy transfers which may be recoverable as a preference.
A fraudulent transfer
claim is generally is claim against a transferee of property from the debtor which was either: (i) made with the intent of hindering,
delaying or defrauding existing or future creditors of the debtor; or (ii) made for less than reasonably equivalent value at a
time when the debtor was either insolvent, or which transfer rendered the debtor insolvent.
The Chapter 11 Trustee’s
financial advisors have reviewed the Debtors’ books and records and believe that there are approximately $12.5 million in
pre-bankruptcy transfers which may be recoverable as fraudulent transfers.
Also, included within
the Causes of Action being assigned to the Creditors’ Trust are two state law securities actions in which LPHI is the plaintiff
and which allege that LPHI was damaged by the “naked short selling” of its common stock going back as far as six years
before LPHI’s bankruptcy filing.72 One of these securities actions is pending in the Superior Court of the State
of California for Los Angeles County (Life Partners Holdings, Inc. v. Wedbush Securities, Case No. BC558646), and the other
action is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Life Partners Holdings, Inc.
v. OptionsXpress, Inc., et al., Adv. No: 15-00640). Both of these actions are in a nascent stage (the defendants have yet
to answer the complaint in either action). The California action has been stayed by the California Superior Court through March
31, 2016. The Illinois action has been stayed by the Illinois Bankruptcy Court though April 30, 2016.
72 A short
sale is the sale of a stock that an investor does not own or a sale which is consummated by the delivery of a stock borrowed by,
or for the account of, the investor. Short sales are normally settled by the delivery of a security borrowed by or on behalf of
the investor. The investor later closes out the position by returning the borrowed security to the stock lender, typically by purchasing
securities on the open market. In a "naked" sale, the seller does not borrow or arrange to borrow the securities in time
to make delivery to the buyer within the standard three-day settlement period.
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Since a recovery to
beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust will be dependent upon the Creditors’ Trustee’s success in pursuing Causes
of Action assigned to the Creditors’ Trust, creditors are encouraged to review section 25.05 hereof, entitled “Risks
Associated With Litigation Claims.”
Section 10.03 The
Creditors’ Trust Agreement and Trustee
The Creditors’
Trust Agreement shall conform to the terms of the Plan, and to the extent that the Creditors’ Trust Agreement is inconsistent
with the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the terms of the Plan or the Confirmation Order shall govern.
The Creditors’
Trustee shall be named in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement filed in the Plan Supplement. The Creditors’ Trustee shall
retain and have all the rights, powers and duties necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities under the Plan and the Creditors’
Trust Agreement, and as otherwise provided in the Financing Order, the Confirmation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy
Court. Specifically, the Creditors’ Trustee shall review, investigate, evaluate, analyze, and, if appropriate, object to
Fee Applications or Professional Fee Claims relating to services rendered and expenses incurred through the Effective Date. The
Creditors’ Trustee shall be the exclusive trustee of the Creditors’ Trust Assets for the purposes of 31 U.S.C. §
3713(b) and 26 U.S.C. § 6012(b)(3), as well as the representative of the Estates appointed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code §1123(b)(3)(B).
Matters relating to the appointment, removal and resignation of the Creditors’ Trustee and the appointment of any successor
Creditors’ Trustee shall be set forth in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement. The Creditors’ Trustee shall be required
to perform his or her duties as set forth in this Plan and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Section 10.04 Creditors’
Trust Beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of
the Creditors’ Trust shall include all Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims, Rescinding Position Holders, Former Position
Holders, Willingham MDL Investors, and other creditors of the Debtors, other than (i) the Continuing Position Holders and
(ii) the Assigning Position Holders. The beneficial interests of each beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust shall be calculated
Pro Rata relative to their Allowed Claim amounts. The beneficial interests in the Creditors’ Trust that may be distributed
to the Wilmington MDL Investors will be set forth in the Plan Supplement.
Beneficial interests
in the Creditors’ Trust will not be certificated, and the transfer of Creditor’s Trust Interests will be restricted
as provided in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Following payment of
the expenses of the Creditors’ Trust, and in the event that Allowed Claims of all Holders of Creditors’ Trust Interests
(other than the SEC) are paid in full, the Position Holder Trust shall be the initial residual beneficiary of the Creditors’
Trust Assets and the proceeds of same. In the event that Allowed Claims of all Holders of Position Holder Trust Interests are paid
in full, the SEC shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Creditors’ Trust with respect to its Allowed Claim Amount,
as the secondary residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust. In the event that the SEC’s Allowed Claim is paid in
full, the Position Holder Trust shall be the final residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust.
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Section 10.05 Creditors’
Trust Reserves
Following the Effective
Date of the Plan, the Creditors’ Trust shall establish such reserves as required or permitted by the Creditors’ Trust
Agreement or the Plan.
Section 10.06 Creditors’
Trust Taxes
The Creditors’
Trustee will file all federal income tax returns for the Creditors’ Trust as a grantor trust pursuant to Internal Revenue
Code Section 671 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-4(a).
The Creditors’
Trust Assets will be contributed to the Creditors’ Trust for the benefit of the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries, and
such beneficiaries will receive Creditors’ Trust Interests in exchange for their Allowed Claims, as set forth in Section
9.05. For all federal income tax purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized Debtors, the
Creditors’ Trustee and the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries) will treat the transfer and assignment to the Creditors’
Trust of the Creditors’ Trust Assets as (a) a transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets directly to the Creditors’
Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims followed by (b) the transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets by
the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries to the Creditors’ Trust in exchange for Creditors’ Trust Interests. The deemed
transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets directly to the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction of their Allowed
Claims will be a taxable exchange.
The Creditors’
Trust will be treated as a grantor trust for federal tax purposes and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, for state
and local income tax purposes. The beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust will be treated as the grantors and owners of their
Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust Assets for federal income tax purposes. All of the income of the Creditors’
Trust will be treated as subject to tax on a current basis. The Creditors’ Trust will not pay tax. The Creditors’ Trustee
will file a blank IRS Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,” annually and attach a separate statement
to that form, and issue such statement to each beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust (or the appropriate middleman), separately
stating such beneficiary’s Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction,
and credit. If the grantor statement is issued to an IRA custodian or other middleman, such person is required to issue the grantor
statement to the beneficiary. Each beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust will be required to include its Pro Rata portion of
the Creditors’ Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit in computing its taxable income and pay any
tax due.
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Section 10.07 Liability;
Indemnification
The Creditors’
Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted to be taken in the capacity of Creditors’ Trustee, other
than acts or omissions resulting from such Person’s willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. The Creditors’ Trustee
may, in connection with the performance of his or her functions, and in his or her sole absolute discretion, retain and consult
with attorneys, accountants and agents, and shall not be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done
in accordance with advice or opinions rendered by such professionals. Notwithstanding such authority, the Creditors’ Trustee
shall be under no obligation to consult with attorneys, accountants or his or her agents, and his or her determination to not do
so should not result in imposition of liability on the Creditors’ Trustee unless such determination is based on willful misconduct,
gross negligence or fraud. The Creditors’ Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless the Creditors’ Trustee and his or
her agents, representatives, professionals, and employees from and against and in respect to any and all liabilities, losses, damages,
claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions
or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect to the Creditors’ Trust or the implementation or
administration of the Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such Persons or Entities
for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
Section 10.08 Termination
Of The Creditors’ Trust
The duties, responsibilities
and powers of the Creditors’ Trust shall terminate after all Creditors’ Trust Assets have been fully resolved, abandoned
or liquidated and the Creditors’ Trust Assets have been distributed in accordance with the Plan and the Creditors’
Trust Agreement, and the Reorganized Debtors have been liquidated and their corporate existences terminated; provided, however,
except in the circumstances set forth below, the Creditors’ Trust shall terminate no later than five years after the Effective
Date. If warranted by the facts and circumstances provided for in the Plan, and subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court
upon a finding that an extension is necessary for the purpose of the Creditors’ Trust, the term of the Creditors’ Trust
may be extended, one or more times (not to exceed a total of four extensions, unless the Creditors’ Trustee receives a favorable
ruling from the IRS that any further extension would not adversely affect the status of the Creditors’ Trust as a grantor
trust for federal income tax purposes) for a finite period, not to exceed five years, based on the particular circumstances at
issue.73 Each such extension must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court no more than six months prior to the beginning
of the extended term with notice thereof to all of the unpaid beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust. Upon the occurrence
of the termination of the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee shall File with the Bankruptcy Court, a report thereof,
seeking to be discharged from his duties.
73 In order to obtain such an extension, the Creditors’
Trustee would be required to file a motion with the Bankruptcy Court, seeking entry of an order re-opening the Debtors’ Chapter
11 Cases for the purpose of extending the term of the Creditors’ Trust. If the Bankruptcy Court does not re-open the Chapter
11 Cases and extend the Creditors’ Trust’s term, the Creditors’ Trust will be required to terminate and liquidate
its remaining assets.
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ARTICLE
XI
THE SERVICING COMPANY
Section 11.01 Creation
Of the Servicing Company
As of the Effective
Date, the Policies will be serviced by the Servicing Company, which will be a Texas limited liability company which will be formed
on or before the Effective Date, for the purposes of: (a) receiving the assets to be contributed to the Servicing Company by LPI
and LPIFS as provided in the Plan and enter into the Portfolio Information License with the Position Holder Trust, and (b) from
and after the Effective Date, service the Policies and provide the other services to and for the benefit of the Continuing Position
Holders and the Position Holder Trust, as provided in the Servicing Agreement. All Continuing Holders will be express third party
beneficiaries of the Servicing Agreement.
Section 11.02 Ownership
Of the Servicing Company
The Newco Interests
will be issued to Reorganized LPI, contributed to the Position Holder Trust, and in accordance with the KLI PSA, may either be
sold (whether by Auction or private sale) , or retained by the Position Holder Trust if there is no sale or Auction.
The Chapter 11 Trustee,
Subsidiary Debtors, and Committee have identified a potential purchaser for the Servicing Company. Specifically, on or about November
11, 2015, the Chapter 11 Trustee, on behalf of LPHI, and the Subsidiary Debtors entered into a plan support agreement (the “PSA”)
with KLI Investments, LP (“KLI”), which is subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. KLI is one of the Plan Supporters.
Under the KLI PSA, KLI or its designee (the “KLI Bidder”) will be the stalking horse in connection with any
Auction of the equity interests in the Servicing Company, and in connection therewith will make a Cash offer of at least $1,000,000
for such equity interests. This offer is irrevocable until the earlier of the Effective Date of the Plan or March 31, 2016. If
the KLI Bidder is not the successful bidder at any Auction, or if the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Subsidiary Debtors, or Committee
choose to terminate KLI’s purchase of Newco, which they may do by providing notice of termination to KLI, then KLI shall
be entitled to a termination fee of $200,000 plus up to $50,000 of attorneys’ fees that KLI incurred in connection with such
bid, which termination fee shall be paid on or before the Effective Date of the Plan.
Section 11.03 Management
Of the Servicing Company
The form, management,
and oversight of the Servicing Company shall be set forth in the organization and governance documents for the Servicing Company
to be provided in the Plan Supplement. The Plan Proponents in consultation with any party with which the Plan Proponents enter
into an agreement prior to the Effective Date providing for the purchase of the interests in the Servicing Company, shall make
all determinations with respect to employment of any other directors and officers of the Servicing Company as of the Effective
Date. Thereafter, the director(s) and officers of the Servicing Company will be elected or appointed in accordance with its governing
documents.
Section 11.04 Compensation
Of the Servicing Company’s Management
Subject to the exercise
of its business judgment and industry standards, the Servicing Company may offer to retain some or all employees of LPI and shall
retain all records and all related property and equipment contributed to it to the extent necessary to provide all of the services
set forth in the Servicing Agreement. With respect to employees of LPI, to the extent the Servicing Company offers employment to
any former employees of LPI, such employment will be "at will" unless and until the Servicing Company and the employee
enter into a separate agreement or contract.
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Section 11.05 Working
Capital
If the sale of the
Newco Interests is not completed on the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trust shall transfer to the Servicing Company cash
in an amount sufficient to adequately capitalize the Servicing Company to fund its reasonable and necessary working capital needs
to satisfy its obligations during the term of the Servicing Agreement. If the sale of the Newco Interests is completed, the buyer
of the Newco Interests will be responsible for adequately capitalizing the Servicing Company.
Section 11.06 Servicing
Agreement
On the Effective Date,
the Servicing Company, the Position Holder Trust, and the IRA Partnership shall enter into the Servicing Agreement pursuant to
which the Servicing Company will provide servicing for the Policies and other services relating to the Fractional Positions held
by Continuing Position Holders, the Position Holder Trust Interests and the IRA Partnership Interests (including reporting services
relating to the Fractional Positions and to transactions under the Maturity Funds Facility). Under the Servicing Agreement, the
Servicing Company will, among other duties: (a) continue to optimize premiums on the Policies; (b) continue to utilize CSV and
Premium Reserves to satisfy premium requirements on Policies to the extent available; (c) provide a customer service operation
for all Continuing Position Holders; and (d) other services required by the Plan.
Section 11.07 Servicing
Fee
From and after the
Effective Date, the Servicing Company will receive a servicing fee equal to be a one-time deduction from maturity proceeds of any
Policy that matures on or after the Effective Date in an amount equal to 3% of the death benefit relating to each Fractional Position
in the Policy. In the event a Policy matures on or after the Effective Date, but before a Continuing Position Holder paid any Catch-Up
Payment owing, the Catch-Up Payment shall also be deducted from the maturity proceeds and will be paid to the Position Holder Trust.
Any Continuing Position Holder who paid his or her September 2014 platform and servicing charge assessed by LPIFS will receive
a credit against the Servicing Company’s servicing fee in an amount equal to one half of the amount paid which is allocable
to any Fractional Position held by the Continuing Position Holder relating to a Policy that matures on or after the Effective Date.
Section 11.08 Post-Effective
Date Adjustment Reports
| i. | Pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, after the Effective
Date Newco will provide weekly reports to the Position Holder Trustee as to total collections of Catch-Up Payments due from Current
Position Holders who made Continuing Holder Elections, and make the information available to the relevant Investors through its
secure website. |
| ii. | Not later than 45 days after the Catch-Up Cutoff Date,
Newco shall prepare and deliver to the Position Holder Trustee the Post-Effective Adjustment Report, setting forth: |
Disclosure Statement | Page 90 |
| A. | For each Current Position Holder who was informed
of a Catch-Up Payment payable with respect to a Fractional Position in accordance with Section 6.13i of this Plan: |
(a) the
Catch-Up Payment(s) due (broken down into the categories described in Section 6.13i (to be derived from information provided by
LPI pursuant to the Portfolio Information License));
(b) whether
or not the Catch-Up Payment(s) was/were timely paid, based on information (A) provided pursuant to the Portfolio Information License
and (B) obtained by Newco after the Effective Date as collection agent under the Servicing Agreement; and
(c) the
disposition of each Fractional Position for which a Catch-Up Payment was due (whether by Election or otherwise pursuant to the
terms of the Plan), based on a report provided by the Claims and Noticing Agent.
| B. | For each Investor who was informed of a Pre-Petition
Default Amount payable with respect to a Fractional Position in accordance with Section 6.13i of this Plan: |
(a) the
Pre-Petition Default Amount(s) due (broken down into the categories described in Section 6.13i (to be derived from information
provided by LPI pursuant to the Portfolio Information License));
(b) whether
or not the Pre-Petition Default Amount(s) was/were timely paid, based on information (A) provided pursuant to the Portfolio Information
License and (B) obtained by Newco after the Effective Date as collection agent under the Servicing Agreement; and
(c) the
disposition of each Fractional Position for which a Pre-Petition Default Amount was due (whether by Election or otherwise pursuant
to the terms of the Plan), based on a report provided by the Claims and Noticing Agent.
| iii. | The Servicing Agreement will include customary provisions
obligating the parties to provide information as required and cooperate in preparation of the Post-Effective Adjustment Report,
which will be included in the Policy Related Assets owned by the Position Holder Trust and covered by the Portfolio Information
License. |
Section 11.09 Policy
Data And Reports
Subject to the discretion
of the Position Holder Trust Trustee and the Position Holder Trust Committee, the Servicing Company shall provide Policy Data and
data relating to Premium Reserves and funds in the Maturity Escrow Account on a secure Servicing Company website accessible to
the Holders of Continued Positions and Position Holder Trust Interests.
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Section 11.10 Premium
Calls And Payment Defaults
For and after the Effective
Date, the Servicing Company shall also make premium calls to Continuing Position Holders holding Fractional Positions as described
in § 7.01 of this Disclosure Statement.
ARTICLE
XII
TRUSTEE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES
The compensation of
each Successor Trustee (i.e., the Position Holder Trustee and the Creditors’ Trustee), on a post-Effective Date basis,
shall be disclosed in the respective Trust Agreements. The payment of the fees and expenses of each Successor Trustee and any professionals
they have retained shall be made by the applicable Trust in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Trust
Agreement.
Section 12.01 Successor
Trust Expenses
All costs, expenses
and obligations incurred by the Successor Trustees in administering the Plan and the Successor Trusts, or in any manner connected,
incidental or related thereto shall come from amounts distributable to the appropriate beneficiaries for whose benefit such expenses
or obligations were incurred.
Section 12.02 Retention
Of Professionals
The Successor Trustees
shall have the right to retain the services of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals that, in their direction, are necessary
to assist them in the performance of their duties. Professionals of, among others, the Debtors, shall be eligible for retention
by the Successor Trustees on a special counsel basis, and former employees of the Debtors shall be eligible for retention by the
Successor Trusts, the Servicing Company, and the Successor Trustees; provided, however, none of the Successor Trustees shall hire
Pardo, or any other Person or Entity named as a defendant in the Class Action Lawsuits, the Wilmington MDL Litigation or any litigation
filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee or any of the Debtors prior to the Effective Date.
Section 12.03 Payment
Of Professional Fees
The reasonable fees
and expenses of any Successor Trusts' professionals shall be paid by the respective Trust upon the monthly submission of statements
to the respective Trustee or as provided by their retention agreement. The payment of the reasonable fees and expenses of the respective
Trustee’s retained professionals shall be made in the ordinary course of business and shall not be subject to the approval
of the Bankruptcy Court except as otherwise provided in the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except
as otherwise set forth in the Plan, the Successor Trusts may, without application to or approval by the Bankruptcy Court, pay fees
that each incurs after the Effective Date for professional fees and expenses.
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ARTICLE
XIII
COMMITTEES
Section 13.01 Dissolution
Of The Committee
The Committee shall
continue in existence through the Effective Date and shall continue to exercise those powers and perform those duties provided
to it under the Bankruptcy Code. Unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, on the Effective Date, the Committee will be
dissolved and its members released of their duties, responsibilities and obligation, and the retention or employment of the Committee’s
Professionals shall terminate.
Section 13.02 Formation
and Management of the Advisory Committees
On the Effective Date,
the Position Holder Trust Advisory Committee and the Creditors’ Trust Advisory Committee (collectively, the “Trust
Committees”) will be formed as set forth in the Position Holder Trust Agreement and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
The identities of the initial Trust Committee members shall be provided in the Plan Supplement. The functions, duties, responsibilities
and duration of the Trust Committees shall be set forth in the Position Holder Trust Agreement and Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Section 13.03 Liability
And Indemnification
The Plan contains limitation
of liability and indemnification provisions with respect to the Trust Committees, their members, designees or any duly designated
agent or representative of the Trust Committees. Specifically, neither of the Trust Committees, nor any of their members, or designees,
nor any duly designated agent or representative of the Trust Committees, or their respective employees, shall be liable for the
act or omission of any other member, designee, agent or representative of the Trust Committees, nor shall any member of the Trust
Committees be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as a member of the Trust Committees,
other than acts or omissions resulting from such member’s willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
Additionally, the Trust
Committees may, in connection with the performance of each its functions, and in their respective sole and absolute discretion,
retain and consult with attorneys, accountants, and its agents, and shall not be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken,
or suffered to be done in accordance with advice or opinions rendered by such professionals.
Moreover, the respective
Successor Trusts shall indemnify and hold harmless their respective Trust Committee and its members, designees, and professionals,
and any duly designated agent or representative thereof (in their capacity as such), from and against and in respect to any and
all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising
out of or due to their actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions with respect to the respective Successor
Trust or the implementation or administration of the Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such
Persons for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
Disclosure Statement | Page 93 |
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RESERVES ADMINISTERED BY THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTS
Section 14.01 Establishment
of Reserve Accounts, Other Assets and Beneficiaries
The Successor Trustees
shall each have authority to establish such Distribution Reserve Accounts (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in the Plan, may be effected by either establishing a segregated account or establishing book entry accounts, in the sole discretion
of each the Successor Trustee) as may be provided for in the respective Successor Trust Agreements.
Section 14.02 Deposits
If a Distribution to
any Holder of an Allowed Claim is returned to the Creditors’ Trustee as undeliverable or is otherwise unclaimed, such Distribution
shall be deposited in an Undeliverable Distribution Reserve account for the benefit of such Holder until such time as such Distribution
becomes deliverable, is claimed or is deemed to have been forfeited.
Section 14.03 Forfeiture
Any Holder of an Allowed
Claim that does not assert a claim pursuant to the Plan for an undeliverable or unclaimed Distribution within one year after the
first Distribution is sent to such Holder shall be deemed to have forfeited its claim. In such cases, any Cash or other property
held by the Successor Trusts in the Undeliverable Distribution Reserve for Distribution on account of such claims for undeliverable
or unclaimed Distributions, shall be forfeited and shall be designated Unclaimed Property, notwithstanding any federal or state
escheat laws to the contrary, and shall be available for immediate Distribution by the respective Successor Trustee according to
the Plan and/or Successor Trust Agreements.
Section 14.04 Disclaimer
Each of the Successor
Trustees and his or her respective agents and attorneys are under no duty to take any action to either (i) attempt to locate any
Claim Holder, or (ii) obtain an executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or other form required by law from any Claim Holder.
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compromises and settlementS provided for in the plan
The Plan provides for
several Compromises which resolve the Class Action Lawsuits, the Ownership Issue, the claims between the Debtors and ATLES and
PES, the claims of the plaintiffs in the Willingham MDL Litigation, and the Intercompany Claims.
Disclosure Statement | Page 94 |
Section 15.01 Resolution
Of The Class Action Lawsuits, Class Proofs Of Claim And Ownership Issue
The Class Action Settlement
resolves the Garner Class Action, the Arnold Class Action, the Arnold Pre-Petition Action, the Class Proofs of Claim, the Ownership
Issue, and other litigation, and was reached after extensive arms-length and good-faith negotiations between the parties. As
part of the Class Action Settlement, the parties will request that the Court certify the following class (the “Settlement
Class” or “Assigning Class Parties”): All persons or entities who purchased, and currently hold, investments
originally sold by LPI, regardless of how the investments were denominated (whether as fractional interests in life insurance polices,
promissory notes or otherwise) (collectively referred to as “Investment Contracts”), and regardless of whether
or not a claim was filed by a class member. Excluded from the Settlement Class are LPI, all affiliated Life Partners companies
or Entities, any individual who served as an officer, director, advisor, board member, or otherwise was employed by LPI, including,
but not limited to, all insiders of LPI, sales agents, brokers, or other individuals affiliated with Life Partners sales or business,
and all persons or entities that are the subject of lawsuits brought by the Chapter 11 Trustee. The parties also will request that
Phillip Garner, Michael Arnold, Janet Arnold, Dr. John Ferris, Steve South as trustee for the South Living Trust, and Christine
Duncan be appointed as class representatives. The parties also will request that plaintiffs’ counsel Langston Law Firm be
approved as counsel for the Settlement Class (“Class Counsel”).
The Class Action Settlement
provides that LPI (a) shall not sell or otherwise introduce into the market any securities unless those securities are (i) issued
pursuant to the Plan or (ii) properly registered as securities with all appropriate federal and state regulatory bodies; (b) shall
waive any claims to ownership in the Policies invested in by any Assigning Class Party to the extent elected by an Assigning Class
Party and as set forth in the Plan; and (c) provide each Assigning Class Party who currently owns a Fractional Position with the
Elections described in the Plan and this Disclosure Statement. As part of the Class Action Settlement, Class Counsel will submit
a Fee Application to the Court for its costs and attorneys’ fees, which application will be supported by the Plan Proponents.
The application will resolve all claims for attorneys’ fees and proofs of claim filed by Class Counsel, and their co-counsel
or affiliated counsel, for the Garner Class Action, the Arnold Class Action, and the Arnold Pre-Petition Litigation. The amount
of costs and attorneys’ fees to be awarded to Class Counsel will be subject to court approval and will not exceed $33 million.
Any fee award shall be paid over time on the basis of the face amount of certain policy positions owned by the Reorganized Debtors
and effectuated through the transfer of certain of those positions to Class Counsel, subject to a 3% servicing fee and no other
encumbrances, as set forth more fully in the Class Action Settlement Agreement.
Also as part of the
Class Action Settlement, Assigning Class Parties will release their Claims, if any, against the current officers and directors
of the Debtors. Assigning Class Parties also will assign to the Creditor’s Trust all of their claims, if any, not subject
to this release arising out of or relating to their purchase of Investment Contracts from LPI, as set forth more fully in the Class
Action Settlement Agreement.
Disclosure Statement | Page 95 |
Because the Settlement
Class is being certified as a mandatory class under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7023(b)(2) and the predominant issue is
equitable relief, members of the Settlement Class shall not be permitted to opt out of the Settlement Class. As part of the Class
Action Settlement the Class Representatives support confirmation of the Plan, and the Class Representatives will vote to accept
the Plan on behalf of any Settlement Class members that do not vote on their own behalf.
The Notice of Proposed
Class Action Settlement (“Class Action Settlement Notice”) will provide additional information regarding the
settlement and the rights of Settlement Class members (who are the Assigning Class Parties under the Plan), and the Class Action
Settlement Notice will be submitted for approval in accordance with applicable law. A copy of the Class Action Settlement Notice
will be sent to all members of the Settlement Class. Members of the Settlement Class are encouraged to consult the Class Action
Settlement Notice and the Class Action Settlement Agreement for a more comprehensive summary of the Class Action Settlement.
Section 15.02 Compromise
with ATLES
On February 1, 2011,
LPI and ATLES entered into an Escrow Services Agreement (the “ESA”), pursuant to which ATLES agreed to act as
record beneficiary on life insurance policies and escrow agent with respect to funds received from Investors for purposes of Life
Settlement closings, to hold funds for payment of policy premiums, and to receive and disburse proceeds of maturities of the policies
purchased by LPI. In August 2015, ATLES filed two proofs of claim, each in the amount of $322,229.48 (the “ATLES Claims”)
for pre-petition amounts due under the ESA. ATLES further asserts that there are also post-petition amounts due on an administrative
claims basis under the ESA.
During the Debtors’
Chapter 11 Cases, ATLES filed a motion for relief from stay (the “ATLES Lift Stay Motion”) seeking to permit
ATLES to pay out proceeds from Policies that have matured. The Plan Proponents oppose the ATLES Lift Stay Motion.
The Debtors and ATLES
are negotiating a Compromise And Settlement Agreement (the “ATLES Settlement”) to resolve the disputes between
the Debtors and ATLES, which agreement is subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. As of the filing of the Disclosure Statement, under
the ATLES Settlement, (i) LPI and ATLES will enter into a new servicing agreement; (ii) ATLES will have a single General Unsecured
Claim against LPI in the amount of $100,000; (iii) ATLES will have an allowed Administrative Claim in the amount of $310,000 for
all amounts due under the ESA from the LPHI Petition date through the date of Bankruptcy Court approval of the ATLES Settlement;
(iv) ATLES will continue to provide certain services under the ESA (the “Amended and Restated ESA”) on a month-to-month
basis, subject to a thirty day notice of termination by either ATLES or LPI; (v) LPI will pay ATLES $10,000 for each thirty-day
period following Bankruptcy Court approval of the ATLES Settlement through termination of ATLES; (vi) ATLES will continue to retain
all interest on premium deposits and charge fees to Investors for Policy administration and transfer services on the same schedule
as currently provided in the ESA; (vii) ATLES will cooperate as reasonably necessary to effect transfer of files and transfer and/or
redirection of funds and changes of beneficiaries; (viii) as long as the ESA is in effect, LPI will not seek a transfer of any
premium deposit accounts from ATLES, which accounts are part of the income contemplated for ATLES under the Post-Petition ESA;
(ix) ATLES, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Debtors, their Estates and the Committee mutually agree to release their claims against
each other; (x) ATLES will withdraw the ATLES Lift Stay Motion; and (xi) the Chapter 11 Trustee, Subsidiary Debtors and the Committee
will use their best efforts to obtain a release for ATLES under the Plan.
Disclosure Statement | Page 96 |
Section 15.03 Compromise
With PES
On September 6, 2011,
LPI and PES entered into a Servicing Agent Agreement (the “PES Servicing Agreement”), pursuant to which PES
agreed to act as record beneficiary on certain life insurance policies and service agent with respect to those policies, to hold
funds for payment of policy premiums, and to receive and disburse proceeds of maturities of the policies. In August and September
2015, PES filed two proofs of claim, each in the amount of $13,000 for pre-petition amounts due under the PES Servicing Agreement.
PES further asserts that there are also post-petition amounts due on an administrative claims basis under the PES Servicing Agreement,
During the Debtors’
Chapter 11 Cases, PES filed two motions (the “PES Lift Stay Motions”) for relief from stay seeking: (i) to permit
PES to pay out proceeds from Policies that have matured; and (ii) authority to commence an interpleader action in Texas State Court.
The Plan Proponents oppose the PES Lift Stay Motions.
The Debtors and PES
are negotiating a Compromise And Settlement Agreement (the “PES Settlement”) to resolve the disputes between
the Debtors and PES, which agreement is subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. As of the filing of the Disclosure Statement, under
the PES Settlement: (i) the PES Servicing Agreement will be rejected; (ii) PES will withdraw its pre-petition claim against the
Debtors; (iii) PES will have an allowed Administrative Claim in the amount of $10,000 for all amounts due under the PES Servicing
Agreement from the LPHI Petition Date through the date of Bankruptcy Court approval of the PES Settlement; (iv) PES will continue
to provide certain services under the PES Servicing Agreement on a month-to-month basis from the date of Bankruptcy Court approval
of the PES Settlement through and including November 30, 2015; (v) until November 30, 2015, PES will charge fees to Investors for
Policy administration and transfer services on the same schedule as currently provided in the PES Servicing Agreement; (vi) PES,
the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Debtors, their Estates and the Committee mutually agree to release their claims against each other;
(vii) PES will withdraw the PES Lift Stay Motions; and (viii) the Chapter 11 Trustee, Subsidiary Debtors and the Committee will
use their best efforts to obtain a release for PES under the Plan.
Section 15.04 The
Willingham MDL Compromise.
The Debtors and the
Willingham MDL Investors are negotiating a Compromise and Settlement Agreement. As of the filing of the Disclosure Statement, the
settlement parties contemplate a settlement and compromise of all Claims brought or that could have asserted by the Willingham
MDL Investors against the Debtors, each plaintiff (or such plaintiff’s successors and assigns) will be deemed to be the Holder
of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in Classes A2 and B4 in an amount set forth in the Plan Supplement, which amount shall be
based on the amount of disgorgement and premium call damages asserted that each Willingham MDL Investor included in its timely
filed Proof of Claim. If the Effective Date does not occur, the compromise of the Willingham MDL shall be deemed to have been withdrawn
without prejudice to the respective positions of the parties.
Disclosure Statement | Page 97 |
Section 15.05 The
Intercompany Claim Compromise
The Plan also includes
a settlement of all Intercompany Claims (the “Intercompany Settlement”) concerning the validity, enforceability,
and priority of certain prepetition Intercompany Claims between and among LPHI, LPI, and LPIFS. This includes a compromise and
settlement of all Claims that creditors have with respect to the marshaling of assets and liabilities of LPHI, LPI, and LPIFS in
determining relative entitlements to distributions under a plan.
Under the Intercompany
Settlement, each of the Debtors waives its Intercompany Claims against the other Debtors. The Plan shall constitute a motion to
approve the Intercompany Settlement. Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute
approval of the Intercompany Settlement pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that the Intercompany
Settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates. If the Effective Date does not occur, the Intercompany Settlement
shall be deemed to have been withdrawn without prejudice to the respective positions of the parties.
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Executory Contracts, Unexpired Leases and other agreements
Section 16.01 Assumption
And Rejection
Under the Bankruptcy
Code, debtors may assume, reject, or assign after assumption, Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. Under the Plan, the Debtors’
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be deemed rejected on the Effective Date, except to the extent a Debtor (or the
Trustee) (a) previously assumed or rejected an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, (b) prior to the Effective Date,
has Filed or does File a motion to assume an Executory Contract or Unexpired lease on which the Bankruptcy Court has not ruled,
and (c) assumes such Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at the Confirmation Hearing.
Section 16.02 Pass
Through
Except as otherwise
provided in the Plan, any rights or arrangements necessary or useful to the administration of the Creditors’ Trust but not
otherwise addressed as a Claim or Interest, and other Executory Contracts not assumable under Bankruptcy Code §365(c), shall,
in the absence of any other treatment under the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, be passed through the
Chapter 11 Cases for the benefit of the Creditors’ Trust and the counterparty unaltered and unaffected by the Chapter 11
Cases.
Disclosure Statement | Page 98 |
Section 16.03 Claims
Based On Rejections Of Executory Contracts And Unexpired Leases
Unless otherwise provided
by a Bankruptcy Court order (including the order approving the Class Action Settlement), any Proofs of Claim asserting Claims arising
from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases must be Filed no later than thirty (30) days
after the later of the Effective Date or the date a Final Order is entered approving the rejection; provided, however,
any Claim for rejection damages resulting from the rejection of the Investment Contracts will be deemed satisfied by the Class
Action Settlement and, therefore, no Claim need be filed on account of the rejection of any Investment Contract. Any Proofs of
Claim arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that are not timely Filed shall
be disallowed, without the need for any objection by any Person or further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy
Court, notwithstanding anything in the Bankruptcy Schedules or a Proof of Claim to the contrary. All Allowed Claims arising from
the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be classified as General Unsecured Claims for
the particular Debtor in question and shall be treated in accordance with the particular provisions of the Plan for such Debtor;
provided however, if the Holder of an Allowed Claim for rejection damages has an unavoidable security interest in
any collateral to secure obligations under such rejected Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, the Allowed Claim for rejection
damages shall be treated as a Secured Claim to the extent of the value of such Holder’s interest in the collateral, with
the deficiency, if any, treated as a General Unsecured Claim. Reservation Of Rights
Nothing contained in
the Plan shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any contract is in fact an Executory Contract or unexpired lease or
that any Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or
unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors, the Successor Trustees, or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable,
shall have thirty (30) days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter and to provide appropriate treatment
of such contract or lease.
Section 16.04 Nonoccurrence
Of The Effective Date
In the event that the
Effective Date does not occur, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request by the Debtors to extend
the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases of non-residential real property where one of the Debtors is a tenant.
Section 16.05 Insurance
Policies
All insurance policies
(other than the Policies) pursuant to which the Debtors have any obligations in effect as of the date of the Confirmation Hearing
shall be deemed and treated as Executory Contracts pursuant to the Plan and shall be assumed by the appropriate Debtor and assigned
to the Creditors’ Trust. All of the Policies shall be deemed and treated as Executory Contracts pursuant to the Plan and
shall be assumed by LPI and assigned to the Position Holder Trust
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PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY
Section 17.01 Timing
And Delivery Of Distributions By Successor Trusts
The Successor Trust
Agreements, which will be filed along with the Plan Supplement no later than 14 days prior to the Confirmation Hearing, shall govern
the timing of distributions by the Successor Trusts.
Disclosure Statement | Page 99 |
Section 17.02 Method
Of Cash Distributions
Any Cash payment to
be made pursuant to the Plan or one of the Successor Trust Agreements may be made by Cash, draft, check, wire transfer, or as otherwise
required or provided in any relevant agreement or applicable law at the option of and in the discretion of the Successor Trustees,
in accordance with the applicable Successor Trust Agreement.
Section 17.03 Failure
To Negotiate Checks
Checks issued in respect
of distributions under the Plan or by one of the Successor Trusts shall be null and void if not negotiated within sixty (60) days
after the date of issuance. The Holder of an Allowed Claim with respect to which such check originally was issued shall make requests
for reissuance for any such check directly to the Successor Trustees. All amounts represented by any voided check will be held
until the later of one (1) year after (x) the date the check was mailed, (y) the Effective Date or (z) the date that a particular
Claim is Allowed by Final Order, and all requests for reissuance by the Holder of the Allowed Claim in respect of a voided check
are required to be made before such date. Thereafter, all such amounts shall be deemed to be forfeited and to be Unclaimed Property,
and all Claims in respect of void checks and the underlying distributions shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from assertion
in any manner against the applicable Successor Trustee.
Section 17.04 Fractional
Dollars
Cash distributions
of fractions of dollars will not be made; rather, whenever any payment of a fraction of a dollar would be called for, the actual
payment made shall reflect a rounding of such fraction to the nearest whole dollar (up or down), with half dollars being rounded
down.
Section 17.05 Compliance
With Tax Requirements
Each Ballot will be
accompanied by a request for a tax certificate (Form W-8 or W-9) from each Current Position Holder. Each of the Successor Trustees
shall withhold from distributions if such tax certificate is not provided or as otherwise required by law.
Section 17.06 De
Minimis Distributions
No Cash payment of
less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars shall be made to the Holder of any Claim on account of its Allowed Claim. Any distribution
under $25 shall remain in the applicable Successor Trust, and shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the Plan or applicable
Successor Trust Agreement.
Section 17.07 Setoffs
Except for any Claim
that is Allowed in an amount set forth in the Plan, as otherwise expressly provided for in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or
the Confirmation Order pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code (including Bankruptcy Code § 553), applicable non-bankruptcy law, or
as may be agreed to by the Holder of a Claim or Interest, any Debtor or the Creditors’ Trustee may, but shall not be required
to, set off against any Claims and the payments or distributions to be made pursuant to the Plan in respect of such Claims, any
and all debts, liabilities, rights, mutual obligations, Causes of Action, and claims of any nature whatsoever, that such Debtor
or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable may hold against the Holder of such Allowed Claim or Interest. No Distributions shall be made
on account of any Claim or Interest where the Holder has any unresolved liability to the Debtors, the Estates or Successors within
the scope of § 502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, including but not limited to any potential defendant with respect to any Cause
of Action identified in the Plan Supplement.
Disclosure Statement | Page 100 |
Section 17.08 Distribution
Record Date
As of the close of
business on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Date (the “Distribution Record Date”), all
transfer ledgers, transfer books, registers and any other records maintained by the designated transfer agents with respect to
ownership of any Claims will be closed and, for purposes of the Plan, there shall be no further changes in the record Holders of
such Claims. The Creditors’ Trustee shall have no obligation to recognize the transfer of any Claims occurring after the
Distribution Record Date.
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PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED, CONTINGENT AND UNLIQUIDATED CLAIMS
Section 18.01 Expunging
Certain Claims
Except as otherwise
provided by a Bankruptcy Court order, all Claims marked or otherwise Scheduled as contingent, unliquidated or disputed on the Bankruptcy
Schedules and for which no Proof of Claim has been timely Filed shall be deemed Disallowed Claims, and such Claims shall be expunged
as of the Effective Date without the necessity of filing a claim objection and without further notice to, or action, order or approval
of the Bankruptcy Court.
Section 18.02 Objections
To Claims
The Creditors’
Trustee shall have the exclusive authority (subject to the terms of the Creditors’ Trust Agreement) to File, prosecute, settle,
compromise, withdraw or litigate to judgment objections to the Claims, which shall be filed no later than one year after the Effective
Date, unless extended by Order of the Bankruptcy Court. Except as set forth above, from and after the Effective Date, the Creditors’
Trustee may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Except as set forth above, the Creditors’
Trustee also shall have the right to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.
Section 18.03 Estimation
Of Claims
The Creditors’
Trustee may at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any Disputed Claim pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 502(c).
In the event the Bankruptcy Court estimates any Disputed Claim, that estimated amount will constitute the maximum limitation on
such Claim, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court, and the Creditors’ Trustee may elect to pursue any supplemental proceedings
to object to any ultimate payment on such Claim.
Disclosure Statement | Page 101 |
Section 18.04 No
Distributions Pending Allowance
No payments or distributions
shall be made with respect to all or any portion of a Disputed Claim unless and until: (i) all objections to such Disputed Claim
have been settled or withdrawn or have been determined by Final Order; (ii) any liability of the Holder to any Estate within the
scope of §502(d) of the Bankruptcy Code has been resolved, and paid to the Estates or their relevant successor; and (iii)
the Disputed Claim, or some portion thereof, has become an Allowed Claim by a Final Order.
Section 18.05 Distributions
After Allowance
The Creditors’
Trustee shall make payments and to each Holder of a Disputed Claim that has become an Allowed Claim in accordance with the provisions
of the Plan governing the class of Claims to which such Holder belongs. As soon as reasonably practicable after the date that the
order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing all or part of any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Creditors’
Trustee shall distribute to the Holder of such Claim the distribution (if any) that would have been made to such Holder on the
Distribution Date had such Allowed Claim been allowed on the Distribution Date. After a Disputed Claim is Allowed or otherwise
resolved, the excess Cash or other property that was reserved on account of such Disputed Claim, if any, shall become a Creditors’
Trust Asset for the benefit of other Allowed Claims of the Class or Classes for which the Distribution reserve was created.
Section 18.06 Reduction
Of Claims
Notwithstanding the
contents of the Bankruptcy Schedules or the Bankruptcy SOFAs, Claims listed therein as undisputed, liquidated and not contingent
shall be reduced by the amount, if any, that was paid by the Debtors before the Effective Date, including pursuant to orders of
the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent such payments are not reflected in the Bankruptcy Schedules or the Bankruptcy SOFAs, such Bankruptcy
Schedules and Bankruptcy SOFAs will be deemed amended and reduced to reflect that such payments were made.
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miscellaneous provisions
Section 19.01 Severability
Of Plan Provisions
If, before Confirmation,
any term or provision of the Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court, at
the request of the Plan Proponents, shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable
to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable,
and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration or
interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way
be affected, impaired or invalidated by such holding, alteration or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial
determination and shall provide that each term and provision of the Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance
with the foregoing, is valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms.
Disclosure Statement | Page 102 |
Section 19.02 Successors
And Assigns
The rights, benefits
and obligations of any Person or Entity named or referred to in the Plan, including any Holder of a Claim, shall be binding on,
and shall inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign of such Person or Entity.
Section 19.03 Binding
Effect
The Plan shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the Debtors, all present and former Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors, their
respective successors and assigns, including, but not limited to, the Debtors, and all other parties-in-interest in these Chapter
11 Cases.
Section 19.04 Term
Of Pre-Confirmation Injunctions And Stays
Unless otherwise provided
in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays provided for in the Chapter 11 Cases under
Bankruptcy Code §§105 or 362 or otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays
contained in the Plan or Confirmation Order), shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions or
stays contained in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
with their terms.
Section 19.05 No
Admissions
Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, nothing in the Plan shall be deemed as an admission by the Debtors or the Chapter 11 Trustee with respect
to any matter set forth herein, including liability on any Claim.
Section 19.06 Notice
Of The Effective Date
The Plan Proponents
shall File on the docket of the Bankruptcy Court a Notice of Effective Date stating that (i) all conditions to the occurrence of
the Effective Date have been satisfied or waived; and (ii) the Effective Date has occurred and specifying the date thereof for
all purposes under the Plan. The Notice of Effective Date may include other and further information the Plan Proponents deem appropriate.
Section 19.07 Default
Under The Plan
Except or as otherwise
provided for in the Plan, after the Effective Date, in the event of an alleged default by the Creditors’ Trustee under the
Plan, any party alleging such default shall provide written notice of default (the “Plan Default Notice”) to
the Creditors’ Trustee with a copy thereof to the Creditor Trustee’s counsel and shall contemporaneously File such
Plan default notice with the Bankruptcy Court. The Creditors’ Trustee shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of a Plan
Default Notice to cure any actual default that may have occurred. The Creditors’ Trustee and any other party-in-interest
shall have the right to dispute an alleged default that has occurred and to notify the party alleging such default that the Creditors’
Trustee (or such other party-in-interest) contends no default has occurred, with such notice to be sent within the thirty-day period
following receipt of a Plan Default Notice. In such event, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction over the dispute relating
to the alleged default and with respect to any remedy thereto. In the event the Creditors’ Trustee (or any other party-in-interest)
fails to either dispute the alleged default or timely cure such default, the party alleging such default shall be entitled to assert
its rights under applicable law.
Disclosure Statement | Page 103 |
Section 19.08 Governing
Law
Unless a rule of law
or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules), the laws of the State of Texas, without
giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof, shall govern the construction and implementation of the Plan and any
agreements, documents, and instruments executed in connection with the Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements,
in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control) as well as corporate governance matters with respect to the Debtors;
provided, however, that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, not organized
under Texas law shall be governed by the laws of the state of organization of such Debtor.
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EFFECT OF THE PLAN ON CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
Section 20.01 Satisfaction
Of Claims
The rights afforded
in the Plan and the treatment of all Claims and Interests herein shall be in exchange for and in complete satisfaction, of all
Claims and Interests against the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, and their assets, properties, or interests in property, whether
known or unknown, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or
non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts of the
kind specified in Bankruptcy Code §§ 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i), in each case whether or not: (i) a Proof of Claim or
Interest based upon such debt, right, Claim, or Interest is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 501; (ii)
a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right, or Interest is Allowed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 502; or (iii)
the Holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the
Confirmation Order, any default by the Debtors with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed immediately before or on account
of the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed satisfied against the Reorganized Debtor and the Estates on the Effective
Date.
Except as otherwise
provided in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, all Claims and Interests shall
be deemed satisfied against the Reorganized Debtors and Estates, and the terms of the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation
Order shall be a judicial determination of the satisfaction of all liabilities of the Reorganized Debtors and the Estates. As provided
in Bankruptcy Code § 524, subject to the terms of the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order such satisfaction
shall: (i) void any judgment, Lien or attachment obtained against the Debtors prior to the Effective Date to the extent it constitutes
a lien, encumbrance or attachment on any asset of the Estate or Reorganized Debtor or any asset to be transferred by the Debtors
under the Plan; and (ii) operate as an injunction against the prosecution of any action against the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates,
the Committee or its current and former members, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust,
the Creditors’ Trustee, or their respective property and assets to the extent it relates to any Claim or Interest.
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None of the Reorganized
Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Bankruptcy Professionals, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’
Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the Committee or its current and former members, or the Servicing Company, or their successors
or assigns, shall be responsible for any pre-Effective Date obligations of the Debtors, except those expressly provided for in
the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, all Persons and Entities
shall be precluded and forever barred from asserting against the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the
Committee or its current and former members, the Bankruptcy Professionals, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee,
the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, or the Servicing Company, or their assets, properties, or interests in
property any Claims or Causes of Action relating to any event, occurrence, condition, thing, or other or further Claims or Causes
of Action based upon any act, omission, transaction, or other activity of any kind or nature that occurred or came into existence
before the Effective Date, whether or not the facts of or legal bases therefore were known or existed before the Effective Date.
Section 20.02 Exculpation
The Exculpated Parties,
which consist of the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee, its current and former members, the Bankruptcy
Professionals, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee,
the Servicing Company, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing, but only as a result of their being a successor
or assign of one of the foregoing Persons, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY Claims or Causes of Action arising in connection with or
out of the administration of the Chapter 11 Cases, the planning of the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, negotiation or implementation
of the Plan Support Agreement, the Plan Supplement or the Plan, the solicitation of acceptances of the Plan, pursuit of Confirmation
of the Plan, the Consummation of the Plan, or the administration of the Plan or Distributions made or to be made under the Plan,
except for gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors, Reorganized
Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee, and its current and former members, the Bankruptcy Professionals, the Position
Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the Servicing Company, the
Ad Hoc Committee of Fractional Interests, the Amicus Curiae Committee of Fractional Interest Holders, Holders of Claims and Interests,
and any other committee formed, formally or informally or ad hoc, by Holders of Claims and/or Interests are permanently enjoined
from asserting or prosecuting any Claim or Cause of Action against any Exculpated Party for any liability pursuant to the preceding
sentence.
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The Plan further
provides for a permanent injunction on behalf of the Exculpated Parties, which permanent enjoins all Persons and Entities from
(i) commencing or continuing in any manner any Cause of Action, of any kind, with respect to any such Claim or Interest against
any Exculpated Party; (ii) the enforcement, attachment, collection, or recovery by any manner or means of judgment, award, decree
or order against any Exculpated Party on account of any such Claim or Interest; (iii) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any encumbrance
of any kind against any Exculpated Party or against the property or interests in property of such Exculpated Party on account of
any such Claim or Interest; and (iv) asserting any right of setoff, recoupment or subrogation of any kind against any obligation
due from any Exculpated Party or against the property or interests in property of any Exculpated Party on account of any such Claim
or Interest. The foregoing injunction will extend to successors of any Exculpated Party and their respective property and interests
in property, provided that it shall extend solely to such Persons in their role as a successor or assign.
Section 20.03 Releases
And Permanent Injunctions Relating To Claims And Interests
i. Releases
by Debtors and Estates. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation
Order, on the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, each
of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors on its own behalf and as the representative of its respective Estate, and each of its
respective Related Persons, shall, and shall be deemed to, completely and forever release, waive, void, extinguish and discharge
unconditionally, each and all of the Exculpated Parties of and from any and all Claims and Causes of Action, in connection with
or related to any of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective assets, property and Estates, the Chapter 11 Cases
or the Plan, the Term Sheet, the Reorganization Transactions, Plan Support Agreement, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement
or the financing transaction evidenced by the Financing Motion and Financing Order that may be asserted by or on behalf of any
of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective Estates.
ii. Releases
by Holders of Claims and Interests. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, on
the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, each Person or
Entity that has held, currently holds or may hold a Claim or any other obligation, suit, judgment, damages, debt, right, remedy,
Cause of Action or liability of any nature whatsoever, or any Interest, or other right of a Holder of an equity security or other
ownership interest that is terminated shall be deemed to completely and forever release, waive, void, extinguish and discharge
unconditionally each and all of the Exculpated Parties of and from any and all Claims, any and all other obligations, suits, judgments,
damages, debts, rights, remedies, Causes of Action and liabilities of any nature whatsoever in connection with or related to any
of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective assets, property and Estates, the Chapter 11 Cases or the Plan, the
Plan Support Agreement, the Reorganization Transactions, the Disclosure Statement or the financing transaction evidenced by the
Financing Motion and Financing Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this paragraph, no Released Party
shall be released from any acts constituting criminal conduct, willful misconduct fraud, or gross negligence.
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Section 20.04 Permanent
Injunction Relating To Assets Transferred Pursuant To The Plan
Except as provided
in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, (i) all Persons or Entities that hold, have held, or may hold
a Claim or any other obligation, suit, judgment, damages, debt, right, remedy, Cause of Action or liability of any nature whatsoever,
or any Interest or other right of a Holder of an equity security or other ownership interest relating to any of the Debtors or
the Reorganized Debtors or any of their respective assets, property and Estates, (ii) all other parties in interest, and (iii)
each of the Related Persons of each of the foregoing entities, are, and shall be, permanently, forever and completely stayed, restrained,
prohibited, barred and enjoined from taking any of the following actions, whether directly or indirectly, derivatively or otherwise,
on account of or based on the subject matter of such Claims or other obligations, suits, judgments, damages, debts, rights, remedies,
causes of action or liabilities, and of all Interests or other rights of a Holder of an equity security or other ownership interest:
(a) commencing,
conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding (including, without limitation,
any judicial, arbitral, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Committee
or its current or former members, or any other party which seeks a determination of the ownership or any other rights as of the
Effective Date or any prior date, of the Fractional Interests or any Property of the Estates or any Property transferred to the
Position Holder Trust, Creditors’ Trust, or the Servicing Company pursuant to the terms of the Plan;
(b) enforcing,
attaching (including, without limitation, any prejudgment attachment), collecting, or in any way seeking to recover any judgment,
award, decree, or other order which may be enforced against assets which are to be transferred by any of the Debtors or administered
under the Plan;
(c) creating,
perfecting or in any way enforcing in any matter, directly or indirectly, any Lien against assets which are to be transferred by
the Debtors or administered under the Plan;
(d) setting
off, seeking reimbursement or contributions from, or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly,
any amount against any property to be transferred by the Debtors or administered under the Plan;
(e) commencing
or continuing in any manner any judicial, arbitration or administrative proceeding in any forum against the Debtors or any Exculpatory
Parties, that does not comply with, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Financing Order
and/or Confirmation Order; and
(f) the
taking of any act, in any manner, and/or in any place, that does not conform to, or comply with the provisions of the Plan, the
Plan Supplement, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order.
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Section 20.05 Recoupment
Except as provided
in the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, any Holder of a Claim or Interest shall not be entitled to recoup
any Claim or Interest against any Claim, right, or cause of action of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, unless
such Holder actually has performed such recoupment and provided notice thereof in writing to the Debtors on or before the Confirmation
Date, notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or Interest or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to
preserve any right of recoupment.
Section 20.06 Release
Of Liens
Except as otherwise
provided in the Plan or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, on the
Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to the Plan and, in the case of a Secured Claim,
satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds of trust,
Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Debtors’ Estates shall be fully released and discharged,
and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests
shall revert to the applicable Debtor and its successors and assigns.
Section 20.07 Good
Faith
As of the Confirmation
Date, the Plan Proponents shall be deemed to have solicited acceptance or rejections of the Plan in good faith and in compliance
with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 20.08 Rights
Of Defendants And Avoidance Actions
All rights, if any,
of a defendant to assert a Claim arising from relief granted in any action commenced under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code (e.g.,
claims that a creditor has received a voidable preferential transfer or fraudulent conveyance), together with the Creditors’
Trustee’s right to oppose such Claim, are fully preserved. Any such Claim that is Allowed shall be entitled to treatment
and distribution under the Plan as a General Unsecured Claim.
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conditions precedent to confirmation and consummation of the plan
Section 21.01 Conditions
Precedent To Confirmation
The following are conditions
precedent to the occurrence of Confirmation each of which must be satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan:
(a) The
Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents, approving the
adequacy of the Disclosure Statement (inclusive of the Class Notice), and such Order shall have become a Final Order;
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(b) The
Confirmation Order approving and confirming the Plan, as such Plan may have been modified, amended or supplemented, shall (i) be
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents; and (ii) include a finding of fact that the Plan Proponents,
and their respective current officers, directors, employees, advisors, attorneys and agents, acted in good faith within the meaning
of and with respect to all of the actions described in Bankruptcy Code § 1125(e) and are not liable for the violation of any
applicable law, rule, or regulation governing such actions
(c) The
Financing Order shall have become a Final Order; and
(d) An
order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Class Action Settlement.
Section 21.02 Conditions
Precedent To Occurrence Of The Effective Date
The following are conditions
precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Date, each of which must be satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the
Plan:
(a) The
Confirmation Order shall have been entered in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents, and such Order shall
have become a Final Order;
(b) Each
of the Plan Documents shall have been fully executed and delivered in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents;
(c) The
Class Settlement Agreement shall have become, or on the Effective Date will be, fully effective in accordance with its terms;
(d) Irrevocable
instructions shall have been given by the respective Successor Trustees directing the issuance of all of the Fractional Interest
Certificates, Trust Interests and New IRA Notes to be included in the Distributions provided for in the Plan; and
(e) There
shall not be in effect any (i) order entered by any court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) any order, opinion, ruling or other decision
entered by any administrative or governmental entity or (iii) applicable law, staying, restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
or making illegal the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Plan.
Section 21.03 Substantial
Consummation
The Plan shall be deemed
to be substantially consummated under Bankruptcy Code §§ 1101 and 1127(b) sixty days after the Effective Date.
Section 21.04 Waiver
Of Conditions
Each of the conditions
to confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Time on the Effective Date may be waived in whole or in part by agreement of
all of the Plan Proponents. The failure to satisfy or waive any condition to Confirmation or the Effective Date may be asserted
by the Plan Proponents, regardless of the circumstances giving rise to the failure of such condition to be satisfied.
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Section 21.05 Revocation,
Withdrawal, Or Non-Consummation
The Plan Proponents
have reserved the right to revoke or withdraw the Plan (including, without limitation, any one or more of the three separate plans
in respect of the Debtors) at any time before the Confirmation Date and to File subsequent plans of reorganization.
For each revoked or
withdrawn plan, or if Confirmation or the Effective Date of any plan does not occur, then, with respect to any such revoked or
withdrawn plan, (a) the plan shall be null and void in all respects; (b) any settlement or compromise embodied in the plan (including
the fixing, allowance or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interests or Class of Claims or Interests), unless otherwise
agreed to by the Plan Proponents and any counterparty to such settlement or compromise, and any document or agreement executed
pursuant to the plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (c) nothing contained in the Plan, and no acts taken in preparation for
the Effective Date of the Plan, shall (i) constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by or against,
or any Interests in, the Debtors or any other Person, (ii) prejudice in any manner the rights of the Debtors or any Person in any
further proceedings involving the Debtors, or (iii) constitute an admission of any sort by the Debtors or any other Person.
ARTICLE
XXII
plan AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS
The Plan Proponents
may alter, amend, or modify the Plan, the Plan Documents, or any exhibits hereto and thereto under Bankruptcy Code § 1127(a)
at any time before the Confirmation Date. After the Confirmation Date and before Substantial Consummation of the Plan, the Plan
Proponents may, under Bankruptcy Code § 1127(b), institute proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to remedy any defect or omission
or reconcile any inconsistencies in the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Financing Order, the Confirmation Order, and such matters
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and effects of the Plan, so long as such proceedings do not materially adversely
affect the treatment of Holders of Claims or Interests under the Plan; provided, however, that prior notice of such
proceedings shall be served in accordance with the Bankruptcy Rules or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
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RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
The Plan provides that
consistent with Bankruptcy Code §§ 105(a) and 1142, and notwithstanding entry of the Confirmation Order and occurrence
of the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, or related to,
the Chapter 11 Cases and the Plan to the fullest extent permitted by law, including, among other things, jurisdiction to:
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(a) Allow,
disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority or Secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest,
including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any objections to the Secured
or unsecured status, priority, amount or allowance of Claims or Interests;
(b) Hear
and determine all applications for compensation and reimbursement of expenses of Professionals under Bankruptcy Code §§
327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 1103 or 1129(a)(4); provided, however, that from and after the Effective Date, the payment of fees
and expenses of professionals retained by the Reorganized Debtors and/or the Successor Trustees shall be made in the ordinary course
of business and shall not be subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court except as otherwise set forth in the Plan;
(c) Hear
and determine all matters with respect to the assumption or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which one
or more of the Debtors are parties or with respect to which one or more of the Debtors may be liable, including, if necessary,
the nature or amount of any required cure or the liquidating of any claims arising therefrom;
(d) Hear
and determine any and all adversary proceedings, motions, applications, and contested or litigated matters arising out of, under,
or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases;
(e) Enter
and enforce such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to execute, implement, or consummate the provisions of the Plan and
all contracts, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement,
the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order;
(f) Hear
and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, Consummation, or enforcement of the Plan,
including disputes arising under agreements, documents or instruments executed in connection with the Plan;
(g) Consider
any modifications of the Plan, cure any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any order of the Bankruptcy Court,
including, without limitation, the Confirmation Order;
(h) Issue
injunctions, enter and implement other orders, or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference
by any entity with implementation, Consummation, or enforcement of the Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order;
(i) Enter
and implement such orders as may be necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason reversed, stayed, revoked,
modified, or vacated;
(j) Hear
and determine any matters arising in connection with or relating to the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Financing Order and/or
the Confirmation Order, the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, the Position Holder Trust Agreement, or any other contract, instrument,
release, or other agreement or document created in connection with the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Financing Order and/or
the Confirmation Order;
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(k) Enforce
all orders, judgments, injunctions, releases, exculpations, indemnifications and rulings entered in connection with the Chapter
11 Cases or pursuant to the Plan;
(l) Recover
all assets of the Debtors and property of the Estates, wherever located;
(m) Hear
and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with Bankruptcy Code §§ 346, 505,
and 1146;
(n) Hear
and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature, or scope of Debtors’ discharge or any releases granted in the
Plan;
(o) Hear
and determine such other matters as may be provided in the Confirmation Order or as may be authorized under, or not inconsistent
with, provisions of the Bankruptcy Code;
(p) Enter
an order or final decree concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases; and
(q) Enforce
all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court.
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XXIV
financial information and FEASIBILITY OF the plan
Section 24.01 Financial
Information
As a result of the
SEC Litigation and the Chapter 11 Trustee’s investigation of the Debtors, it was learned that Debtors’ pre-petition
books and records were fraudulent and could not be relied upon to provide an accurate picture of the Debtors’ finances. However,
as noted by the SEC in its Trustee Motion, LPHI has been experiencing a steady, but sharp decline in its total and current assets
since 2011.74
In order to address
the gross inadequacies of the Debtors’ pre-petition books and records, the Chapter 11 Trustee retained a forensic accountant
and financial advisor to attempt to rectify and re-construct the Debtors’ books and records. This has allowed the Chapter
11 Trustee to file monthly operating reports with the Bankruptcy Court which show each Debtor’s receipts and disbursements
on an accrual basis for the periods covering July 2015 through September 2015.75 These results are set forth below.
74 Dkt. No. 14.
75 These monthly operating reports may be obtained
from the Bankruptcy Court’s electronic case filing or PACER site.
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LPHI76
Month | |
Receipts | | |
Disbursements | | |
Net Cash Flow | |
July 2015 | |
$ | 10,000 | | |
$ | 10,933 | | |
$ | <933 | > |
August 2015 | |
$ | 5,168 | | |
$ | 3,459 | | |
$ | 1,709 | |
September 2015 | |
$ | 295,251 | | |
$ | 4,039 | | |
$ | 291,212 | |
LPI77
Month | |
Receipts | | |
Disbursements | | |
Net Cash Flow | |
July 2015 | |
$ | 15,905 | | |
$ | 929,519 | | |
$ | 913,614 | |
August 2015 | |
$ | 13,675 | | |
$ | 641,213 | | |
$ | 627,538 | |
September 2015 | |
$ | 292,678 | | |
$ | 523,046 | | |
$ | 230,268 | |
LPIFS78
Month | |
Receipts | | |
Disbursements | | |
Net Cash Flow | |
July 2015 | |
$ | 43,875 | | |
$ | 2,426 | | |
$ | 41,449 | |
August 2015 | |
$ | 52,937 | | |
$ | 22,364 | | |
$ | <30,573 | > |
September 2015 | |
$ | 1,087,460 | | |
$ | 340,662 | | |
$ | 746,798 | |
The information obtained
by the Chapter 11 Trustee’s Professionals, has allowed the Chapter 11 Trustee’s financial advisor to develop financial
models and forecasts (collectively, the “Plan Model”) for each of the Successors under the Plan. These projections
are set forth in Exhibit C with respect to the Position Holder Trust, Exhibit D with respect to the
Servicing Company and Exhibit E with respect to the Creditors’ Trust. While the financial models and forecasts
incorporated into the Plan Model are, by their nature, subject to assumptions, risks and changing and often unforeseen circumstances,
the Chapter 11 Trustee’s financial advisors are confident that these projections provide a realistic and as accurate as possible
forecast of the financial condition of, and the sources and uses of cash for, the Successors to the Reorganized Debtors under the
Plan. However, all Holders, including all Current Position Holders, should review the Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
set forth on pages 4-5 of this Disclosure Statement and Article XXV of this Disclosure Statement entitled “CERTAIN RISK FACTORS”
for a discussion of certain risks and uncertainties relating to the financial information or projections contained in this Disclosure
Statement.
| 76 | Information obtained from LPHI’s September 2015
monthly operating report (Dkt. No. 1113), adjusted for intercompany cash transfers. |
| 77 | Information obtained from LPI’s September 2015
monthly operating report (Dkt. No. 1114), adjusted for intercompany cash transfers. |
| 78 | Information obtained from LPIFS September monthly operating
report (Dkt. No. 1115), adjusted for intercompany cash transfers. |
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Section 24.02 Feasibility
of the Plan
Bankruptcy Code §
1129(a)(11) requires the Bankruptcy Court to find that Confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation,
or the need for further reorganization, of the Debtors. This requirement is known as the “feasibility” test.
Under the Plan, all
of the Debtors’ assets will be vested in the Reorganized Debtors and transferred to either the Position Holder Trust, the
Creditors’ Trust or the Servicing Company in connection with the satisfaction of all of the Allowed Claims against the Debtors.
Thus, upon consummation of the Plan, there can be no need for further liquidation or reorganization of the Debtors because the
Debtors will have no remaining assets and all Claims will be provided for under the Plan.
Additionally, as set
forth in the Plan Model included in this Disclosure Statement, each of the Successors will be adequately capitalized so that they
will be able to pay all of the costs and expenses of discharging their respective obligations under the Plan and the other Plan
Documents, in connection with maximizing the value of and completing the liquidation of all of the Policy Related Assets owned
by the Successors, including the equity interests in the Servicing Company. This capitalization will allow the Servicing Company
to service the Policies for the benefit of the Continuing Position Holders and the Position Holder Trust so that Continuing Position
Holders may achieve a return on their Continued Positions and Holders of Trust Interests in the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’
Trust may achieve a return on their Allowed Clams. If an agreement to sell the Servicing Company is reached before the Effective
Date, the purchaser will provide the initial capitalization for the Servicing Company.
Additionally, the Creditors’
Trust will have sufficient funds to pursue litigation for the benefit of Holders of General Unsecured Claims against the Debtors,
with the expectation that such litigation will result in a distribution to Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims.
Accordingly, the Plan
Proponents submit that the Plan satisfies the feasibility requirement of § 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.
ARTICLE XXV
certain risk factors
BEFORE VOTING TO
ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN, ALL HOLDERS OF IMPAIRED CLAIMS SHOULD READ AND CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE FACTORS SET FORTH BELOW, AS WELL
AS ALL OTHER INFORMATION SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE REFERENCED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. BEFORE MAKING ANY ELECTIONS UNDER THE
PLAN, ALL CURRENT POSITION HOLDERS SHOULD READ AND CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE FACTORS SET FORTH BELOW, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER INFORMATION
SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE REFERENCED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THESE FACTORS SHOULD NOT, HOWEVER, BE REGARDED AS CONSTITUTING
THE ONLY RISKS INVOLVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION, OR ANY ELECTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN, OR THE RETURNS
TO BE EXPECTED FROM OWNERSHIP OF ANY SECURITIES ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN.
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Section 25.01 General
Bankruptcy Risks
The bankruptcy proceeding
could possibly adversely affect: (i) the Debtors’ relationships with their vendors; (ii) the Debtors’ relationships
with their Investors; (iii) the Debtors’ relationships with their employees; and (iv) the legal rights and obligations
of the Debtors under agreements that may be in default as a result of the Cases.
The extent to which
the Chapter 11 Case has and will continue to disrupt the Debtors’ businesses will likely be directly related to the
length of time it takes to complete the proceeding. If the Debtors are unable to obtain Confirmation of the Plan on a timely basis
because of a challenge to the Plan or a failure to satisfy the conditions to the Plan, they may be forced to operate in chapter 11
for an extended period while they try to develop a different reorganization plan that can be confirmed. This would increase both
the probability and the magnitude of the adverse effects described in this Disclosure Statement.
Section 25.02 Certain
Bankruptcy Considerations
Although the Plan Proponents
believe that the Plan will satisfy all requirements necessary for Confirmation by the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors give no assurance
that the Bankruptcy Court will reach the same conclusion. Moreover, the Plan Proponents give no assurance that modifications to
the Plan will not be required for Confirmation or that such modifications would not necessitate the resolicitation of votes. Although
the Plan Proponents believe that the Effective Date will occur soon after the Confirmation Date, the Plan Proponents give no assurance
as to such timing. In the event the conditions precedent to Confirmation of the Plan have not been satisfied or waived (to the
extent possible) by the Plan Proponents (as provided in the Plan) as of the Effective Date, then the Confirmation Order could be
vacated, no Distributions under the Plan would be made, and the Debtors and all Holders of Claims and Interests will be restored
to the status quo ante as of the day immediately preceding the Confirmation Date as though such Confirmation Date had never
occurred.
Section 25.03 Risks Related
To Life Settlements
There exist risks which
are inherent in the ownership of life insurance policies. These risks include, the deferral of maturity caused by increased life
expectancies of Insureds, and the concomitant risk of continued and increasing premiums payable on Policies. There also exist risks
relating to the ability of Continuing Position Holders or the Position Holder Trust to continue to pay premiums on Distressed Policies
over time. However, the Plan Proponents believe that the structure of the Plan will permit the Position Holder Trust to satisfy
all premium obligations that are not satisfied out of CSV inherent in or Premium Reserves dedicated to the Policies, or premium
calls paid by Continuing Position Holders, or the proceeds of Policy maturities allocable to the Position Holder Trust’s
Beneficial Ownership in the Policies. There is also a risk that an insurance company may not pay death benefits under a policy
upon maturity. For example the insurer may assert that life insurance coverage was fraudulently obtained on the Insured. Additionally,
the heirs or family members of the Insured may challenge the transaction by which LPI purchased one of the Policies. There also
exist risks relating to the solvency of the insurance company.
Disclosure Statement | Page 115 |
Section 25.04 Tax Risks
See ARTICLE
XXVI for a discussion of the tax risks of Continuing IRA Holders, New IRA Note Holders, Assigning IRA Holders, holders of IRA Partnership
Interests, the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries, and the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries. Additional risk factors associated
with the Elections available to Current Position Holders will be discussed in the Plan Supplement.
Section 25.05 Risks Associated
With Litigation Claims
Although the Plan Proponents
believe that the prosecution of the Causes of Action assigned to the Creditors’ Trust will generate proceeds which will lead
to a distribution to the trust’s beneficiaries, the ultimate amount of recovery received by Claimants that receive an interest
in the Creditors’ Trust is dependent upon the success of litigation assigned to, or commenced by the Creditors’ Trust,
or the Creditors’ Trustee’s success in reaching a settlement of litigation. Litigation, by its nature, is uncertain.
There are risks that the Creditors’ Trustee may not succeed in litigation, that the Creditors’ Trust may not be able
to collect on judgments obtained in litigation, or that the costs of pursuing litigation may affect the viability of pursuing litigation
against certain parties, or the likely recovery of such litigation. All of these risks affect the likelihood and amount of recovery
to the holders of General Unsecured Claims.
Section 25.06 Risks Associated
With Historical Reported Information
LPHI is currently obligated
to file reports with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13 of the Exchange Act, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. However, the financial and other information included in the reports that LPHI filed
with the SEC prior to LPHI filing for bankruptcy may be materially misleading and should not be relied upon in light of the Court’s
finding that LPHI engaged in dishonest, fraudulent and deceptive conduct and the Chapter 11 Trustee’s finding that the Debtors’
pre-petition business practices included substantial fraud and self-dealing, in each case, during the periods covered by such reports.
In the absence of the availability of accurate financial information and other information regarding the historical operation of
the Debtors, holders of Claims and Interests in the Debtors may not be able to make a fully-informed decision with respect to accepting
or rejecting the Plan or making the Continuing Holder Election, the Position Holder Trust Election or the Creditors’ Trust
Election.
We expect that the
Fractional Positions and the Trust Interests in the Creditors’ Trust and the Position Holder Trust will be subject to the
registration and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, absent no-action relief from the SEC. The Creditors’ Trust intends
to seek no-action relief from the SEC to modify and limit its Exchange Act reporting requirements with respect to the Trust Interests
in the Creditors’ Trust. However, there can be no assurance that the SEC will grant no-action relief to the Creditors’
Trust, and if the SEC grants no-action relief, what modifications or limitations the SEC may grant.
Disclosure Statement | Page 116 |
Registration of the
Fractional Positions and the Trust Interests under the Exchange Act will require that the Successors expend significant time and
resources to satisfy the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including disclosure of historical financial information audited
by an independent auditor covering a period as long as three fiscal years. There can be no assurance that the Successors will have
the resources to meet the applicable deadlines for preparing such reports or that the financial and other information included
in such reports will be acceptable to the auditors of the Successors or the SEC.
Section 25.07 Risks Associated
With Beneficial Ownership of Policies
There is no return on an investment
in life insurance unless the insured dies before the policy lapses or expires.
Holders of Fractional
Interests will not receive any return until the insured has deceased and the insurer has paid out the death benefit on the related
Life Policy. The longer the insured lives, the lower the annualized and cumulative rate of return on a holder’s investment
will be. If all of the ongoing premiums necessary to keep a Policy in force are not paid, and not just the holder’s pro rata
share, the policy will lapse and terminate and the maturity proceeds payable under the policy lost forever.
Any projected rate
of return from a Fractional Interest is based on an estimated (or assumed) life expectancy for the person insured under the related
Policy. The actual rate of return on the purchase may vary substantially from the projected rate of return based upon the actual
period of time between the date of purchase and the date of death (referred to as the “life span”) of the insured,
which may be less than, equal to or greatly exceed the estimated (or assumed) life expectancy of the insured. The rate of return
would be higher if the life span were less than, and lower if the life span were greater than, the life expectancy of the insured
at the time of the purchase transaction. Accordingly, the rate of return on a Fractional Interest may vary substantially from
any expected rate of return calculated at the time an Election is made based upon the fact the actual life span of the insured
may be less than, or substantially longer than, the life expectancy used to calculate the expected rate of return.
Any projected rate
of return from a Position Holder Trust Interest or an IRA Partnership Interest is based on an estimated (or assumed) life expectancy
curve for all of the individuals insured under Policies in the portfolio. The actual rate of return from ownership of a Position
Holder Trust Interest or an IRA Partnership Interest may vary substantially from the projected rate of return based upon the actual
period of time that elapses between the Effective Date and the dates of death of the insured individuals under the Policies, which
may be less than, equal to or greatly exceed the estimated (or assumed) life expectancy curves. The rate of return would be higher
if the maturities happen faster than projected, and lower if the rate of maturities is slower than projected. Accordingly, the
rate of return on a Position Holder Trust Interest or an IRA Partnership Interest may vary substantially from any expected rate
of return calculated at the time an Election is made based upon the fact the actual rate of Policy maturities may be faster than,
or substantially slower than, the life expectancy curve used to calculate the expected rate of return.
Disclosure Statement | Page 117 |
Life expectancy
reports obtained by the Debtors prior to the bankruptcy proceedings were part of a scheme to defraud investors.
As described elsewhere
in this Disclosure Statement and in his initial Declaration, the Chapter 11 Trustee has concluded that LPI purposefully used reduced
LEs in the sale of Investment Contracts to induce Investors to invest in its Life Settlement securities. In short, LPI used a captive
LE underwriter (paid on commission) to create a false arbitrage between the LEs LPI used to buy the policies in the first instance
and the much shorter ones LPI used to market its investment “opportunities” to Investors. Accordingly, there are significant
risks in relying on any of those LEs in evaluating which Election to make with respect to a Fractional Position.
Life expectancy determinations are
inherently imprecise, and no one can predict with any degree of certainty the actual life span of an insured.
A life expectancy report
provides an estimate of how long the insured will live based upon available medical and actuarial data. However, no one can predict
with any degree of certainty how long an individual will live. Within any given life insurance policy portfolio, there will most
likely be insureds who die earlier than expected, those who die approximately when expected and those who live longer than expected.
Some factors that may affect the accuracy of a life expectancy report or other calculation of the estimated length of an individual’s
life are:
| · | the experience and qualifications of the
medical professional or life expectancy company providing the life expectancy estimate; |
| · | the reliability and completeness of all
medical records received; |
| · | the reliability of, and revisions to,
actuarial tables or other mortality data published by public and private organizations; |
| · | the nature of any illness or health conditions
of the insured; and |
| · | future improvements in medical treatments
and cures, and the quality of medical care the insured receives. |
Delays caused
by litigation involving claims of a lack of insurable interest or fraud, or the unfavorable results of any such litigation, could
have a material adverse impact on our receipt of death benefit payment.
There have been many
cases in which either a life insurance company has attempted to rescind a Policy, or the spouse or other relative of a deceased
individual has asked the court to force the insurance carrier to pay the death benefits to them instead of the named beneficiary
of the policy, typically an investor who bought the policy from the insured, or a prior transferee. These lawsuits usually relate
to claims of a lack of insurable interest on the part of the person who procured the policy in the first place, or fraud in the
original insurance application. Some courts have held that a later-transferred policy is valid and enforceable so long as the initial
policyholder possessed an insurable interest at the time of policy procurement. However, a minority of courts have questioned the
validity of a policy subsequently transferred by the policyholder to an individual or entity lacking an insurable interest, even
though the initial policyholder had an insurable interest at the time of purchase.
Disclosure Statement | Page 118 |
Some of the Policies
that the Position Holder Trust will own may be subject to similar claims. It is impossible to detect all cases in which fraud or
misrepresentation was involved in the origination of a life insurance policy. Such claims could result in a court decision that
the death benefits are not payable or are payable to someone other than the Position Holder Trust for the policy, which may not
be rendered until after lengthy litigation.
Holders of Fractional
Positions could lose some of the death benefits they purchased if the insurance company that issued the Life Policy goes out of
business.
Insurance companies
are rated based on their financial safety and soundness. A lower rating means that the company is more likely to go out of business.
Each state maintains an insurance guarantee fund for the benefit of policyholders of insurance companies that have gone out of
business. The guarantee fund may impose a limit on the amount that can be recovered on each Policy.
The life settlement
industry has become subject to greater securities regulation and oversight.
In August 2009, the
SEC established a Life Settlements Task Force to investigate the life settlements market. On July 22, 2010, the SEC released a
staff report by the Life Settlements Task Force that recommended the SEC consider recommending to Congress that it amend the definition
of “security” under the federal securities laws to include life settlements as securities. Although federal securities
laws have not yet been amended to include life settlements within the definition of “security,” the Texas Supreme Court
has held that the Fractional positions are “securities” under the Texas Securities Act, and the SEC has made its positon
clear that it agrees. Accordingly, the Creditors’ Trust, the Position Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership will likely be
constrained by additional registration and securities compliance requirements under the Exchange Act and possibly also under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
The Position
Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership may be required to register under the Investment Company Act which would increase the regulatory
burden on both and negatively affect the value of the their outstanding ownership interests (i.e., the Trust Interests and the
IRA Partnership Interests).
Each of the Position Holder Trust and the
IRA Partnership may be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and analogous state law.
While the Debtors take the position that the Creditors’ Trust does not qualify as an investment company and that the Position
Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership will be exempt from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act
and analogous state law, either the SEC or state regulators, or both, may disagree and could require registration of any or all
of the Trusts and the IRA Partnership either immediately or at some point in the future. As a result, there could be an increased
regulatory burden on us which could negatively affect the value of the Trust Interests.
Disclosure Statement | Page 119 |
Section 25.08 Risks Associated
With Public Trading Market for Fractional Positions
Historically, LPI operated
an online trading platform for the resale of Fractional Positions. However, the Chapter 11 Trustee closed that market out of concern,
among other things, that it involved the sale of unregistered securities. Therefore, no public trading market for Fractional Positions
exists. As part of its ongoing securities law compliance efforts, neither the Position Holder Trust nor the IRA Partnership will
hire any market maker for their Interests, or otherwise take actions to develop a trading market. There can be no assurance that
an active trading market for Fractional Positions will develop and, if developed, that such market will be sustained. In either
case, it may be difficult to sell Fractional Positions at an attractive price. The market price of Fractional Positions may be
below the Continuing Position Holders’ original cost, and the Continuing Position Holders may not be able to sell their Continuing
Positions at all. This means that a Continuing Position Holder may not be able to sell Continuing Positions to raise money for
immediate or future needs and certain federal income tax consequences of the plan.
ARTICLE XXVI
certain federal income tax consequences of the plan
Section 26.01 General
The following discussion
addresses certain United States federal income tax consequences of the Plan to Holders of Claims who are entitled to vote to accept
or reject the Plan. This discussion does not address the United States Federal income tax consequences to holders of Claims or
Interests who are not entitled to vote under the Plan. This discussion is for informational purposes only and, due to a lack of
definitive judicial or administrative or interpretation, substantial uncertainties exist with respect to various tax consequences
of the Plan as discussed herein. This discussion is not a representation concerning the particular tax consequences of the confirmation
or implementation of the Plan as to any Holder of a Claim.
The discussion of certain
United States federal tax consequences below is based on the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder,
judicial authorities, and current administrative rules and practice, all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject
to change or different interpretation, possibly with retroactive effects that could adversely affect the United States federal
income tax consequences described below. The United States federal income tax consequences of the Plan are complex and are subject
to substantial uncertainties. No opinion of counsel has been obtained with respect to any tax consequences of the Plan, and no
rulings or determination of the IRS nor any other tax authorities have been or are expected to be obtained with respect to any
tax consequences discussed herein. The discussion set forth below of certain United States federal income tax consequences of the
Plan is not binding upon the IRS. Thus, no assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain,
a position different from any discussed herein, resulting in United States federal income tax consequences to the holders of Claims
that are substantially different from those discussed herein.
The following discussion
does not address all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular Holder of a Claim in
light of its particular facts and circumstances, nor does it purport to address the United States federal income tax consequences
of the Plan to a certain class of taxpayers subject to special treatment under the Internal Revenue Code (e.g., banks and certain
other financial institutions, insurance companies, broker-dealers, Holders of claims who are (or who hold their Claims through)
a partnership or other pass-through entity, persons whose functional currency is not the United States dollar, dealers in securities
or foreign currency and persons holding Claims that are a hedge against, or that are hedged against, currency risk or that are
part of a straddle, constructive sale or conversion transaction). Furthermore, the following discussion does not address United
States federal taxes other than income taxes or the state, local or foreign income and other tax consequences of the Plan.
Disclosure Statement | Page 120 |
THE FOLLOWING TAX
DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED TO ASSIST HOLDERS OF CLAIMS DETERMINE HOW TO VOTE ON THE PLAN AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TAX ADVICE.
NO REPRESENTATIONS ARE MADE REGARDING THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN TO ANY HOLDER OF A CLAIM. EACH HOLDER OF A CLAIM
IS STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT A TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE
TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND IN THE PLAN.
Section 26.02 Tax Consequences
to Current Position Holders before the Effective Date
|
A. |
Fractional Interest Holders |
1. Ownership.
As discussed in Section 4.12, the Ownership Issue has been one of the principal issues in controversy in the Chapter 11 Cases.
The Bankruptcy Court has recognized, and the Texas Supreme Court has held, that LPI is the “legal” owner of all of
the Policies. It has been the Chapter 11 Trustee’s and Debtors’ position that LPI owns the Policies, beneficially as
well as legally.
For federal tax purposes,
ownership is determined on a case by case basis, taking into account all the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the incidents
of ownership, including the power to control the assets and derive the economic benefit from the assets. In general, the holder
of legal title is the owner of the property and is taxed on the income derived from the property. However, if another person possesses
the “benefits and burdens” of ownership, that person is attributed ownership of property for tax purposes. Treasury
Regulations provide that the “incidents of ownership” of a life insurance policy include the power to change the beneficiary,
to surrender or cancel the policy, to assign the policy, to revoke an assignment, to pledge the policy for a loan, or to obtain
from the insurer a loan against the surrender value of the policy.
Many objective facts
support the Chapter 11 Trustee’s reasonable belief that, before the Effective Date, LPI is the owner of all of the Policies
in their entirety and the Fractional Interest Holders have no separate property interests in the Policies. In May 2015, the Texas
Supreme Court held that the agreements LPI used to solicit money from the Investors are “investment contracts” that
gave the Investors a right to receive a portion of the proceeds paid out on the maturity of the Policy. The Texas Supreme Court
recognized that LPI was the owner of legal title to all of the Policies, and as such, is entitled to exercise all rights as the
legal owner. The Texas Supreme Court found that LPI is the facilitator and administrator of the investments and that LPI exercises
complete control and discretion over the investment and the investment’s success: As found by the Texas Supreme Court, without
LPI’s managerial efforts, the investments would fail. 79
| 79 | Life
Partners, Inc. v. Arnold, Nos. 14-0122 and 14-0226, 2015 WL 2148767, at *17-20 (Tex.
May 8, 2015). |
Disclosure Statement | Page 121 |
As the owner of the
Policies, LPI had sole control of the policy, which by their terms included (i) surrendering the policy or making a partial withdrawal;
(ii) taking out a policy loan; (iii) changing the policy to paid-up life insurance; (iv) changing the owner; (v) naming or changing
a contingent owner; (vi) adding any optional insurance rider; (vii) changing the face amount; and (viii) changing the death benefit
option. Under LPI’s purchase agreement with sellers of the Policies, the seller assigned and transferred to LPI all right,
title and interest in and to the policy, including the right to (i) change the beneficiary on the Policy; (ii) assign or surrender
the Policy; (iii) borrow on the Policy; (iv) apply for and maintain waiver of premium under or conversion of the Policy; (v) receive
any and all benefits paid under the Policy; and (vi) be notified about any and all matters relative to the Policy as to which the
owner of the Policy may or should be notified. Upon the change of ownership, the life insurance company listed LPI as the new owner.
Although LPI consistently stated in the transaction documents that it takes the policy as agent for its clients, the insurance
companies consistently refused to make the designation “as agent” on the ownership form.
The Chapter 11 Trustee
has been unable to locate any document that purports to transfer title to or ownership of any of the Policies, or any “fractional
interest” in any Policies, to any Investor. In addition, with very few exceptions, no transfer of ownership to, and no lien
in favor of, any Investor was recorded with the insurance company that issued the Policy. The typical transaction did not include
any unrecorded assignment, deed, bill of sale, or other conveyance document which even purports to transfer an ownership interest
in any Policy from LPI to any Investor.
These facts support
the Chapter 11 Trustee’s belief, which is both objectively and subjectively reasonable, that LPI has at least a 30% chance
of prevailing on the argument that it is the tax owner of all of the Policies in their entirety before the Effective Date. Because
of the Chapter 11 Trustee’s reasonable belief that LPI owns the Policies, the Chapter 11 Trustee instructed LPI and the escrow
agents not to issue Forms 1099-R, “Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance
Contracts, etc.,” to the Fractional Interest Holders before the Effective Date.
2. Maturity
Funds Facility. The Financing Order authorizes the Debtors to use up to $25 million of the death benefits of the Policies
(or CSV withdrawn from the Policies) to pay administrative costs and to cover the premiums due on the Policies. In addition, to
the extent the Court later determines that the Investors own separate property interests in such funds or a confirmed plan of reorganization
provides for such treatment, the Financing Order provides that the Investors shall receive adequate protection, including the obligation
to be repaid with interest, post-petition liens on certain collateral, and super-priority administrative claim status.
Disclosure Statement | Page 122 |
If LPI owns the Policies
before the Effective Date, no deemed loan arises from the Fractional Interest Holders to the Debtors when the Debtors use death
benefits and CSV from the Policies under the Maturity Funds Facility before the Effective Date. Based on the Chapter 11 Trustee’s
reasonable belief that LPI owns the Policies, the Trustee instructed LPI and the escrow agents not to issue Forms 1099-R, “Distributions
From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc.,” to the Fractional Interest
Holders when the Debtors use death benefits and CSV from the Policies under the Maturity Funds Facility before the Effective Date.
B. IRA Holders
1. Ownership.
The Internal Revenue Code defines an “individual retirement account” (“IRA”) as a trust created
or organized in the United States for the exclusive benefit of an individual or his beneficiaries, but only if the written governing
instrument creating the trust meets certain requirements, including that no part of the trust funds will be invested in life insurance
contracts. A violation of this requirement results in the disqualification of the IRA. There is very little guidance interpreting
this requirement. However, if an IRA Holder invests in life insurance contracts, either directly or through an instrument that
is secured by a specific Fractional Interest in a Policy, there is a material risk that the IRA Holder will be disqualified as
an IRA. However, if an IRA Holder holds only a contract claim against LPI that is not secured by any life insurance contracts,
the risk that the IRA would be disqualified is significantly reduced.
LPI told Investors
that it would establish a separate trust for a single life insurance policy and that the trust would issue a promissory note to
an Investor secured by a specified Fractional Interest in the Policy held by the trust (the IRA Note). IRA Holders are required
to pay premiums on the Fractional Interests through the escrow agents and are entitled to a portion of the death benefits from
such Fractional Interests. Further, the IRA Notes appear to be equity, not debt, as they do not provide for the payment of interest
at a fixed interest rate or a stated maturity date; the principal and interest are payable only from the death benefits from the
specific Fractional Interest in a Policy; the IRA Notes are recourse only to such Fractional Interest; and the IRA Notes are subject
to forfeiture if the premium payments are not made. In addition, the IRA trusts were thinly capitalized, as they purported to hold
only the Fractional Interests securing the IRA Notes, and the amounts advanced were used to purchase and maintain the Policies,
which are capital assets. In addition, the trusts never opened a single bank account; never filed a tax return; never maintained
separate books and records; and never sent or received any notices to the IRA Holders. Thus, despite their form, the IRA Notes
likely would be treated as equity for federal tax purposes. Consequently, if the Fractional Interests had been transferred to the
IRA trusts as documented in form, the IRA Holders likely would be viewed as investing in life insurance by virtue of holding IRA
Notes.
However, the Chapter
11 Trustee has not located any conveyance documents that purport to transfer title to or ownership, or any “fractional interest,”
in any Policies to any trust, and the typical transaction did not include any unrecorded assignment, deed, bill of sale, or other
conveyance that purports to transfer an ownership interest from Life Partners to a trust. In addition, with very few exceptions,
no transfer of ownership to, and no lien in favor of, any Investor was recorded with the insurance company that issued the Policy.
Disclosure Statement | Page 123 |
Because neither the
Policies nor the Fractional Interests were transferred to the trusts, it is reasonable for the Chapter 11 Trustee to believe that
the IRA Holders held only a contract claim to the death benefits payable under the Policies and did not invest in life insurance
contracts. As a result, it is also reasonable for the Trustee to believe that none of the IRA Holders was disqualified by virtue
of holding IRA Notes.
Individual retirement
accounts are exempt from federal income tax unless they have unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”). Therefore,
if the IRA Holders are not disqualified because they hold only a contract claim to the payment of death benefits under the Policies
and do not hold investments in life insurance contracts, the IRA Holders will not have taxable income except to the extent of UBTI.
The ownership of a contract claim is the type of passive investment activity that likely does not constitute a trade or business,
and the death benefits paid under the contract claim may be viewed as passive income. Consequently, the IRA Holders are unlikely
to have UBTI, so long as they did not use debt to acquire their contract claims or to make additional payments on them. Therefore,
if the death benefits and CSV were paid to the IRA Holders, it would be reasonable to believe that such payments would not be taxable
to IRA Holders and that no 1099-R should be issued to them.
2. Maturity
Funds Facility. The Financing Order authorizes the Debtors to use up to $25 million of the death benefits
of the Policies (or CSV withdrawn from the Policies) to pay administrative costs and to cover the premiums due on the Policies.
In addition, to the extent the Court later determines that the Investors own separate property interests in such funds or a confirmed
plan of reorganization provides for such treatment, the Financing Order provides that the Investors shall receive adequate protection,
including the obligation to be repaid with interest, post-petition liens on certain collateral, and super-priority administrative
claim status. However, the Confirmation Order will provide that none of the Original IRA Note Issuers held any property interest
in any Fractional Interest or otherwise in any Policy, and therefore was not able to, and in fact did not, grant any Lien to any
IRA Holder.
If LPI owns the Policies
before the Effective Date, no deemed loan arises from the IRA Holders to the Debtors when the Debtors use death benefits and CSV
from the Policies under the Maturity Funds Facility before the Effective Date. Based on the Chapter 11 Trustee’s reasonable
belief that LPI owns the Policies, the Trustee instructed LPI and the escrow agents not to issue Forms 1099-R to the IRA Holders
when the Debtors use death benefits and CSV from the Policies under the Maturity Funds Facility before the Effective Date.
Section 26.03 Tax Consequences
to Continuing Position Holders
A. Continuing Fractional Holders
Under the Plan, if
confirmed, the Continuing Fractional Holders will be considered to be the owners of Fractional Interests as of the Effective Date.
The Fractional Interests Holders’ confirmed status as a Continuing Fractional Holder will be treated as a taxable exchange
of the Allowed Claim relating to its Fractional Position other than the portion comprising the Continuing Position Holder Contribution
in exchange for the Fractional Position other than the portion comprising the Continuing Position Holder Contribution.
Disclosure Statement | Page 124 |
In addition, the Continuing
Fractional Holders will be deemed to own 100% of the death benefits and CSV attributable to such Fractional Interests before the
Effective Date. Such amounts will be deemed to have been received by the Continuing Fractional Holders and loaned to the Debtors
when used under the Maturity Funds Facility. The tax consequences and reporting obligations of the deemed and actual receipt of
the death benefits and CSV attributable to the Fractional Interests held by the Continuing Fractional Holders will be the same.
Continuing Fractional Holders will recognize ordinary income equal to their respective Fractional Interests of the death benefits
minus the acquisition cost of the Fractional Interest plus the premiums paid with respect to such Fractional Interest. Continuing
Fractional Holders will recognize ordinary income if the amount of CSV withdrawn exceeds their investment in the Fractional Interest.
The Continuing Fractional Holders will be issued Forms 1099-R, “Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing
Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc.,” reporting the taxable portion of the death benefits and CSV. The Continuing Fractional
Holders should then report and pay tax on their taxable portion of the death benefits and CSV. If for federal income tax purposes
the Continuing Fractional Holders are not U.S. residents and are the owners of Fractional Interests, an amount equal to 30% of
the taxable portion of the death benefit and CSV will be withheld and deposited with the IRS.
B. Continuing IRA Holders and
New IRA Notes
The Confirmation Order
will provide that none of the Original IRA Note Issuers held any property interest in any Fractional Interest or otherwise in any
Policy, and therefore was not able to, and in fact did not, grant any Lien to any IRA Holder. Because the Original IRA Note Issuers
held only contract claims, distributions to them by the Debtors will be in exchange for their Allowed Claims. The Continuing IRA
Holders will not be deemed to have received any portion of the death benefits and CSV loaned to the Debtors when used under the
Maturity Funds Facility. An IRA Holder who makes a Continuing Holder Election for an IRA Note relating to a Policy that has matured
will receive a Statement of Maturity Account pursuant to the Plan, reflecting a Maturity Funds Loan payable to the Continuing IRA
Holder determined as provided in Section 4.04 of the Plan and any Distribution of funds held in the Maturities Escrow Account that
will be made to the Holder pursuant to the Plan. Because individual retirement accounts generally are exempt from U.S. federal
income taxation unless they have UBTI, Continuing IRA Holders generally will not have taxable income when the Distributions are
received.
An IRA Holder may elect
to have its Fractional Position distributed to it and to exchange it for a Fractional Interest to be held, after the Continuing
Position Holder Contribution is made, outside of the IRA by the IRA owner. If such an election is made, the owner of the IRA Holder
will recognize income equal to the fair market value of the Fractional Position. If the owner of the IRA holder is under age 59½,
then the distribution will be subject to an additional 10% early withdrawal penalty. In the event the IRA Holder is a Roth IRA,
the distribution will be nontaxable if it is a qualifying distribution. Generally, a qualifying distribution is a distribution
made on or after the date on which the IRA owner attains age 59½; provided, however, that a distribution from a Roth IRA
will not be treated as a qualifying distribution if such distribution is made within the 5-taxable year period beginning with the
first taxable year for which the IRA owner made a contribution to a Roth IRA established for such IRA owner. A non-qualifying Roth
IRA distribution is includible in gross income to the extent that the amount of the distribution, when added to all other prior
Roth IRA distributions that were not included in income, exceeds the IRA owner’s contributions. If the Roth IRA owner is
under age 59½, then the taxable portion of the non-qualifying distribution will be subject to an additional 10% earlier
withdrawal penalty.
Disclosure Statement | Page 125 |
The exchange of the
Fractional Position by the owner of the IRA Holder for a Fractional Interest will be treated as a taxable exchange of the Allowed
Claim relating to its Fractional Position other than the portion comprising the Continuing Position Holder Contribution in exchange
for the Fractional Interest other than the portion comprising the Continuing Position Holder Contribution. Once held outside of
the IRA, the tax consequences to the owner of the IRA Holder will be the same as to the Continuing Fractional Holders.
In accordance with
the Plan, Continuing IRA Holders will receive, in exchange for their IRA Note, a New IRA Note and an interest in the IRA Partnership
to share in the distributions of the Position Holder Trust. For federal income tax purposes, Continuing IRA Holders will be treated
as contributing 5% of their Allowed Claims to the IRA Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests and exchanging the
remainder of their Allowed Claims with the Reorganized Debtors in exchange for New IRA Notes issued by the Position Holder Trust.
The Reorganized Debtors
will be treated as contributing all of the Fractional Positions of IRA Holders as to which a Position Trust Election has been made
and the Fractional Positions relating to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution for which a Continuing Holder Election has
been made, along with any related Escrowed Funds and Maturity Funds, to the IRA Partnership as of the Effective Date, in satisfaction
of the Allowed Claims contributed to the IRA Partnership. The IRA Partnership will then be treated as transferring such Fractional
Positions to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for Position Holder Trust interests. The deemed transfer by the Reorganized
Debtors of the Fractional Positions attributable to IRA Holders as to which a Position Holder Trust Election or a Continuing Holder
Election has been made in satisfaction of the Allowed Claims held by the IRA Partnership will be a taxable exchange. The holders
of Interests in the IRA Partnership will be allocated any gain or loss on the exchange in accordance with their Interest in the
IRA Partnership, as more particularly described in Section 26.06.
1. New IRA Notes.
The New IRA Notes will be issued by the Position Holder Trust with the specific terms to be included in the Plan Supplement.
In general, the New IRA Notes will be non-recourse and secured by liens established under the Contribution and Collateral Agreement
on Collateral consisting of all of the Beneficial Ownership related to all Fractional Positions as to which Continuing Holder Elections
are made by IRA Holders. Continuing IRA Holders will not be obligated to pay premiums allocable to the Collateral for the New IRA
Note. Each New IRA Note will have a fixed principal amount relative to the Allowed Claim amount, accrue interest at a stated annual
interest rate and have a long-term fixed maturity date. Interest will be payable annually, subject to the Position Holder Trust’s
right to defer payment and continue to accrue interest for payment in the future under circumstances specified in the Contribution
and Collateral Agreement. If the actual mortality experience of the Policies to which the Beneficial Ownership included in the
Collateral as a result of Continuing Holder Elections made by all IRA Holders entitled to Distributions of New IRA Notes exceeds
the projected mortality experience set forth in the Plan Supplement, the New IRA Notes will be entitled to mandatory partial prepayment.
If determined to be appropriate by the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Debtors’ financial advisers, the New IRA Notes will be
subject to optional redemption by the Position Holder Trust.
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The New IRA Notes will
be documented in the form of the New IRA Note that will be included in the Plan Supplement and are intended to be treated as debt
for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, the character of an instrument as debt or equity for federal income tax purposes
is based on an analysis of all facts and circumstances. The New IRA Notes will have a stated principal amount and will provide
for the payment of interest at a fixed interest rate and a stated maturity date. While the New IRA Notes are non-recourse, they
will be secured by liens established under the Contribution and Collateral Agreement on Collateral consisting of all of the Fractional
Interests related to all Fractional Positions as to which Continuing Holder Elections are made by Continuing IRA Holders. In addition,
the principal and interest on the New IRA Notes will be payable from all of the assets of the Position Holder Trust, which will
hold more than the Collateral securing the IRA Notes. Continuing IRA Holders are not required to pay premiums allocable to the
Collateral for the New IRA Notes, and the IRA Notes are not subject to forfeiture if the premium payments are not made. Further,
the Position Holder Trust will open a bank account, file tax returns, maintain separate books and records, and send notices to
the Continuing IRA Holders. Based on these facts, we believe that the New IRA Notes are properly characterized as debt and intend
to treat them as debt for federal income tax purposes.
If the New IRA Notes
are property characterized as debt and not as an investment in life insurance contracts, then Continuing IRA Holders will not be
disqualified as an IRA by virtue of holding the New IRA Notes. However, if the New IRA Notes are not treated as debt for federal
income tax purposes but as an investment in life insurance contracts by the Continuing IRA Holders, the tax consequences to the
Continuing IRA Holders would be materially different from those described herein. Most notably, the entire IRA Account balance
would most likely be deemed distributed to the Continuing IRA Holder. If the Continuing IRA Holder is a traditional IRA, the IRA
owner would recognize income in the amount of any cash and the fair market value of any property deemed distributed. If the Continuing
IRA Holder a Roth IRA, the IRA owner would recognize income on any earnings in the IRA deemed distributed if either (i) it has
not been at least five years since the beginning of the year during which the IRA was established, or (ii) the IRA owner is not
at least age 59½. IRA owners under age 59½ would also be subject to an additional 10% early withdrawal penalty. The
remainder of this discussion will assume that the New IRA Notes are property characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes.
2. Tax Consequences
and Tax Reporting for New IRA Notes. Individual retirement accounts generally are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation
unless they have UBTI. There are several exclusions from UBTI for passive sources of income, including interest and gains or losses
from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of property other than inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers
in the ordinary course of business. Provided that Continuing IRA Holders do not use debt to acquire or maintain their New IRA Notes
and do not hold the New IRA Notes in an unrelated trade or business or as inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers
in the ordinary course of business, interest income and gain or loss from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of New IRA Notes
generally should not give rise to UBTI to the Continuing IRA Holders. So long as the Continuing IRA Holders are not disqualified
IRAs, no Forms 1099-INT, Interest Income, or Forms 1099-OID, Original Issue Discount, will be issued to them reporting the interest
paid or imputed on the New IRA Notes.
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3. Split-Dollar
Loan Treatment. The New IRA Notes are expected to be treated as a split-dollar loan under the applicable Treasury Regulations
because they are secured by the Collateral, which consists of all of the Beneficial Ownership related to all Fractional Positions
as to which Continuing Holder Elections are made by IRA Holders. A payment made pursuant to a split-dollar life insurance arrangement
is treated as a loan for federal tax purposes, and the owner of the policies and the non-owner are treated, respectively, as the
borrower and the lender. Interest payments on a split-dollar loan are not deductible by the borrower.
The owner and borrower
under this arrangement is the Position Holder Trust, whose items of income, deduction, and credit are taken into account by its
grantors in computing their federal income tax. The lenders are the Continuing IRA Holders. The Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries
will not be permitted to take a deduction for interest paid to the Continuing IRA Holders under their New IRA Notes. The Continuing
Fractional Holders will be impacted by this limitation and will not be permitted to deduct the interest payments made on the split-dollar
loan. The split-dollar rules do not address the deductibility of premiums on the Policies, which must be capitalized by the Position
Holder Trust Beneficiaries.
4. IRA Partnership
Interests. As described above and in Section 26.06, a Continuing IRA Holder will receive Interests in the IRA Partnership
in exchange for the portion of its Allowed Claim that relates to its Continuing Position Holder Contribution. Generally, this will
represent 5% of a Continuing IRA Holder’s Allowed Claim.
The IRA Partnership
will permit Continuing IRA Holders to receive the benefits of the long-term liquidation of the Beneficial Ownership in the Policies
and other assets held by the Position Holder Trust. However, no assurances can be made that the IRS will respect the IRA Partnership
or its treatment as a partnership for federal tax purposes and will not deem the IRA Partnership Interest holders to hold a beneficial
interest in the Position Holder Trust. As further described in Section 26.04, the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries are deemed
to own their allocable portion of the Position Holder Trust Assets, which include life insurance policies. Accordingly, if the
IRS determines that the Continuing IRA Holders hold a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust through their ownership
of an Interest in the IRA Partnership, the Continuing IRA Holders would have made a prohibited investment in life insurance contracts,
with the tax consequences described above.
The tax consequences
for a holder of IRA Partnership Interests is more fully explained in Section 26.06.
Section 26.04 Consequences
To The Position Holder Trust and Its Beneficiaries
A. Tax Classification of the Position Holder Trust
The Position Holder
Trust, created pursuant to the Plan, is intended to qualify as a liquidating trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Treasury
Regulations Section 301.7701-4(d). In general, a liquidating trust is not a separate taxable entity, but rather is treated for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust (i.e., all income and loss is taxed directly to the liquidating trust
beneficiaries). However, merely establishing a trust as a liquidating trust does not ensure that it will be treated as a grantor
trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The IRS, in Revenue Procedure 94-45, 1994-2 C.B. 684, set forth the general criteria
for obtaining an IRS ruling as to the grantor trust status of a liquidating trust under a Chapter 11 plan. Pursuant to the Plan,
and in conformity with Revenue Procedure 94-45, all parties (including, without limitation, the Debtors, the Position Holder Trustees,
and holders) will be required to treat, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Position Holder Trust as a grantor trust. The
holders of beneficial interests in the Position Holder Trust are the owners and grantors of the Position Holder Trust and its assets.
The following discussion assumes that the Position Holder Trust will be respected as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
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The Position Holder
Trust does not intend to request a ruling from the IRS concerning the tax status of the Position Holder Trust as a grantor trust.
In the absence of a ruling, there can be no assurances that the IRS would not take a contrary position either from the inception
of the Position Holder Trust or at any time prior to the termination of the Position Holder Trust when the IRS might determine
that the Position Holder Trust no longer qualifies as a liquidating trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. Most significantly,
the Position Holder’s Trust status as a liquidating trust may change if its primary purpose changes from liquidating and
distributing the assets transferred to it to engaging in the conduct of a trade or business, if its term is unreasonably prolonged,
or if all of its net income and net proceeds from the sale of its assets is not distributed at least annually to its beneficiaries,
except for amounts that are reasonably necessary to maintain the value of its assets or to meet claims and contingent liabilities
(including disputed claims). If the IRS were to successfully challenge the classification of the Position Holder Trust, the U.S.
federal income tax consequences to the Position Holder Trust and the holders of beneficial interests in the Position Holder Trust,
respectively, and the Debtors could vary from those discussed herein (including the potential for an entity-level tax on income
of the Position Holder Trust). If, contrary to the parties’ intent, the Position Holder Trust were determined to be a business
entity for federal tax purposes, it would be taxable as a partnership unless it was considered a “publicly traded partnership”
taxable as a corporation. As a result, the U.S. federal income tax consequences to the Position Holder Trust and the Position Holder
Trust Beneficiaries could vary from those discussed herein.
B. Tax Treatment of Funding of
the Position Holder Trust
The Position Holder
Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position
Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) will be contributed to the
Position Holder Trust for the benefit of the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries, including the IRA Partnership, and such beneficiaries
will receive Position Holder Trust Interests in exchange for their Allowed Claims pursuant to the terms of the Plan. For all federal
income tax purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized Debtors, the Position Holder Trustee
and the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries) must treat the transfer and assignment to the Position Holder Trust of the Position
Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing
Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) as (a) a transfer
of the Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders
and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership)
directly to the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries (including the IRA Partnership) in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims (including
the Allowed Claims contributed to the IRA Partnership) followed by (b) the extinguishment of the portion of the Maturity Funds
Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the
Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) and (c) the transfer of the Position Holder Trust Assets by the Position
Holder Trust Beneficiaries to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for Position Holder Trust Interests. The deemed transfer of
the Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders
and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership)
directly to the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims will be a taxable exchange. The Position
Holder Trust Beneficiaries will have a gain or loss equal to the fair market value of their interest in the Position Holder Trust
Assets less their adjusted basis in their Allowed Claim. The Position Holder Trust Assets will be valued based on the Allowed Claim
amounts. All parties to the Position Holder Trust (including, without limitation, the Debtors, the Successor Entities and all holders
of Position Holder Trust Interests) must consistently use such valuation for all U.S. federal income tax purposes
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C. The Position Holder Trust Tax
Reporting
The Position Holder
Trustee will file federal income tax returns for the Position Holder Trust as a grantor trust pursuant to Internal Revenue Code
section 671 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-4(a) promulgated thereunder. Although the Position Holder Trust will not
pay tax, the Position Holder Trustee will file a blank IRS Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,”
annually and attach a separate statement to that form, and issue such statement to each beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust
(or the appropriate middleman), separately stating each Position Holder Trust Beneficiary’s Pro Rata portion of the Position
Holder Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. The Position Holder Trustee will instruct the Position
Holder Trust Beneficiaries to use the information provided to them in the annual statements in preparing their U.S. federal income
tax returns.
D. The Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries
The Position Holder
Trust Beneficiaries will consist of Assigning Fractional Holders, including the IRA Partnership. Generally, the Assigning Fractional
Holders will receive a Pro Rata beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust based on the amount of their Allowed Claim, subject
to adjustments for any Catch-Up Payments owed by the Assigning Fractional Holder, in exchange for their Contributed Positions.
A Continuing Fractional Holder will receive a Pro Rata beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust based on 5% of their Allowed
Claim in exchange for their Continuing Position Holder Contribution. The Assigning IRA Holders will contribute their Allowed Claims
to the IRA Partnership, and the IRA Partnership will receive a Pro Rata beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust based
on the amount of their Allowed Claims. Continuing IRA Holders will contribute 5% of their Allowed Claims to the IRA Partnership,
which will contribute such Allowed Claims to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Pro Rata beneficial interest in the Position
Holder Trust. Continuing IRA Holders will contribute the remaining 95% of their Allowed Claims to the Position Holder Trust in
exchange for New IRA Notes, as described in § 26.03(B).
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The Position Holder
Trust Beneficiaries will be treated as the grantors and owners of their Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust Assets for
federal income tax purposes. The Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries (or the appropriate middleman) will receive from the Position
Holder Trustee annually a statement separately stating such beneficiary’s Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust’s
items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. If the grantor statement is issued to a middleman, such person is required
to issue the grantor statement to the beneficiary. Each beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust will be required to include its
Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit in computing its taxable
income and pay any tax due.
Taxable income or loss
allocated to a Position Holder Trust Beneficiary will be treated as income or loss with respect to the beneficiary’s undivided
interest in the Position Holder Trust Assets. The character of any income and the character and ability to use any loss will depend
on the particular situation of the Position Holder Trust Beneficiary. All of the income of the Position Holder Trust will be treated
as subject to tax on a current basis. The U.S. federal income tax obligations of a Position Holder Trust Beneficiary are not dependent
on the Position Holder Trust distributing any cash or other proceeds. Thus, a beneficiary may incur a U.S. federal income tax liability
with respect to its allocable share of Position Holder Trust income even if the Position Holder Trust does not make a concurrent
distribution to the beneficiary. Because the beneficiary is already regarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes as owning the
underlying assets (and was taxed as appropriate at the time the cash was earned or received by the Position Holder Trust), a distribution
of cash or other assets by the Position Holder Trust will not, of itself, constitute taxable income to a Position Holder Trust
Beneficiary.
Moreover, upon the
sale or other disposition (or deemed disposition) of any Position Holder Trust Asset, each holder of a beneficial interest in the
Position Holder Trust must report on its U.S. federal income tax return its share of any gain or loss measured by the difference
between (1) its share of the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any property received by the Position Holder Trust
in exchange for the Position Holder Trust Asset so sold or otherwise disposed of and (2) such beneficiary’s adjusted tax
basis in its pro rata share of such Position Holder Trust Asset. The character of any such gain or loss to the Position Holder
Trust Beneficiary will be determined as if such holder itself had directly sold or otherwise disposed of the Position Holder Trust
asset. The character of items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to any Position Holder Trust Beneficiary, and the ability
of the Position Holder Trust Beneficiary to benefit from any deductions or losses, depends on the particular circumstances or status
of the Position Holder Trust Beneficiary. Here, the Position Holder Trust Assets consist of life insurance policies along with
other assets. As the Position Holder Trust recovers death benefits related to the life insurance policies, income will be realized
equal to the difference between the amount of the death benefits received and the basis in the policies (generally, the investment
in the Policies plus premiums paid), and will be attributed to the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries as just described.
The Position Holder
Trustees will comply with all applicable governmental withholding requirements. Thus, in the case of any holders of beneficial
interests in the Position Holder Trust that are not U.S. persons, the Position Holder Trustee may be required to withhold up to
30% of the income or proceeds allocable to such persons, depending on the circumstances (including whether the type of income is
subject to a lower treaty rate).
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Section 26.05 Consequences
To The Creditors’ Trust and its Beneficiaries
A. Classification of the Creditors’ Trust
The Creditors’
Trust, created pursuant to the Plan, is intended to qualify as a liquidating trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Treasury
Regulations Section 301.7701-4(d). In general, a liquidating trust is not a separate taxable entity, but rather is treated for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust (i.e., all income and loss is taxed directly to the liquidating trust
beneficiaries). However, merely establishing a trust as a liquidating trust does not ensure that it will be treated as a grantor
trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The IRS, in Revenue Procedure 94-45, 1994-2 C.B. 684, set forth the general criteria
for obtaining an IRS ruling as to the grantor trust status of a liquidating trust under a Chapter 11 plan. Pursuant to the Plan,
and in conformity with Revenue Procedure 94-45, all parties (including, without limitation, the Debtors, the Creditors’ Trustees,
and holders) will be required to treat, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Creditors’ Trust as a grantor trust. The
holders of beneficial interests in the Creditors’ Trust are the owners and grantors of the Creditors’ Trust and its
assets. The following discussion assumes that the Creditors’ Trust will be respected as a grantor trust for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.
The Creditors’
Trust does not intend to request a ruling from the IRS concerning the tax status of the Creditors’ Trust as a grantor trust.
In the absence of a ruling, there can be no assurances that the IRS would not take a contrary position either from the inception
of the Creditors’ Trust or at any time prior to the termination of the Creditors’ Trust when the IRS might determine
that the Creditors’ Trust no longer qualifies as a liquidating trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. Most significantly,
the Creditors’ Trust status as a liquidating trust may change if its primary purpose changes from liquidating and distributing
the assets transferred to it to engaging in the conduct of a trade or business, if its term is unreasonably prolonged, or if all
of its net income and net proceeds from the sale of its assets is not distributed at least annually to its beneficiaries, except
for amounts that are reasonably necessary to maintain the value of its assets or to meet claims and contingent liabilities (including
disputed claims). If the IRS were to successfully challenge the classification of the Creditors’ Trust, the U.S. federal
income tax consequences to the Creditors’ Trust and the holders of beneficial interests in the Creditors’ Trust, respectively,
and the Debtors could vary from those discussed herein (including the potential for an entity-level tax on income of the Creditors’
Trust). If, contrary to the parties’ intent, the Creditors’ Trust were determined to be a business entity for federal
tax purposes, it would be taxable as a partnership unless it was considered a “publicly traded partnership” taxable
as a corporation. As a result, the U.S. federal income tax consequences to the Creditors’ Trust and the Creditors’
Trust Beneficiaries could vary from those discussed herein.
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B. Tax Treatment of Funding of
the Creditors’ Trust
The Creditors’
Trust Assets will be contributed to the Creditors’ Trust for the benefit of the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries, and
such beneficiaries will receive Creditors’ Trust Interests in exchange for their Allowed Claims. For all federal income tax
purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized Debtors, the Creditors’ Trustee and the
Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries) must treat the transfer and assignment to the Creditors’ Trust of the Creditors’
Trust Assets as (a) a transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets directly to the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction
of their Allowed Claims and (b) the transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets by the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries to
the Creditors’ Trust in exchange for Creditors’ Trust Interests. Accordingly, the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries
will be the owners and grantors of their portion of the Creditors’ Trust Assets they are deemed to contribute to the Creditors’
Trust. The deemed transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets directly to the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction
of their Allowed Claims will be a taxable exchange. The Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries will have a gain or loss equal to
the fair market value of their interest in the Creditors’ Trust Assets less their adjusted basis in their Allowed Claim.
The Creditors’ Trust Assets will be valued based on the Allowed Claim amounts. All parties to the Creditors’ Trust
(including, without limitation, the Debtors, the Successor Entities and all holders of Creditors’ Trust Interests) must consistently
use such valuation for all U.S. federal income tax purposes.
C. The Creditors’ Trust
Tax Reporting
The Creditors’
Trustee will file federal income tax returns for the Creditors’ Trust as a grantor trust pursuant to Internal Revenue Code
section 671 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-4(a) promulgated thereunder. Although the Creditors’ Trust will not
pay tax, the Creditors’ Trustee will file a blank IRS Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,”
annually on a calendar year basis and attach a separate statement to that form, and issue such statement to each beneficiary of
the Creditors’ Trust (or the appropriate middleman), separately stating each Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary’s Pro
Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. The Creditors’ Trustee
will instruct the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries to use the information provided to them in the annual statements in preparing
their U.S. federal income tax returns.
D. The Creditors’ Trust
Beneficiaries
The Creditor’s
Trust Beneficiaries will consist of Rescinding Position Holders and the General Unsecured Creditors, including Former Position
Holders. The Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries will be treated as the grantors and owners of their Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’
Trust Assets for federal income tax purposes. The Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries (or the appropriate middleman) will receive
from the Creditors’ Trustee annually on a calendar year basis a statement separately stating such beneficiary’s Pro
Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. If the grantor statement
is issued to an IRA custodian or other middleman, such person is required to issue the grantor statement to the beneficiary. Each
beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust will be required to include its Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust’s
items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit in computing its taxable income and pay any tax due.
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Taxable income or loss
allocated to a Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary will be treated as income or loss with respect to the beneficiary’s undivided
interest in the Creditors’ Trust Assets. The character of any income and the character and ability to use any loss will depend
on the particular situation of the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary. All of the income of the Creditors’ Trust will be
treated as subject to tax on a current basis. The U.S. federal income tax obligations of a Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary are
not dependent on the Creditors’ Trust distributing any cash or other proceeds. Thus, a beneficiary may incur a U.S. federal
income tax liability with respect to its allocable share of Creditors’ Trust income even if the Creditors’ Trust does
not make a concurrent distribution to the beneficiary. Because the beneficiary is already regarded for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as owning the underlying assets (and was taxed as appropriate at the time the cash was earned or received by the Creditors’
Trust), a distribution of cash or other assets by the Creditors’ Trust will not, of itself, constitute taxable income to
a Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary.
Moreover, upon the
sale or other disposition (or deemed disposition) of any Creditors’ Trust Asset, each holder of a beneficial interest in
the Creditors’ Trust must report on its U.S. federal income tax return its share of any gain or loss measured by the difference
between (1) its share of the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any property received by the Creditors’ Trust
in exchange for the Creditors’ Trust Asset so sold or otherwise disposed of and (2) such beneficiary’s adjusted tax
basis in its pro rata share of such Creditors’ Trust Asset. The character of any such gain or loss to the Creditors’
Trust Beneficiary will be determined as if such holder itself had directly sold or otherwise disposed of the Creditors’ Trust
Asset. The character of items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to any Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary, and the ability
of the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary to benefit from any deductions or losses, depends on the particular circumstances or
status of the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary. Here, the Creditors’ Trust Assets mostly consist of litigation claims and
causes of action. As the Creditors’ Trust recovers amounts on the litigation claims and causes of action, income will be
realized equal to the difference between the amount of the recoveries and the basis of the litigation claims and causes of action
and will be attributed to the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries as just described.
The Creditors’
Trustees will comply with all applicable governmental withholding requirements. Thus, in the case of any holders of beneficial
interests in the Creditors’ Trust that are not U.S. persons, the Creditors’ Trustee may be required to withhold up
to 30% of the income or proceeds allocable to such persons, depending on the circumstances (including whether the type of income
is subject to a lower treaty rate).
Section 26.06 Tax Consequences
to the IRA Partnership and Assigning IRA Holders
A. Tax Classification of the IRA Partnership
The IRA Partnership,
created pursuant to the Plan, is a Texas limited liability company that is intended to be taxed a partnership for U.S. federal
tax purposes. By default, the IRA Partnership is taxed as a partnership because it is not a trust or corporation under state law
and has more than one member. Therefore, so long as the IRA Partnership is not otherwise subject to special treatment under the
Internal Revenue Code or disregarded by the IRS, it will be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes.
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If the IRS were to
determine that the Interests in the IRA Partnership (i) are traded on an established securities market or (ii) are readily tradable
on a secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof, the IRA Partnership could be classified as a publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Plan does not provide for the Interests in the IRA Partnership
to be traded on an established securities market, and the Chapter 11 Trustee will not engage the services of a market maker, facilitate
the development of an active trading market for the Interests in the IRA Partnership, promote the Interests in the IRA Partnership,
or collect or publish information regarding the prices at which the Interests in the IRA Partnership are traded. In addition, the
IRA Partnership Agreement is expected to restrict the IRA Partnership from participating in the establishment of a market for the
Interests in the IRA Partnership and to prohibit the IRA Partnership from recognizing any transfers made on the market. If these
restrictions are not followed and the IRA Partnership is classified as a publicly traded partnership that is taxable as a corporation
for federal tax purposes, the IRA Partnership would be subject to tax on its income at corporate income tax rates, and any distributions
from the IRA Partnership to the Holders of IRA Partnership Interests would be treated as dividends. Although dividends are excluded
from UBTI, the IRA Partnership itself would be subject to tax, which would reduce the return to the Holders of IRA Partnership
Interests.
The IRA Partnership
will permit Continuing IRA Holders to receive the benefits of the long-term liquidation of the Beneficial Ownership in the Policies
and other assets held by the Position Holder Trust. However, no assurances can be made that the IRS will respect the IRA Partnership
and not deem the IRA Partnership Interest holders to hold a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust. As further described
in Section 26.04, the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries are deemed to own their allocable portion of the Position Holder Trust
Assets, which include life insurance policies. Accordingly, if the IRS determines that the Continuing IRA Holders hold a beneficial
interest in the Position Holder Trust through their ownership of interest in the IRA Partnership, the Continuing IRA Holders would
have made a prohibited investment in life insurance contracts, with the tax consequences described above.
B. Tax
Treatment of Formation of the IRA Partnership
The Assigning IRA Holders
will contribute 100% and Continuing IRA Holders will contribute 5% of their Allowed Claims to the IRA Partnership upon formation.
For all federal income tax purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized Debtors, the manager
of the IRA Partnership and the holders of interests in the IRA Partnership) must treat the transfer and assignment of the Allowed
Claims to the IRA Partnership by the Assigning IRA Holders and Continuing IRA Holders as (i) a nontaxable partner contribution
of the Allowed Claims of the Assigning IRA Holders, including any attributable right to amounts in the Maturity Funds Facility,
to the IRA Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests, and (ii) a nontaxable partner contribution by the Continuing
IRA Holders of 5% of their Allowed Claims, including any attributable right to amounts in the Maturity Funds Facility to the IRA
Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests.
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The Reorganized Debtors
will be treated as contributing all of the Fractional Positions of IRA Holders as to which a Position Trust Election has been made
and the Fractional Positions relating to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution for which a Continuing Holder Election has
been made, along with any related Escrowed Funds and Maturity Funds, to the IRA Partnership as of the Effective Date, in satisfaction
of the Allowed Claims contributed to the IRA Partnership. The IRA Partnership will then be treated as transferring such Fractional
Position to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for Position Holder Trust interests. The deemed transfer by the Reorganized Debtors
of the Fractional Positions attributable to IRA Holders as to which a Position Holder Trust Election or a Continuing Holder Election
has been made in satisfaction of the Allowed Claims held by the IRA Partnership will be a taxable exchange.
C. IRA Partnership Tax Reporting
The IRA Partnership
will file all federal income tax returns as a partnership and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, for state and local
income tax purposes. The IRA Partnership Interest holders will be treated as partners of the IRA Partnership to the extent of their
Pro Rata partnership interests in the IRA Partnership for federal income tax purposes and, to the extent permitted under applicable
law, for state and local income tax purposes. The IRA Partnership will not pay tax but will file IRS Form 1065, “U.S. Return
of Partnership Income,” annually and issue a “Schedule K-1, Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.”
to each Interest holder of the IRA Partnership. The K-1s will separately state the IRA Partnership’s items of income, gain,
loss, deduction, and credit because they may impact the Interest holders’ tax liabilities differently. The IRA Partnership
will enter the identifying number of the IRA custodian on the K-1, instead of the identification number of the person for whom
the IRA is maintained. Under the Internal Revenue Code, the holders of IRA Partnership Interests will be required to take into
account their share of the IRA Partnership’s income, gain, deduction, or loss reported to them on their Schedule K-1 in filling
out their individual tax returns and pay any tax due.
The manager of the
IRA Partnership will comply with all applicable governmental withholding requirements. Thus, in the case of any holders of interests
in the IRA Partnership that are not U.S. persons, the manager of the IRA Partnership may be required to withhold up to 30% of the
income or proceeds allocable to such persons, depending on the circumstances (including whether the type of income is subject to
a lower treaty rate).
D. Holders of IRA Partnership
Interests
The IRA Partnership
will issue a “Schedule K-1, Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.” annually to each Interest holder
of the IRA Partnership (or the appropriate IRA custodian, nominee, or other middleman). The K-1s will separately state the IRA
Partnership’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit because they may impact the interest holders’ tax
liabilities differently. Generally, any person who holds an interest in a partnership as a nominee for another person (including
an IRA custodian) must then furnish the K-1 to the beneficial owner of the interest in the partnership.
Under the Internal
Revenue Code, the holders of IRA Partnership Interests will be required to take into consideration their share of the IRA Partnership’s
income, gain, deduction, or loss reported to them on their Schedule K-1 in filling out their individual tax returns and pay any
tax due. The U.S. federal income tax obligations of a holder of IRA Partnership Interests are not dependent on the IRA Partnership
distributing any cash or other proceeds. Thus, a beneficiary may incur a U.S. federal income tax liability with respect to its
allocable share of IRA Partnership income even if the IRA Partnership does not make a concurrent distribution to the beneficiary.
Disclosure Statement | Page 136 |
Individual retirement
accounts generally are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation unless they have UBTI. Therefore, Continuing IRA Holders and Assigning
IRA Holders will not have taxable income except to the extent of UBTI. To the extent the IRA Partnership recognizes income from
the Position Holder Trust upon maturity of a Policy, such income likely would not be characterized as UBTI, so long as the Policies
were not acquired with, and premiums were not paid with, borrowed funds.
E. ERISA
It is anticipated
that some of the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries may be individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). The provisions
of Section 4975 of the Code describe certain transactions between an IRA and “disqualified person,” as such term is
defined in the Code, involving the use of the plan assets of an IRA by such person, which are prohibited (“Prohibited
Transactions”). Prohibited Transactions are required to be corrected and also result in the imposition of an excise tax
payable by the disqualified person. In the case of an IRA, the occurrence of a Prohibited Transaction could also cause the IRA
to lose its tax-exempt status.
Whether transactions
entered into by the Creditors’ Trust would be considered Prohibited Transactions depends on whether assets of the Creditors’
Trust are deemed to be “plan assets” for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”), as a result of IRAs holding beneficial interests in the Creditors’ Trust.
Regulations (the “Plan
Asset Regulations”) promulgated under ERISA by the United States Department of Labor (the “DOL”) generally
provide that when a plan acquires an equity interest in an entity (including a beneficial interest in a trust) that is neither
a “publicly-offered security” nor a security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the plan’s assets include both the equity interest and an undivided interest in each of the underlying assets
of the entity unless it is established either that equity participation in the entity by “benefit plan investors” is
not “significant” or that the entity is an “operating company,” in each case as defined in the Plan Asset
Regulations.
The Plan Asset Regulations
include rules related to significant participation by benefit plan investors. However, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 amended
ERISA to modify the significant participation rules in the Plan Asset Regulations. Section 3(42) of ERISA provides that the assets
of an entity will not be treated as plan assets if, immediately after the most recent acquisition of any equity interest in the
entity, less than 25 percent of the total value of each class of equity interest (disregarding, for purposes of such determination,
the value of any equity interests held by persons (other than benefit plan investors) and their affiliates who have discretionary
authority or control with respect to the assets of the entity or who provide investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with
respect to such assets) is held by “benefit plan investors.” For this purpose, “benefit plan investors”
include qualified employee pension, profit sharing and annuity plans, Keogh plans, individual retirement accounts and annuities,
and certain health and education savings accounts and entities whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s
investment in the entity, but generally exclude governmental plans, certain church plans, plans maintained to comply with workers
compensation, unemployment compensation or disability insurance laws, plans maintained outside the United States for nonresident
aliens, excess benefit plans and top-hat plans. An entity will be considered to hold plan assets only to the extent of the percentage
of the equity interest held by benefit plan investors.
Disclosure Statement | Page 137 |
In addition, if the
assets of the Creditors’ Trust were deemed to be “plan assets” as described above, the participation by Qualified
Plan Holders in the Creditors’ Trust would result in the application of certain fiduciary provisions under ERISA to the Creditors’
Trust and to the conduct of its Trustee. Accordingly, in order to avoid the application of the fiduciary rules under ERISA, Qualified
Plan Holders are not allowed to participate in the Creditors’ Trust.
A FIDUCIARY OF
AN IRA SHOULD CONSULT ITS LEGAL ADVISOR CONCERNING THE ERISA AND OTHER LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED ABOVE BEFORE MAKING A CREDITORS’
TRUST ELECTION.
Section 26.07 Information
Reporting And Backup Withholding
The Debtors, Successor
Entities and Newco will comply with all applicable reporting requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and will withhold all amounts
required by law to be withheld from payment made pursuant to the Plan. In general, information reporting requirements may apply
to distributions or payments made to a Holder of a Claim. Additionally, backup withholding, currently at a rate of 28%, generally
will apply to such payments unless a U.S. Holder provides a properly executed IRS Form W-9 or otherwise established an exemption.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against such U.S. Holder’s federal income
tax liability and may entitle such U.S. Holder to a refund from the IRS, provided that the required information is timely provided
to the IRS.
Section 26.08 Other Tax
Consequences
The Plan Supplement
will contain additional discussion of the tax consequences of certain additional transactions contemplated by the plan, including
(a) extinguishment of the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to Assigning Position Holders and Continuing Position
Holders to the extent of their interests in the Position Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership; (b) conversion of a Continuing Position
Holder’s Position to a Position Holder Trust Interest upon Payment Default; (c) abandonment of the Fractional Position of
a Current Position Holder who does not pay a Pre-Petition Default Amount; (d) the “Ponzi scheme” loss deduction, which
may be applicable in various circumstances applicable to Investors; (e) additional tax considerations applicable to Continuing
IRA Holders relating to New IRA Notes and IRA Partnership Interests; and (f) the tax treatment of Newco, if it remains owned by
the Position Holder Trust; and (g) the Class Action Settlement.
Disclosure Statement | Page 138 |
Section 26.09 Importance
Of Obtaining Professional Tax Advice
The foregoing is intended
to be only a summary of certain of the United States federal income tax consequences of the Plan and is not a substitute for careful
tax planning with a tax professional. Holders of Claims are strongly urged to consult with their own tax advisors regarding the
federal, state, local and foreign income and other tax consequences of the Plan.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION
OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY TO ASSIST HOLDERS OF CLAIMS DETERMINE
HOW TO VOTE ON THE PLAN. IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TAX ADVICE AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING AND ADVICE BASED
UPON THE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES PERTAINING TO A HOLDER OF A CLAIM. ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS
AS TO THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-US. INCOME, ESTATE, GIFT, AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PLAN.
ARTICLE XXVII
securities law COMPLIANCE AND PRIVATE SALES
Section 27.01 Issuance
and Resale of the Trust Interests and the Fractional Positions
|
A. |
Issuance of the Trust Interests and the Fractional Positions |
Section 1145(a)(1)
of the Bankruptcy Code exempts the offer and sale of securities under a plan of reorganization from registration under the Securities
Act and state securities laws if three principal requirements are satisfied: (a) the securities must be offered and sold under
a plan of reorganization and must be securities of the debtor, an affiliate participating in a joint plan with the debtor or a
successor to the debtor under the plan; (b) the recipients of the securities must hold a claim against, interest in, or an administrative
expense claim in the case concerning the debtor or such affiliate; and (c) the securities must be issued entirely in exchange for
the recipient’s claim against or interest in the debtor or such affiliate, or principally in such exchange and partly for
cash or property.
As described in this
Disclosure Statement, the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership, and the Creditors’ Trust will be successors to the
Debtors under the Plan. The Trust Interests in the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust will be issued to Current
Position Holders entirely in exchange for their Allowed Claims related to their Fractional Positions. The IRA Partnership Interests
will be issued to Current Position Holders entirely in exchange for their Allowed Claims related to their IRA Notes, and then the
Position Holder Trust will issue Trust Certificates to the IRA Partnership in exchange for such Claims. The New IRA Notes will
be issued by the Position Holder Trust to Continuing IRA Holders entirely in exchange for their Claims related to their IRA Notes.
Therefore, the offer and sale of the Trust Interests in the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust, the offer
and sale of the IRA Partnership Interests, and the offer and sale of the New IRA Notes, all will be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.
The residual beneficial
interests in the Creditors’ Trust will be issued to the Position Holder Trust pursuant to a private placement exemption.
Disclosure Statement | Page 139 |
Subject to approval
by the Bankruptcy Court, the Confirmation Order will provide that the issuance of the Trust Interests, the IRA Partnership Interests
and the New IRA Notes and recorded under the Maturity Funds Facility, to the extent they involve the issuance of “securities”
for purposes of the Securities Act, are entitled to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided under Section
1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, as securities issued pursuant to the Plan by a successor of the Debtors entirely in exchange
for their Claims against the Debtors.
In addition, again
subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court, the Confirmation Order will provide that the terms of the Plan vesting the ownership
of the Fractional Interests that are Continued Positions and the issuance of the Fractional Interest Certificates representing
them, to the extent the Fractional Interests are “securities” for purposes of the Securities Act, shall be deemed an
issuance of securities pursuant to the Plan that satisfies the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided under
Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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B. |
Resale of Trust Interests and Fractional Positions |
(1) Application of Federal
Securities Law
Non-Affiliates
Securities issued pursuant
to Section 1145(a) are deemed to have been issued in a public offering pursuant to Section 1145(c) of the Bankruptcy Code. Assuming
that the SEC agrees that the offer and sale of the Trust Interests, the IRA Partnership Interests and the Fractional Positions
satisfy the exemption from registration contained in Section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, resales of such securities issued
under the Plan will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act, unless
the holder thereof is deemed to be an “issuer,” an “underwriter” or a “dealer” with respect
to such securities. For these purposes, an “issuer” includes any “affiliate” of the issuer. Whether or
not any particular person would be deemed to be an “affiliate” of the Successors or an “underwriter” or
a “dealer” with respect to any securities issued under the Plan will depend upon various facts and circumstances applicable
to that person. Any person intending to resell Trust Interests, IRA Partnership Interests or Fractional Positions is urged to consult
such person’s own legal counsel as to such person’s status as an “issuer,” an “affiliate,”
an “underwriter” or a “dealer” and whether the offer and sale of such Trust Interests, IRA Partnership
Interests or Fractional Positions are subject to the registration requirements under the Securities Act or other applicable law.
Affiliates
Affiliates of the Successors
(including persons controlling the Successors) may be deemed to be underwriters of the Trust Interests, IRA Partnership Interests
and Fractional Positions for purposes of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the offer and sale of Trust Interests. IRA Partnership
Interests and Fractional Positions by such affiliates must be made pursuant to a valid exemption from registration under the Securities
Act. Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act provides a safe-harbor from the registration provisions of the Securities Act
for the resale of securities held by affiliates of an issuer, if all applicable conditions to Rule 144 are met. Among other things,
Rule 144 requires that an affiliate limit its sales within the preceding 90 days to the greater of 1% of the number of outstanding
securities in question or the average weekly trading volume, if any, in the securities in question during the four calendar weeks
preceding the date of any sale. Rule 144 also requires that an affiliate satisfy certain other conditions related to manner of
sale, notice requirements and the availability of current public information regarding the issuer of the securities.
Disclosure Statement | Page 140 |
The Plan Proponents
are not providing any opinion as to any exemption or safe harbors from registration under the Securities Act upon which any person
may rely. Any person intending to rely on an exemption or safe harbor from registration under the Securities Act and other applicable
law is urged to consult their own legal counsel as to the applicability thereof to any particular circumstances.
(2) Application of State
Securities Law
The securities issued
under the Plan pursuant to Section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code may be resold without registration under state securities laws
pursuant to an exemption provided by applicable law. However, the availability of any state exemption depends on the securities
laws of the jurisdiction in which the offer and sale take place. Holders of Trust Interests, IRA Partnership Interests and Fractional
Positions should consult with their own legal advisors regarding the availability of these exemptions in their particular circumstances.
GIVEN THE COMPLEX NATURE
OF THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A PARTICULAR PERSON MAY BE AN UNDERWRITER AND OTHER ISSUES ARISING UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS,
THE PLAN PROPONENTS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE RIGHT OF ANY PERSON TO TRANSFER THEIR TRUST INTERESTS,
IRA PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS OR FRACTIONAL POSITIONS AND RECOMMEND THAT HOLDERS OF TRUST INTERESTS, IRA PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS AND
FRACTIONAL POSITIONS CONSULT THEIR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL CONCERNING WHETHER THEY MAY FREELY TRADE SUCH SECURITIES.
Disclosure Statement | Page 141 |
Section 27.02 Exchange
Act Considerations
Section 12(g)(1) of
the Exchange Act provides that within 120 days after an issuer’s first fiscal year end on which such issuer has (a) total
assets exceeding $10 million and (b) a class of equity securities held of record by either (i) 2,000 persons or (ii) 500 persons
who are not accredited investors, such issuer must register such equity securities with the SEC. The Chapter 11 Trustee and LPI
have taken the position that LPI is the issuer of the Fractional Positions, and, as a Successor to Reorganized LPI, the Position
Holder Trust should also be deemed the “issuer” of the Fractional Positions for federal securities law purposes. The
Plan Proponents expect that the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust each will have their respective Trust Interests
and the IRA Partnership will have its IRA Partnership Interests held by more than 2,000 persons and likely will hold total assets
exceeding $10 million.80 In addition, there will certainly be more than 2,000 (up to 22,000) holders of Fractional
Positions, with value well in excess of $10 million.81 Accordingly, the Position Holder Trust will register its Trust
Interests and the Fractional Positions (both the Fractional Interests and the New IRA Notes) pursuant to the Exchange Act and
the IRA Partnership will register its IRA Partnership Interests pursuant to the Exchange Act,, in each case, unless the Chapter
11 Trustee, the Position Holder Trustee, or the IRA Partnership, as the case may be receives written no-action relief from the
staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the SEC to not register them (or any subset of them).
After the Effective Date, and following completion of Exchange Act registration, the Position Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership
would comply with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, filing current reports on Form
8-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K.
Unless the Creditors’
Trust fails to receive no-action relief from the Staff of the SEC that it will not recommend any enforcement action to the SEC
in connection with the Creditors’ Trust not registering its Trust Interests under the Exchange Act, the Creditors’
Trust will not register its Trust Interests under the Exchange Act. As a liquidating trust the beneficial interests in which are
not freely transferable, the Plan Proponents believe that the Creditors’ Trust satisfies the requirements of existing SEC
interpretive guidance to not register Creditors’ Trust Interests under the Exchange Act.82
As described elsewhere
in this Disclosure Statement, the interests of holders of New IRA Notes will be inextricably intertwined with those of the Position
Holder Trust and holders of Fractional Interests, and accordingly, the reporting proposed for the Position Holder Trust will include
all material information that any stand alone report would.
Registrants in bankruptcy
are not relieved of their reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. However, the Staff of the SEC may grant no-action relief
to a registrant that is subject to the jurisdiction of a Bankruptcy Court for the purpose of modifying the reporting requirements
to which such registrant is subject, depending on the circumstances of such registrant. Given that the Position Holder Trust will
already be having the Servicing Company prepare detailed informational reports relating to the Policies and the outstanding Fractional
Positions, as well as the results of the Position Holder Trust’s Beneficial Ownership of the Policies and other activities
in connection with the liquidation of the Position Holder Trust Assets, in order to satisfy the requirements of the Plan and the
related Plan Documents, the Chapter 11 Trustee intends to seek no-action relief from the Staff of the SEC in order to modify and
limit the reporting obligations applicable to the Position Holder Trust, its Trust Interests and the Fractional Positions (Fractional
Interests and New IRA Notes) under the Exchange Act. At the same time, the Chapter 11 Trustee intends to seek no-action relief
from the Staff of the SEC to confirm that the Creditors’ Trust will not be required to register its Trust Interests under
the Exchange Act. However, there can be no assurance that the Chapter 11 Trustee will obtain any such no-action relief, nor can
there be any assurance as to what extent such no-action relief may modify or limit any Successor Trust’s registration or
reporting obligations.
| 80 | The Plan Proponents are not making any representations
as to what the value of the Causes of Action is or will be, and believe it is prudent to assume their value is in excess of $10
million. |
| 81 | The purchasers of Investment Contracts invested more
than the $1.4 billion that the Current Position Holders currently have at risk in these proceedings. |
| 82 | See, Exchange Act Release No. 9660 (June 30, 1972); (Release
34-9660), Staff Legal Bulletin No. 2. (April 15, 1997); and REMIC Trust, SEC Staff No-Action Letter (March 28, 20111). |
Disclosure Statement | Page 142 |
Absent no-action relief
from the Staff of the SEC, the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership and the Creditors’ Trust will be subject to the
full registration requirements of the Exchange Act as to their respective securities and become obligated to file periodic and
other reports (i.e. quarterly reports, annual reports and current reports) with the SEC, as discussed above.
Section 27.03 Investment
Company Act Considerations
The Investment Company
Act requires registration of any entity primarily engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading
in securities or an entity that is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or
trading in securities, and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities with a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total
assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, unless an exemption or exception from registration
applies. Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Investment Company Act and no-action guidance from the staff of the Division of Investment
Management (the “Investment Management Staff”) of the SEC, liquidating vehicles engaging in transactions that are merely
incidental to such entity’s dissolution do not have to register under the Investment Company Act.
The Creditors’
Trust will not hold securities and, therefore, will not be subject to the Investment Company Act. In analyzing whether the Position
Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership could be subject to the Investment Company Act, the fact that both are being created for the
purpose of liquidating and distributing the assets of the Debtors’ bankruptcy estate is very persuasive. Further, the Position
Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership will have a term restricted to the minimum timeframe necessary to liquidate the assets, which,
given that the assets of the Position Holder Trust and IRA Partnership will consist entirely or almost entirely of Policy Related
Assets, is until all of the Policies mature. Holding the Policies until maturity is how long it will take to liquidate the assets
without incurring a significant reduction in the total gross amount, and net present value, of the liquidation proceeds that are
realizable from the assets. (Coincidentally, until final maturity is how long the Investors signed up to hold their investments.)
Under existing no-action interpretive advice from the Investment Management Staff of the SEC, the Chapter 11 Trustee believes that
the Position Holder Trust and IRA Partnership should be treated as liquidating vehicles exempt under Section 7(b) of the Investment
Company Act from that Act’s registration requirements. The Chapter 11 Trustee intends to seek no-action relief from the Investment
Management Staff of the SEC to confirm that the Position Holder Trust and IRA Partnership will not be required to register under
the Investment Company Act.
Disclosure Statement | Page 143 |
In granting no-action
relief in the past where the certificates representing an issuer’s securities will be freely transferrable, the Investment
Management Staff of the SEC has imposed various conditions on the issuer and the securities. In order to satisfy these conditions,
none of the Position Holder Trust Interests, the IRA Partnership Interests or the Fractional Positions will be listed on any securities
exchange. Further, neither the Position Holder Trust nor the IRA Partnership will engage the services of a market maker or otherwise
facilitate the development of an active trading market for or promote sales of its Trust Interests, IRA Partnership Interests or
any Fractional Positions, as the case may be, or collect or publish information regarding the prices at which any of those securities
are traded.
Assuming that the Position
Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership are deemed to be liquidating vehicles incidental to the dissolution of the Reorganized Debtors
based on all of the foregoing, neither the Position Holder Trust, nor the IRA Partnership will be subject to the registration requirements
of the Investment Company Act. However, if the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership is not deemed to be a liquidating vehicle
incidental to the dissolution of the Reorganized Debtors, then it may be required to register under the Investment Company Act,
which imposes significant legal and operational restrictions on investment companies.
Failure to register
as an investment company, if required, may subject the trusts to significant adverse regulatory or other penalties and collateral
consequences. Accordingly, if necessary to comply with the requirements for registered investment companies under the Investment
Company Act or otherwise obtain relief by the SEC, the organizational form of the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership
may be changed, and if so, the Chapter 11 Trustee, in consultation with the Committee, will do so in a way to preserve the economic
benefits of ownership of Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests to the maximum extent possible.
Section 27.04 Private
Sales of Continued Positions
After the Effective
Date, sales of Continued Positions may only be made in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws and FINRA
regulations. The holder of the Fractional Position to be sold must provide the Servicing Company with a request to record the change
of ownership and an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Position Holder Trust and the Servicing Company that such sale may be
made pursuant to an exemption under all applicable securities laws, and without causing the Position Holder Trust to be required
to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that none of the Position Holder Trust,
the IRA Partnership and the Servicing Company shall be under any obligation, and no Continuing Position Holder shall have any right
to require the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership or the Servicing Company, to file any registration statement pursuant
to the Securities Act or any other federal or state securities law to facilitate any sale.
With regard to any
private sales of Continued Positions after the Effective Date, none of the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership and the Servicing
Company (for so long as it is owned by the Position Holder Trust) will act as a broker dealer or facilitate the sale in any way,
and will not charge any commission, in connection with any transaction. The Servicing Company will either register the change of
ownership as the transfer agent for Fractional Positions, Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests, or will
engage a third-party transfer agent(s) to do so. The Servicing Company or the transfer agent will confirm the sale within ten (10)
business days or such time as required by applicable law, provided the above prerequisites are met and the transfer request is
accompanied by payment of reasonable transfer fees. Under the Servicing Agreement, upon request, the Servicing Company will provide
a letter to a Continuing Position Holder that confirms such Holder’s Fractional Position in a Policy, and identifies the
date and amount of the last premium payment, or, if billed, the next premium payment.
Disclosure Statement | Page 144 |
To the extent deemed
appropriate by the Plan Proponents, the process for making Elections under the Plan will include information relating to an Offer
to Purchase Fractional Positions from Current Position Holders made by a third party on terms proposed by the third party. In connection
with any Offer to Purchase, none of the Plan Proponents nor any of the Successor Entities will make any recommendation with regard
to the Offer to Purchase, and none of them will act as a broker dealer in any way, or charge any commission or receive any other
transaction based compensation, in connection with any transaction proposed or completed in connection with the Offer to Purchase.
Information regarding any Offer to Purchase that has been made will be included in or accompany the Plan Supplement.
ARTICLE
XXVIII
best interestS of creditors test
Section 28.01 Best Interest
Of Creditors
The Bankruptcy Code
requires that the Bankruptcy Court find that the Plan is in the best interests of all Holders of Claims and Interests that are
Impaired by the Plan and that have not accepted the Plan as a requirement to confirm the Plan. The “best interests”
test, as set forth in Bankruptcy Code § 1129(a)(11), requires the Bankruptcy Court to find either that all members
of an Impaired Class of Claims or Interests have accepted the Plan or that the Plan will provide a member who has not accepted
the Plan with a recovery of property of a value, as of the Effective Date of the Plan, that is not less than the amount that such
Holder would receive or retain if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code on such date.
To calculate the probable
Distribution to members of each Impaired Class of Claims and Interests if the Debtors were liquidated under chapter 7, the
Bankruptcy Court must first determine the aggregate dollar amount that would be generated from the disposition of the Debtors’
property if liquidated in chapter 7 cases under the Bankruptcy Code. This “liquidation value” would consist primarily
of the proceeds from a forced sale of the Debtors’ property by a chapter 7 trustee.
The amount of liquidation
value available to Holders of Unsecured Claims against the Debtors would be reduced by, first, the Claims of Secured creditors
(to the extent of the value of their collateral), and by the reasonable costs and expenses of liquidation, as well as by other
administrative expenses and costs of the chapter 7 cases, followed by the reasonable costs and incurred during the Debtors’
Chapter 11 Cases prior to conversion of the cases from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. Costs of a chapter 7 liquidation of the Debtors
would include the compensation of a chapter 7 trustee and his or her counsel and other professionals, asset disposition expenses,
and litigation costs. The liquidation itself would trigger certain priority payments that otherwise would be due in the ordinary
course of business. Those priority claims would be paid in full from the liquidation proceeds before the balance would be made
available to pay unsecured Claims or to make any distribution in respect of Interests. The liquidation would also prompt the rejection
of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and thereby create a greater amount of unsecured Claims.
Disclosure Statement | Page 145 |
In a chapter 7
liquidation, no junior class of Claims or Interests may be paid unless all classes of Claims or Interests senior to such junior
class are paid in full. Bankruptcy Code § 510(a) provides that subordination agreements are enforceable in a bankruptcy
case to the same extent that such subordination is enforceable under applicable non-bankruptcy law. Therefore, no class of Claims
or Interests that is contractually subordinated to another class would receive any payment on account of its Claims or Interests,
unless and until such senior classes were paid in full.
In a chapter 7
liquidation, unsecured creditors and equity Holders of a debtor are paid from available assets generally in the following order,
with no junior class receiving any payments until all amounts due to senior classes have been paid fully or any such payment is
provided for:
| · | Secured Claims (to the extent of the value of their holder’s collateral); |
| · | Administrative Claims incurred during the Chapter 7 case; |
| · | Administrative Claims incurred during the bankruptcy case prior to conversion of the case to Chapter
7 (i.e. Chapter 11 Administrative claims); |
| · | Claims expressly subordinated either contractually or by order of the Bankruptcy Court; and |
Once the Bankruptcy
Court ascertains the recoveries in liquidation of the Debtors’ secured and priority creditors, it would then determine the
probable distribution to unsecured creditors from the remaining available proceeds of the liquidation. If this probable distribution
has a value greater than the value of distributions to be received by the unsecured creditors under the Plan, then the Plan is
not in the best interests of creditors and cannot be confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court over the objection of a creditor or interest
Holder that has voted against the Plan.
As shown in the Liquidation
Analysis, attached as Exhibit F to this Disclosure Statement, which was prepared by the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary
Debtors’ financial advisors, the Plan Proponents believe that each member of each Class of Impaired Claims and Interests
will receive at least as much, if not more, under the Plan as it would receive if the Debtors were liquidated under Chapter 7 of
the Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, the Plan satisfies the best interest of creditors test.
Disclosure Statement | Page 146 |
Section 28.02 Liquidation
Analysis
The Plan Proponents
believe that the value of any distributions in a chapter 7 case would be less than the value of Distributions under the Plan.
The Plan Proponents’ belief is based primarily on:
| · | consideration of the effects that a chapter 7 liquidation would have on the ultimate proceeds
available for distribution to Holders of Impaired Claims and Interests, including: |
| ° | increased costs and expenses of a liquidation under chapter 7 arising from fees payable to
one or more chapter 7 trustees and professional advisors to such trustee(s), who may not be familiar with the Debtors’
industry and business operations; |
| ° | erosion in value of assets in a chapter 7 case in the context of the rapid liquidation required
under chapter 7 and the “forced sale” atmosphere that would likely prevail, particularly with respect to the Policies,
which would also likely begin to lapse; |
| ° | significant adverse effects on the Debtors’ businesses as a result of the likely departure
of key employees; |
| ° | substantial increases in Claims, as well as substantially increased estimated contingent Claims,
lease and contract rejection Claims; |
| ° | substantial delay in distributions, if any, to the Holders of Claims and Interests that would likely
ensue in a chapter 7 liquidation; and |
| · | the Liquidation Analysis prepared for the Plan Proponents by Bridgepoint Consulting, the Debtors’
financial advisors, in consultation with management and other professionals retained in these Chapter 11 Cases. |
ARTICLE
XXIX
ALTERNATIVES TO CONFIRMATION AND CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan Proponents
believe that the Plan affords Holders of Claims and Interests the potential for the greatest realization on the Debtors’
property and, therefore, is in the best interests of such Holders. If, however, enough acceptances received from the Impaired Classes
sufficient for the Debtors to confirm the Plan are not received, or the Plan is not subsequently confirmed and consummated, the
theoretical alternatives include: (a) liquidation of the Debtors under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) formulation
of an alternative plan of reorganization.
Disclosure Statement | Page 147 |
Section 29.01 Alternative
Plan(s)
If enough acceptances
to confirm the Plan are not received or if the Plan is not confirmed, the Subsidiary Debtors (or, if the Subsidiary Debtors’
Exclusivity Periods in which to file and solicit acceptances of a reorganization plan have expired, any other party-in-interest)
could attempt to formulate and propose a different plan or plans of reorganization. Such a plan or plans might involve either a
reorganization and continuation of the Debtors’ businesses, or an orderly liquidation of assets.
The Plan Proponents
believe that the Plan, as described herein, enables Holders of Claims and Interests to realize the highest and best value under
the circumstances. The Plan Proponents believe that any other alternative form of chapter 11 plan would be a much less attractive
alternative to creditors than the Plan because of the returns and certainty provided by the Plan. For example, the Plan resolves
the Ownership Issue and the issues in the Class Action Lawsuits, which would likely have to either be re-negotiated or litigated
in connection with any alternative plan proposal. Moreover, the Plan Proponents have already arranged for, and received, Bankruptcy
Court approval for the financing required for consummation of the Plan. Future plan proponents may not have such financing readily
available, if at all. Thus, alternatives to the Plan could involve diminished recoveries, significant delay, uncertainty, and substantial
additional administrative costs.
Section 29.02 Liquidation
Under Chapter 7
If no plan can be confirmed,
the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases may be converted to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, pursuant to which a
chapter 7 trustee would be appointed (or elected) to liquidate the Debtors’ assets for distribution in accordance with the
priorities established by the Bankruptcy Code. As set forth in §§28.01 and 28.02 of this Disclosure Statement, the Plan
Proponents believe that Confirmation of the Plan will provide each Holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest with a recovery that
is not less than such Holder would receive pursuant to a chapter 7 liquidation.
ARTICLE
XXX
VOTING AND ELECTION PROCEDURES AND CONFIRMATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 30.01 Ballots
And Voting Deadline
A Ballot for voting
to accept or reject the Plan is enclosed with this Disclosure Statement, and has been mailed to Holders of Claims entitled to vote.
After carefully reviewing this Disclosure Statement and all exhibits, including the Plan, each Holder of a Claim entitled to vote
should indicate its vote on the enclosed Ballot. All Holders of Claims and Interests entitled to vote must (i) carefully review
the Ballot and instructions thereon, (ii) execute the Ballot, and (iii) return it to the address indicated on the Ballot by the
Voting Deadline (defined below) for the Ballot to be considered.
The Bankruptcy Court
has directed that, in order to be counted for voting purposes, Ballots for the acceptance or rejection of the Plan must be received
by the Balloting Agent no later than January [ ], 2016 at 5:00 p.m. Central Time, (the “Voting Deadline”)
at the following address:
Disclosure Statement | Page 148 |
By First Class Mail:
Life Partners Ballot Processing Center
c/o Epiq. Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC
P.O. Box 4421
Beaverton, Oregon 97076-4421 |
PURSUANT TO THE DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT ORDER, THE COURT HAS APPROVED CERTAIN SOLICITATION, VOTING, AND BALLOTING PROCEDURES, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT
B. PLEASE REVIEW THESE PROCEDURES CAREFULLY PRIOR TO CASTING YOUR BALLOT. ANY BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER THE VOTING DEADLINE
WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
Section 30.02 Holders
Of Claims Entitled To Vote
Except as otherwise
provided in the Plan, any Holder of a Claim against the Debtors whose claim is impaired under the Plan (other than Holders of Intercompany
Claims) is entitled to vote, if either (i) the Debtors have listed the Holder’s Claim in the Debtors’ Filed Schedules
of Liabilities at a specific amount other than $0.00, and such Claim is not scheduled as “disputed,” “contingent,”
or “unliquidated”; or (ii) the Holder of such Claim has filed a Proof of Claim on or before the deadline set by the
Bankruptcy Court for such filings in a liquidated amount. Any Holder of a Claim as to which an objection has been filed (and such
objection is still pending as of the time of Confirmation of the Plan) is not entitled to vote, unless the Bankruptcy Court
(on motion by a party whose Claim is subject to an objection) temporarily allows the Claim in an amount that it deems proper for
the purpose of accepting or rejecting the Plan. Such motion must be heard and determined by the Bankruptcy Court before the first
date set by the Bankruptcy Court for the Confirmation Hearing of the Plan. In addition, the vote of a Holder of a Claim may be
disregarded if the Bankruptcy Court determines that the Holder’s acceptance or rejection was not solicited or procured in
good faith or in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 30.03 Classes
Impaired Under The Plan
Classes A1, B1 and
C1 are not impaired under the Plan. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 1126(f), Holders of Claims which are not impaired by the
Plan are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan, and therefore are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
Classes A2, A3, A4,
B2, B3, B4, B5, C2 and C3 are impaired under the Plan and are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
Classes A4, A5, B6,
and C4 are impaired under the Plan, but will not receive or retain any property under the Plan. As such, Holders of A4, A5, B6,
and C4 Claims or Interest are conclusively deemed to reject the Plan, and therefore, are not entitled to vote to accept or reject
the Plan.
Disclosure Statement | Page 149 |
Section 30.04 Information
On Voting And Balloting And Elections
(a) Transmission
of Ballots to Creditors. Ballots are being forwarded to all Holders of Claims entitled to vote. Those Holders of Claims whose Claims
are unimpaired under the Plan (Classes A1, B1 and C1) are conclusively presumed to have accepted the Plan under Bankruptcy Code
§ 1126(f), and therefore are not entitled to vote with regard to the Plan.
(b) Ballot Tabulation
and Voting Procedures. For purposes of voting on the Plan and Ballot tabulation, and the procedures that will be used to tabulate
acceptances and rejections of the Plan shall be those attached as Exhibit B. Please review these procedures carefully
before casting your Ballot.
Section 30.05 The Confirmation
Hearing
Bankruptcy Code §
1128(a) requires the Bankruptcy Court, after notice, to hold a Confirmation Hearing. Bankruptcy Code § 1128(b) provides that
any party-in-interest may object to Confirmation of the Plan.
The Bankruptcy Court
has scheduled the Confirmation Hearing for January [ ], 2016, at 9:00 a.m., prevailing Central Time, before
the Honorable Russell F. Nelms, United States Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
at the Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse, 501 W. 10th Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-3643.
Objections to Confirmation
of the Plan must be filed and served on the Debtors and the other parties set forth in the accompanying Disclosure Statement Order,
and certain other parties, by no later than January [ ], 2016, at 5:00 p.m. prevailing Central Time, in accordance
with this Disclosure Statement Order. THE BANKRUPTCY COURT MAY NOT CONSIDER OBJECTIONS TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN IF ANY SUCH
OBJECTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN TIMELY SERVED AND FILED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ORDER.
The notice of the Confirmation
Hearing will contain, among other things, the deadline to object to Confirmation of the Plan, the Voting Deadline, and the date
and time of the Confirmation Hearing.
Section 30.06 Statutory
Requirements For Confirmation Of The Plan
At the Confirmation
Hearing, the Bankruptcy Court shall determine whether the requirements of Bankruptcy Code § 1129 have been satisfied. The
Debtors believe that the Plan satisfies or will satisfy the applicable requirements, as follows:
| · | The Plan complies with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. |
| · | The Plan Proponents have complied with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code. |
| · | The Plan has been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law. |
Disclosure Statement | Page 150 |
| · | Any payment made or promised under the Plan for services or for costs and expenses in, or in connection
with, the Chapter 11 Cases, or in connection with the Plan and incident to the Case, has been disclosed to the Bankruptcy Court,
and any such payment: (a) made before the Confirmation of the Plan is reasonable; or (b) subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy
Court as reasonable if it is to be fixed after the Confirmation of the Plan. |
| · | The Plan Proponents have disclosed the identity and affiliations of any individual proposed to
serve, after Confirmation of the Plan, as a director, officer, or voting trustee of the Debtors, an Affiliate of the Debtors participating
in the Plan with the Debtors, or a successor to the Debtors under the Plan, and the appointment to, or continuance in, such office
of such individual is consistent with the interests of creditors and equity Holders and with public policy. |
| · | The Plan Proponents have disclosed the identity of any insider (as defined in Bankruptcy Code §
101) that will be employed or retained by the Reorganized Debtors, and the nature of any compensation for such insider. |
| · | The Plan does not propose any rate change that is subject to approval by a governmental regulatory
commission. |
| · | Either each Holder of an Impaired Claim or Interest has accepted the Plan, or will receive or retain
under the Plan on account of that Claim or Interest, property of a value, as of the Effective Date of the Plan, that is not less
than the amount that the Holder would receive or retain if the Debtors were liquidated on that date under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code. |
| · | Each Class of Claims that is entitled to vote on the Plan has either accepted the Plan or is not
Impaired under the Plan, or the Plan can be confirmed without the approval of each voting Class pursuant to Bankruptcy Code §
1129(b). |
| · | Except to the extent that the Holder of a particular Claim will agree to a different treatment
of its Claim, the Plan provides that Administrative Claims, and Priority Claims, other than certain priority tax claims, will be
paid in full, in Cash, on the Effective Date, or as soon thereafter as practicable. |
| · | At least one Class of Impaired Claims will accept the Plan, determined without including any acceptance
of the Plan by any insider holding a Claim of that Class. |
| · | Confirmation of the Plan is not likely to be followed by the liquidation or the need for further
financial reorganization of the Debtors or any successors thereto under the Plan unless such a liquidation or reorganization is
proposed in the Plan. |
| · | All fees of the type described in 28 U.S.C. § 1930, including the fees of the United States
Trustee, will be paid as of the Effective Date. |
Disclosure Statement | Page 151 |
| · | All transfers of property under the Plan shall be made in accordance with applicable non-bankruptcy
law. |
The Plan Proponents
believe that: (a) the Plan satisfies or will satisfy all of the statutory requirements of chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b)
it has complied or will have complied with all of the requirements of chapter 11; and (c) the Plan has been proposed in good faith.
Section 30.07 Confirmation
Without Acceptance Of All Impaired Classes
Bankruptcy Code § 1129(b)
allows a bankruptcy court to confirm a plan, even if an impaired class entitled to vote on the plan has not accepted it, provided
that the plan has been accepted by at least one impaired class. Holders of interests in Classes A5, B6, and C4 are deemed to reject
the Plan and, therefore, the Debtors intend to confirm the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 1129(b). Bankruptcy
Code § 1129(b) states that, notwithstanding an impaired class’s failure to accept a plan of reorganization,
the plan shall be confirmed, at the plan proponent’s request, in a procedure commonly known as “cram down,” so
long as the plan does not “discriminate unfairly” and is “fair and equitable” with respect to each class
of claims or equity interests that is impaired under, and has not accepted, the plan.
The condition that
a plan be “fair and equitable” with respect to a non-accepting class of unsecured claims includes the following requirement
that either: (a) the plan provides that each Holder of a claim of such class receive or retain on account of such claim property
of a value, as of the effective date of the plan, equal to the allowed amount of such claim; or (b) the Holder of any claim
or equity interest that is junior to the claims of such class will not receive or retain under the plan on account of such junior
claim or equity interest any property.
The Plan Proponents
believe that the Plan satisfies the requirements of Bankruptcy Code § 1129(b). The Debtors reserve the right to alter,
amend, modify, revoke or withdraw the Plan or any Exhibit or Schedule, including to amend or modify it to satisfy Bankruptcy Code § 1129(b),
if necessary.
Section 30.08 Identity
Of Persons To Contact For More Information
Any interested party
desiring further information about the Plan should contact the Balloting Agent at the phone number and/or address listed in §
2.07 of this Disclosure Statement.
ARTICLE
XXXI
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
The Plan Proponents
believe that the Plan is in the best interests of all Holders of Claims and Interests, and urge those Holders of Claims entitled
to vote to accept the Plan and to evidence such acceptance by returning their Ballots so they will be RECEIVED by the Balloting
Agent no later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing Central Time on January __, 2016. If the Plan is not confirmed, or if Holders
in those Classes do not vote to accept the Plan, the Holders in those Classes may not receive a Distribution.
Disclosure Statement | Page 152 |
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APPENDIX 1:
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THIS DISCLOSURE
STATEMENT
The following terms
used in this Disclosure Statement shall have the meanings set forth below.
Ad Hoc Committee
of Fractional Investors means those certain Investors represented by attorneys David D. Ritter and Stephen Andrew Kennedy,
denominated in pleadings as the Ad Hoc Committee of Direct Fractional Interest Owners of Life Settlement Policies sold by LPI.
Administrative
Claim means a Claim for costs and expenses of administration of one or more of the Estates under Bankruptcy Code sections
503(b) (including 503(b)(9) Claims), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2), including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred
after the Petition Date through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) Allowed
Professional Fee Claims; and (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates under chapter 123 of title 28 of the United
States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1911–1930.
Administrative
Claims Bar Date means the deadline for Filing requests for payment of Administrative Claims, which: (a) with respect to
General Administrative Claims, shall be 30 days after the Effective Date; and (b) with respect to Professional Fee Claims, shall
be 45 days after the Effective Date.
Affiliate means (A) entity
that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities
of the debtor, other than an entity that holds such securities — (i) in a fiduciary or agency capacity without sole discretionary
power to vote such securities; or (ii) solely to secure a debt, if such entity has not in fact exercised such power to vote; (B)
corporation 20 percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with
power to vote, by the debtor, or by an entity that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20 percent
or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than an entity that holds such securities — (i) in a fiduciary
or agency capacity without sole discretionary power to vote such securities; or (D) entity that operates the business or substantially
all of the property of the debtor under a lease or operating agreement.
Allowed
means with respect to any Claim or Interest, except as otherwise provided herein: (a) a Claim or Interest as to which no objection
has been Filed prior to the Claims Objection Deadline and that is evidenced by a Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, timely
Filed by the applicable Bar Date or that is not required to be evidenced by a Filed Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable,
under the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order; (b) a Claim or Interest that is scheduled by the Debtors as neither disputed,
contingent, nor unliquidated, and as for which no Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, has been timely Filed in an unliquidated
or a different amount; or (c) a Claim or Interest that is Allowed (i) pursuant to the Plan, (ii) in any stipulation that is
approved, or other Final Order entered, by the Bankruptcy Court, or (iii) pursuant to any contract, instrument, indenture, or other
agreement entered into or assumed under the Plan. Except as otherwise specified in the Plan or any Final Order, the amount of an
Allowed Claim shall not include interest or other charges on such Claim from and after the Petition Date. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, no Claim of any Person or Entity subject to Bankruptcy Code section 502(d) shall be deemed Allowed
unless and until such Person or Entity pays in full the amount that it owes such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.
Amicus Curiae
Committee of Fractional Interest Holders means those certain Investors represented by the Wiley Law Group denominated in
pleadings as the “Amicus Curiae Fractional Interest Owners of Life Settlement Policies.”
Arnold Class
Action means the class action adversary proceeding commenced before the Bankruptcy Court on July 28, 2015 by Michael Arnold
and others against LPI, asserting that LPI’s sale of interests in Life Settlements constituted a sale of unregistered securities
under the Texas Securities Act, and seeking the rescission of the Plaintiffs’ purchase of Fractional Interests and the returns
of all monies invested by the Plaintiff’s plus attorney fees. The Arnold Class Action is being settled by the Class Action
Settlement.
Asset Servicing
Group is a consulting company which provides services in the life settlement industry, and was retained as a consultant
to the Chapter 11 Trustee, pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on July 17, 2015.
Assigned Class Litigation
means the Causes of Action assigned to the Creditors’ Trust by the Assigning Class Parties as provided in the Class
Action Settlement.
Assigning Class Parties means
the members of the Settlement Class.
Assigning Position
Holder means a Current Position Holder who has made the Position Holder Trust Election with respect to one or more Fractional
Positions and thereby assigns the selected Fractional Positions (i.e., the Contributed Positions) to the Position Holder
Trust.
Assumed Executory
Contract and Unexpired Lease List means the list, as determined by the Chapter 11 Trustee, LPI and LPIFS of Executory Contracts
and Unexpired Leases (with proposed cure amounts) that will be assumed by the appropriate Debtor and assigned to either the Position
Holder Trust, Newco, or the Creditors’ Trust, as appropriate, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
Assumed Executory
Contracts and Unexpired Leases means those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any, to be assumed by the appropriate
Debtor and assigned to either the Position Holder Trust, Newco, or the Creditors’ Trust, as appropriate, and set forth on
the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List.
ATLES
means Advanced Trust & Life Escrow Services, LTA, a Texas Limited Trust Association.
ATLES Claims
means the two Proofs of Claim filed by ATLES in the Debtors’ Bankruptcy Cases, each in the amount of $322,229.48.
Disclosure Statement | Page 2 |
ATLES Lift Stay
Motion means the motions filed by ATLES with the Bankruptcy Court on June 19, 2015 and September 21, 2015, seeking relief
from the automatic stay, which motions were opposed by the Chapter 11 Trustee.
ATLES Settlement
means the Compromise and Settlement Agreement entered into between LPI and ATLES, which resolves disputes between ATLES and LPI
and the allowability of the ATLES claims.
Auction
means the auction of the ownership interest in the Servicing Company, which may be conducted pursuant to the Plan.
Avoidance Actions
means any and all actual or potential claims or Causes of Action to avoid a transfer of property or an obligation incurred by any
of the Debtors pursuant to any applicable section of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551,
553(b), and 724(a) and/or applicable nonbankruptcy law.
Ballot
means the document for accepting or rejecting this Plan, and making elections as provided herein, in the form approved by the Bankruptcy
Court.
Balloting Agent
means the Claims and Noticing Agent.
Bankruptcy Code
means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as amended from time to time.
Bankruptcy Court
means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases or any
other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of any reference under 28
U.S.C. § 157, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Bankruptcy Professional
means any professional retained by order of the Bankruptcy Court in these Chapter 11 Cases, along with their members, partners,
officers, shareholders, directors and employees, and any successors or assigns of all of the foregoing, but only as a result of
their being such a successor or assign.
Bankruptcy Rules
means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure promulgated under section 2075 of the Judicial Code and the general, local,
and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court, as may be amended from time to time.
Bankruptcy Schedules
means the schedules of assets and liabilities, lists of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and related information Filed
by the Debtors pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 521 and Bankruptcy Rule 1007(b), as such schedules may be amended or supplemented
from time to time as permitted hereunder in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 1009 or orders of the Bankruptcy Court.
Bankruptcy SOFAs
means the statements of financial affairs and related financial information Filed by the Debtors pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section
521 and Bankruptcy Rule 1007(b), as such statements may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted hereunder
in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 1009 or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
Disclosure Statement | Page 3 |
Bar Date
means the applicable date established by the Bankruptcy Court by which respective Proofs of Claims and Interests must be Filed.
Beneficial Ownership
means the beneficial and equitable right to enjoy the economic rights and benefits of ownership of a Policy (or Policies), including
all associated rights to receive death benefits and other maturity proceeds, rights to CSV, and all other rights relating to the
Policy (or Policies), including the portion thereof to which a Fractional Interest(s) relate(s). Beneficial Ownership does not
include rights reserved to the legal and record owner of a Policy, including the right to designate and change the beneficiary
of the Policy and to designate, control and direct a third party to serve as the record owner or beneficiary..
Bid Procedures
and Sale Motion means the motion which may be filed with the Bankruptcy Court authorizing the sale of the ownership interests
in the Servicing Company.
Bid Procedures
Order means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on [___] after the Plan Proponents Filed the Bid Procedures and Sale
Motion seeking, inter alia, to establish the Auction.
Blue Sky Law
means a law enacted by a state to govern the registration and sale of securities in order whose purpose is intended to protect
the public from fraud.
Bridgepoint Consultants
is the financial and restructuring advisor retained by the Chapter 11 Trustee pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered
on August 4, 2015.
Buchanan Firm
means Buchanan & Associates, P.L.L.C., which had been retained as special counsel for LPHI for the period covering the LPHI
Petition Date through March 9, 2015, pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on September 18, 2015.
Business Day
means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or “legal holiday” (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).
Cash means cash and Cash Equivalents.
Cash Equivalents
any item or asset of the Debtors readily converted to cash, such as bank deposits and accounts, checks, marketable securities,
treasury bills, certificates of deposit, commercial paper maturing less than one year from date of issue, and other and similar
items of liquid measure or legal tender of the U.S.
Cassidy LEs means the estimate
of an Insured’s life expectancy which was prepared for LPI by Dr. David Cassidy and provided to the Investors prior to their
purchase of Fractional Interests in Policies.
Catch-Up Cutoff
Date means the date that is 90 days after the Effective Date.
Catch-Up Payment
means an amount owing to any of the Debtors as of the Effective Date by a Current Position Holder with regard to a Fractional Position,
including but not limited to amounts owing for (i) premium advances made after the Subsidiary Petition Date, but prior to the Effective
Date, (ii) premium calls outstanding as of the Voting Record Date (which will include all premium calls payable through the anticipated
Effective Date), or (iii) platform and/or servicing fees payable to any of the Debtors.
Disclosure Statement | Page 4 |
Catch-Up Reconciliation means
the process for determining (i) whether any Catch-Up Payment owed by a Current Position Holder who makes (or is treated as having
made) a Continuing Holder Election has been paid by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, and (ii) whether any Pre-Petition Default Amount
owed by an Investor has been paid by the Effective Date.
Causes of Action means any
and all claims, interests, damages, remedies, demands, rights, actions, judgments, debts, suits, obligations, liabilities, accounts,
defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, liens, indemnities, guaranties, and franchises of any kind or character whatsoever,
whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, in contract,
tort, law, equity, or otherwise. Causes of Action also include, but are not limited to: (a) all rights of setoff, counterclaim,
or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law; (b) the right to object to or otherwise contest
Claims or Interests; (c) Avoidance Actions; (d) claims pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 362, 510, 542, 543, and applicable
non-bankruptcy law; and (e) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses set forth in
Bankruptcy Code section 558 and applicable non-bankruptcy law. A Nonexclusive List of Causes of Action held by the Debtors and
the Assigning Class Parties shall be filed in the Plan Supplement.
CCH means
confidential case history.
Certain IRA Investors
means those certain Investors represented by attorneys at Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank LLP and denominated in pleadings
as “Certain IRA Investors.”
Chapter 5 of
the Bankruptcy Code means § 501 through § 562 of the Bankruptcy Code, and includes Avoidance Actions.
Chapter 11 Case
means: (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case pending for that Debtor under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code in the Bankruptcy Court; and (b) when used in the plural and/or with reference to all the Debtors, the procedurally consolidated
and jointly administered chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.
Chapter 11 Trustee means H.
Thomas Moran,. II, in his capacity as chapter 11 Trustee for LPHI and sole director of LPI and LPIFS.
Claim
means any claim, as defined in Bankruptcy Code section 101(5), against any of the Debtors.
Claims and Noticing
Agent means Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, retained as the Chapter 11 Trustee’s and the Subsidiary Debtors’
claims, noticing and balloting agent pursuant to the Order Employing Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC as Exclusive Claims, Noticing
and Balloting Agent to Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors [Dkt. No. 371].
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Claims Objection
Deadline means the later of: (a) the date that is one year after the Effective Date; and (b) such other date as may be
fixed by the Bankruptcy Court, after notice and hearing, upon a motion Filed before the expiration of the deadline to object to
Claims or Interests.
Class
means a category of Claims or Interests as set forth in Article III of the Plan pursuant to section 1123(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Class Action
Lawsuits means the class action adversary proceedings associated with the Chapter 11 Cases styled Garner v. Life
Partners, Inc., Adversary No. 15-CV-04061-RFN11, Arnold, et al. v. Life Partners Inc., Adversary No. 15-CV-04064-RFN11,
and all other similar, related, or potential adversary proceedings, state court litigation and federal court litigation brought
by or in the name of any of the members of Class B2, Class B3 or Class B4, including, without limitation, all litigation and other
proceedings identified in the Plan Supplement (schedule of Class Action Lawsuits).
Class Action
Plaintiffs means all members of the Settlement Class.
Class Action
Settlement means the terms of compromise and settlement set forth in the Class Action Settlement Agreement as approved
by the Class Action Final Approval Order.
Class Action
Settlement Agreement means that certain settlement agreement by and among the parties named therein, including the Chapter
11 Trustee, the Debtors, the Arnold Class Action Litigants and the Garner Class Action Litigants on behalf of themselves and all
members of the Settlement Class as defined herein, the Langston Law Firm, Bryan Cave, LLP, and Skelton Slusher Barnhill Watkins
Wells PLLC (f/k/a Zelesky Law Firm PLLC) relating to the Class Action Lawsuits and approved in the Class Action Final Approval
Order.
Class Action
Settlement Notice means the notice that will be sent to all members of the Settlement Class which informs them of the Class
Action Settlement and their rights with respect to the Class Settlement.
Class Action
Settlement Order means the order to be entered, which approves the compromise and the settlement of the Class Action Lawsuits
pursuant to the terms of the Class Action Settlement Agreement.
Class Counsel
means the Langston Law Firm who are counsels to the Plaintiffs in the Class Action Litigation.
Class Proofs of Claim means
the Proofs of Claim filed by the lead plaintiffs in the Class Action Lawsuits on behalf of themselves and the Settlement Class
Members, which Claims are identified as Claim Nos. 22670 and 2262
CM/ECF
means the Bankruptcy Court’s Case Management and Electronic Case Filing system.
Committee means the Official
Committee of Unsecured Creditors appointed in these Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases.
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Compromise
means (a) the compromise and resolution of all issues relating to ownership of the Policies and other issues in controversy in
the Chapter 11 Cases, (b) the Intercompany Settlement, and (c) the Class Action Settlement, all of which will be effective on the
Effective Date of, and in consideration of, the Consummation in accordance with this Plan of (d) the Continuing Position Holder
Contribution to the Position Holder Trust and the Maturity Funds Facility financing for the Debtors provided for in this Plan,
and (e) the other Reorganization Transactions pursuant to which the Debtors’ business enterprise will be reorganized in a
way that is in the best interests of all stakeholders, in the Chapter 11 Cases.
Confirmation
means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 Cases.
Confirmation
Date means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter
11 Cases.
Continued Position
means a Fractional Interest or a New IRA Note held by a Continuing Position Holder.
Continuing Fractional
Holder means a Current Position Holder of a Fractional Interest who has made the Continuing Holder Election with respect
to the Fractional Interest and thereby (i) will be registered as confirmed owner of a Continued Position comprised of the selected
Fractional Interest (other than the fraction of that Fractional Interest comprising the Continuing Position Holder Contribution)
in exchange for the Allowed Claim related to the Fractional Interest that is not a Continuing Position Holder Contribution, and
(ii) will assign the Allowed Claim related to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution to the Position Holder Trust in exchange
for a Position Holder Trust Interest.
Continuing IRA
Holder means a Current Position Holder of an IRA Note who has made the Continuing Holder Election with respect to a Fractional
Position and thereby assigns the IRA Note related to the selected Fractional Position (i.e., the Contributed Position) and
to its Allowed Claim (i)(a) to the IRA Partnership as to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution, to be contributed by the
IRA Partnership to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest, and (b) to the Position Holder Trust
as to the remainder of the Contributed Position, in exchange for (ii) (a) an IRA Partnership Interest to be Distributed by the
IRA Partnership, and (b) a Continued Position comprised of a New IRA Note to be Distributed by the Position Holder Trust.
Confirmation
Hearing means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court to consider Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code
section 1129, as may be continued from time to time.
Confirmation
Hearing Notice means the notice sent to creditors, Interest Holders, and other parties in interest along with this Disclosure
Statement, which provides among other things the deadline for submitting Ballots to accept or reject the Plan, the deadline for
filing objections to confirmation of the Plan, and the date, time and place of the Confirmation Hearing.
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Continuing Holder
Election means the option provided to Current Position Holders for each of their Fractional Positions to elect status as
the confirmed owner of a Continued Position, and receive Distributions of (a) a Fractional Interest Certificate or a New IRA Note
representing the Continued Position(s), and (b) in exchange for each Continuing Position Holder Contribution, a Position Holder
Trust Interest or an IRA Partnership Interest, as set forth in (i) Section 3.07(b)(ii)(1) and Section 5.05, or (ii) or Section
3.07(c)(ii)(1) and Section 7.04 of the Plan
Confirmation
Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1129.
Continued Position
means a Fractional Interest or a New IRA Note held by a Continuing Position Holder.
Continuing Position
Holder means a Current Position Holder who (i) either (a) makes a Continuing Holder Election with respect to a Fractional
Interest, or (b) makes a Continuing Holder Election with respect to an IRA Note, or (c) does not make a Continuing Holder Election,
a Position Holder Trust Election or a Creditors’ Trust Election with respect to a Fractional Position; and (ii) pays any
applicable Pre-Petition Default Amount or other Catch-Up Payment by the due date for the payment; and thus (iii) if the Election
is a Continuing Holder Election as to the Fractional Interest, chooses, or is deemed to have chosen, to be responsible for the
payment of premiums with respect to the Continued Position related to the Fractional Interest (and, accordingly, to be entitled
to any related Maturity Funds), subject to the terms of this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
Continuing Position
Holder Contribution means (a) 5% of all Fractional Positions that are not the subject of a Position Holder Trust Election
or a Creditors’ Trust Election (including all associated rights to CSV and other beneficial rights of Policy ownership),
together with (b) 5% of all Escrowed Funds relating to such Fractional Positions, and (c) 5% of all Maturity Funds as of the Effective
Date relating to such Fractional Positions, but excluding any funds left on deposit in purchase accounts prior to the Subsidiary
Petition Date to purchase Fractional Positions that were not purchased.
Contributed Position
means (a) a Fractional Position, including all associated rights to CSV, rights to receive death benefits and other maturity proceeds,
and other rights of Policy ownership, together with any Escrowed Funds or Maturity Funds relating to such Fractional Position,
that is the subject of a Position Holder Trust Election or a Creditors’ Trust Election, (b) the Continuing Position Holder
Contribution made by or on behalf of a Continuing Position Holder pursuant to this Plan, and/or (c) the remainder (after the Continuing
Position Holder Contribution) of an IRA Note, including all associated rights to receive death benefits and other maturity proceeds,
rights to CSV and other rights of Policy ownership, together with any Escrowed Funds relating to such IRA Note, that is the subject
of a Continuing Holder Election, but excluding any remaining Maturity Funds (after the Continuing Position Holder Contribution)
relating to such IRA Note.
Contribution
and Collateral Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Contribution and Collateral
Agreement,” as approved and entered into between Reorganized LPI, the Position Holder Trust, and the IRA Partnership in accordance
with this Plan, and pursuant to which (a) Fractional Positions will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust to be pledged as
collateral for the New IRA Notes, and (b) Reorganized LPI will contribute certain Policy Related Assets and Causes of Action relating
to Catch-Up Payments to the Position Holder Trust, subject to the Maturity Funds Liens, all as provided in this Plan.
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Creditors’
Trust means the entity created pursuant to the Plan to own and administer the Creditors’ Trust Assets.
Creditors’
Trust Advisory Committee means the committee established as of the Effective Date to take such actions as are set forth
in this Plan, the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, and the Confirmation Order, or as may be otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy
Court.
Creditors’
Trust Agreement means that agreement which, among other things, creates the Creditors’ Trust, names the Creditors’
Trustee, identifies the responsibilities of the Creditors’ Trustee and provides the terms governing the Creditors’
Trust.
Creditors’
Trust Assets means the assets transferred to the Creditors’ Trust as more fully described herein and in the Creditors’
Trust Agreement, which include: (a) all Causes of Action included in the Debtors’ Estates, as defined in paragraph (31) above;
(b) the Assigned Class Litigation; and (c) any Other Assets.
Creditors’
Trust Beneficiaries means the Holders of Allowed Claims as General Unsecured Claims, Rescinding Position Holders and Former
Position Holders, but will not include: (i) the Continuing Position Holders; and (ii) the Assigning Position Holders, provided
a Continuing Position Holder or Assigning Position Holder who is the holder of an Allowed Claim arising from a Claim asserted by
the Holder as a named plaintiff in the Willingham MDL Litigation may receive an interest in the Creditors Trustee, and become a
Creditors’ Trust Beneficiary under the Willingham MDL Compromise.
Creditors’
Trust Election means the option provided to Current Position Holders, for each Direct Position or IRA Position held, to
elect to rescind the transaction pursuant to which the Current Position Holder acquired rights to and/or interests in the Direct
Position(s) or IRA Position(s), and rescind the related Investment Contract as it pertains to the position(s), and, in exchange,
receive a Creditors’ Trust Interest calculated as provided in the Plan, in which case the Holder will be relieved of all
ongoing payment obligations relating to the Direct Position or IRA Position, and the Direct Position or IRA Position shall be contributed
to the Position Holder Trust as a Contributed Position.
Creditors’
Trust Interest means a beneficial interest in the Creditors’ Trust, which represents the right to receive a distribution(s)
from the Creditors’ Trust as set forth in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, and/or the Confirmation Order, or as may
be otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
Creditors’
Trustee means the Person or Entity designated in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement to serve as the trustee of the Creditors’
Trust pursuant to the terms of the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
CSV means
cash surrender value of a Policy.
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Current Position
Holders means, together, the Fractional Interest Holders and the IRA Holders.
Debtor means one of the Debtors,
in its individual capacity as a debtor and, with respect to the Subsidiary Debtors, debtor in possession, in the Debtor’s
respective Chapter 11 Case.
Debtors means collectively,
LPHI, LPI and LPIFS.
Defaulted Fractional Position
means a Fractional Position for which a Continuing Position Holder did not pay in full the amount due under a premium call notice
for the Fractional Position by the due date.
Deficiency Claim
means the amount of a Secured Claim which is not an Allowed Secured Claim to the extent that any collateral securing such Claim
is insufficient to secure the repayment of such amount; provided, however, that if the Secured Claim is within a Class that validly
and timely makes the election provided in section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, there shall be no Deficiency Claim with respect
to such Secured Claim.
Direct Position
means the total number of Fractional Positions in one Policy that a Fractional Interest Holder holds as of the Effective Date.
Disallowed means a Claim which
is not Allowed.
Disclosure Statement
means this document, which is entitled “Disclosure Statement For Joint Plan Of Reorganization Of Life Partners Holdings,
Inc., et al., Pursuant To Chapter 11 Of The Bankruptcy Code,” including all exhibits, schedules and attachments thereto,
as approved pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order.
Disclosure Statement
Order means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 Cases: (a) approving
the Disclosure Statement as containing adequate information required under Bankruptcy Code section 1125 and Bankruptcy Rule 3017;
and (b) authorizing the use of the Disclosure Statement for soliciting votes on the Plan.
Disputed
means, with regard to any Claim or Interest, a Claim or Interest that is not yet Allowed.
Distressed Policies
means those Policies that do not have sufficient CSV or Premium Reserves already inherent in it or dedicated to it to satisfy premiums
due during any 120-day period.
Distribution
means a distribution of Cash or a Trust Interest, a Fractional Interest Certificate, or a New IRA Note, made in accordance with
the terms of this Plan.
Distribution
Date means [within __ days of] the Effective Date.
Distribution
Record Date means, other than with respect to the New Interests and the New IRA Notes, the record date for purposes of
making distributions under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims, which date shall be the date that is five (5) Business Days after
the Confirmation Date or such other date as designated in an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
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Distribution
Reserve Accounts means any accounts established by the Successor Trustees for the purposes of making distributions and
which accounts may be effected by either establishing a segregated account or establishing book entry accounts, in the sole discretion
of each of the Successor Trustees.
Effective Date
means, with respect to the Plan, the date after the Confirmation Date selected by the Plan Proponents on which: (a) no stay
of the Confirmation Order is in effect; and (b) all conditions precedent to Confirmation or the Effective Date specified in
the Plan have been satisfied or waived (in accordance with the Plan).
Effective Time
means the time on the Effective Date as of which all of the Reorganization Transactions to be completed as of the Effective Date
are completed in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Confirmation Order and the Reorganization Documents.
Elect
means an Election made by a Fractional Interest Holder or IRA Holder under the Plan.
Election means any Continuing
Holder Election, Creditors’ Trust Election or Position Holder Trust Election made in accordance with the terms of this Plan.
Election Deadline means January
__, 2016, which is the deadline for Fractional Interest Holders and IRA Holders to make their Elections under the Plan with respect
to each of their Fractional Positions.
Election Form means the form
provided to Fractional Interest Holders and IRA Holders along with this Disclosure Statement to make their Elections pursuant to
the Plan with respect to each of their Fractional Positions. The executed Election Form shall be returned to the Balloting Agent
no later that the Election Deadline.
Embry
means Mark Embry, who was LPI’s chief operations officer and chief information officer prior to the appointment of the Chapter
11 Trustee.
Entity
includes person, estate, trust, governmental unit, and United States Trustee.
ESA means
Escrow Services Agreement between LPI and ATLES, pursuant to which ATLES agreed to act as record beneficiary on life insurance
policies and escrow agent with respect to funds received from Investors for purposes of Life Settlement closings, to hold funds
for the payment of policy premiums, and to receive and disburse proceedings of maturities of the policies purchased by LPI.
Escrow Agent
means the Entity hired by the Position Holder Trustee to perform services under the Escrow Agreement.
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Escrow Agreement
means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Escrow Agreement,” as approved and entered into by
the Position Holder Trustee, Newco and the Escrow Agent in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which the Escrow Agent will
perform certain services relating to Premium Reserves for, and Maturity Funds produced by, the Policies.
Escrowed Funds
means funds held to pay premiums relating to any of the Policies as of the Effective Date.
Estate
means, as to each Debtor, the estate created upon the filing of its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 541.
Exchange Act means the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a, et seq.
Exclusivity Periods
means the 120-day exclusive period for a debtor to file a plan of reorganization and 180-day exclusive period for a debtor to solicit
acceptances to a plan of reorganization pursuant to §1121 of the Bankruptcy Code, which periods may be extended or terminated
by the Bankruptcy Court for cause.
Exculpated Parties
means the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee and its current and former members, the Bankruptcy Professionals,
the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the IRA Partnership,
the IRA Partnership manager(s), Newco, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing, but only as a result of their being
a successor or assign of one of the foregoing Persons.
Executed Ballots
means Ballots which have been: (i) marked as either accepting or rejecting the Plan; (ii) signed by the creditor; and (iii) delivered
to the Balloting Agent by the Voting Deadline.
Executory Contract
means all contracts, agreements, leases, licenses, indentures, notes, bonds, sales, or other commitments, whether oral or written,
to which one or more of the Debtors is a party and that is amenable to assumption or rejection under Bankruptcy Code section 365.
Extension Motion
means the motion filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Trustee with the Bankruptcy Court on September 16, 2015, seeking
an extension of the Debtors’ Exclusivity Periods, which was granted by the Bankruptcy Court by order entered on October 29,
2015.
F&P
means Forshey & Prostek, LLP which had been retained as counsel for LPHI for the period covering the LPHI Petition Date through
February 6, 2015, pursuant to an order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on April 28, 2015.
Fee Applications
means applications filed by Professionals with the Bankruptcy Court seeking the allowance of the Professionals’ fees and
expenses.
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File,
Filed, or Filing means file, filed, or filing in the Chapter 11 Cases with the Bankruptcy Court or
its authorized designee in the Chapter 11 Cases, including with respect to a Proof of Claim or Proof of Interest, the Claims and
Noticing Agent.
Final Loaned
Maturity Funds means those Maturity Funds up to a maximum of $25 million, which the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors
may utilize pursuant to the Financing Order.
Final Order
means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, as entered on the CM/ECF docket in any Chapter 11 Case or the docket of any
other court of competent jurisdiction, that has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which: (i) the time
to appeal, or seek certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired according to applicable law and (A)
no appeal or petition for certiorari or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has been timely taken, or (B)
any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be timely Filed has been withdrawn or resolved
by the highest court to which the order or judgment was appealed or from which certiorari was sought and the new trial, reargument,
or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order, or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice;
or (ii) if an appeal, petition for certiorari, or other proceeding seeking a new trial, re-argument or rehearing is pending, such
order or judgment is not stayed; provided, however, that the possibility a motion under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules, may be Filed relating to such order shall not prevent such
order from being a Final Order.
Financing Motion
means the Expedited Motion for Interim and Final Orders (I)(A) Authorizing Debtors to Obtain Post-Petition Financing, (B) Granting
Security Interests and/or Superpriority Administrative Expense Status; and (II) Granting Related Relief Filed by the Chapter 11
Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors on September 16, 2015 [Dkt. No. 958].
Financing Order
means that certain order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 cases approving the Financing Motion
and Maturity Funds Facility [Dkt. No. 1127].
FINRA
means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which is a non-governmental organization that regulates member brokerage firms
and exchange markets.
First Day Motions
means the Wage Motion, Insurance Motion, Utilities Motion and Tax Motion which were filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee with the Bankruptcy
Court on the Subsidiary Petition Date, each of which was granted by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to orders entered on June 17,
2015.
Former Fractional
Interest Holder means a Person or Entity who, prior to the Subsidiary Petition Date, had purchased one or more Investment
Contracts denominated as fractional interests in a Policy, but, as of the Subsidiary Petition Date, no longer held the Fractional
Position.
Former Position
Holder means a Former Fractional Interest Holder or a Former IRA Holder, or both, as the context requires.
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Former IRA Holder
means a Person who invested through an individual retirement account that is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 408
of the Internal Revenue Code and, if applicable, section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code and, for each such investment, purchased
an Investment Contract from LPI denominated as a promissory note secured by fractional interests in a Policy, but, as of the Subsidiary
Petition Date, no longer held the Fractional Position.
Fractional Interest
means a fractional, Beneficial Ownership interest in a Policy (including all associated rights to CSV and other beneficial rights
of Policy ownership), expressed in terms of the right to receive payment of a discrete percentage of the proceeds payable upon
the maturity of the Policy.
Fractional Interest Certificate
means a certificate representing a Fractional Interest and bearing restrictive legends referencing this Plan and the provisions
hereof that relate to the ongoing ownership of the Fractional Interest, in the form to be included in the Plan Supplement.
Fractional Interest
Holder means a Person or Entity that purchased, and holds, an Investment Contract sold by LPI denominated as a fractional
interest in a Policy, whether purchased directly from LPI or from a previous owner.
Fractional Positions
means (a) prior to the Effective Date, the fractional interests in the Policies that were denominated as related to the Investment
Contracts purchased by the Current Position Holders and the Former Position Holders, and (b) from and after the Effective Date,
the Fractional Interests represented by the Fractional Interest Certificates. All references to a Fractional Position include all
associated rights to CSV and other rights relating to the Policy (or Policies) to which the Fractional Position(s) relate.
Garner Class
Action means the Class Action adversary proceeding commenced before the Bankruptcy Court on July 19, 2015 by Philip M.
Garner, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated against LPI, seeking a declaratory judgment that the class members
are the equitable owners of the Life Settlement interests that they purchased from LPI, and that the plaintiffs’’ Fractional
Interests are not property of the Debtors’ Bankruptcy Estates. The Garner Class Action is being settled by Class Action Settlement.
General Administrative
Claim means any Administrative Claim, other than a Professional Fee Claim.
General Unsecured
Claim means any Unsecured Claim that is not an (a) Administrative Claim, (b) Priority Claim, (c) Intercompany
Claim, an insider Claim or subordinated Claim; or (d) Secured Claim.
Governance Documents
means the documents governing the corporate existence and management of the Debtors.
Governance Motion
means the motion filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee with the Bankruptcy Court on March 25, 2015 seeking authority to: (i) remove the
existing board of directors of LPI and LPIFS; (ii) amend the governing documents of LPI and LPIFS to reduce the size of their respective
boards of directors to one; and (iii) elect the Chapter 11 Trustee as the sole director of LPI and LPIFS for the purpose of, among
other things, the filing of voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on their behalf, which motion was granted by the Governance
Order. [Dkt. No. 240]
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Governance Order
means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on April 7, 2015, which granted the Governance Motion. [Dkt. No. 261]
Holder
means a Person or Entity holding a Claim or an Interest, as applicable.
Impaired
means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is impaired within the meaning of Bankruptcy
Code section 1124.
Initial Fraud
Report means the Declaration of H. Thomas Moran II in Support of Voluntary Petitions, First Day Motions and Designation
as Complex Chapter 11 Case, which was filed with the Bankruptcy Court on May 20, 2015. [Dkt. No. 347]
Insider Defendants
means the following defendants in the Pardo Litigation: Deborah Carr, Kurt Carr, R. Scott Peden, Linda Robinson d/b/a Linda Robinson
Pardo, Pardo Family Holdings, LLC, Pardo Family Holdings US, LLC, Pardo Family Trust, Paget Holdings, Inc., and Paget Holdings,
Ltd.
Insurance Motion
means the motion filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee with the Bankruptcy Court on the Subsidiary Petition Date, which sought authority
for the Debtors to continue workers compensation, liability, property and other insurance programs, and enter into premium financing
agreements for such insurance in the ordinary courts of business, which motion was granted pursuant to an order entered on June
17, 2015. [Dkt. No. 482]
Insureds
means the individuals who are insured under the Policies.
Intercompany
Claim means a Claim by one Debtor against another Debtor.
Intercompany
Settlement means the compromise of the Intercompany Claims as described in the Plan pursuant to which each of the Debtors
has agreed to waive all Claims it has against the other Debtors.
Interest
means any equity security (as defined in Bankruptcy Code section 101(16)) in any Debtor and any other rights, options, warrants,
stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights, restricted stock units, redemption rights, repurchase rights, convertible, exercisable
or exchangeable securities or other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to, or whose value is related
to, any such interest or other ownership interest in any Entity; provided, by way of clarification, that a Fractional Position
shall not be an Interest.
Interim Financing
Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on October 7, 2015 which granted the Financing Motion of an interim
basis. [Dkt. No. 1073]
Interim Loaned
Maturity Funds means the $1.6 million of Maturity Funds that the Chapter 11 Trustee was authorized to utilize pursuant
to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on October 7, 2015, which granted the Financing Motion on an interim basis.
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Internal Revenue
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Investment Company
Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Investment Contracts
means all of the various sets of documents wherein LPI agreed, among other things, to sell Fractional Positions to Fractional
Interest Holders and IRA Holders, and to provide servicing for the Policies and administration of the Fractional Positions.
Investor
means any Fractional Position Holder, Former Fractional Interest Holder, IRA Holder, or Former IRA Holder.
IRA means
an individual retirement account.
IRA Holder
means a Person who invested through an individual retirement account that is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 408
of the Internal Revenue Code and, if applicable, section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code and, for each such investment, purchased,
and holds, an Investment Contract sold by LPI that was denominated as a promissory note secured by a fractional interest in a Policy,
whether purchased directly from LPI or from a previous owner.
IRA Note
means a document denominated as a promissory note secured by a fractional interest in a Policy included in an Investment Contract
sold to an Investor.
IRA Partnership
means the newly formed Texas limited liability company created pursuant to the terms of this Plan to be a Position Holder Trust
Beneficiary and issue IRA Partnership Interests to IRA Holders who make Position Holder Trust Elections.
IRA Partnership Interests
means membership interests in the IRA Partnership.
IRS means
the Internal Revenue Service.
Joint Plan Of
Reorganization means the document which is entitled “Joint Plan Of Reorganization Of Life Partners Holdings, Inc.,
Et Al., Pursuant To Chapter 11 Of The Bankruptcy Code,” which was filed by the Plan Proponents with the Bankruptcy
Court on November 28, 2015, including all exhibits, schedules and attachments thereto.
Kimberly D. Hinkle
is an attorney and the general counsel of the Debtors who was retained by an order of the Bankruptcy Court, which was entered on
July 17, 2015.
KLI means
KLI Investments, LP.
KLI Adversary
Proceedings mean the adversary proceedings commenced by KLI before the Bankruptcy Court on June 19, 2015 against LPI, seeking
a declaratory judgment that plaintiffs are the owners of the Fractional Interests.
KLI PSA
means the Plan Support Agreement between KLI, the Chapter 11 Trustee on behalf of LPHI, and the Subsidiary Debtor, pursuant to
which KLI has agreed to be a stalking horse under an Auction of the equity interests in the Servicing Company.
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Lending Investor
means, prior to the Effective Date, a Current Position Holder, and from and after the Effective Date, a Continuing Position Holder
(a) who is the record owner of a Fractional Position relating to a Matured Policy the proceeds of which have been (i) deposited
into the Maturity Escrow Account and (ii) used to fund advances under the Maturity Funds Facility, and (b) who does not owe any
Catch-Up Payment as of the Effective Date with regard to the Policy. If a Lending investor does owe a Catch-Up Payment with regard
to the Policy, then only the excess of maturity proceeds allocable to the investor’s Fractional Position over the Catch-Up
Payment will be included in the related Maturity Funds Loan amount.
Licensee Litigation
means the adversary proceeding commenced before the Bankruptcy Court by the Chapter 11 Trustee against approximately 33 Life Partners
licensees and master licensees, which seeks the return of commissions and fees obtained by them in connection with the solicitation
of Investors to purchase Fractional Interests.
Lien
means a charge against or in property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation.
Life Partners
means LPI.
Life Settlements
means the purchase of previously issued life insurance policies insuring the lives of individuals.
Liquidation Analysis
means the analysis annexed as Exhibit F to this Disclosure Statement which shows: (i) the likely distribution that
Creditors and Holders of Interests would receive under a hypothetical distribution of the Debtors’ assets under Chapter 7;
and (ii) that Creditors and Holders of Interests will receive property under the Plan which has a value which is at least equal
to what they would receive in a Chapter 7 liquidation of the Debtors.
LPHI
means Life Partners Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation, and includes LPHI as a Reorganized Debtor under this Plan, as the context
requires.
LPHI Petition Date
means January 20, 2015, the date on which LPHI commenced its Chapter 11 Case.
LPI means
Life Partners, Inc., a Texas corporation, and includes LPI as a Reorganized Debtor under this Plan, as the context requires.
means LPI Financial
Services, Inc., a Texas corporation, and includes LPIFS as a Reorganized Debtor under this Plan, as the context requires.LPIRA
Notes
Mackenzie Law
Firm means C. Alfred Mackenzie, who was retained as special counsel for LPHI for the period covering the LPHI Petition
Date through March 9, 2015 pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on September 18, 2015.
Matured Policies
means those certain Policies set forth in the Plan Supplement, and any other Policy with respect to which the date of death
of the insured under the Policy has occurred.
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Maturity Escrow
Account means a segregated account (whether one or more) into which the Maturity Funds paid on all Matured Policies have
been deposited and will continue to be deposited and held subject to use in accordance with the terms of the Financing Order or
other Final Order, prior to the Effective Date, and the terms of this Plan and the Maturity Funds Facility procedures set forth
in the Plan on and after the Effective Date, including any accounts into which any of the Maturity Funds are transferred in accordance
with the Escrow Agreement.
Maturity Funds
means the Cash proceeds paid or payable by the life insurance company under the terms of any Policy that is or hereafter becomes
a Matured Policy.
Maturity Funds
Facility means the financing facility approved by the Bankruptcy Court in the Financing Order, which will be continued
after the Effective Date as provided in the Plan.
Maturity Funds
Liens means Liens on any of the Policy Related Assets and the Debtors’ Causes of Action imposed under the Financing
Order as security for payment of the Maturity Funds Loans.
Maturity Funds
Loans means advances made under the Maturity Funds Facility out of Maturity Funds received in respect of a Continued Position
of a Continuing Position Holder.
MMS Advisors
is a firm which was retained by the Chapter 11 Trustee as forensic accountants and portfolio consultants pursuant to an order of
the Bankruptcy Court, which was entered on July 27, 2015.
Moran
means H. Thomas Moran II, chapter 11 trustee of LPHI and sole director of the Subsidiary Debtors.
Motion To Abate
means the Joint Motion Filed by the Parties in the KLI Adversary Proceeding with the Bankruptcy Court on October 6, 2015, seeking
to abate the KLI Adversary Proceeding because the Ownership Interest is being resolved by the Plan, which motion was granted by
the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to an order entered on October 15, 2015. [Dkt. No.__]
Motion To Supplement
means the motion filed by the SEC with the Bankruptcy Court on February 24, 2015, seeking to supplement the record on the SEC Trustee
Motion.
Munsch Hardt
Kopf & Harr, P.C. is the law firm retained as counsel to the Committee pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court,
which was entered on April 6, 2015.
New IRA Note
means a secured, non-recourse promissory note to be (i) issued by the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Fractional Interest
to be contributed to the Position Holder Trust as part of the New IRA Note Collateral, and (ii) Distributed to an IRA Holder who
makes a Continuing Holder Election with respect to an IRA Note that related to the Fractional Interest to be so contributed.
New IRA Note
Collateral means the portion of the Beneficial Ownership in the Policies represented by the Fractional Interests (i) contributed
to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for one or more New IRA Notes and (ii) pledged as collateral to secure the New IRA Notes,
as provided in this Plan, the Position Holder Trust Agreement and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement.
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New IRA Note
Issuer means the Position Holder Trust.
New IRA Note
Security Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “New IRA Note Security Agreement,”
as approved and entered into in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which the Note Holder Trust will grant Liens in favor
of the Continuing IRA Holders securing the New IRA Notes issued pursuant to this Plan.
Newco means
the newly formed Texas limited liability company created pursuant to the terms of this Plan to service the Policies and provide
certain administrative services relating to the Fractional Positions after the Effective Date pursuant to the Servicing Agreement.
Newco Interests
means new common stock in Newco to be issued on the Effective Date as provided in the Plan.
Newco Organizational
Documents means such certificates or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other applicable formation documents of Newco,
the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
Non-Administrative
and Non-Priority Claims means Unsecured Claims which are neither Administrative Claims nor Property Claims.
Objection Deadline
means January ____, 2016, which is the deadline for any creditor or party-in-interest to file an objection to Confirmation of the
Plan.
Original IRA
Note Issuers means the makers of any of the IRA Notes held in the name of any IRA Holder as of the Effective Date.
Other Assets
means any assets of the Debtors other than (i) Policy Related Assets, (ii) Causes of Action, (iii) Cash and (iv) any other assets
to be Distributed to the Position Holder Trust or Newco as specified in the Plan Supplement.
Ownership Issue
means the issue as to who are the “beneficial” or “equitable” owners of the Policies – LPI or some
or all of the Current Position Holders.
Pardo
means Brian Pardo, who was LPHI’s president chief executive officer and chairman of its board of directors prior to the LPHI
Petition Date.
Pardo Litigation
means the adversary proceeding commenced before the Bankruptcy Court on September 11, 2015 by the Chapter 11 Trustee on behalf
of LPHI and the Subsidiary Debtor’s against Pardo and the Insider Defendants, which seeks money damages against the Defendants.
Payment Default
means the failure of any Continuing Position Holder (or that of its permitted assignee), after the Effective Date, to pay premiums
as to any Continued Position by the due date set forth in a premium call.
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Payment Default
Date means the date that moneys are due under a premium call notice which was sent by the Servicing Company to a Continuing
Position Holder.
Peden
means R. Scott Peden, who was the secretary and general counsel of LPHI, and president of LPI prior to the LPHI Petition Date.
Penumber 4 LLC
is one of the Plaintiffs in the KLI Adversary Proceedings.
Person
includes individual, partnership, and corporation, but does not include governmental unit, except that a governmental unit that
- (A) acquires an asset from a person - (i) as a result of the operation of a loan guarantee agreement; or (ii) as receiver or
liquidating agent of a person; (B) is a guarantor of a pension benefit payable by or on behalf of the debtor or an affiliate of
the debtor; or (C) is the legal or beneficial owner of an asset of - (i) an employee pension benefit plan that is a governmental
plan, as defined in section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or (ii) an eligible deferred compensation plan, as defined
in section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; shall be considered, for purposes of section 1102 of this title, to be
a person with respect to such asset or such benefit.
PES means
Purchase Escrow Services, LLC, a Texas limited liability company.
PES Lift Stay
Motions means the two motions Filed by PES with the Bankruptcy Court on seeking relief from the automatic stay, which are
being resolved by the PES Settlement.
PES Servicing
Agreement means the September 11, 2011 agreement between LPI and PES pursuant to which PES agreed to act as record beneficiary
on certain life insurance policies and service agent with respect to those policies, to hold funds for payment of policy premiums,
and to receive and disburse proceeds of institutes of the policies.
PES Settlement
means the Compromise and Settlement Agreement between the Debtors and PES, which resolves the disputes between them, and which
is subject to Bankruptcy Court Approval.
Petition Date
means the LPHI Petition Date or the Subsidiary Petition Date as the context requires.
PG&K
means Pronske Goolsby & Kathman, P.C., which were the attorneys for LPHI for the period covering February 5, 2015 through March
13, 2015, pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on May 5, 2015. [Dkt. No. 318]
Pieper
means Colette Pieper, who prior to LPHI Petition date was chief financial officer of LPHI, and who is currently the chief executive
officer of the Subsidiary Debtors.
Plan
means the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code Dated, dated November 28, 2015 and proposed by the Plan Proponents, including the Plan Supplement and all Exhibits,
schedules and attachments hereto and thereto, all as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with its
terms.
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Plan Default
Notice means the notice which is to be provided to the Creditors’ Trustee in the event there is an alleged default
under the Plan.
Plan Documents
means all the agreements, documents and instruments entered into on or as of the Effective Date, as contemplated by, and in
furtherance of, this Plan (including all documents Filed with the Plan Supplement and any other documents necessary to consummate
the Reorganization Transactions contemplated in this Plan).
Plan Model
means the financial models and forecasts for each of the Successors under the Plan, and which are attached as Exhibit C,
Exhibit D and Exhibit E to this Disclosure Statement.
Plan Proponents
means, collectively, the Chapter 11 Trustee, LPI, LPIFS, and the Committee. The Plan Proponents are the proponents of this
Plan within the meaning of Bankruptcy Code section 1129.
Plan Supplement
means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules, exhibits and attachments to the Plan to be Filed by the Plan
Proponents no later than the Plan Supplement Filing Date, and additional documents Filed with the Bankruptcy Court before the Effective
Date as amendments to the Plan Supplement, comprised of, among other documents, the following: (a) Newco Organizational
Documents; (b) the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; (c) the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired
Lease List; (d) the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, (e) the Position Holder Trust Agreement; (f) the IRA Partnership
Organizational Documents; ; (g) the Contribution and Collateral Agreement; (h) the Servicing Agreement; (i) the Escrow Agreement;
and (j) the Nonexclusive List of Causes of Action. Any reference to the Plan Supplement in the Plan shall include each of the documents
identified above as (a) through (j), as applicable. The documents that comprise the Plan Supplement shall be subject
to any consent or consultation rights provided hereunder and thereunder, including as provided in the definitions of the relevant
documents, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents. The Chapter 11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors,
subject to any consent or consultation rights provided hereunder and thereunder, shall have the right to amend the documents contained
in the Plan Supplement through and including the Effective Date in accordance with Article XIV of the Plan and the applicable document.
Plan Supplement
Filing Date means the date not later than five (5) days before the Voting Deadline, which date may be modified by agreement
among the Plan Proponents and/or such later date as may be approved by the Bankruptcy Court on notice to parties in interest.
Plan Support
Agreement means the KLI PSA.
Plan Supporters
means those parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases who have committed to support and advance the Plan and the Financing Motion,
which include: (a) the Ad Hoc Committee of Fractional Interest Holders; (b) the Amicus Curiae Committee of Fractional Interest
Holders; (c) Certain IRA Investors; (d) the Willingham MDL Investors; (e) the Arnold Class Action Litigants; and (f) the Garner
Class Action Litigants; [and (g) KLI Investments, LP].
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Policy
means any one of the life insurance policies identified by Policy ID Number in the Plan Supplement.
Policy Data
means certain data that will include information customary within the life settlement policy industry, as determined in the exercise
of reasonable business judgment of the Position Holder Trust Trustee and the Position Holder Trust Committee, as specified in the
Servicing Agreement, which may include the Policy ID, death benefit, insured age, premium due date, premium projections, current
premium illustration, termination date, a recent life expectancy (if reasonably available), amount of CSV (if any), amount of Premium
Reserves (if any), and other data as specified.
Policy Portfolio
means the portfolio of life insurance policies acquired by LPI and in which LPI sold Fractional Interests.
Policy Related
Assets means, collectively, (i) legal and record title to all of the Policies, (ii) all Beneficial Ownership in the Policies
held by LPI as of the Effective Date (including all associated rights to CSV and other beneficial rights of Policy ownership),
along with any related Escrowed Funds and Maturity Funds, (iii) LPI’s rights to recovery with respect to Premium Advances
made on any Policy and all other Catch-Up Payments and related Causes of Action, including all Pre-Petition Default Amounts and
all Pre-Petition Abandoned Interests, and (iv) all of the books, records, equipment, software, and systems relating to servicing
the Policies and providing the registration, administration, reporting and other services to be provided pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement, and which, except specified equipment and hardware, will be subject to the Portfolio Information License. The Policy
Related Assets, including the Catch-Up Payments Schedule, as of the Voting Record Date will be set forth in the Plan Supplement,
and the Policy Related Assets, including the Catch-Up Payments Schedule, as of the Effective Date and the Post-Effective Adjustment
Date, respectively, will be set forth in the Post-Effective Adjustment Report to be delivered as provided in Section 12.07.
Portfolio Information
License means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Portfolio License Agreement,” as approved
and entered into in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which Newco will receive a license to use the books, records, software,
and systems relating to the services to be provided pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, in connection with those services during
the term of the Servicing Agreement.
Post-Petition
ESA means ATLES agreement under the ATLES Settlement to continue to provide services post-petition under the ESA.
Post-Effective
Adjustment Report means the report provided for in Section 11.07 of this Plan, in connection with effectuating the provisions
of the Plan.
Position Holder
Trust means the entity created pursuant to the Plan to own and administer the Position Holder Trust Assets.
Position Holder
Trust Advisory Committee means the committee of that name provided for in the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
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Position Holder
Trust Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Position Holder Trust Agreement,”
as approved and entered into in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which the Position Holder Trust will be established
and administered.
Position Holder
Trust Election means the option provided to Current Position Holders for each of their Fractional Positions to elect to
have the positions contributed to the Position Holder Trust, thereby causing the selected Fractional Position(s) to be a Contributed
Position(s) and, for each Contributed Position, receive a Distribution of a Position Holder Trust Interest in the manner set forth
in Sections 3.07(b)(ii)(2) or 3.07(c)(ii)(3) and Section 5.05 of the Plan.
Position Holder
Trust Interest means a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust, which represents the right to receive distributions
from the Position Holder Trust as set forth in this Plan, the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and/or the Confirmation Order, or
as may be otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
Premium Reserves
means (a) funds deposited by or for the benefit of the Position Holder Trust on or after the Effective Date into an escrow account
maintained under the Escrow Agreement to pay premiums relating to any of the Policies, and (b) includes (i) the Escrowed Funds
contributed to the Position Holder Trust in accordance with this Plan, (ii) the rolling 120-day reserve for premiums on Distressed
Policies to be established and maintained pursuant to the Plan, and (iii) if required by the context, the Escrowed Funds related
to Continued Positions or those Fractional Interests pledged as collateral for the New IRA Notes.
Pre-Petition
Arnold Action means the class action commenced on May 13, 2011 in the District Court of Dallas County by Michael Arnold
against LPI, asserting that the sale of Life Settlements constituted the sale of unregistered securities in violation of the Texas
Securities Act.
Priority Claims
means any Claim, other than an Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim, a Secured Claim,
an Intercompany Claim, or General Unsecured Claim entitled to priority in right of payment under Bankruptcy Code section 507(a).
Priority Tax
Claims means Claims of Governmental Units of the type specified in section 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Pro Rata
means the proportion that the amount of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount
of the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in that Class, or the proportion that the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in a particular
Class bears to other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery or Distribution, including Distributions of Position Holder
Trust Interests and Creditors’ Trust Interests to Current Position Holders making Position Holder Trust Elections and Creditors’
Trust Elections under the Plan.
Professional
means a Person or Entity, excluding the Claims and Noticing Agent, (a) retained pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order
in accordance with Bankruptcy Code sections 327, 363, or 1103 and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the Confirmation
Date, pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, and 363; or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement
by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 503(b)(4).
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Professional
Fee Claims means all Administrative Claims for the compensation of Professionals and the reimbursement of expenses incurred
by such Professionals through and including the Effective Date to the extent such fees and expenses have not been paid pursuant
to the Interim Compensation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent the Bankruptcy Court denies or reduces
by a Final Order any amount of a Professional’s requested fees and expenses, then the amount by which such fees or expenses
are reduced or denied shall reduce the applicable Professional Fee Claim.
Proof of Claim
means a proof of Claim Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.
Proof of Interest
means a proof of Interest Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.
Receiver Motion
means the motion Filed by the SEC on January 5, 2015 in the SEC Action, which sought the appointment of a receiver for Life Partners.
Rejected Executory
Contracts and Unexpired Leases means those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any, to be rejected by any of the
Debtors as set forth on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, which shall include the Investment Contracts.
Rejected Executory
Contract and Unexpired Lease List means the list, as determined by the Plan Proponents, of Executory Contracts and Unexpired
Leases that will be rejected by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement and shall
include the Investment Contracts.
Released Parties
means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors and the Successors, (b)
the Chapter 11 Trustee, and (c) the Committee and its current and former members, and (d) with respect to each of the foregoing
in clauses (a) through (c), such Person or Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Person or Entity and its current
and former Affiliates’ current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests
are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and
former equity holders, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial
advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in
their capacity as such; provided, however, that any of the insiders, former equity holders, officers, directors,
managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants,
investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals and other parties identified in a Plan Supplement shall
not be a “Released Party.”
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Releasing Parties
means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors, (b) the Chapter 11 Trustee, (c) the Committee
and its current and former members, and (d) with respect to each of the foregoing in clauses (a) through (c), such Person or Entity
and its current and former Affiliates, and such Person or Entity’s and its current and former Affiliates’ current and
former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors,
successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and former equity holders, officers, directors, managers,
principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment
bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such; (e) all Holders of Claims
and Interests that are deemed to accept the Plan; (f) all Holders of Claims and Interests who vote to accept the Plan; (g) all
Holders in voting Classes who abstain from voting on the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases provided by the Plan;
and (h) all Holders of Claims and Interests, and their current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and their Affiliates’
current and former equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors,
and assigns, subsidiaries, and their current and former officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents,
advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives,
and other professionals, each in their capacity as such. Reorganized means, as to any Debtor or Debtors, such
Debtor(s) as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or
after the Effective Date.
Reorganized Debtors
means, collectively, and each in its capacity as such, the Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under this Plan or any successor
thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date.
Reorganization
Transactions means all of the actions and transactions to occur on or before the Effective Date as provided in this Plan.
Reorganized LPI
means LPI following Confirmation of the Plan.
Rescinding Position
Holder means a Current Position Holder who has made the Creditors’ Trust Election with respect to one or more Fractional
Positions, which Fractional Positions will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust in accordance with the Plan.
SEC means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC Judgment
means the judgment entered on December 2, 2014 against LPHI, Pardo and Peden in the SEC litigation.
SEC Judgment
Claim means proof of claim No. 289001750 arising out of the judgment entered in SEC v. Life Partners Holdings Inc. et
al., Case No. 12-cv-00033-JRN, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, and for the avoidance of doubt
includes any and all pre-petition claims held by the SEC against any Debtor.
SEC Litigation
means the action commenced on January 3, 2012 by the SEC against LPHI and others in the United States District Court for the Western
District of Texas (Case No. 12-cv-00033-JRN), which ended in entry of the SEC Judgment.
SEC Trustee Motion
means the motion Filed by the SEC with the Bankruptcy Court on January 23, 2015 seeking the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee
for LPHI, which was granted by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to an order entered on March 10, 2015.
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Secured
means when referring to a Claim: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate has an interest, which Lien is valid,
perfected, and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, or that is subject to setoff pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 553, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such
property or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 506(a);
or (b) Allowed pursuant to the Plan or separate order of the Bankruptcy Court as a secured Claim.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a–77aa, together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Securities Exchange
Act means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq. together with the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Servicing Agreement
means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Servicing Agreement,” as approved and entered into
between Newco and the Position Holder Trust pursuant to which Newco will provide servicing for the Policies and certain administrative
services relating to the Beneficial Ownership of the Policies, the Continued Positions, the Position Holder Trust Interests and
the IRA Partnership Interests.
Servicing Company
means the newly formed Texas limited liability company created pursuant to the terms of this Plan to service the Policies and
provide certain administrative services relating to the Fractional Positions after the Effective Date pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement. The Servicing Company is referred to as Newco in the Plan.
Servicing Fee
means the fee charged to each Continuing Position Holder for services provided under the Servicing Agreement, equal to three percent
(3%) of the Policy death benefit allocated to each Continued Position.
Settlement Class means all
persons or entities who purchased, and currently hold, investments originally sold by LPI, regardless of how the investments were
denominated (whether as fractional interests in life insurance polices, promissory notes or otherwise), and regardless of whether
or not a claim was filed by a class member. Excluded from the Settlement Class are LPI, all affiliated Life Partners companies
or Entities, any individual who served as an officer, director, advisor, board member, or otherwise was employed by LPI, including
but not limited to all insiders of LPI, sales agents, brokers, or other individuals affiliated with Life Partners sales or business,
and all persons or entities that are the subject of lawsuits brought by the Chapter 11 Trustee.
Smith, Jackson,
Boyer & Bovard means the tax consultant retained by the Chapter 11 Trustee and subsidiary Debtors pursuant to an order
of the Bankruptcy Court entered on August 3, 2015.
Statement of
Financial Affairs means the statements of financial affairs and related financial information Filed by the Debtors pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 521 and Bankruptcy Rule 1007(b), as such statements may be amended or supplemented from time to
time as permitted hereunder in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 1009 or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
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Statement of
Maturity Account means the statement that will be received by Continuing Position Holders whose Fractional Position relates
to Maturity Funds which have been advanced to the Debtors pursuant to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the Effective Date or
are being held in Maturity Escrow Account as of the Effective Date. The statement will reflect a Maturity Funds Loan payable and
the balance of the Maturity Funds being held in escrow to the Continuing Position Holder, the anticipated timeline for payout of
Maturity Funds and payment of Maturity Funds Loan.
Subsidiary Debtors
means LPI and LPIFS.
Subsidiary Petition
Date means May 19, 2015, the date on which the Chapter 11 Trustee commenced the Chapter 11 Cases of the Subsidiary
Debtors.
Substantial Consummation
means the sixtieth (60th) days after the Effective Date.
Successor Entities
means the Position Holder Trust, the Creditors’ Trust, and the IRA Partnership.
Successor Trusts
means the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust.
Successor Trustees
means the Position Holder Trustee and the Creditors’ Trustee.
Successor Trust
Agreements means the Position Holder Trust Agreement and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Successors
means the Successor Entities.
Tax Motion means
the Motion Filed on the Subsidiary Petition Date by the Chapter 11 Trustee with the Bankruptcy Court, authorizing the payment of
the Debtors’ pre-petition taxes and related obligations in the ordinary course of business, which motion was granted by the
Bankruptcy Court on June 17, 2015. [Dkt. No. 404]
Term Sheet
means that certain Term Sheet for Compromise to a Plan of Reorganization of LPHI, LPI, LPIFS, by and among the Chapter 11
Trustee, the Debtors, the Committee, and the Plan Supporters, Filed in the Chapter 11 Case on September 25, 2015, as Exhibit ”A”
to Docket No. 1032.
Termination Motion
means the Motion Filed on June 22, 2015, by the certain creditors with the Bankruptcy Court, seeking to terminate the Subsidiary
Debtors’ Exclusivity Periods, which motion was denied by the Bankruptcy Court on August 28, 2015.
Thompson &
Knight means Thompson & Knight LLP which was retained as counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors pursuant
to an order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on July 17, 2015. [Dkt. No. 632]
True Debt Notes
means the New IRA Notes which will be issued by the Policy Holder Trust to IRA Note Holders who elect Option 1 with respect to
their treatment under the Plan.
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Trust Committees
means the Creditors’ Trust Advisory Committee and the Position Holder Trust Advisory Committee.
Trust Interests
means the Position Holder Trust Interests and the Creditors’ Trust Interests.
Trustee Order
means the Order of the Bankruptcy Court entered on March 19, 2015, which granted the SEC Trustee Motion. [Dkt. No. 229]
Trusts means the
Successor Trusts.
Unclaimed Property
means any Distribution on account of an Allowed Claim or Interest that is attempted to be delivered to the Holder at its address
of record by, and which has been returned undeliverable to, a Successor Trustee, and which has been deemed to have been forfeited,
or which is subject to rounding pursuant to section 9.04 of the Plan, in accordance with Section 10.03, Section 10.04, Section
10.05, and/or Section 11.02(b) of the Plan.
Undeliverable
Distribution Reserve means the segregated, interest bearing account that each of the Successor Trustees will establish
for the purpose of depositing any distribution to a Holder of an Allowed Claim or Trust Interest that is returned to the respective
Successor Trustee as undeliverable or is otherwise unclaimed, for the benefit of such Holder until such time as such distribution
becomes deliverable, is claimed or is deemed to have been forfeited in accordance with the Plan. Such accounts may be effected
by either establishing a segregated account or establishing book entry accounts, in the sole discretion of each of the Successor
Trustees.
Unexpired Lease
means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is amenable to assumption or rejection under Bankruptcy Code
section 365.
Unimpaired
means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is unimpaired within the meaning of
Bankruptcy Code section 1124.
Unsecured Claim
means any Claim that is not an Administrative Claim, Secured Claim, Priority Claim, or Intercompany Claim.
Units
means the beneficial interests in the Position Holder Trust.
U.S. Trustee
means the Office of the U.S. Trustee for the Northern District of Texas.
U.S. Trustee’s
Motion means the motion Filed with the Bankruptcy Court by the U.S. Trustee on January 26, 2015, seeking the appointment
of a Chapter 11 Trustee for LPHI, which was denied by the Bankruptcy Court as moot after the Bankruptcy Court granted the SEC Trustee
Motion.
Utilities Motion
means the motion Filed with the Bankruptcy Court by the Chapter 11 Trustee on the Subsidiary Petition Date, seeking an order providing
adequate assurance of payments to utilities servicing the Debtors, and prohibiting such utilities from altering, refusing or discontinuing
services to the Debtors, which motion was granted pursuant to an order entered on June 17, 2015. [Dkt. No. 483]
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Vested Assets
means all of the Debtors’ assets.
Vote
means the vote of a creditor, whose claim is impaired under the Plan, to accept or reject the Plan.
Voting Deadline
means the date by which a Holder must deliver a Ballot to accept or reject this Plan as set forth in the Order of the Bankruptcy
Court approving the instructions and procedures relating to the solicitation of votes with respect to this Plan.
Voting Record
Date means the record date for voting on this Plan, which shall be January __, 2016.
Wage Motion
means the motion Filed with the Bankruptcy Court by the Chapter 11 Trustee on the Subsidiary Petition Date, seeking an order authorizing
the payment of pre-petition employee wages, salaries and payroll taxes, and unreimbursed business expenses and honoring existing
benefit plans and policies in the ordinary course of business, which motion was granted by order entered on June 17, 2015. [Dkt.
No. 481]
Willingham MDL
Litigation means, collectively, the following litigation: (i) Willingham, et al. v. LPI, et al., currently pending
in the 191st District Court, Dallas County, MDL No. 13-0357; (ii) McDermott, et al. v. LPI, currently pending in the 191st
District Court, Dallas County, MDL No. 11-02966; (iii) Morrow v. Life Partners, et al., currently pending in the United
States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 3:14-cv-141; (iv) Woelfe, et al. v. Life Partners,
et al., currently pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division,
Case No. 14-80433-CIV-JIC; and (v) Steuben, et al. v. LPI, currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District
of California, Western Division, Case No. CV11-010212-PSG.
Disclosure Statement | Page 29 |
APPENDIX 2:
Executive Summary Charts
Disclosure Statement | Page 2 |
Disclosure Statement | Page 3 |
List of Exhibits
| A. | Joint Plan of Reorganization of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code dated November
28, 2015 and proposed by the Plan Proponents |
| B. | Disclosure Statement Order |
| C. | Position Holder Trust Financial Model And Forecast |
| D. | Servicing Company Financial Model And Forecast |
| E. | Creditors’ Trust Financial Model And Forecast |
Exhibit a
Joint Plan
of Reorganization of Life
Partners Holdings, Inc., et al.,
Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code dated November 28,
2015
and proposed by the Plan
Proponents
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION
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In re: |
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Chapter 11 |
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LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., et al., |
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Case No. 15-40289-rfn-11 |
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Debtors. |
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Jointly Administered |
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JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
OF LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS, INC., ET
AL.,
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY
CODE
THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP
1722 Routh
Street, Suite 1500
Dallas,
Texas 75201
Telephone:
(214) 969-1700
Facsimile:
(214) 969-1751
Attorneys
for H. Thomas Moran II and the Subsidiary Debtors
MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR, P.C.
3800 Lincoln
Plaza
500 N.
Akard Street
Dallas,
Texas 75201-6659
Telephone:
(214) 855-7500
Facsimile:
(214) 855-7584
Attorneys
for The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
DATED: November 28, 2015
Joint Plan of Reorganization |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article I RULES OF INTERPRETATION, COMPUTATION OF TIME, and governing law |
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Section 1.01 |
Rules of Interpretation. |
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Section 1.02 |
Computation of Time. |
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Section 1.03 |
Governing Law. |
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Section 1.04 |
Reference to Monetary Figures. |
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Article II ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS AND PRIORITY CLAIMS |
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Section 2.01 |
Administrative Claims. |
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Section 2.02 |
Priority Claims and Priority Tax Claims. |
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Article III CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENt oF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS |
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Section 3.01 |
Classification of Claims and Interests. |
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Section 3.02 |
Separate Chapter 11 Plans. |
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Section 3.03 |
LPHI Class Identification. |
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Section 3.04 |
LPI Class Identification. |
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Section 3.05 |
LPIFS Class Identification. |
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Section 3.06 |
Treatment of Claims and Interests in LPHI. |
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Section 3.07 |
Treatment of Claims and Interests in LPI. |
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Section 3.08 |
Treatment of Claims and Interests in LPIFS. |
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Section 3.09 |
Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims. |
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Section 3.10 |
Elimination of Vacant Classes. |
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Section 3.11 |
Confirmation Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b). |
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Section 3.12 |
Controversy Concerning Impairment. |
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Section 3.13 |
Subordinated Claims and Interests. |
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Section 3.14 |
Designation of Impaired Classes. |
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Section 3.15 |
Classes Entitled to Vote |
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Section 3.16 |
Classes Not Entitled to Vote. |
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Section 3.17 |
Date of Distributions on Account of Allowed Claims. |
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Section 3.18 |
Sources of New Interests, New IRA Notes and Cash for Plan Distributions. |
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Section 3.19 |
Cram Down – Nonconsensual Confirmation. |
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Article
IV MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN AND REORGANIZATION TRANSACTIONS |
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Section 4.01 |
Maturity Funds Facility and Financing Order. |
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Section 4.02 |
Exit Financing and Reserve Funding. |
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Section 4.03 |
Compromise to Combined Fractional and Trust Model. |
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Section 4.04 |
Maturity Funds Reporting, Disbursement and Loan Payments |
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Section 4.05 |
Causes of Action. |
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Joint Plan of Reorganization | i | |
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Section 4.06 |
Deemed Consolidation of Debtors for Distribution Purposes Only. |
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Section 4.07 |
Winding Up of Reorganized Debtors. |
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Section 4.08 |
Formation of Successors and Distribution of New Interests and New IRA Notes. |
22 |
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Section 4.09 |
Distribution and Contribution of Debtors’ Assets. |
22 |
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Section 4.10 |
Directors and Officers. |
23 |
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Section 4.11 |
Cancellation of Existing Secured Claims. |
24 |
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Section 4.12 |
Vesting of the Vested Assets. |
24 |
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Section 4.13 |
Post-Effective Date Reconciliation. |
25 |
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Section 4.14 |
Authorization for Reorganization Transactions. |
27 |
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Section 4.15 |
Preservation of Rights and Causes of Action |
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Section 4.16 |
Employee Benefit Plans. |
28 |
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Section 4.17 |
Modification. |
28 |
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Section 4.18 |
Securities Law Compliance and Private Sales. |
28 |
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Section 4.19 |
Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes. |
30 |
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Section 4.20 |
Creditors’ Trustee Closing of the Chapter 11 Cases. |
30 |
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Article V POSITION HOLDER TRUST and Position Holder Trustee |
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Section 5.01 |
The Creation of the Position Holder Trust. |
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Section 5.02 |
Funding of Res of Position Holder Trust. |
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Section 5.03 |
The Position Holder Trust Agreement. |
31 |
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Section 5.04 |
The Position Holder Trustee. |
31 |
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Section 5.05 |
Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries. |
32 |
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Section 5.06 |
Position Holder Trust Reserves. |
34 |
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Section 5.07 |
Position Holder Trust Taxes. |
34 |
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Section 5.08 |
Liability; Indemnification. |
35 |
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Section 5.09 |
Termination. |
36 |
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Article VI CREDITORS’ TRUST AND CREDITORS’ TRUSTEE |
36 |
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Section 6.01 |
The Creation of the Creditors’ Trust. |
36 |
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Section 6.02 |
Funding of Res of Creditors’ Trust. |
36 |
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Section 6.03 |
The Creditors’ Trust Agreement. |
36 |
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Section 6.04 |
The Creditors’ Trustee. |
37 |
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Section 6.05 |
Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries |
37 |
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Section 6.06 |
Creditors’ Trust Reserves. |
37 |
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Section 6.07 |
Creditors’ Trust Taxes. |
37 |
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Section 6.08 |
Liability; Indemnification. |
38 |
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Section 6.09 |
Termination. |
39 |
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Article VII |
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IRA Partnership |
39 |
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Section 7.01 |
Formation of IRA Partnership. |
39 |
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Section 7.02 |
Ownership. |
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Joint Plan of Reorganization | ii | |
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Section 7.03 |
Governance and Management. |
39 |
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Section 7.04 |
Holders of IRA Partnership Interests |
40 |
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Section 7.05 |
IRA Partnership Taxes. |
41 |
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Section 7.06 |
Liability; Indemnification. |
42 |
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Section 7.07 |
Termination. |
42 |
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Article VIII TRUSTEE AND MANAGER COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES |
43 |
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Section 8.01 |
Discharge of the Chapter 11 Trustee from Duties. |
43 |
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Section 8.02 |
Compensation of the Successor Trustees and Managers. |
43 |
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Section 8.03 |
Successor Trustee and Manager Expenses. |
43 |
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Section 8.04 |
Retention of Professionals. |
43 |
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Section 8.05 |
Payment of Professional Fees. |
43 |
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Article IX committees |
44 |
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Section 9.01 |
Dissolution of the Committee. |
44 |
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Section 9.02 |
Creation of Position Holder Trust Advisory Committee. |
44 |
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Section 9.03 |
Creation of Creditors’ Trust Advisory Committee. |
44 |
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Section 9.04 |
Creation of IRA Partnership Advisory Committee. |
44 |
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Section 9.05 |
Procedures. |
44 |
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Section 9.06 |
Function, Duties, Responsibilities, Duration |
45 |
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Section 9.07 |
Liability; Indemnification |
45 |
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Article X PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY |
45 |
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Section 10.01 |
Timing and Delivery of Distributions by Successor Entities. |
45 |
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Section 10.02 |
Method of Cash Distributions. |
46 |
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Section 10.03 |
Failure to Negotiate Checks. |
46 |
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Section 10.04 |
Fractional Dollars |
46 |
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Section 10.05 |
Compliance with Tax Requirements. |
46 |
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Section 10.06 |
De Minimis Distributions. |
46 |
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Section 10.07 |
Setoffs. |
47 |
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Section 10.08 |
Distribution Record Date. |
47 |
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Article XI RESERVES ADMINISTERED BY THE SUCCESSOR ENTITIES |
47 |
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Section 11.01 |
Establishment of Reserve Accounts, Other Assets and Beneficiaries. |
47 |
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Section 11.02 |
Undeliverable Distribution Reserve. |
47 |
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Article XII ONGOING SERVICING FOR POLICIES |
48 |
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Section 12.01 |
Creation of Newco. |
48 |
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Section 12.02 |
Ownership. |
48 |
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Section 12.03 |
Governance and Management. |
48 |
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Section 12.04 |
Employees. |
49 |
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Section 12.05 |
Working Capital. |
49 |
Joint Plan of Reorganization | iii | |
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Section 12.06 |
Servicing Agreement. |
49 |
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Section 12.07 |
Post-Effective Adjustment Report. |
49 |
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Section 12.08 |
Policy Data and Reports |
50 |
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Section 12.09 |
Premium Calls and Payment Defaults. |
51 |
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Section 12.10 |
Servicing Fee. |
52 |
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Article XIII EXECUTORY CONTRACTS, UNEXPIRED LEASES, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS |
52 |
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Section 13.01 |
Assumption/Rejection. |
52 |
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Section 13.02 |
Cure Amounts. |
53 |
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Section 13.03 |
Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases |
53 |
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Section 13.04 |
Insurance Policies. |
53 |
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Section 13.05 |
Pass-through. |
53 |
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Section 13.06 |
Claims Based on Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. |
54 |
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Section 13.07 |
Reservation of Rights. |
54 |
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Section 13.08 |
Nonoccurrence of Effective Date. |
54 |
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Article XIV PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED, CONTINGENT, AND UNLIQUIDATED CLAIMS |
55 |
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Section 14.01 |
Expunging Certain Claims. |
55 |
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Section 14.02 |
Objections to Claims. |
55 |
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Section 14.03 |
Estimation of Claims. |
55 |
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Section 14.04 |
No Distributions Pending Allowance. |
56 |
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Section 14.05 |
Distributions After Allowance. |
56 |
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Section 14.06 |
Reduction of Claims. |
56 |
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Article XV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION AND TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PLAN |
56 |
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Section 15.01 |
Conditions Precedent to Confirmation. |
56 |
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Section 15.02 |
Conditions Precedent to the Occurrence of the Effective Date. |
57 |
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Section 15.03 |
Substantial Consummation. |
57 |
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Section 15.04 |
Waiver of Conditions. |
57 |
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Section 15.05 |
Revocation, Withdrawal, or Non-Consummation. |
58 |
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Article XVI AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS |
58 |
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Article XVII RETENTION OF JURISDICTION |
58 |
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Article XVIII EFFECT OF THIS PLAN ON CLAIMS AND INTERESTS |
60 |
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Section 18.01 |
Compromises And Settlements And Releases In Conjunction Therewith |
60 |
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Section 18.02 |
Exculpation and Permanent Injunction In Favor Of Exculpated Parties. |
60 |
Joint Plan of Reorganization | iv | |
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Section 18.03 |
Satisfaction of Claims. |
61 |
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Section 18.04 |
Releases/Permanent Injunctions Relating To Claims/Interests. |
62 |
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Section 18.05 |
Permanent Injunction Relating To Assets Transferred Pursuant To The Plan. |
63 |
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Section 18.06 |
Dismissal of Pre-Petition Actions. |
64 |
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Section 18.07 |
No Waiver. |
64 |
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Section 18.08 |
Bankruptcy Rule 3016 Compliance. |
64 |
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Section 18.09 |
Integral to the Plan. |
64 |
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Section 18.10 |
Setoffs. |
65 |
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Section 18.11 |
Recoupment. |
65 |
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Section 18.12 |
Release of Liens. |
65 |
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Section 18.13 |
Good Faith. |
66 |
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Section 18.14 |
Rights of Defendants and Avoidance Actions. |
66 |
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Article XIX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
66 |
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Section 19.01 |
Severability of Plan Provisions. |
66 |
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Section 19.02 |
Successors and Assigns. |
66 |
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Section 19.03 |
Binding Effect. |
66 |
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Section 19.04 |
Notices. |
66 |
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Section 19.05 |
Term of Injunctions or Stay. |
67 |
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Section 19.06 |
No Admissions. |
67 |
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Section 19.07 |
Notice of the Effective Date. |
68 |
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Section 19.08 |
Default Under Plan. |
68 |
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Section 19.09 |
Governing Law. |
68 |
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Section 19.10 |
Plan Documents. |
68 |
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Section 19.11 |
Entire Agreement. |
69 |
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Article XX CONFIRMATION REQUEST |
69 |
Joint Plan of Reorganization | v | |
INTRODUCTION
The following Joint
Plan of Reorganization provides a detailed set of terms and provisions in compliance with the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code
(as hereinafter defined) for the reorganization of Debtors Life Partners Holdings, Inc., Life Partners, Inc., and LPI Financial
Services, Inc. The Chapter 11 Trustee, the Subsidiary Debtors (as hereinafter defined), and the Official Committee of Unsecured
Creditors are the proponents of this Plan within the meaning of Bankruptcy Code section 1129.
This Plan consists
of three (3) separate plans (one for each of the Debtors). Consequently, except as provided in this Plan for purposes of making
and receiving distributions under this Plan, votes will be tabulated separately for each Debtor with respect to each Debtor’s
plan of reorganization and distributions may be made separately to each separate Class (as hereinafter defined) as provided in
this Plan.
Reference is made to
the Disclosure Statement (as hereinafter defined) for a discussion of the Debtors’ history, businesses, properties, results
of operations and projections of future operations, as well as a summary and description of this Plan and certain related matters.
No materials other than the Disclosure Statement, this Plan and any exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto or referenced
herein or therein have been authorized by the Plan Proponents or the Bankruptcy Court for use in soliciting acceptances or rejections
of this Plan.
ALL HOLDERS OF CLAIMS
OR INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THIS PLAN AND THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE VOTING ON THIS
PLAN.
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OF AN ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1125 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE. ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS MAY NOT BE SOLICITED UNTIL A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. THIS DRAFT PLAN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. |
Article
I
RULES
OF INTERPRETATION,
COMPUTATION
OF TIME, and governing law
Section
1.01 Rules of Interpretation.
For the purposes of
the Plan:
(a) in
the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or the plural, shall include both the singular and the plural,
and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender;
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(b) unless
otherwise specified, any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document
being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall be substantially in that
form or substantially on those terms and conditions;
(c) unless
otherwise specified, any reference herein to an existing document, schedule, or exhibit, whether or not Filed, having been Filed
or to be Filed shall mean that document, schedule, or exhibit, as it may thereafter be amended, modified, or supplemented;
(d) unless
otherwise specified, any reference to a Person or an Entity as a Holder of a Claim or Interest includes that Person’s or
Entity’s successors and assigns;
(e) unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to “Articles” or “Sections” are references to Articles and Sections
hereof or hereto;
(f) unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to exhibits are references to exhibits in the Plan Supplement;
(g) unless
otherwise specified, the words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereto” refer to the Plan in its entirety
rather than to a particular portion of the Plan;
(h) subject
to the provisions of any contract, certificate of incorporation, or similar formation document or agreement, by-law, instrument,
release, or other agreement or document entered into in connection with the Plan, the rights and obligations arising pursuant to
the Plan shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with the applicable federal law, including the Bankruptcy
Code and Bankruptcy Rules;
(i) captions
and headings to Articles are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the interpretation
of the Plan;
(j) unless
otherwise specified herein, the rules of construction set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 102 shall apply;
(k) any
term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules
shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as the case may be;
(l) all
references to docket numbers of documents Filed in the Chapter 11 Cases are references to the docket numbers under the Bankruptcy
Court’s CM/ECF system;
(m) all
references to statutes, regulations, orders, rules of courts, and the like shall mean as amended from time to time, and as applicable
to the Chapter 11 Cases, unless otherwise stated;
(n) any
immaterial effectuating provisions may be interpreted by the Plan Proponents, the Reorganized Debtors and the Successor Trustees
in such a manner that is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Plan, all without further notice to or action, order,
or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Person or Entity; and
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(o) except
as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan to the contrary, references in the Plan to the Debtors or to the Reorganized Debtors
shall mean the Debtors and the Successor Entities, as applicable, to the extent the context requires.
Section
1.02 Computation of Time.
Unless otherwise specifically
stated herein, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) shall apply in computing any period of time prescribed or allowed herein.
If the date on which a transaction may occur pursuant to the Plan shall occur on a day that is not a Business Day, then such transaction
shall instead occur on the next Business Day. Any action to be taken on the Effective Date may be taken on or as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Effective Date.
Section
1.03 Governing Law.
Unless a rule of law
or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules) or unless otherwise specifically stated,
the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws, shall govern the rights, obligations,
construction, and implementation of this Plan, any agreements, documents, instruments, or contracts executed or entered into in
connection with this Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements, in which case the governing law of such agreement
shall control); provided, however, that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors, Newco, or the Successor
Entities, as applicable, shall be governed by the laws of the state of incorporation or formation of the relevant Debtor, Newco
or Successor Entity, as applicable.
Section
1.04 Reference to Monetary Figures.
All references in the
Plan to monetary figures shall refer to currency of the U.S., unless otherwise expressly provided.
Article
II
ADMINISTRATIVE
CLAIMS AND PRIORITY CLAIMS
In accordance with
Bankruptcy Code section 1123(a)(1), Administrative Claims and Priority Claims have not been classified and, thus, are excluded
from the Classes of Claims and Interests.
Section
2.01 Administrative Claims.
(a) General
Administrative Claims.
(i) Except
as specified in this Article II and upon approval of the Financing Motion by the Bankruptcy Court, unless the Holder of an Allowed
General Administrative Claim and the Debtors or the Plan Proponents, as applicable, agree to less favorable treatment, each Holder
of an Allowed General Administrative Claim will receive, in full satisfaction of its General Administrative Claim, Cash equal to
the amount of such Allowed General Administrative Claim either: (a) within ten (10) days of the Effective Date; (b) if
the General Administrative Claim is not Allowed as of the Effective Date, within ten (10) days after the date on which an order
allowing such General Administrative Claim becomes a Final Order, or as otherwise provided in such Final Order; or (c) if
the Allowed General Administrative Claim is based on a liability incurred by the Debtors in the ordinary course of their business
after the Petition Date, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the particular transaction or agreement giving rise to such Allowed
General Administrative Claim, without any further action by the Holders of such Allowed General Administrative Claim, and without
any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
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(ii) Requests
for payment of General Administrative Claims must be Filed and served on the Creditors’ Trustee, no later than the Administrative
Claims Bar Date for General Administrative Claims in accordance with the procedures specified in the Confirmation Order and the
notice of the Effective Date. Holders of General Administrative Claims that do not File and serve such a request by the Administrative
Claims Bar Date shall be forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from asserting such General Administrative Claims against the Debtors,
the Reorganized Debtors, or their respective property and such General Administrative Claims shall be deemed forever discharged
and released as of the Effective Date. Any requests for payment of General Administrative Claims that are not properly Filed and
served by the Administrative Claims Bar Date shall not appear on the Claims Register and shall be disallowed automatically without
the need for further action by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, Newco, the Position Holder Trust,
and/or the Creditors’ Trust.
(b) Professional
Compensation.
(i) Final
Fee Applications.
All final requests
for payment of Professional Fee Claims, including the Professional Fee Claims incurred during the period from the Petition Date
through the Confirmation Date, must be Filed and served on the Chapter 11 Trustee (where Filed prior to the Effective Date) or
the Creditors’ Trustee (where Filed on or subsequent to the Effective Date) and the Debtors, no later than the Administrative
Claims Bar Date for Professional Fee Claims. All such final requests will be subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court after
notice and a hearing in accordance with the procedures established by the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules and prior orders
of the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases, including the Interim Compensation Order.
(ii) Post-Confirmation
Date Fees and Expenses.
Except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, from and after the Confirmation Date, the Debtors or Committee shall, in the ordinary course of business
and without any further notice or application to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, pay in Cash the reasonable
legal, professional, or other fees and expenses related to implementation of the Plan and Reorganization Transactions incurred
on or after the Confirmation Date by (A) the Debtors or the Chapter 11 Trustee and (B) the Committee in the manner
prescribed by the allocation set forth in Section 2.01(a). Upon the Confirmation Date, any requirement that Professionals comply
with Bankruptcy Code sections 327 through 331, 363, and 1103 in seeking retention or compensation for services rendered after such
date shall terminate, and the Debtors, Newco, Successor Entities, or Successor Trustees may employ and pay any professional in
the ordinary course of business without any further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
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Section
2.02 Priority Claims and Priority Tax
Claims.
(a) All
Allowed Priority Claims that are not Priority Tax Claims shall be paid on the later of (i) ten (10) days after the later of the
Effective Date or the date the Priority Claim becomes an Allowed Priority Claim, or (ii) the date a Priority Claim first becomes
payable pursuant to any agreement between or among the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Subsidiary Debtors and the holder of such Priority
Claim, or the Reorganized Debtors or the Creditors’ Trustee and the holder of such Priority Claim.
(b) Except
to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction,
settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each Holder of such Allowed Priority
Tax Claim shall be treated in accordance with the terms set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 1129(a)(9)(C).
Article
III
CLASSIFICATION
AND TREATMENt oF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
Section
3.01 Classification of Claims and Interests.
Claims and Interests,
except for Administrative Claims and Priority Claims, are classified in the Classes set forth in this Article III. A Claim or Interest
is classified in a particular Class only to the extent that the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of that Class
and is classified in other Classes to the extent that any portion of the Claim or Interest qualifies within the description of
such other Classes. A Claim or Interest also is classified in a particular Class for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant
to the Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in that Class and has not been
paid, released, or otherwise satisfied before the Effective Date. The Plan Proponents reserve the right to assert that the treatment
provided to Holders of Claims and Interests pursuant to this Article III of the Plan renders such Holders Unimpaired.
Section
3.02 Separate Chapter 11 Plans.
This Plan constitutes
a separate chapter 11 plan of reorganization for each Debtor, each of which shall include the classifications set forth below.
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Section
3.03 LPHI Class Identification.
The following chart
represents the classification of Claims and Interests for LPHI pursuant to the Plan.
Class |
|
Claims and Interests |
|
Status |
|
Voting Rights |
Class A1 |
|
Secured Claims Against LPHI |
|
Unimpaired |
|
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept) |
Class A2 |
|
General Unsecured Claims Against LPHI |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class A3 |
|
SEC |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class A4 |
|
Intercompany Claims Against LPHI |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class A5 |
|
Interests in LPHI |
|
Impaired |
|
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject) |
Section
3.04 LPI Class Identification.
The following chart
represents the classification of Claims and Interests for LPI pursuant to the Plan.
Class |
|
Claims and Interests |
|
Status |
|
Voting Rights |
Class B1 |
|
Secured Claims Against LPI |
|
Unimpaired |
|
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept) |
Class B2 |
|
Fractional Interest Holder Claims Against LPI |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class B3 |
|
IRA Holder Claims Against LPI |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class B4 |
|
General Unsecured Claims Against LPI |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class B5 |
|
Intercompany Claims Against LPI |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class B6 |
|
Interests in LPI |
|
Impaired |
|
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject) |
Section
3.05 LPIFS Class Identification.
The following chart
represents the classification of Claims and Interests for LPIFS pursuant to the Plan.
Class |
|
Claims and Interests |
|
Status |
|
Voting Rights |
Class C1 |
|
Secured Claims Against LPIFS |
|
Unimpaired |
|
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Accept) |
Class C2 |
|
General Unsecured Claims Against LPIFS |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class C3 |
|
Intercompany Claims Against LPIFS |
|
Impaired |
|
Entitled to Vote |
Class C4 |
|
Interests in LPIFS |
|
Impaired |
|
Not Entitled to Vote (Deemed to Reject) |
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Section
3.06 Treatment of Claims and Interests
in LPHI.
To the extent a Class
contains Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests with respect to any Debtor, the classification of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests
is specified below.
(a) Class
A1 - Secured Claims Against LPHI.
(i) Classification:
Class A1 consists of Secured Claims against LPHI.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A1 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A1, each such
Holder shall receive, at LPHI’s option:
(1) payment
in full in Cash;
(2) delivery
of collateral securing any such Claim and payment of any interest required under Bankruptcy Code section 506(b), with any Claim
amount remaining after application of such collateral to comprise a general unsecured Deficiency Claim under Class A2;
(3) Reinstatement
of such Claim; or
(4) other
treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(iii) Voting:
Class A1 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class A1 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 1126(f). Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(b) Class
A2 - General Unsecured Claims Against LPHI.
(i) Classification:
Class A2 consists of General Unsecured Claims against LPHI.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class A2 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class A2, each such
Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Allowed Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest as further described in
Section 6.05 hereof.
(iii) Voting:
Class A2 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Allowed Class A2 Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(c) Class
A3 – SEC Judgment Claim.
(i) Classification:
Class A3 consists of the SEC Judgment Claim.
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(ii) Treatment:
In full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for the SEC Judgment Claim, the SEC shall
receive, up to the Allowed amount of its SEC Judgment Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest that shall be subordinated under
the Creditors’ Trust Agreement in right to receive any distributions to a level below (A) all other Creditors’ Trust
Interests, including but not limited to any and all costs of administration of the Creditors’ Trust, and (B) any other subordinated
or residual interests therein, including all of the Position Holder Trust Interests held by beneficiaries of the Position Holder
Trust. The SEC has consented to this treatment in support of the Plan, and agreed to subordinate any and all rights to any Distribution
on account of its SEC Judgment Claim as set forth herein, subject to Confirmation and occurrence of the Effective Date of the Plan.
(iii) Voting:
Class A3 is Impaired under the Plan. Therefore, the SEC is entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(d) Class
A4 – Intercompany Claims.
(i) Classification:
Class A4 consists of Intercompany Claims against LPHI.
(ii) Treatment:
As part of the Intercompany Settlement, all Intercompany Claims against LPHI shall be subordinated, cancelled, and released without
any Distribution on account of such Claims.
(iii) Voting:
Class A4 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class A4 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant
to the Intercompany Settlement, Holders Of Intercompany Claims shall be relieved of their liabilities to the other Debtors and
their Estates. Such treatment shall be in full satisfaction of the Holder’s Intercompany Claim..
(e) Class
A5 - Interests in LPHI.
(i) Classification:
Class A5 consists of Interests in LPHI.
(ii) Treatment:
Interests in LPHI shall be cancelled and released without any Distribution on account of such Interests.
(iii) Voting:
Class A5 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Interests in Class A5 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 1126(g). Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
Section
3.07 Treatment of Claims and Interests
in LPI.
(a) Class
B1 - Secured Claims Against LPI.
(i) Classification:
Class B1 consists of Secured Claims against LPI.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B1 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B1, each such
Holder shall receive, at LPI’s option:
(1) payment
in full in Cash;
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(2) delivery
of collateral securing any such Claim and payment of any interest required under Bankruptcy Code section 506(b), with any Claim
amount remaining after application of such collateral to comprise a general unsecured Deficiency Claim under Class B4;
(3) Reinstatement
of such Claim; or
(4) other
treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(iii) Voting:
Class B1 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class B1 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 1126(f). Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(b) Class
B2 – Claims of Fractional Interest Holders Against LPI.
(i) Classification:
Class B2 consists of Claims of Fractional Interest Holders against LPI.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B2 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, each Allowed Claim in Class B2, each Fractional
Interest Holder may select one of the following three (3) options for treatment of its Allowed Claim related to each of its Fractional
Positions, and receive a Distribution(s) under this Plan as provided below:
(1) Option
1. Confirmed status as a Continuing Fractional Holder, and as such, (A) be the owner of the Fractional Position (subject to
the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement, including the ongoing obligation to pay Policy premiums
and the Servicing Fee), less the portion of the Fractional Position that is a Contributed Position, and, as Distributions, receive
(I) a Fractional Interest Certificate for the portion of the Fractional Position that is not a Contributed Position and (II) a
Position Holder Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section 5.05 of this Plan in exchange for the portion that is a Contributed
Position; and (B) to the extent the Fractional Position relates to Maturity Funds which have been advanced to the Debtors pursuant
to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the Effective Date or are held in the Maturity Escrow Account at the Effective Date, receive
a Statement of Maturity Account prepared as provided in Section 4.04, reflecting a Maturity Funds Loan payable to the Continuing
Position Holder determined as provided in Section 4.04.
(2) Option
2. Contribute the Fractional Position to the Position Holder Trust and, in exchange, receive a Position Holder Trust Interest
calculated as provided in Section 5.05 of this Plan, in which case the Holder will be relieved of all ongoing payment obligations
relating to the Fractional Position; or
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(3) Option
3. Rescind the transaction pursuant to which the Fractional Interest Holder acquired rights to and/or interests in the Fractional
Position, and rescind the related Investment Contract as it pertains to the Fractional Position, and, in exchange, receive a Creditors’
Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section 6.05 of this Plan, in which case the Holder will be relieved of all ongoing payment
obligations relating to the Fractional Position, and the Fractional Position shall be contributed to the Position Holder Trust
by Reorganized LPI as a Contributed Position. A Qualified Plan Holder is not permitted to make the Creditors’ Trust Election
described in this Option 3.
A Holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class B2 who does not select one of the foregoing three (3) options for treatment of its Allowed Claim related
to any one or more of its Fractional Positions shall be deemed to have selected Option 1 above and made a Continuing Holder Election
for treatment of its Allowed Claim related to such Fractional Position(s), subject to the payment of any corresponding Catch-Up
Payment and to continuing obligations pursuant to this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and, in full and final satisfaction,
settlement, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, each such Allowed Claim in Class B2, such Fractional Interest Holder
shall receive confirmed status as a Continuing Fractional Holder as treatment of its Allowed Claim.
(iii) Voting:
Class B2 is Impaired under the Plan and Holders of Class B2 Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(c) Class
B3 - Claims of IRA Holders Against LPI.
(i) Classification:
Class B3 consists of Claims of IRA Holders against LPI.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B3 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B3, each IRA
Holder may select one of the following four (4) options for treatment of its Allowed Claim related to each of its Fractional Positions,
and receive a Distribution(s) under this Plan as provided below, and all IRA Holders will be relieved of all ongoing premium and
other payment obligations relating to their Fractional Positions:
(1) Option
1. Confirmed status as a Continuing IRA Holder, and as such, (A) transfer the portion of the Fractional Position that is a
Continuing Position Holder Contribution to the IRA Partnership and, unless the Fractional Position relates to Maturity Funds which
have been advanced to the Debtors pursuant to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the Effective Date or are held in the Maturities
Escrow Account at the Effective Date, the remainder of the Fractional Position (being the remainder of its Contributed Position)
to the Position Holder Trust and, as Distributions, receive (I) a New IRA Note payable in an amount, and with other terms and conditions,
determined as provided in the Plan Supplement (subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, the Position Holder Trust Agreement
and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement) and (II) an IRA Partnership Interest calculated as provided in Section 7.04 of this
Plan; and (B) to the extent the Fractional Position relates to Maturity Funds which have been advanced to the Debtors pursuant
to the Maturity Funds Facility prior to the Effective Date or are held in the Maturities Escrow Account at the Effective Date,
receive a Statement of Maturity Account prepared as provided in Section 4.04, reflecting a Maturity Funds Loan payable to the Continuing
IRA Holder determined as provided in Section 4.04 and any Distribution of funds held in the Maturities Escrow Account that will
be made to the Holder pursuant to Section 4.04.
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(2) Option
2. Contribute the Fractional Position to the IRA Partnership and, in exchange, receive an IRA Partnership Interest calculated
as provided in Section 7.04 of this Plan, and as the holder of an IRA Partnership Interest, participate in the distributions from
the Position Holder Trust; or
(3) Option
3. Rescind the transaction pursuant to which the IRA Holder acquired rights to and/or interests in the Fractional Position,
and rescind the related Investment Contract as it pertains to the Fractional Position, and, in exchange, receive a Creditors’
Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section 6.05 of this Plan, in which case the Fractional Position shall be contributed
to the Position Holder Trust by Reorganized LPI as a Contributed Position. A Qualified Plan Holder is not permitted to make the
Creditors’ Trust Election described in this Option 3.
(4) Option
4. Distribute the Fractional Position to the owner of the IRA Note and exchange it for a Fractional Interest held outside of
the IRA, and with respect to which the IRA owner may make a Continuing Holder Election.
A Holder of
an Allowed Claim in Class B3 who does not select one of the foregoing four (4) options for treatment of its Allowed Claim related
to any one or more of its Fractional Positions shall be deemed to have selected Option 1 above and made a Continuing Holder Election
for treatment of its Allowed Claim related to such Fractional Position(s) and, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release,
and discharge of, and in exchange for, each such Allowed Claim in Class B3, such IRA Holder shall receive confirmed status as a
Continuing IRA Holder as treatment of its Allowed Claim.
(iii) Voting:
Class B3 is Impaired under the Plan and Holders of Class B3 Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(d) Class
B4 - General Unsecured Claims Against LPI.
(i) Classification:
Class B4 consists of General Unsecured Claims (including Claims by Former Position Holders) against LPI.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class B4 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class B4, each such
Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section
6.05 of this Plan.
(iii) Voting:
Class B4 is Impaired under the Plan and Holders of Class B4 Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
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(e) Class
B5 - Intercompany Claims Against LPI.
(i) Classification:
Class B5 consists of Intercompany Claims against LPI.
(ii) Treatment:
As part of the Intercompany Settlement, all Intercompany Claims against LPI shall be subordinated, cancelled, and released without
any Distribution on account of such Claims.
(iii) Voting:
Class B5 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class B5 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant
to the Intercompany Settlement, Holders Of Intercompany Claims shall be relieved of their liabilities to the other Debtors and
their Estates. Such treatment shall be in full satisfaction of the claimant’s Inter-company Claims.
(f) Class
B6 - Interests in LPI.
(i) Classification:
Class B6 consists of Interests in LPI.
(ii) Treatment:
Interests in LPI shall be cancelled and released without any distribution on account of such Interests.
(iii) Voting:
Class B6 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Interests in Class B6 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 1126(g). Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
Section
3.08 Treatment of Claims and Interests
in LPIFS.
(a) Class
C1 - Secured Claims Against LPIFS.
(i) Classification:
Class C1 consists of Secured Claims against LPIFS.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class C1 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class C1, each such
Holder shall receive, at LPIFS’s option:
(1) payment
in full in Cash;
(2) delivery
of collateral securing any such Claim and payment of any interest required under Bankruptcy Code section 506(b), with any Claim
amount remaining after application of such collateral to comprise a general unsecured Deficiency Claim under Class C2;
(3) Reinstatement
of such Claim; or
(4) other
treatment rendering such Claim Unimpaired.
(iii) Voting:
Class C1 is Unimpaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class C1 are conclusively deemed to have accepted the Plan pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 1126(f). Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
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(b) Class
C2 – General Unsecured Claims Against LPIFS.
(i) Classification:
Class C2 consists of General Unsecured Claims against LPIFS.
(ii) Treatment:
Except to the extent that a Holder of an Allowed Claim in Class C2 agrees to a less favorable treatment of its Allowed Claim, in
full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of and in exchange for each Allowed Claim in Class C2, each such
Holder shall receive, up to the Allowed amount of its Claim, a Creditors’ Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section
6.05 of this Plan.
(iii) Voting:
Class C2 is Impaired under the Plan and Holders of Class C2 Claims are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
(c) Class
C3 - Intercompany Claims Against LPIFS.
(i) Classification:
Class C3 consists of Intercompany Claims against LPIFS.
(ii) Treatment:
As part of the Intercompany Settlement, all Intercompany Claims against LPIFS shall be subordinated, cancelled, and released without
any Distribution on account of such Claims.
(iii) Voting:
Class C3 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Claims in Class C3 are entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Pursuant
to the Intercompany Settlement, Holders of Intercompany Claims shall be relieved of their liabilities to the other Debtors and
their Estates. Such treatment shall be in full satisfaction of the claimant’s Intercompany Claims.
(d) Class
C4 - Interests in LPIFS.
(i) Classification:
Class C4 consists of Interests in LPIFS.
(ii) Treatment:
Interests in LPIFS shall be canceled and released without any distribution on account of such Interests.
(iii) Voting:
Class C4 is Impaired under the Plan. Holders of Interests in Class C4 are conclusively deemed to have rejected the Plan pursuant
to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. Therefore, such Holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan.
Section
3.09 Special Provision Governing Unimpaired
Claims.
Except as otherwise
provided in the Plan, nothing under the Plan shall affect the Chapter 11 Trustee’s or the Subsidiary Debtors’ rights
in respect of any Unimpaired Claims, including all rights in respect of legal and equitable defenses to or setoffs or recoupments
against any such Unimpaired Claims.
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Section
3.10 Elimination of Vacant Classes.
Any Class of Claims
or Interests that, as of the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing, does not have at least one Holder of a Claim or Interest
that is Allowed in an amount greater than zero for voting purposes pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order shall be considered
vacant, deemed eliminated from the Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Plan, and disregarded for purposes of determining
whether the Plan satisfies Bankruptcy Code section 1129(a)(8) with respect to that Class.
Section
3.11 Confirmation Pursuant to Bankruptcy
Code Sections 1129(a)(10) and 1129(b).
Bankruptcy Code section
1129(a)(10) shall be satisfied for purposes of Confirmation by acceptance of the Plan by one or more of the Classes entitled to
vote pursuant to this Article III hereof. The Plan Proponents shall seek Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b)
with respect to any rejecting Class of Claims or Interests.
Section
3.12 Controversy Concerning Impairment.
If a controversy arises
as to whether any Claims or Interests, or any Class of Claims or Interests, are Impaired, the Bankruptcy Court shall, after notice
and a hearing, determine such controversy on or before the Confirmation Date.
Section
3.13 Subordinated Claims and Interests.
The allowance, classification,
and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests and the respective Distributions and treatments under the Plan take into
account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual,
legal, and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination,
Bankruptcy Code section 510(b), or otherwise. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 510, the Creditors’ Trustee reserves
the right to re-classify any Allowed Claim in accordance with any contractual, legal, or equitable subordination relating thereto.
Section
3.14 Designation of Impaired Classes.
(a) Impaired
Classes of Claims.
Classes A2, A3, A4,
B2, B3, B4, B5, C2, and C3 are Impaired.
(b) Impaired
Classes of Interests.
Classes A5, B6, and
C4 are Impaired.
Section
3.15 Classes Entitled to Vote
Classes A2, A3, A4,
B2, B3, B4, B5, C2, and C3 are entitled to cast Ballots with respect to this Plan.
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Section
3.16 Classes Not Entitled to Vote.
Classes A1, B1, and
C1 are Unimpaired under this Plan and therefore, Holders of Claims in such classes are not entitled to cast Ballots with respect
to this Plan as they are deemed to accept this Plan in accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 1126(f).
Classes A5, B6, and
C4 are not entitled to receive or return property under this Plan and are deemed to reject this Plan in accordance with Bankruptcy
Code section 1126(g).
Section
3.17 Date of Distributions on Account
of Allowed Claims.
All Distributions and
deliveries to be made pursuant to this Article III shall be made on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter. All
distributions made by the Successor Entities after the Effective Date shall be made as provided in their respective Successor Trust
Agreements. In the event that any payment or act under this Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business
Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on the next succeeding Business Day, but shall
be deemed to have been completed as of the required date.
Section
3.18 Sources of New Interests, New
IRA Notes and Cash for Plan Distributions.
(a) The
New Interests and New IRA Notes used to make Distributions on the Effective Date or thereafter will be issued as provided in Articles
IV, V, VI, and VII.
(b) Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein or in the Confirmation Order, all Cash consideration necessary for the Debtors and the
Successor Entities to make payments or Distributions pursuant to this Plan shall be obtained from the Maturity Funds Facility or
Cash on hand of the Debtors, including Cash derived from business operations, and Cash derived from any asset sales or financing
activities. Further, the Successor Entities will be entitled to transfer funds between themselves to satisfy their obligations
or as otherwise provided under the Plan or pursuant to the Position Holder Trust Agreement and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Except as set forth herein, any changes in intercompany account balances resulting from such transfers will be accounted for and
settled in accordance with the Position Holder Trust Agreement and Creditors’ Trust Agreement and will not violate or otherwise
be affected by the terms of this Plan.
Section
3.19 Cram Down – Nonconsensual
Confirmation.
If each Impaired Class
of Claims or Interests entitled to vote shall not accept this Plan by the requisite statutory majority provided in Bankruptcy Code
sections 1126(c) or 1126(d), the Plan Proponents request Confirmation of this Plan under Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b). In that
event, the Plan Proponents reserve the right to modify this Plan to the extent, if any, that Confirmation pursuant to Bankruptcy
Code section 1129(b) requires modification or any other reason in their discretion.
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Article
IV
MEANS
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN
AND
REORGANIZATION TRANSACTIONS
Section
4.01 Maturity Funds Facility and Financing
Order.
The approval of the
Maturity Funds Facility was instrumental in facilitating the development and Filing of this Plan. To effect this, the Chapter 11
Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors Filed the Financing Motion and obtained permission to use the Maturity Funds as a source of
financing for these Chapter 11 Cases, subject to the terms and provisions set forth in the Financing Order, which include, among
other things: (a) repayment with interest (10% annual rate); (b) first priority liens and security interests on certain
of the Policy Related Assets and the Debtors’ Causes of Action; (c) super-priority administrative claims; and (d) repayment
contemplated at or near the Effective Date as provided herein.
Section
4.02 Exit Financing and Reserve Funding.
(a) The
Maturity Funds Facility shall continue in effect on and after the Effective Date until cash flow from the Position Holder Trust
is sufficient to repay all outstanding Maturity Funds Loans and fund all premium payments and other reserve requirements of the
Position Holder Trust and its Affiliates.
(b) On
the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trust shall assume all obligations to pay all of the outstanding Maturity Funds Loans,
and from and after the Effective Date, the terms of the Maturity Funds Facility will be governed by the procedures set forth in
Section 4.04 of this Plan.
(c) After
the Effective Date, pursuant to the Position Holder Trust Agreement, advances under the Maturity Funds Facility will be used to
fund a reserve account for premium payments on Policies during a rolling 120-day period (except the first period shall be 180 days),
to the extent the Policies do not have sufficient Premium Reserves or CSV to fund their ongoing premiums.
(d) To
the extent necessary to repay Maturity Funds Loans, or fund ongoing premium payments, operating expenses and related reserve requirements,
the Position Holder Trust will have the right to obtain financing from third parties. In addition to external financing, the Chapter
11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors are developing proposals, with input from the Committee and the Plan Supporters, and possible
terms for pursuing voluntary financing that would be provided by Continuing Position Holders in addition to or as a voluntary continuation
or expansion of the Maturity Funds Facility, and/or as a voluntary contribution of CSV to the Position Holder Trust in exchange
for a note from the Position Holder Trust with terms designed to replace any maturity proceeds lost by an investor as a result
of use of the CSV. Any financing proposed at the time the Plan Supplement is Filed will be included therein.
(e) In
addition, by way of clarification, the Position Holder Trust shall be entitled to access the CSV included in the Beneficial Ownership
it holds from time to time to use for any purpose permitted by the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and if any such use results
in a decrease in the death benefit payable under the related Policy, the decrease shall be taken out of the Position Holder Trust’s
share of the maturity proceeds of the Policy, or if the Position Holder Trust’s share is insufficient, the Position Holder
Trust shall make up the difference.
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(f) The
portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with
respect to their interests in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership with respect to the Continuing IRA Holders)
shall be extinguished upon its Distribution to the Assigning Position Holders as set forth in Sections 4.03 and 5.07.
Section
4.03 Compromise to Combined Fractional
and Trust Model.
(a) As
part of the Compromise, at the Effective Time of the Reorganization Transactions, the Debtors shall (i) waive any claim to Beneficial
Ownership in the Policies to the extent of the Fractional Interests comprising the Fractional Interest Certificates to be Distributed
to Continuing Position Holders on or as of the Effective Date as provided in this Plan; (ii) contribute to the Position Holder
Trust all Fractional Interests (i.e., Contributed Positions) related to the Continuing IRA Holders’ respective IRA Notes,
in exchange for New IRA Notes to be Distributed to the Continuing IRA Holders, in respect of their Allowed Claims; (iii) contribute
to the Position Holder Trust (x) all Fractional Interests related to the Assigning Position Holders’ respective Fractional
Positions, (y) the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility not attributable to the Assigning Position Holders or the Continuing
Position Holders with respect to their interests in the Position Holder Trust (including through the IRA Partnership), and (z)
5% of the Fractional Interests related to the Continuing Position Holders’ respective Fractional Positions in exchange for
Position Holder Trust Interests to be Distributed to the Continuing Fractional Holders, the IRA Partnership, and the Assigning
Fractional Holders in accordance with this Plan in respect of their Allowed Claims and the extinguishment of the portion of the
Maturity Funds Facility attributable to Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest
in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) upon distribution to the Assigning Fractional Holders, Continuing
Fractional Holders, and the IRA Partnership; (iv) contribute to the Position Holder Trust all Fractional Interests related to the
Rescinding Position Holders’ respective Fractional Positions, along with all Pre-Petition Abandoned Positions; and (v) contribute
to the Creditors’ Trust all of their Causes of Action in exchange for Creditors’ Trust Interests to be Distributed
to the Rescinding Position Holders, Former Position Holders and Holders of General Unsecured Claims, in respect of their Allowed
Claims. From and after the Effective Time, Continuing Fractional Holders shall be treated in all respects as tenants in common
with the Position Holder Trust as to the Beneficial Ownership represented by their Fractional Interests, subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 12.09 relating to the consequences of Payment Default, and the Position Holder Trust shall be the sole legal,
beneficial and equitable owner of all of the Policies, save and except for, and subject to, the Fractional Interests held by the
Continuing Fractional Holders.
(b) As
part of the Class Action Settlement included in the Compromise, the Assigning Class Parties will transfer and assign the Assigned
Class Litigation to the Creditors’ Trust. In addition, in accordance with the Class Action Settlement Agreement and Section
4.13(f) of this Plan, Reorganized LPI shall satisfy the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel fees using Pre-Petition Abandoned
Positions. The Position Holder Trust shall be responsible for paying the premiums on the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel
Fee Positions.
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(c) After
the Effective Date, the Continued Position of a Fractional Interest Holder who made a Continuing Holder Election will represent
95% of the Fractional Interest with respect to which the Election was made, with the other 5% comprising the Continuing Position
Holder Contribution made to the Position Holder Trust on the Effective Date, and the Continuing Fractional Holder will be obligated
to pay 95% of the premium payments and Policy expenses allocable to the Fractional Interest with respect to which the Election
was made, and upon maturity of a Policy, all of the Holders of Continuing Fractional Positions will receive (i) the Policy proceeds
allocable to each Continuing Fractional Position held, 95% of the proceeds payable with respect to each Fractional Interest with
respect to which the Election was made, and (ii) for each New IRA Note held, payment in full of the principal amount of the IRA
Note, plus accrued interest.
(d) The
maturity amount paid to a Continuing Position Holder, other than the Holder of a New IRA Note, will be reduced by (x) the Servicing
Fee payable with respect to the Continued Position and (y) any premium amount paid by the Position Holder Trust prior to the date
of death with respect to the Continuing Fractional Position that is not refunded as a result of the maturity. The Continuing Fractional
Position of an IRA Holder who made a Continuing Holder Election will be represented by a New IRA Note, and the Continuing IRA Holder
will also receive an IRA Partnership Interest.
(e) All
Holders of Position Holder Trust Interests (i.e., Assigning Fractional Holders who receive a Position Holder Trust Interest in
exchange for 100% of their Fractional Position, Continuing Fractional Holders who receive a Position Holder Trust Interest in exchange
for 5% of their Fractional Position, and the IRA Partnership with regard to the aggregate Position Holder Trust Interest issued
in exchange for 100% of all Fractional Positions contributed to the IRA Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests)
will share Pro Rata in all distributions made by the Position Holder Trust pursuant to the Position Holder Trust Agreement. Holders
of Position Holder Trust Interests will not be required to pay premiums allocable to the Contributed Positions after the Effective
Date.
(f) After
the Effective Date, upon the occurrence of a Payment Default with respect to a Fractional Interest, the Continuing Fractional Holder
shall be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election as to the Fractional Interest, effective as of the Payment Default
Date, and the Fractional Interest comprising the Continued Position automatically shall be transferred to the Position Holder Trust
in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section 5.05 of this Plan, and the Position Holder Trust
Interest shall be issued to the Holder, who shall thereafter be an Assigning Position Holder with respect to the Fractional Interest.
(g) As
part of the Compromise, the Claim of each Willingham MDL Investor (irrespective of whether each such Investor is a current or former
Investor and in addition to any other Claim Allowed as part of the Class Action Settlement) against one or more of the Debtors
that arise from and were or could have been asserted in the Willingham MDL shall be fully and finally compromised with each Willingham
MDL Investor being deemed to be the Holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim in Classes A2 and B4 in an amount set forth in
the Plan Supplement, which amount shall be based on the amount of disgorgement and premium call damages that each Willingham MDL
Investor asserted in its timely filed Proof of Claim. If the Effective Date does not occur, the compromise of the Willingham MDL
shall be deemed to have been withdrawn without prejudice to the respective positions of the parties.
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(h) As
part of the Compromise, the treatment provided for hereunder with respect to Intercompany Claims reflects a compromise and settlement
(the “Intercompany Settlement”) of the validity, enforceability, and priority of certain pre-petition intercompany
claims by and among LPHI, LPI, and LPIFS. The Compromise also includes a compromise and settlement of all Claims that creditors
have with respect to the marshaling of assets and liabilities of LPHI, LPI, and LPIFS in determining relative entitlements to distributions
under a plan.
(i) The
Plan shall constitute a motion to approve the Intercompany Settlement. Subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, entry of
the Confirmation Order shall constitute approval of the Intercompany Settlement pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and a finding
by the Bankruptcy Court that the Intercompany Settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors and their Estates. If the Effective
Date does not occur, the Intercompany Settlement shall be deemed to have been withdrawn without prejudice to the respective positions
of the parties.
Section
4.04 Maturity Funds Reporting, Disbursement
and Loan Payments
(a) This
Section 4.04 sets forth the procedures that will apply from and after the Effective Date for holding Maturity Funds in escrow,
funding advances pursuant to the Maturity Funds Facility, disbursing Maturity Funds to the Continuing Fractional Holders and the
Position Holder Trust, as their interests appear, and repaying all outstanding Maturity Funds Loans.
(b) Prior
to the Effective Date, the Debtors shall provide to each Lending Investor a report captioned “Statement of Maturity Account”
for the investor, detailing (i) all Maturity Funds relating to Fractional Positions held by the investor that have been deposited
into the Maturity Escrow Account and the date of each deposit, (ii) the portion of those Maturity Funds that have been advanced
to the Debtors as Maturity Funds Loans and the date of each advance, and (iii) the portion of those Maturity Funds that will be
disbursed to the investor on or about the Effective Date.
(c) The
Statement of Maturity Account will also detail the date as of which interest will accrue on the Maturity Funds Loan. Any Maturity
Funds advanced to the Debtors (before the Effective Date) or to the Position Holder Trust (on or after the Effective Date) in accordance
with the Maturity Funds Facility will begin to accrue simple interest at a 10% rate on the date the funds are (or were) used or
if later, the date that is 120 days after the funds were first deposited into the Maturity Escrow Account.
(d) On
the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trustee shall instruct the Escrow Agent to disburse to each Lending Investor the Maturity
Funds to be disbursed on the Effective Date as reflected in the Statement of Maturity Account provided prior to the Effective Date.
The Maturity Funds Loans shall be secured by the Maturity Funds Liens on certain Policy Related Assets of the Position Holder Trust
as provided in the Contribution and Collateral Agreement.
(e) Following
the Effective Date, Maturity Funds shall continue to be deposited into the Maturity Escrow Account. Not later than 15 Business
Days after the date each deposit is made, the Maturity Funds deposited shall be disbursed as follows:
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(i) First,
to fund any advance requests made by the Position Holder Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Position Holder
Trust Agreement, the Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court, including advances to fund the Premium Reserve
provided for in Section 4.02(c), in which case Maturity Funds Loans entries will be recorded on the books of the Position Holder
Trust in favor of the accounts of the Lending Investors whose Maturity Funds are used to fund the advance. Advances will be funded
on a Pro Rata basis with respect to (A) all Continuing Fractional Holders who have Maturity Funds held in escrow, and (B) the Position
Holder Trust with respect to all Beneficial Ownership held by it relating to the Maturity Funds and pledged as collateral for New
IRA Notes.
(ii) Second,
with regard to Maturity Funds relating to Beneficial Ownership held in the name of the Position Holder Trust, (A) first, to pay
(I) accrued but unpaid interest on all of the outstanding Maturity Funds Loans, and (II) principal payable on the Maturity Funds
Loans in the order in which the loans were made (i.e., the principal outstanding the longest will be repaid first), and (B) to
the extent funds remain, to make disbursements of Maturity Funds to the Position Holder Trust for its share of the Maturity Funds
that have been held in escrow for more than 120 days.
(iii) Third,
with regard to Maturity Funds relating to Fractional Positions held by Continuing Position Holders, (A) to make disbursements of
Maturity Funds to the Continuing Position Holders whose positions relate to the Maturity Funds that have been held in escrow for
more than 120 days and (B) to make payments on Maturity Funds Loans that have been outstanding for more than 120 days. All disbursements
and payments made pursuant to this Section 4.04(c)(iii) shall be made based on which Maturity Funds were deposited into the Maturity
Escrow Account first (i.e., on a first-in, first-out basis), until all Continuing Position Holders have received disbursements
or payments of all Maturity Funds held in escrow and payments of all interest and principal on all Maturity Funds Loans. If Maturity
Funds are used to make payments on Maturity Funds Loans as contemplated by this Section 4.04(c)(iii), such use will be treated
as an advance under the Maturity Funds Facility, and entries will be recorded on the books of the Position Holder Trust in favor
of the Lending Investor to evidence the advance.
(f) Not
later than 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter ending after the Effective Date, and not later than 90 days after the
end of each calendar year ending after the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trust shall provide (or cause Newco to provide)
a Statement of Maturity Account as of the end of the quarter or year to each Continuing Position Holder who is a Lending Investor
or Holder of a Fractional Interest relating to Maturity Funds held in the Maturity Escrow Account, reflecting all activity during
the quarter or year relating to the Holder’s account.
(g) At
such time as all outstanding Maturity Funds Loans have been repaid and the cash flow from the Position Holder Trust is sufficient
to fund all premium payments and other reserve requirements of the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust, the Maturity
Funds Facility will be suspended and thereafter, Maturity Funds will be disbursed as soon as reasonably possible after the date
of receipt, subject to the Position Holder Trust’s right to reactivate the Maturity Funds Facility if necessary during the
first two years following the Effective Date to fund the 120-day Premium Reserve for Distressed Policies.
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Section
4.05 Causes of Action.
All Causes of Action
included in the Estates are transferred to the Creditors’ Trust for the benefit of (a) the Holders of Allowed General Unsecured
Claims, (b) the Holders of Allowed Class B2 Claims who make the Creditors’ Trust Election, and (c) the Holders of Allowed
Class B3 Claims who make the Creditors’ Trust Election.
Section
4.06 Deemed Consolidation of Debtors
for Distribution Purposes Only.
(a) The
Plan Proponents request, subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, that the Estates of these Chapter 11 Cases be deemed
consolidated under this Plan solely for purposes of Distributions to be made under this Plan.
(b) If
the Debtors are deemed consolidated for purposes of Distribution, each and every Claim Filed or to be Filed against any of the
Debtors shall be deemed Filed against the deemed consolidated Debtors and shall be deemed one Claim against all Debtors and
(a) all Claims of each Debtor against any other Debtor will be eliminated and released; (b) any obligation of any Debtor
and all guarantees thereof executed by one or more of the Debtors shall be deemed to be one obligation of all of the consolidated
Debtors; (c) any Claims Filed or to be Filed in connection with any such obligation and such guarantees shall be deemed one
Claim against the consolidated Debtors; (d) all duplicative Claims (identical in amount and subject matter) Filed against
one or more of the Debtors will be automatically expunged so that only one Claim survives against the consolidated Debtors; and
(e) the consolidated Debtors will be deemed, for purposes of determining the availability of the right of set-off under Bankruptcy
Code section 553, to be one Entity, so that, subject to other provisions of Bankruptcy Code section 553, the debts due to a particular
Debtor may be offset against the Claims against such Debtor or Debtors.
(c) Such
deemed consolidation shall not (other than for purposes related to funding Distributions under this Plan as set forth above in
this Section) affect: (i) the legal and organizational structure of the Successors; (ii) pre- and post-Petition Date
guaranties, liens, and security interests that are required to be maintained (A) in connection with Executory Contracts or
Unexpired Leases that were entered into during the Chapter 11 Cases or that have been or will be assumed; (B) pursuant
to this Plan; or (C) in connection with any financing assumed or entered into by the Successor Entities on the Effective Date;
and (D) distributions out of any life insurance policies (other than the Policies) or proceeds of such policies.
(d) If
the Court does not approve the Debtors’ request that the Estates be deemed consolidated for purposes of Distribution, Creditors
holding Allowed Claims against multiple Debtors will be treated as holding a separate Allowed Claim against each Debtor’s
Estate. If deemed consolidation is not approved, Creditors with Allowed Claims against only one Debtor may receive a lower percentage
than they would receive if consolidation for distribution purposes was to occur as described above (and, conversely, Creditors
with Allowed Claims against multiple Debtors may receive a higher percentage than they would receive if the Estates were deemed
consolidated for purposes of Distribution ).
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Section
4.07 Winding Up of Reorganized Debtors.
(a) On
the Effective Date, the Governance Documents of all of the Debtors shall be amended and restated in substantially the form set
forth in the Plan Supplement, and the Debtors shall Distribute and contribute their assets as provided in Section 4.09 of this
Plan. After the Effective Date, at the appropriate time determined in the discretion of the Creditors’ Trustee, the Reorganized
Debtors shall adopt plans of complete liquidation under applicable state law, and thereafter, each of the Reorganized Debtors shall
begin the orderly winding up and termination of its corporate existence in accordance with the terms of this Plan and applicable
state law.
(b) On
the Effective Date, all Interests in the Debtors (including any Interests held as treasury stock by any of the Debtors) shall be
terminated and extinguished and the certificates that previously evidenced ownership of those Interests shall be deemed cancelled
(all without further action by any person or the Bankruptcy Court) and shall be null and void and such certificates shall evidence
no rights or interests in any of the Debtors. Upon cancellation of the Interests in LPHI, neither LPHI, the Reorganized Debtors,
the Successor Entities nor the Successor Trustees shall file periodic or other reports with the SEC; provided, however, that LPHI
shall continue to be subject to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act until such time as it terminates the registration
of its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act and related rules and regulations.
Section
4.08 Formation of Successors and Distribution
of New Interests and New IRA Notes.
As provided in this
Article IV and in Articles V, VI VII, and XII, on the Effective Date, (i) the Successor Entities will be formed; (ii) the Position
Holder Trust will, subject to the Catch-Up Reconciliation provided for in section 4.13 of this Plan, issue Fractional Interest
Certificates for Distribution to the Continuing Fractional Holders; (iii) the Position Holder Trust will, subject to the Catch-Up
Reconciliation provided for in section 4.13 of this Plan, issue New IRA Notes for Distribution to the Continuing IRA Holders; (iv)
the Position Holder Trust will make Distributions of Trust Interests to the Assigning Fractional Holders, the IRA Partnership and
the Continuing Fractional Holders; (v) the IRA Partnership will make Distributions of IRA Partnership Interests to the Assigning
IRA Holders and the Continuing IRA Holders; (vi) the Creditors’ Trust will make Distributions of Trust Interests to the Rescinding
Position Holders and Holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims; and (vii) Newco will be formed and issue the Newco Interests
as provided in this Plan and the Confirmation Order, or as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court. As provided in Section 12.02,
the Newco Interests may be sold by private sale or pursuant to an Auction in accordance with the KLI Plan Support Agreement. All
proceeds from any sale of the Newco Interests will belong to the Position Holder Trust as seller of the Newco Interests.
Section
4.09 Distribution and Contribution
of Debtors’ Assets.
On the Effective Date,
the assets of the Debtors shall vest in the Reorganized Debtors and shall be Distributed by way of contributions to the Successors
as follows:
(a) LPHI
shall contribute all of its assets, including Causes of Action other than any relating to Catch-Up Payments and Pre-Petition Default
Amounts due to the Debtors, to the Creditors’ Trust.
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(b) LPIFS
shall contribute (i) all of its assets, excluding its Causes of Action (other than those relating to Catch-Up Payments and Pre-Petition
Default Amounts due to the Debtors, which will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust), to the Position Holder Trust, and
(ii) all of its Causes of Action, other than those relating to Catch-Up Payments and Pre-Petition Default Amounts due to the Debtors,
to the Creditors’ Trust.
(c) LPI
shall contribute its assets as follows:
(i) To
the Position Holder Trust, all of its Policy Related Assets, including the New IRA Note Collateral, but excluding the Pre-Petition
Abandoned Positions.
(ii) To
Newco, (A) all of its furniture, fixtures and equipment relating to servicing of the Policies, and (B) the Portfolio Information
License.
(iii) To
the Creditors’ Trust, all of LPI’s Causes of Action arising from, or related to, LPI’s pre-Petition business
activities, other than those relating to Catch-Up Payments due to the Debtors, including any and all Avoidance Actions.
(iv) From
and after the Effective Date, legal and record title to all of the Policies included in the Policy Related Assets contributed to
the Position Holder Trust shall be held by the Position Holder Trust for the benefit of all Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries
(including the IRA Partnership) and all Continuing Fractional Holders, subject to the terms of this Plan, the Confirmation Order,
the Position Holder Trust Agreement, the Contribution and Collateral Agreement, and the rights and obligations of Continuing IRA
Holders and the Position Holder Trust under the New IRA Notes and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement.
(d) Following
completion of the Catch-Up Reconciliation, Reorganized LPI will (i) pay the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel Fees with Pre-Petition
Abandoned Positions, and (ii) Distribute and contribute the remaining Pre-Petition Abandoned Positions to the Position Holder Trust.
(e) Any
Other Assets of any of the Debtors not included in one of the Distributions provided for in Sections 4.09(a) through (d) above
shall be contributed to the Creditors’ Trust.
Section
4.10 Directors and Officers.
On the Effective Date,
(a) the Creditors’ Trustee shall become the sole director and president of each Reorganized Debtor with all rights, powers
and duties to complete the winding up of the Reorganized Debtors and to act on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors in connection
with the Assigned Class Litigation and other Causes of Action; and (b) the Position Holder Trustee shall be vested with power of
attorney under this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement to act on behalf of the Reorganized Debtors in (i) transferring
record title of the Policies to the Position Holder Trust or its designee, (ii) designating the Position Holder Trust or its designee
as the beneficiary of record for all of the Policies, (iii) completing the transfer and assignment of the other Policy Related
Assets as provided in this Plan, (iv) entering into all of the Plan Documents to which the Position Holder Trust is a party, and
(v) taking all such other actions on behalf of the Position Holder Trust as required by this Plan and any of the Plan Documents.
The Chapter 11 Trustee, as sole director of LPI and LPIFS, and all current officers of LPI and LPIFS shall resign as of the Effective
Date. Resignation of the Chapter 11 Trustee as sole director shall not affect or impair the sole director’s right to seek
a final ruling on any request for compensation and reimbursement of expenses made in connection with LPI or LPIFS.
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Section
4.11 Cancellation of Existing Secured
Claims.
(a) Save
and except for the Maturity Funds Liens, and except as expressly provided otherwise in this Plan, any Lien encumbering any of the
Debtors’ property shall be deemed released and the Holder of such Allowed Secured Claim shall deliver to the applicable Debtor
(or Reorganized Debtor) any collateral or other property of any Debtor (or Reorganized Debtor) held by such Holder, and any termination
statements, instruments of satisfactions, or releases of all security interests with respect to its Allowed Secured Claim that
may be reasonably required in order to terminate any related financing statements, mortgages, mechanic’s liens, or lis pendens.
(b) The
Confirmation Order shall provide that none of the Original IRA Note Issuers held any property interest in any Fractional Interest
or in any Policy, and therefore was not able to, and in fact did not, grant any Lien to any IRA Holder.
Section
4.12 Vesting of the Vested Assets.
(a) On
the Effective Date, (i) ownership of Fractional Interests held in the name of Continuing Fractional Holders shall be vested in
the Continuing Fractional Holders, subject to the terms of this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement; (ii) the Vested Assets
shall vest in the applicable Reorganized Debtors free and clear of all Liens, save and except for the Maturity Funds Liens and
the Fractional Interests outstanding after the Effective Date, which will continue as provided in this Plan; (iii) the Vested Assets
shall be contributed to the Successors as part of the Reorganization Transactions provided for in this Plan, free and clear of
all Liens, save and except for the Maturity Funds Liens and the Fractional Interests outstanding after the Effective Date; and
(iv) the Maturity Funds Loans and the assumed contracts shall be assumed by the applicable Successors as provided in Article XIII
and vest in the applicable Successor(s).
(b) Except
as otherwise set forth in this Plan, the Confirmation Order or any of the Plan Documents, from and after the Effective Date, (i)
the respective Successors shall perform and pay when due liabilities under, or related to the ownership or operation of, the Vested
Assets and the assumed contracts to be contributed to or assumed by each of them as provided herein and therein, and (ii) none
of the Successors shall be responsible for any liabilities relating to Vested Assets contributed to, or contracts assumed by, any
other Successor, or for any liabilities of any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors not expressly assumed by it or relating to
Vested Assets contributed to it. The Reorganized Debtors and the Successors may operate free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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(c) After
the Effective Date, each Successor Trustee, as applicable, may present such orders or assignments of the Bankruptcy Court, suitable
for Filing in the records of every county or governmental agency where the Vested Assets are or were located, or third party by
whom record title to any of the Vested Assets or custody of any of the Escrowed Funds or Maturity Funds is maintained, which provide
that such property is conveyed to or vested in the Reorganized Debtors or the Successors, or is to be transferred to the Escrow
Agent to be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. The orders or assignments may designate
all Liens, Claims, and encumbrances or other interests, which appear of record and/or from which property is being transferred
and assigned. This Plan shall be conclusively deemed to be adequate notice of title to the Vested Assets and that any Lien, Claim,
encumbrance, or other interest is being extinguished and no notice other than by this Plan shall be given before the presentation
of such orders or assignments. Any person having a Lien, Claim, encumbrance or other interest against any Vested Asset shall be
conclusively deemed to have consented to the transfer, assignment and vesting of such Vested Assets free and clear to the Reorganized
Debtors by failing to object to Confirmation, except as otherwise provided for in this Plan with regard to the Maturity Funds Liens
and the Fractional Interests to be outstanding after the Effective Date; provided, however, except as otherwise set forth in this
Plan, nothing herein shall be deemed to be a release of any Lien, Claim, encumbrance or other interest in or against property that
is not a Vested Asset.
Section
4.13 Post-Effective Date Reconciliation.
(a) Catch-Up
Payments.
(i) In
connection with selecting between the Elections available to them as Holders of Class B-2 Claims or Class B-3 Claims, Current Position
Holders will be informed whether they owe any Catch-Up Payment amount as of the Voting Record Date.
(ii) If
a Current Position Holder makes a Continuing Holder Election for a Fractional Position as to which any Catch-Up Payment is owing,
(i) the Continuing Holder Election will not be effective as of the Effective Date, and the Current Position Holder will not become
a Continuing Position Holder or receive a Distribution relating to the Election as of the Effective Date, and (ii) with regard
to any Catch-Up Payment, the Current Position Holder will have until the Catch-Up Cutoff Date (ninety (90) days after the Effective
Date) to pay the Catch-Up Payment in full to the Position Holder Trust and thereby (x) render the Election effective and (y) be
eligible to receive a Distribution with respect to a Continued Position, effective as of the Effective Date.
(iii) Irrespective
of whether the Current Position Holder made an Election, if a Current Position Holder who owes a Catch-Up Payment does not pay
the Catch-Up Payment in full by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, as evidenced by the information included in the Post-Effective Adjustment
Report provided to the Position Holder Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, the Current Position Holder (i) automatically
will be conclusively deemed to have made the Position Holder Trust Election with respect to the Fractional Position, effective
as of the Effective Date, and (ii) in exchange for the Fractional Position, will receive a Distribution of a Position Holder Trust
Interest calculated as provided in Section 5.05 herein.
(iv) If
a Current Position Holder does not make any Election at all as to any Fractional Position (i.e., a non-Electing Holder), then,
unless the Catch-Up Payment(s) due with respect to all of the Holder’s Fractional Positions are paid in full by the applicable
due date, the Holder automatically will be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election and thereby be treated as an Assigning
Position Holder with respect to all of its Fractional Positions.
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(v) Any
partial payment made by a non-Electing Holder in respect of Fractional Positions deemed contributed to the Position Holder Trust
will be taken into account in determining the Holder’s Pro Rata share allocated to the Position Holder Trust Interest issued
in respect of the Contributed Positions.
(b) Outstanding
Pre-Petition Defaults.
(i) If
an Investor who owes a Pre-Petition Default Amount does not pay the Pre-Petition Default Amount in full by the Effective Date,
as evidenced by the information included in the Post-Effective Adjustment Report provided to the Position Holder Trustee pursuant
to the Servicing Agreement, (i) the Investor automatically will be conclusively deemed to have abandoned the Fractional Position,
effective as of the Subsidiary Petition Date, (ii) the Fractional Position (being a Pre-Petition Abandoned Position) will either
be contributed to the Position Holder Trust or become a Class Action Litigants’ Counsel Fee Position in accordance with the
terms of this Plan, and (iii) the Investor will be automatically deemed to be a Former Position Holder and shall not be entitled
to a Distribution on account of the subject Pre-Petition Abandoned Position unless the defaulting Investor timely filed
a Proof of Claim.
(ii) If
an Investor who owes a Pre-Petition Default Amount pays the Pre-Petition Default Amount in full by the Effective Date, the Investor
will be deemed to be a Current Position Holder with respect to the subject Fractional Position, effective as of the date the Pre-Petition
Default Amount is paid in full, and to be entitled to make an Election and, accordingly, entitled to a Distribution with respect
to the subject Fractional Position in accordance with the Election (or, as the case may be, deemed Election).
(iii) Any
partial payment made by an Investor with respect of Fractional Positions on which Pre-Petition Default Amounts were owed will not
be accepted and instead will be returned to the Investor.
(c) Disputes.
Any dispute relating to whether the Catch-Up Payment is due from any Current Position Holder or to whether a Pre-Petition Default
Amount is due from any Investor as set forth in the information provided to the Investor, or whether it is in the correct amount
will be resolved by the Position Holder Trustee in accordance with the authority granted to the Position Holder Trustee under this
Plan.
(d) Payment
of Class Action Litigants’ Counsel Fees. Following completion of the Catch-Up Reconciliation, and in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the Class Action Settlement Agreement, Reorganized LPI will (i) select from the Pre-Petition Abandoned
Positions a number of Fractional Interests that represent the right to receive death benefits under Policies in an aggregate amount
equal to the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel Fees, and (ii) transfer and assign those Fractional Interests (i.e., the Class
Action Litigants’ Counsel Fee Positions) to the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel.
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Section
4.14 Authorization for Reorganization
Transactions.
(a) On
the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Debtors, including as Reorganized Debtors, and the Successor
Trustees are authorized and directed to take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described
in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate this Plan or the Reorganization Transactions, including: (i) the execution
and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, reorganization or termination containing terms
that are consistent with the terms of this Plan and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law; (ii) the execution and delivery
of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any property, right, liability, duty, or obligation
on terms consistent with the terms of this Plan; (iii) the filing of appropriate certificates of incorporation, merger, consolidation
or termination with the appropriate governmental authorities pursuant to applicable law; and (iv) all other actions that the Debtors,
including as Reorganized Debtors, or the Successor Trustees determine are necessary or appropriate, including the making of filings
or recordings in connection with the Reorganization Transactions, which actions may be set forth in a Plan Supplement.
(b) The
Chapter 11 Trustee, sole director of the Subsidiary Debtors, president, or any other appropriate officer of the Debtors or, after
the Effective Date, the Creditors’ Trustee on behalf of any of the Reorganized Debtors, shall be authorized to execute, deliver,
file, or record such contracts, instruments, releases, indentures, and other agreements or documents, and take such actions as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and further evidence the terms and conditions of this Plan. The secretary of the
Debtors, or, after the Effective Date, of the Reorganized Debtors (or the Creditors’ Trustee on behalf of any Reorganized
Debtor), shall be authorized to certify or attest to any of the foregoing actions.
Section
4.15 Preservation of Rights and Causes
of Action.
(a) Except
to the extent such rights, claims, causes of action, defenses, and counterclaims are otherwise disposed of in this Plan, or are
expressly and specifically released in connection with this Plan, the Class Action Settlement, and/or Confirmation Order, or in
any settlement agreement approved during the Chapter 11 Cases, or in any contract, instrument, release, indenture or other agreement
entered into in connection with this Plan, in accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 1123(b): (i) any and all rights, Claims,
Causes of Action (including Avoidance Actions), defenses, and counterclaims of or accruing to the Debtors or their Estates shall
be automatically preserved, reserved and transferred to the Creditors’ Trust, whether or not litigation relating thereto
is pending on the Effective Date, and whether or not any such rights, claims, causes of action, defenses and counterclaims have
been Scheduled, listed or referred to in this Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Bankruptcy Schedules, or
any other document Filed with the Bankruptcy Court; and (ii) the Creditors’ Trustee does not waive, relinquish, or abandon
(nor shall it be estopped or otherwise precluded from asserting) any right, claim, cause of action, defense, or counterclaim that
constitutes property of the Estates, or any of them: (A) whether or not such right, claim, cause of action, defense, or counterclaim
has been listed or referred to in this Plan, the Bankruptcy Schedules, the Bankruptcy SOFAs, or any other document Filed with the
Bankruptcy Court; (B) whether or not such right, claim, cause of action, defense, or counterclaim is currently known to the Debtors;
and (C) whether or not a defendant in any litigation relating to such right, claim, cause of action, defense or counterclaim Filed
a Proof of Claim in the Chapter 11 Cases, Filed a notice of appearance or any other pleading or notice in the Chapter 11 Cases,
voted for or against this Plan, or received or retained any consideration under this Plan.
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(b) Without
in any manner limiting the generality of the foregoing, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable principle of law or equity, without
limitation, any principles of judicial estoppel, res judicata, collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, or any similar doctrine,
the failure to list, disclose, describe, identify, or refer to a right, claim, cause of action, defense, or counterclaim, or potential
right, claim, cause of action, defense, or counterclaim, in this Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Plan Supplement, the Bankruptcy
Schedules, the Bankruptcy SOFAs or any other document filed with the Bankruptcy Court shall in no manner waive, eliminate, modify,
release, or alter any Estate’s or the Creditors’ Trust’s right to commence, prosecute, defend against, settle,
and realize upon any rights, claims, causes of action, defenses, or counterclaims that a Debtor has, or may have, as of the Effective
Date. The Creditors’ Trustee may, subject to this Plan and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, commence, prosecute, defend
against, settle, and realize upon any rights, claims, causes of action, defenses, and counterclaims as provided in the Creditors
Trust Agreement, in accordance with what is in the best interests, and for the benefit, of the beneficiaries of the Creditors’
Trust.
Section
4.16 Employee Benefit Plans.
Effective as of the
Effective Date, all Employee Benefit Plans shall be terminated in accordance with their terms and the applicable provisions of
the state and federal law.
Section
4.17 Modification.
The Plan Proponents
shall retain the exclusive right to amend or modify this Plan and any of the Plan Documents, and to solicit acceptances of any
amendments to or modifications of this Plan or any of the Plan Documents, through and until the Catch-Up Cutoff Date.
Section
4.18 Securities Law Compliance and
Private Sales.
(a) Subject
to approval by the Bankruptcy Court, the Confirmation Order shall provide that the issuance of the Trust Interests, the IRA Partnership
Interests and the New IRA Notes, to the extent they involve the issuance of “securities” for purposes of the Securities
Act, are entitled to the exemption from registration provided under Bankruptcy Code section 1145, for securities issued pursuant
to this Plan by a Successor to the Debtors in exchange for Claims against the Debtors. In addition, again subject to approval by
the Bankruptcy Court, the Confirmation Order shall provide that the terms of this Plan affirming the ownership of the Fractional
Interests included in the Continued Positions, and the issuance of the Fractional Interest Certificates representing them, to the
extent the Fractional Interests are “securities” for purposes of the Securities Act, shall be deemed an issuance of
securities pursuant to this Plan for purposes of the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided under Bankruptcy
Code section 1145, for securities issued by a Successor to the Debtors in exchange for Claims against the Debtors.
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(b) After
the Effective Date, sales of Continued Positions, Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests shall be permitted
provided sales are made in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws and FINRA regulations and the provisions
of the Plan Documents, and the proposed seller provides Newco with a request to record the change of ownership and an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Position Holder Trust and Newco that such sale may be made pursuant to an exemption under all applicable
securities laws; provided further that none of the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership and Newco shall be under any obligation,
and no Continuing Position Holder or holder of any Position Holder Trust Interest or IRA Partnership Interest shall have any right
to obligate the Position Holder Trust, the IRA Partnership or Newco, to file any registration statement pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, to facilitate any sale. In connection with the Successor Entities’ compliance with the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Position Holder Trust Agreement restricts the trust from listing any of the Continued Positions
or Position Holder Trust Interests on any securities exchange or taking any actions to develop a trading market for the Continued
Positions or Trust Interests, and the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents contains similar restrictions with regard to IRA
Partnership Interests. To avoid potential adverse tax consequences to Holders of IRA Partnership Interests, the IRA Partnership
Organizational Documents will restrict any market making activities that may be conducted by any party with respect to IRA Partnership
Interests, and the restrictions will be more fully described in the Plan Supplement.
(c) To
the extent required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Position Holder Trust will register Fractional Interests,
New IRA Notes and Position Holder Trust Interests, and either the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership will register IRA
Partnership Interests, and file the required reports under that Act. If required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership will register as an investment company under that Act.1
(d) With
regard to any sales of Continued Positions, Position Holder Trust Interests or IRA Partnership Interests, none of the Successor
Entities will act as a broker dealer in any way, and none of them will charge any commission, in connection with any transaction.
Newco will either register as the transfer agent for Continued Positions, Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests,
or will engage a third-party transfer agent(s) to do so. Newco or the transfer agent will confirm the sale within ten (10) business
days provided the above prerequisites are met, and the transfer request is accompanied by payment of reasonable transfer fees.
Under the Servicing Agreement, upon request, Newco will provide a letter to a Continuing Fractional Holder that confirms such Holder’s
Fractional Interest in a Policy, and identifies the date and amount of the last premium payment, or, if billed, the next premium
payment.
(e) To
the extent deemed appropriate by the Plan Proponents, the process for making Elections under this Plan will include information
relating to an Offer to Purchase Fractional Positions from Current Position Holders made by a third party on terms proposed by
the third party. In connection with any Offer to Purchase, none of the Plan Proponents nor any of the Successor Entities will
make any recommendation with regard to the Offer to Purchase, and none of them will act as a broker dealer in any way, or charge
any commission or receive any other transaction based compensation, in connection with any transaction proposed or completed in
connection with the Offer to Purchase. Information regarding any Offer to Purchase that has been made will be included in the
Plan Supplement.
1
The Chapter 11 Trustee intends to seek no-action relief from the SEC to confirm that neither
the Position Holder Trust nor the IRA Partnership is required to register under the Investment Company Act, or if such registration
is required, that it can be accomplished utilizing the structure set forth in this Plan. If necessary to comply with any relief
to be provided by the SEC, the organizational form of the Position Holder Trust or the IRA Partnership may have to be changed,
and if so, the Chapter 11 Trustee, in consultation with the Committee, will do so in a way to preserve the economic benefits of
ownership of Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests to the maximum extent possible.
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Section
4.19 Exemption from Certain Transfer
Taxes.
Pursuant to Bankruptcy
Code section 1146(a), the issuance, transfer, or exchange of a security, or the making of delivery of an instrument of transfer,
including any transfers effected pursuant to the this Plan or by any of the Reorganization Transactions, provided for under this
Plan, from the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors to Newco, the Position Holder Trust, the Creditors’ Trust, or any other
Person or Entity pursuant to this Plan, as applicable, may not be taxed under any law imposing a stamp tax or similar tax, and
the sale and/or Confirmation Order shall direct the appropriate state or local governmental officials or agents to forego the
collection of any such tax or governmental assessment and to accept for Filing and recordation any of the foregoing instruments
or other documents without the payment of any such tax or governmental assessment.
Section
4.20 Creditors’ Trustee Closing
of the Chapter 11 Cases.
When (a) the Bankruptcy
Court has adjudicated all applications by Professionals for final allowance of compensation for services and reimbursement of
expenses and the issuance of a Final Order for each application and the payment of all amounts payable thereunder; (b) all Disputed
Claims Filed against a Debtor have become Allowed Claims or have been disallowed by Final Order or otherwise pursuant to this
Plan; and (c) all appropriate Distributions of Fractional Interest Certificates, New Interests and New IRA Notes have been made
or arranged to be made pursuant to this Plan, the Creditors’ Trustee shall seek authority from the Bankruptcy Court to close
such Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules.
Article
V
POSITION HOLDER TRUST and Position Holder Trustee
Section
5.01 The Creation of the Position
Holder Trust.
The Position Holder
Trust shall be created on the Effective Date pursuant to the Position Holder Trust Agreement for the purpose of liquidating the
Position Holder Trust Assets in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d), as may be further set forth in the
Position Holder Trust Agreement.
Section
5.02 Funding of Res of Position Holder
Trust.
(a) On
the Effective Date, all of the Position Holder Trust Assets shall be transferred, assigned, and contributed, or issued, to and
vested in the Position Holder Trust, and the Position Holder Trust shall be in possession of, and have title to, all the Position
Holder Trust Assets. The conveyances and vesting of all Position Holder Trust Assets shall be accomplished pursuant to this Plan,
the Position Holder Trust Agreement, the Plan Documents providing for the Reorganization Transactions and the Confirmation Order.
The Reorganized Debtors shall convey, transfer, assign and deliver the Position Holder Trust Assets free and clear of all Liens,
save and except for the Maturity Funds Liens and the Fractional Interests outstanding after the Effective Date, which will continue
as provided in this Plan. The Position Holder Trustee may present such orders to the Bankruptcy Court as may be necessary to require
third parties to accept and acknowledge such conveyances of vested title to the Position Holder Trust. Such orders may be presented
without further notice other than as has been given in this Plan.
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(b) Following
payment of the expenses of the Creditors’ Trust, and in the event that all Allowed Claims exchanged for Trust Interests
in the Creditors’ Trust are paid in full, the Position Holder Trust shall be the residual beneficiary of the Creditors’
Trust.
Section
5.03 The Position Holder Trust Agreement.
The Position Holder
Trust Agreement shall conform to the terms of this Plan, and to the extent that the Position Holder Trust Agreement is inconsistent
with this Plan or the Confirmation Order, the terms of this Plan or the Confirmation Order, as the case may be, shall govern.
Section
5.04 The Position Holder Trustee.
(a) The
Position Holder Trustee shall be named in the Position Holder Trust Agreement filed with the Plan Supplement.
(b) The
Position Holder Trustee shall retain and have all the rights, powers and duties necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities
under this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and as otherwise provided in the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation
Order. However, the Position Holder Trustee shall not be obligated to review, investigate, evaluate, analyze, or object to Fee
Applications or Professional Fee Claims relating to services rendered and expenses incurred before the Effective Date. The Position
Holder Trustee shall be the exclusive trustee of the Position Holder Trust Assets for the purposes of 31 U.S.C. § 3713(b)
and 26 U.S.C. § 6012(b)(3), as well as the representative of the Estates appointed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1123(b)(3)(B).
Matters relating to the appointment, removal and resignation of the Position Holder Trustee and the appointment of any successor
Position Holder Trustee shall be set forth in the Position Holder Trust Agreement. The Position Holder Trustee shall be required
to perform his or her duties as set forth in this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
(c) The
Position Holder Trustee shall have full authority to compromise claims or settle interests with respect to the Policies without
supervision by the Bankruptcy Court and free of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Rules, other than those
restrictions expressly imposed by this Plan, the Confirmation Order, and the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
(d) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of the powers, authority and responsibilities set forth in the Position Holder Trust
Agreement, the Position Holder Trustee shall have the authority and responsibility set forth in this Plan and in the Position
Holder Trust Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) the payment of all premiums associated with Beneficial Ownership of
the Fractional Positions contributed to the Position Holder Trust on or after the Effective Date, including Contributed Positions,
and maintenance of the Premium Reserve required by the Position Holder Trust Agreement; (ii) resolving any dispute relating to
whether the Catch-Up Payment due from any Current Position Holder or Pre-Petition Default Amount due from any Investor is in the
correct amount; (iii) enforcing the Position Holder Trust’s rights under this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement,
including the Position Holder Trust’s rights in Fractional Positions abandoned or contributed, as the case may be, after
the Effective Date as the result of a Payment Default; (iv) administering and enforcing the Position Holder Trust’s rights
and obligations under the Servicing Agreement, the Portfolio Information License, and the Escrow Agreement, (v) appointing third
party service providers to serve as record owner or beneficiary of record for any or all of the Policies, and (vi) evaluating
Distressed Policies after the Effective Date to determine whether the Position Holder Trustee should exercise the rights provided
under Section 12.09 of this Plan and the terms of the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
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Section
5.05 Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries
of the Position Holder Trust shall be (i) the Assigning Fractional Holders and the Continuing Fractional Holders entitled
to receive Position Holder Trust Interests pursuant to this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and (ii) the IRA Partnership
with regard to all Position Holder Trust Interests it is entitled to receive pursuant to this Plan and the Position Holder Trust
Agreement. The Position Holder Trust Interest received by each Assigning Fractional Holder, each Continuing Fractional Holder
and the IRA Partnership with respect to each Contributed Position shall be calculated relative to the Allowed Claim amount for
the Contributed Position in respect of which the Position Holder Trust Interest is to be issued (including Position Holder Trust
Interests to be issued to the IRA Partnership in respect of Position Holder Trust Elections and Continuing Holder Elections made
by individuals who own the IRA Holders), subject to adjustment as set forth below, and the Pro Rata beneficial interest represented
by each Position Holder Trust Interest shall be calculated as set forth in this Section 5.05.
(a) The
beneficial interest represented by each Position Holder Trust Interest issued on the Effective Date, or effective as of the Effective
Date as the result of a deemed Position Holder Trust Election for failure to pay any Catch-Up Payment, shall be determined as
follows:
(i) For
each Fractional Position as to which a Position Holder Trust Election is made, an Assigning Fractional Holder who does not owe
any Catch-Up Payment with regard to the Contributed Position (or the IRA Partnership with regard to an IRA Note as to which a
Position Holder Trust Election is made by an Assigning IRA Holder who does not owe any Catch-Up Payment with regard to the Contributed
Position) will receive a Position Holder Trust Interest that represents a beneficial interest entitled to receive a Pro Rata share
of all distributions by the Position Holder Trust, with the Pro Rata share calculated based on (A) the Assigning Position Holder’s
full Allowed Claim amount for the position and (B) the Allowed Claim amounts for all Position Holder Trust Interests to be outstanding
following the issuance of the Position Holder Trust Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent issuances of Position Holder
Trust Interests;
(ii) For
each Fractional Position as to which a Position Holder Trust Election is made, an Assigning Fractional Holder who owes a Catch-Up
Payment with regard to the Contributed Position (or the IRA Partnership with regard to an IRA Note as to which a Position Holder
Trust Election is made by an Assigning IRA Holder who owes a Catch-Up Payment with regard to the Contributed Position) will receive
a Position Holder Trust Interest that represents a beneficial interest entitled to receive a Pro Rata share of all distributions
by the Position Holder Trust, with the Pro Rata share calculated based on (A) (I) the Assigning Position Holder’s Allowed
Claim amount for the position minus (II) the Catch-Up Payment, and (B) the Allowed Claim amounts (adjusted for Catch-Up Payments
due) for all Position Holder Trust Interests to be outstanding following the issuance of the Position Holder Trust Interest, subject
to adjustment for subsequent issuances of Position Holder Trust Interests; and
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(iii) For
each Continuing Fractional Holder entitled to receive a Position Holder Trust Interest in exchange for a Continuing Position Holder
Contribution (and each Position Holder Trust Interest the IRA Partnership is entitled to receive in exchange for a Continuing
Position Holder Contribution made by a Continuing IRA Holder), the Continuing Fractional Holder (or the IRA Partnership) will
receive a Position Holder Trust Interest that represents a beneficial interest entitled to receive a Pro Rata share of all distributions
by the Position Holder Trust, with the Pro Rata share calculated based on (i) 5% of the Continuing Position Holder’s full
Allowed Claim amount for the position with respect to which the Continuing Position Holder Contribution was made, and (ii) the
Allowed Claim amounts for all Position Holder Trust Interests to be outstanding following the issuance of the Position Holder
Trust Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent issuances of Position Holder Trust Interests.
(b) The
Pro Rata share for the Position Holder Trust Interest received by any Continuing Fractional Holder deemed to have made the Position
Holder Trust Election and become an Assigning Fractional Holder as a result of a Payment Default after the Effective Date will
be initially calculated as provided in Section 5.05(a)(ii) (using the amount of the Payment Default instead of the Catch-Up Payment),
and then adjusted to:
(i) Reduce
the Allowed Claim amount for the Contributed Position by an amount equal to (A) 20% multiplied by (B) the Allowed Claim amount
for the position to which the Payment Default relates;
(ii) Exclude
any share of income realized by the Position Holder Trust prior to the date of the deemed Position Holder Trust Election (and
all distributions and Premium Reserves or other reserves resulting from or relating to such income); and
(iii) Subordinate
the right of the Position Holder Trust Interest to share in any distributions made by the Position Holder Trust out of distributions
received by the Position Holder Trust as the residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust, until all Assigning Fractional
Holders, and the IRA Partnership as to all Assigning IRA Holders, as of the Effective Date have received distributions from the
Position Holder Trust in an amount equal to the amount of their full Allowed Claim.
(iv) This
Section 5.05(b) shall not apply to a Current Position Holder who owes a Catch-Up Payment as of the Effective Date and does not
pay the amount due by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, and in such case, the Current Position Holder will be treated as an Assigning
Position Holder as of the Effective Date as provided in Section 5.05(a)(ii) above.
(c) For
each Continuing IRA Holder entitled to a New IRA Note in exchange for the remainder of a Contributed Position that is not a Continuing
Position Holder Contribution, the Continuing IRA Holder will receive a New IRA Note issued by the Position Holder Trust in exchange
for the Allowed Claims contributed to the Position Holder Trust by the Continuing IRA Holders with respect to the Fractional Positions
that were Contributed Positions other than Continuing Position Holder Contributions.
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(d) As
provided in the Position Holder Trust Agreement, Position Holder Trust Interests will be expressed in “Units” of beneficial
interest in the Position Holder Trust represented by certificates, and the Units represented by each certificate will be used
to determine the Pro Rata share to which the certificate holder is entitled based on the number of Units represented by the certificate
and the total number of Units outstanding as of the date of the certificate’s issuance and from time to time thereafter.
Position Holder Trust Interest certificates will bear restrictive legends as provided elsewhere in this Plan.
Section
5.06 Position Holder Trust Reserves.
Following the Effective
Date of the Plan, the Position Holder Trust shall establish and maintain Premium Reserves as provided in this Plan and the Position
Holder Trust Agreement. In addition, the Position Holder Trust shall establish such other reserves as required or permitted by
the Position Holder Trust Agreement or the Confirmation Order.
Section
5.07 Position Holder Trust Taxes.
(a) The
Position Holder Trustee will file all federal income tax returns for the Position Holder Trust as a grantor trust pursuant to
Internal Revenue Code Section 671 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-4(a).
(b) The
Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and
the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) will
be contributed to the Position Holder Trust for the benefit of the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries (including the IRA Partnership),
and such beneficiaries will receive Position Holder Trust Interests in exchange for their Allowed Claims, as set forth in Section
5.05. For all federal income tax purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized Debtors, the
Position Holder Trustee and the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries, including the IRA Partnership) will treat the transfer and
assignment to the Position Holder Trust of the Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable
to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust
(including the IRA Partnership) as (a) a transfer of the Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity Funds
Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in
the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) directly to the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries (including the IRA
Partnership) in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims (including the Allowed Claims contributed to the IRA Partnership) followed
by (b) the extinguishment of the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and
the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) and
(c) the transfer of the Position Holder Trust Assets by the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries to the Position Holder Trust in
exchange for Position Holder Trust Interests. The deemed transfer of the Position Holder Trust Assets and the portion of the Maturity
Funds Facility attributable to the Assigning Position Holders and the Continuing Position Holders with respect to their interest(s)
in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership) directly to the Position Holder Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction
of their Allowed Claims will be a taxable exchange. The Position Holder Trust Assets will be valued based on the Allowed
Claim amounts. All parties to the Position Holder Trust (including, without limitation, the Debtors, the Successor Entities and
all holders of Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests) should consistently use such valuation for all U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
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(c) The
Position Holder Trust will be treated as a grantor trust for federal tax purposes and, to the extent permitted under applicable
law, for state and local income tax purposes. The beneficiaries of the Position Holder Trust will be treated as the grantors and
owners of their Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust Assets for federal income tax purposes. All of the income of the
Position Holder Trust will be treated as subject to tax on a current basis. The Position Holder Trust will not pay tax.
The Position Holder Trustee will file a blank IRS Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,” annually
and attach a separate statement to that form, and issue such statement to each beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust (or the
appropriate middleman), separately stating such beneficiary’s Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust’s items
of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. If the grantor statement is issued to an IRA custodian or other middleman, such
person is required to issue the grantor statement to the beneficiary. Each beneficiary of the Position Holder Trust will be required
to include its Pro Rata portion of the Position Holder Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit in computing
its taxable income and pay any tax due.
Section
5.08 Liability; Indemnification.
The Position Holder
Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted to be taken in the capacity of Position Holder Trustee, other
than acts or omissions resulting from such Person's willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. The Position Holder Trustee
may, in connection with the performance of his or her functions, and in his or her sole absolute discretion, consult with attorneys,
accountants and agents, and shall not be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done in accordance with
advice or opinions rendered by such professionals. Notwithstanding such authority, the Position Holder Trustee shall be under
no obligation to consult with attorneys, accountants or his or her agents, and his or her determination to not do so should not
result in imposition of liability on the Position Holder Trustee unless such determination is based on willful misconduct, gross
negligence or fraud. The Position Holder Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless the Position Holder Trustee and his or her agents,
representatives, professionals, and employees from and against and in respect of any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims,
costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions or omissions,
or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect to the Position Holder Trust or the implementation or administration
of this Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such Persons or Entities for such
actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
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Section
5.09 Termination.
The duties, responsibilities
and powers of the Position Holder Trust shall terminate after all Position Holder Trust Assets have been fully realized, resolved,
abandoned or liquidated and the Position Holder Trust Assets have been distributed in accordance with this Plan and the Position
Holder Trust Agreement, and the Reorganized Debtors have been liquidated and their corporate existence terminated; provided, however,
except in the circumstances set forth below, the Position Holder Trust shall terminate no later than ten years after the Effective
Date. If warranted by the facts and circumstances provided for in this Plan, and subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court
upon a finding that an extension is necessary for the purpose of the Position Holder Trust, the term of the Position Holder Trust
may be extended, one or more times (not to exceed a total of four extensions, unless the Position Holder Trustee receives a favorable
ruling from the IRS that any further extension would not adversely affect the status of the Position Holder Trust as a grantor
trust for federal income tax purposes) for a finite period, not to exceed five years, based on the particular circumstances at
issue. Each such extension must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court not more than six months prior to the beginning of the extended
term with notice thereof to all of the unpaid beneficiaries of the Position Holder Trust. Upon the occurrence of the termination
of the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee shall File with the Bankruptcy Court, a report thereof, seeking to be
discharged from his duties.
Article
VI
CREDITORS’ TRUST AND CREDITORS’ TRUSTEE
Section
6.01 The Creation of the Creditors’
Trust.
The Creditors’
Trust shall be created on the Effective Date pursuant to the Creditors’ Trust Agreement for the purpose of liquidating the
Creditors’ Trust Assets in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-4(d), as may be further set forth in the
Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Section
6.02 Funding of Res of Creditors’
Trust.
(a) On
the Effective Date, all of the Creditors’ Trust Assets shall be transferred, assigned, and contributed to, and vested in,
the Creditors’ Trust, and the Creditors’ Trust shall be in possession of, and have title to, all the Creditors’
Trust Assets. The conveyances and vesting of all Creditors’ Trust Assets shall be accomplished pursuant to this Plan, the
Class Action Settlement Agreement, the Financing Order and the Confirmation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court.
The Debtors and the Assigning Class Parties shall convey, transfer, assign and deliver the Creditors’ Trust Assets free
and clear of all Liens, Claims, encumbrances and Interests (including rights of set off). The Creditors’ Trustee may present
such orders to the Bankruptcy Court as may be necessary to require third parties to accept and acknowledge such conveyance to
the Creditors’ Trust. Such orders may be presented without further notice other than as has been given in this Plan.
(b) The
Creditors’ Trust shall receive from the Position Holder Trust Cash contributions paid over time and/or interest-bearing
financing in an amount necessary to adequately capitalize the Creditors’ Trust, including (i) litigation costs and
(ii) such other amounts as are reasonably necessary to compensate the Creditors’ Trust for its constituency’s
share of the value of the Policy Related Assets and LPI’s contributions of assets to Newco, including its rights and assets
needed to service the Policies, as set forth in the Plan Supplement.
Section
6.03 The Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
The Creditors’
Trust Agreement shall conform to the terms of this Plan, and to the extent that the Creditors’ Trust Agreement is inconsistent
with this Plan or the Confirmation Order, the terms of this Plan or the Confirmation Order shall govern.
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Section
6.04 The Creditors’ Trustee.
(a) The
Creditors’ Trustee shall be named in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement filed in the Plan Supplement.
(b) The
Creditors’ Trustee shall retain and have all the rights, powers and duties necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities
under this Plan and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, and as otherwise provided in the Financing Order, the Confirmation Order
or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court. Specifically, after the Confirmation Date, the Creditors’ Trustee shall review,
investigate, evaluate, analyze, or object to Fee Applications or Professional Fee Claims . The Creditors’ Trustee shall
be the exclusive trustee of the Creditors’ Trust Assets for the purposes of 31 U.S.C. § 3713(b) and 26 U.S.C. §
6012(b)(3), as well as the representative of the Estates appointed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1123(b)(3)(B). Matters
relating to the appointment, removal and resignation of the Creditors’ Trustee and the appointment of any successor Creditors’
Trustee shall be set forth in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement. The Creditors’ Trustee shall be required to perform
his or her duties as set forth in this Plan and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Section
6.05 Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries
(a) The
beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust shall include all Holders of Allowed Claims as General Unsecured Creditors, Rescinding
Position Holders, Former Position Holders, Willingham MDL Investors (as described in Section 4.03 hereof) or other creditors of
the Debtors, other than (i) the Continuing Position Holders and (ii) the Assigning Position Holders. The beneficial
interests of each beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust shall be calculated Pro Rata relative to their Allowed Claim amounts.
(b) Following
payment of the expenses of the Creditors’ Trust, and in the event that Allowed Claims of all Holders of Creditors’
Trust Interests (other than the SEC) are paid in full, the Position Holder Trust shall be the initial residual beneficiary of
the Creditors’ Trust Assets and proceeds of same. In the event that Allowed Claims of all Holders of Position Holder Trust
Interests are paid in full, the SEC shall be entitled to receive distributions form the Creditors’ Trust with respect to
its Allowed Claim Amount, as the secondary residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust. In the event that the SEC’s
Allowed Claim is paid in full, the Position Holder Trust shall be the final residual beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust.
(c) Qualified
Plan Holders are not permitted to be beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust.
Section
6.06 Creditors’ Trust Reserves.
Following the Effective
Date of the Plan, the Creditors’ Trust shall establish such reserves as required or permitted by the Creditors’ Trust
Agreement or Section 6.02 of this Plan.
Section
6.07 Creditors’ Trust Taxes.
(a) The
Creditors’ Trustee will file all federal income tax returns for the Creditors’ Trust as a grantor trust pursuant to
Internal Revenue Code Section 671 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-4(a).
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(b) The
Creditors’ Trust Assets will be contributed to the Creditors’ Trust for the benefit of the Creditors’ Trust
Beneficiaries, and such beneficiaries will receive Creditors’ Trust Interests in exchange for their Allowed Claims, as set
forth in Section 6.05. For all federal income tax purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation, the Reorganized
Debtors, the Creditors’ Trustee and the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries) will treat the transfer and assignment to
the Creditors’ Trust of the Creditors’ Trust Assets as (a) a transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets directly
to the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction of their Allowed Claims followed by (b) the transfer of the Creditors’
Trust Assets by the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries to the Creditors’ Trust in exchange for Creditors’ Trust
Interests. The deemed transfer of the Creditors’ Trust Assets directly to the Creditors’ Trust Beneficiaries in satisfaction
of their Allowed Claims will be a taxable exchange. The Creditors’ Trust Assets will be valued based on the Allowed
Claim amounts. All parties to the Creditors’ Trust (including, without limitation, the Debtors and the holders of Creditors’
Trust Interests) must consistently use such valuation for all U.S. federal income tax purposes
(c) The
Creditors’ Trust will be treated as a grantor trust for federal tax purposes and, to the extent permitted under applicable
law, for state and local income tax purposes. The beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust will be treated as the grantors
and owners of their Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust Assets for federal income tax purposes. All of the income of
the Creditors’ Trust will be treated as subject to tax on a current basis. The Creditors’ Trust will not pay
tax. The Creditors’ Trustee will file a blank IRS Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,”
annually and attach a separate statement to that form, and issue such statement to each beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust
(or the appropriate middleman), separately stating such beneficiary’s Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust’s
items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit. If the grantor statement is issued to an IRA custodian or other middleman,
such person is required to issue the grantor statement to the beneficiary. Each beneficiary of the Creditors’ Trust will
be required to include its Pro Rata portion of the Creditors’ Trust’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and
credit in computing its taxable income and pay any tax due.
Section
6.08 Liability; Indemnification.
The Creditors’
Trustee shall not be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted to be taken in their capacity as the Creditors’ Trustee,
other than acts or omissions resulting from such Person's willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. The Creditors’
Trustee may, in connection with the performance of his or her functions, and in his or her sole absolute discretion, consult with
attorneys, accountants and agents, and shall not be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done in accordance
with advice or opinions rendered by such professionals. Notwithstanding such authority, the Creditors’ Trustee shall be
under no obligation to consult with attorneys, accountants or his or her agents, and his or her determination to not do so should
not result in imposition of liability on the Creditors’ Trustee unless such determination is based on willful misconduct,
gross negligence or fraud. The Creditors’ Trust shall indemnify and hold harmless the Creditors’ Trustee and his or
her agents, representatives, professionals, and employees from and against and in respect to any and all liabilities, losses,
damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising out of or due to their
actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect to the Creditors’ Trust or the implementation
or administration of this Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such Persons or
Entities for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
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Section
6.09 Termination.
The duties, responsibilities
and powers of the Creditors’ Trust shall terminate after all Creditors’ Trust Assets have been fully resolved, abandoned
or liquidated and the Creditors’ Trust Assets have been distributed in accordance with this Plan and the Creditors’
Trust Agreement, and the Reorganized Debtors have been liquidated and their corporate existence terminated; provided, however,
except in the circumstances set forth below, the Creditors’ Trust shall terminate no later than five years after the Effective
Date. If warranted by the facts and circumstances provided for in this Plan, and subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court
upon a finding that an extension is necessary for the purpose of the Creditors’ Trust, the term of the Creditors’
Trust may be extended, one or more times (not to exceed a total of four extensions, unless the Creditors’ Trustee receives
a favorable ruling from the IRS that any further extension would not adversely affect the status of the Creditors’ Trust
as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes) for a finite period, not to exceed five years, based on the particular circumstances
at issue. Each such extension must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court no more than six months prior to the beginning of the extended
term with notice thereof to all of the unpaid beneficiaries of the Creditors’ Trust. Upon the occurrence of the termination
of the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee shall File with the Bankruptcy Court, a report thereof, seeking to
be discharged from his duties.
Article
VII
IRA
Partnership
Section
7.01 Formation of IRA Partnership.
On or before the Effective
Date, the IRA Partnership shall be formed as part of the Reorganization Transactions as a Texas limited liability company to (a)
receive a Position Holder Trust Interest as provided in this Plan, and (b) issue IRA Partnership Interests to be Distributed to
Continuing IRA Holders and Assigning IRA Holders as provided in this Plan. The Assigning IRA Holders will contribute their Allowed
Claims related to their Contributed Positions, including any attributable right to Maturity Funds in escrow and repayment of Maturity
Funds Loans, to the IRA Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests. The Continuing IRA Holders will contribute the
Allowed Claims attributable to Continuing Position Holder Contributions, including any attributable right to Maturity Funds in
escrow and repayment of Maturity Funds Loans, to the IRA Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests. The remainder
of the Allowed Claims attributable to the Continuing IRA Holders’ remaining Contributed Positions will be contributed to
the Position Holder Trust in exchange for New IRA Notes, as discussed in Section 5.04.
Section
7.02 Ownership.
(a) The
IRA Partnership Interests shall be issued to the IRA Holders entitled to receive Distributions of IRA Partnership Interests pursuant
to this Plan.
Section
7.03 Governance and Management.
The form, management,
and oversight of the IRA Partnership shall be set forth in the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents for the IRA Partnership
to be provided in the Plan Supplement. The Plan Proponents shall make all determinations with respect to employment of any managers,
directors and officers of the IRA Partnership as of the Effective Date. The initial manager(s) of the IRA Partnership shall be
named in the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents to be provided in the Plan Supplement. Thereafter, the manager(s), director(s)
and officers of the IRA Partnership will be elected or appointed in accordance with the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents..
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Section
7.04 Holders of IRA Partnership
Interests.
The holders of the
IRA Partnership Interests shall be the Assigning IRA Holders and the Continuing IRA Holders entitled to receive IRA Partnership
Interests pursuant to this Plan and the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents. The IRA Partnership Interest received by each
Assigning IRA Holder and each Continuing IRA Holder with respect to each Contributed Position shall be calculated relative to
their Allowed Claim amount for the Contributed Positions in respect of which the IRA Partnership Interest is to be issued, subject
to adjustment as set forth below, and the Pro Rata partnership interest represented by each IRA Partnership Interest shall be
calculated as set forth in this Section 7.04.
(a) The
partnership interest represented by each IRA Partnership Interest issued on the Effective Date, or effective as of the Effective
Date as the result of a deemed Position Holder Trust Election for failure to pay any Catch-Up Payment, shall be determined as
follows:
(i) For
each IRA Note as to which a Position Holder Trust Election is made, an Assigning IRA Holder who does not owe any Catch-Up Payment
with regard to the Contributed Position will receive an IRA Partnership Interest that represents a partnership interest entitled
to receive a Pro Rata share of all distributions by the IRA Partnership, with the Pro Rata share calculated based on (i) the Assigning
IRA Holder’s full Allowed Claim amount for the position and (ii) the Allowed Claim amounts for all IRA Partnership Interests
to be outstanding following the issuance of the IRA Partnership Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent issuances of IRA
Partnership Interests;
(ii) For
each IRA Note as to which a Position Holder Trust Election is made, an Assigning IRA Holder who owes a Catch-Up Payment with regard
to the Contributed Position will receive an IRA Partnership Interest that represents a partnership interest entitled to receive
a Pro Rata share of all distributions by the IRA Partnership, with the Pro Rata share calculated based on (A) (I) the Assigning
Position Holder’s Allowed Claim amount for the position minus (II) the Catch-Up Payment, and (B) the Allowed Claim amounts
(adjusted for Catch-Up Payments due) for all IRA Partnership Interests to be outstanding following the issuance of the IRA Partnership
Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent issuances of IRA Partnership Interests; and
(iii) For
each Continuing IRA Holder entitled to receive an IRA Partnership Interest in exchange for a Continuing Position Holder Contribution,
the Continuing IRA Holder will receive an IRA Partnership Interest that represents a partnership interest entitled to receive
a Pro Rata share of all distributions by the IRA Partnership, with the Pro Rata share calculated based on (i) 5% of the Continuing
IRA Holder’s full Allowed Claim amount for the position with respect to which the Continuing Position Holder Contribution
was made, and (ii) the Allowed Claim amounts for all IRA Partnership Interests to be outstanding following the issuance of the
IRA Partnership Interest, subject to adjustment for subsequent issuances of IRA Partnership Interests.
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(b) As
provided in the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents, IRA Partnership Interests will be expressed in “Units” of
partnership interest in the IRA Partnership represented by certificates, and the Units represented by each certificate will be
used to determine the Pro Rata share to which the certificate holder is entitled based on the number of Units represented by the
certificate and the total number of Units outstanding as of the date of the certificate’s issuance and from time to time
thereafter.
Section
7.05 IRA Partnership Taxes.
(a) The
IRA Partnership will file all federal, state and local income tax returns pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
For federal income tax
purposes, the IRA Partnership shall be treated as being formed (i) with contributions of the Allowed Claims and related rights
and obligations to Maturity Funds in escrow and the repayment of Maturity Funds Loans by the Assigning IRA Holders in exchange
for IRA Partnership Interests; and (ii) the contribution by the Continuing IRA Holders of the portion of their Allowed Claims
attributable to their Continuing Position Holder Contributions and related rights and obligations to Maturity Funds in escrow
and repayment of Maturity Funds Loans related to their Continuing Position Holder Contribution in exchange for IRA Partnership
Interests. The Assigning IRA Holders will contribute 100% and Continuing IRA Holders will contribute 5% of their Allowed Claims
to the IRA Partnership upon formation. For all federal income tax purposes, all Persons and Entities (including, without limitation,
the Reorganized Debtors, the manager of the IRA Partnership and the holders of IRA Partnership Interests) must treat the transfer
and assignment of the Allowed Claims to the IRA Partnership by the Assigning IRA Holders and Continuing IRA Holders as (i) a nontaxable
partner contribution of the Allowed Claims of the Assigning IRA Holders, including any attributable rights and obligations to
Maturity Funds in escrow and repayment of Maturity Funds Loans, to the IRA Partnership in exchange for IRA Partnership Interests,
and (ii) a nontaxable partner contribution by the Continuing IRA Holders of 5% of their Allowed Claims, including any attributable
rights and obligations to Maturity Funds in escrow and repayment of Maturity Funds Loans, to the IRA Partnership in exchange for
IRA Partnership Interests.
(b) The
Reorganized Debtors will be treated as contributing all of the Fractional Positions of IRA Holders as to which a Position Holder
Trust Election has been made and the Fractional Positions relating to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution for which a
Continuing Holder Election has been made, along with any related Escrowed Funds and Maturity Funds, to the IRA Partnership as
of the Effective Date, in satisfaction of the Allowed Claims contributed to the IRA Partnership. The IRA Partnership will then
be treated as transferring such Fractional Positions to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for Position Holder Trust Interests.
The deemed transfer by the Reorganized Debtors of the Fractional Positions attributable to IRA Holders as to which a Position
Holder Trust Election or a Continuing Holder Election has been made in satisfaction of the Allowed Claims held by the IRA Partnership
will be a taxable exchange.
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(c) The
IRA Partnership will be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and, to the extent permitted under applicable
law, for state and local income tax purposes. The IRA Partnership Interest holders will be treated as partners of the IRA Partnership
to the extent of their Pro Rata partnership interests in the IRA Partnership for federal income tax purposes and, to the extent
permitted under applicable law, for state and local income tax purposes. The IRA Partnership will not pay tax but the IRA Partnership
will file IRS Form 1065, “U.S. Return of Partnership Income,” annually and issue a “Schedule K-1, Partner’s
Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.” to each interest holder of the IRA Partnership. The K-1s will separately
state the IRA Partnership’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit because they may impact the interest holders’
tax liabilities differently. Under the Internal Revenue Code, the holders of IRA Partnership Interests will be required to take
into consideration their share of the IRA Partnership’s income, gain, deduction, or loss reported to them on their Schedule
K-1 in filling out their individual tax returns and pay any tax due.
Section
7.06 Liability; Indemnification.
The manager(s) of
the IRA Partnership shall not be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted to be taken in their capacity as managers, other
than acts or omissions resulting from such Person's willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. Any manager may, in connection
with the performance of his or her functions, and in his or her sole absolute discretion, consult with attorneys, accountants
and agents, and shall not be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done in accordance with advice or
opinions rendered by such professionals. Notwithstanding such authority, a manager shall be under no obligation to consult with
attorneys, accountants or his or her agents, and his or her determination to not do so should not result in imposition of liability
on the manager unless such determination is based on willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. The IRA Partnership shall
indemnify and hold harmless each manager and his or her agents, representatives, professionals, and employees from and against
and in respect to any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’
fees and costs arising out of or due to their actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions, with respect
to the IRA Partnership or the implementation or administration of this Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification
will be made to such Persons or Entities for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or
fraud.
Section
7.07 Termination.
The duties, responsibilities
and powers of the IRA Partnership shall terminate after all IRA Partnership assets, including the interests in the Position Holder
Trust, have been liquidated and all of the proceeds of the Position Holder Trust Assets have been distributed in accordance with
the Position Holder Trust Agreement. At that time, the manager shall take appropriate actions to terminate the existence of the
IRA Partnership.
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Article
VIII
TRUSTEE AND MANAGER COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES
Section
8.01 Discharge of the Chapter 11 Trustee from Duties.
The Chapter 11 Trustee
shall be discharged from his duties in these Chapter 11 Cases upon transfer of all LPHI assets as set forth herein, as evidenced
by the filing of a notice of substantial consummation to be filed in the LPHI Chapter 11 Case. The Chapter 11 Trustee, upon discharge,
shall cancel his trustee bond.
Discharge of the Chapter 11 Trustee shall
not affect or impair the Chapter 11 Trustee’s right to seek a final ruling on any request for statutory compensation made
in connection with each of the Chapter 11 Cases.
Section
8.02 Compensation of the Successor
Trustees and Managers.
The compensation of
each Successor Trustee and manager, on a post-Effective Date basis, shall be disclosed in the respective Trust Agreements or IRA
Partnership Organizational Documents. The payment of the fees and expenses of each Successor Trustee and each manager and any
professionals they have retained shall be made by the applicable Trust or the IRA Partnership in accordance with the provisions
of this Plan and the applicable Trust Agreement.
Section
8.03 Successor Trustee and Manager
Expenses.
All costs, expenses
and obligations incurred by the Successor Trustees in administering this Plan and the Successor Trusts, or in any manner connected,
incidental or related thereto shall come from amounts distributable to the appropriate beneficiaries for whose benefit such expenses
or obligations were incurred. Reimbursement of expenses of managers shall be disclosed in the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents.
Section
8.04 Retention of Professionals.
The Successor Trustees
shall have the right to retain the services of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals that, in their direction, are necessary
to assist them in the performance of their duties. Professionals of, among others, the Debtors, shall be eligible for retention
by the Successor Trustees or the IRA Partnership on a special counsel basis, and former employees of the Debtors shall be eligible
for retention by the Successor Entities and the Successor Trustees; provided, however, none of the Successor Entities and the
Successor Trustees shall hire Brian Pardo, Scott Peden, or any other Person or Entity named as a defendant in the Class Action
Lawsuits, the Willingham MDL or any litigation or Cause of Action filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee or any of the Debtors prior
to the Effective Date.
Section
8.05 Payment of Professional Fees.
The reasonable fees
and expenses of such professionals shall be paid by the respective Trust or the IRA Partnership upon the monthly submission of
statements to the respective Trustee or manager(s) or as provided by their retention agreement. The payment of the reasonable
fees and expenses of the respective retained professionals shall be made in the ordinary course of business and shall not be subject
to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court except as otherwise provided in this Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
and except as otherwise set forth in this Plan, the Successor Entities may, without application to or approval by the Bankruptcy
Court, pay fees that each incurs after the Effective Date for professional fees and expenses.
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Article
IX
committees
Section
9.01 Dissolution of the Committee.
The Committee shall
continue in existence through the Effective Date to exercise those powers and perform those duties specified in Bankruptcy Code
section 1103. Unless otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, on the Effective Date, (a) the Committee shall be dissolved
and their members shall be released of all their duties, responsibilities and obligations in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases,
this Plan and the implementation of the same and (b) the retention or employment of the Committee’s Professionals and
other agents shall terminate.
Section
9.02 Creation of Position Holder Trust
Advisory Committee.
On the Effective Date,
the Position Holder Trust Advisory Committee shall be formed pursuant to the Position Holder Trust Agreement and constituted of
those Persons or Entities, including certain Continuing Position Holders to be designated by the Plan Proponents, and approved
by the Bankruptcy Court, before the conclusion of the Confirmation Hearing. A list of the proposed members of the Position Holder
Trust Advisory Committee shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
Section
9.03 Creation of Creditors’
Trust Advisory Committee.
On the Effective Date,
the Creditors’ Trust Advisory Committee shall be formed pursuant to the Creditors’ Trust Agreement and constituted
of those Persons to be designated by the Plan Proponents, and approved by the Bankruptcy Court, before the conclusion of the Confirmation
Hearing. A list of the proposed members of the Creditors’ Trust Advisory Committee shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
Section
9.04 Creation
of IRA Partnership Advisory Committee.
On the Effective Date,
the IRA Partnership Advisory Committee shall be formed pursuant to the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents and constituted
of those Persons to be designated by the Plan Proponents, and approved by the Bankruptcy Court, before the conclusion of the Confirmation
Hearing. A list of the proposed members of the IRA Partnership Advisory Committee shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
Section
9.05 Procedures.
The Successor Trust
Agreements and the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents each shall provide for the governance of the Successor Entity’s
Advisory Committee.
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Section
9.06 Function, Duties, Responsibilities,
Duration
(a) The
function, duties, responsibilities, and duration of the Position Holder Trust Advisory Committee shall be set forth in the Position
Holder Trust Agreement.
(b)
The function, duties, responsibilities, and duration of the Creditors’ Trust Advisory
Committee shall be set forth in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
(c) The
function, duties, responsibilities, and duration of the IRA Partnership Advisory Committee shall be set forth in the IRA Partnership
Organizational Documents.
Section
9.07 Liability; Indemnification
(a) None
of the Advisory Committees, nor any of their members, or designees, nor any duly designated agent or representative of any Advisory
Committee, or their respective employees, shall be liable for the act or omission of any other member, designee, agent or representative
of the Advisory Committee, nor shall any member of the Advisory Committees be liable for any act or omission taken or omitted
to be taken in its capacity as a member of the Advisory Committees, other than acts or omissions resulting from such member’s
willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud. Each of the Advisory Committees may, in connection with the performance of its
functions, and in its sole and absolute discretion, consult with attorneys, accountants, and its agents, and no member of any
Advisory Committee shall be liable for any act taken, omitted to be taken, or suffered to be done in accordance with advice or
opinions rendered by such professionals.
(b) Notwithstanding
such authority, the Advisory Committees shall be under no obligation to consult with attorneys, accountants or agents, and a determination
to not do so shall not result in the imposition of liability on any Advisory Committee, or its members and/or designees, unless
such determination is based on willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
(c) The
respective Successor Entity shall indemnify and hold harmless its Advisory Committee and its members, designees, and Professionals,
and any duly designated agent or representative thereof (in their capacity as such), from and against and in respect to any and
all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, including, but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs arising
out of or due to their actions or omissions, or consequences of such actions or omissions with respect to the respective Successor
Entity or the implementation or administration of this Plan; provided, however, that no such indemnification will be made to such
Persons for such actions or omissions as a result of willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud.
Article
X
PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY
Section
10.01 Timing and Delivery of Distributions
by Successor Entities.
The Successor Trust
Agreements and the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents shall govern distributions by the Successor Entities and shall include
the terms of this Article X and other relevant provisions of this Plan. The payment of distributions under the Successor Trust
Agreements shall be made in the ordinary course of business under those agreements and shall not be subject to the approval of
the Bankruptcy Court.
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Section
10.02 Method of Cash Distributions.
Any Cash payment to
be made pursuant to this Plan or one of the Successor Trust Agreements may be made by Cash, draft, check, wire transfer, or as
otherwise required or provided in any relevant agreement or applicable law at the option of and in the discretion of the Successor
Trustees, in consultation with the relevant Trust Committee.
Section
10.03 Failure to Negotiate Checks.
Checks issued in respect
of distributions under this Plan or by one of the Successor Entities shall be null and void if not negotiated within sixty (60)
days after the date of issuance. The Successor Trustees shall hold any amounts returned in respect of such non-negotiated checks.
The Holder of an Allowed Claim with respect to which such check originally was issued shall make requests for reissuance for any
such check directly to the Successor Trustees. All amounts represented by any voided check will be held until the later of one
(1) year after (x) the Effective Date or (y) the date that a particular Claim is Allowed by Final Order, and all requests for
reissuance by the Holder of the Allowed Claim in respect of a voided check are required to be made before such date. Thereafter,
all such amounts shall be deemed to be Unclaimed Property, and all Claims in respect of void checks and the underlying distributions
shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from assertion in any manner against the applicable Successor Trustee.
Section
10.04 Fractional Dollars
Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Plan, Cash Distributions of fractions of dollars will not be made; rather, whenever any payment of a fraction
of a dollar would be called for, the actual payment made shall reflect a rounding of such fraction to the nearest whole dollar
(up or down), with half dollars being rounded down. To the extent that Cash remains undistributed as a result of the rounding
of such fraction to the nearest whole cent, such Cash shall be treated as Unclaimed Property pursuant to Section 10.03 of this
Plan.
Section
10.05 Compliance with Tax Requirements.
Each Ballot will be
accompanied by a request for a tax certificate (Form W-8 or W-9) from each Current Position Holder. Each of the Successor
Trustees and Newco shall withhold from distributions if such tax certificate is not provided or as otherwise required by law.
Section
10.06 De Minimis Distributions.
No Cash payment of
less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars shall be made to the Holder of any Claim on account of its Allowed Claim. Any distribution
under $25 shall remain in the applicable Successor Trust, and shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the Plan or applicable
Successor Trust Agreement.
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Section
10.07 Setoffs.
Except for any Claim
that is Allowed in an amount set forth in this Plan, the Debtors or the Creditors’ Trustee may, but shall not be required
to, set off against any Claims and the payments or distributions to be made pursuant to this Plan in respect of such Claims, any
and all debts, liabilities and claims of every type and nature whatsoever that the Estate or a Debtor may have against the Holder
of any Claim, but neither the failure to do so nor the allowance of any such Claims, whether pursuant to this Plan or otherwise,
shall constitute a waiver or release by any Debtor of any such claims the Debtor may have against such Holder of any Claim, and
all such claims shall be reserved for and retained by the applicable Successor Trustee.
Section
10.08 Distribution Record Date.
As of the close of
business on the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Date (the “Distribution Record Date”), all
transfer ledgers, transfer books, registers and any other records maintained by the designated transfer agents with respect to
ownership of any Claims will be closed and, for purposes of this Plan, there shall be no further changes in the record holders
of such Claims. The Creditors’ Trustee shall have no obligation to recognize the transfer of any Claims occurring after
the Distribution Record Date, and will be entitled for all purposes to recognize and deal only with the Holder of any Claim as
of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, as reflected on such ledgers, books, registers or records.
Article
XI
RESERVES ADMINISTERED BY THE SUCCESSOR ENTITIES
Section
11.01 Establishment of Reserve Accounts,
Other Assets and Beneficiaries.
The Successor Trustees
shall each have authority to establish such Distribution Reserve Accounts (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Plan, may be effected by either establishing a segregated account or establishing book entry accounts, in the sole discretion
of each the Successor Trustee) as may be provided for in the respective Successor Trust Agreements.
Section
11.02 Undeliverable Distribution Reserve.
(a) Deposits.
If a distribution to any Holder of an Allowed Claim is returned to the Creditors’ Trustee as undeliverable or is otherwise
unclaimed, such distribution shall be deposited in an Undeliverable Distribution Reserve account for the benefit of such Holder
until such time as such distribution becomes deliverable, is claimed or is deemed to have been forfeited in accordance with Section
10.03, Section 10.05, and Section 11.02(b) of this Plan. Such accounts may be effected by either establishing a segregated account
or establishing book entry accounts, in the sole discretion of each of the Successor Trustees.
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(b) Forfeiture.
Any Holder of an Allowed Claim that does not assert a claim pursuant to this Plan for an undeliverable or unclaimed distribution
within one year after the first distribution is made to such Holder shall be deemed to have forfeited its claim for such undeliverable
or unclaimed distribution and shall be forever barred and enjoined from asserting any such claim for the undeliverable or unclaimed
distribution against any Debtor, any Estate, any of the Successor Entities, Successor Trustees, managers, or their respective
properties or assets. In such cases, any Cash or other property held by any of the Successor Entities in the Undeliverable Distribution
Reserve for distribution on account of such claims for undeliverable or unclaimed distributions, including the interest that has
accrued on such undeliverable or unclaimed distribution while in the Undeliverable Distribution Reserve, shall become Unclaimed
Property, notwithstanding any federal or state escheat laws to the contrary and shall be available for immediate distribution
by the respective Successor Trustee Trust according to this Plan.
(c) Disclaimer.
Each of the Successor Trustees or managers and his or her respective agents and attorneys are under no duty to take any action
to either (i) attempt to locate any Claim Holder, or (ii) obtain an executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or other
form required by law from any Claim Holder.
Article
XII
ONGOING SERVICING FOR POLICIES
Section
12.01 Creation of Newco.
On or before the Effective
Date, Newco shall be formed as part of the Reorganization Transactions as a Texas limited liability company to (a) receive the
assets to be contributed to Newco by LPI and LPIFS as provided in this Plan and enter into the Portfolio Information License with
the Position Holder Trust, and (b) from and after the Effective Date, service the Policies and provide the other services to and
for the benefit of the Continuing Position Holders, the Position Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership as provided in the Servicing
Agreement among Newco, the Position Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership. All Continuing Position Holders will be express third
party beneficiaries of the Servicing Agreement.
Section
12.02 Ownership.
The Newco Interests
shall be issued to Reorganized LPI and contributed to the Position Holder Trust, to either be sold (whether by private sale or
Auction) or retained by the Position Holder Trust, in each case in accordance with the terms of the KLI Plan Support Agreement.
The Chapter 11 Trustee,
Subsidiary Debtors, and Committee have identified a potential purchaser for the Newco Interests pursuant to the KLI Plan Support
Agreement; provided, however, the KLI Plan Support Agreement includes a right of termination of any sale at the discretion of
the Plan Proponents.
Section
12.03 Governance and Management.
The form, management,
and oversight of Newco shall be set forth in the Newco Organizational Documents to be provided in the Plan Supplement. The Plan
Proponents, in consultation with any party with which the Plan Proponents enter into an agreement prior to the Effective Date
providing for the purchase of Newco, shall make all determinations with respect to employment of any other directors and officers
of Newco as of the Effective Date. Thereafter, the director(s) and officers of Newco will be elected or appointed in accordance
with the Newco Organizational Documents.
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Section
12.04 Employees.
Subject to the exercise
of its business judgment and industry standards, Newco may offer to retain some or all employees of LPI and shall retain all records
and all related property and equipment contributed to it to the extent necessary to provide all of the services set forth in the
Servicing Agreement. With respect to employees of LPI, to the extent Newco offers employment to any former employees of LPI, such
employment will be at will unless and until Newco and the employee enter into a separate agreement or contract.
Section
12.05 Working Capital.
If the Auction of
the Newco Interests is not completed on the Effective Date, the Position Holder Trust shall transfer to Newco Cash in an amount
sufficient to adequately capitalize Newco to fund its reasonable and necessary working capital needs to satisfy its obligations
during the term of the Servicing Agreement. If the Auction is completed, the buyer of the Newco Interests will be responsible
for adequately capitalizing Newco.
Section
12.06 Servicing Agreement.
(a) On
the Effective Date, Newco, the Position Holder Trust and the IRA Partnership shall enter into the Servicing Agreement pursuant
to which Newco will provide servicing for the Policies and other services relating to the Fractional Positions (Fractional Interests
and New IRA Notes) held by Continuing Position Holders, the Position Holder Trust Interests and the IRA Partnership Interests
(including registration, administration and reporting services relating to the Fractional Positions, the Position Holder Trust
Interests and the IRA Partnership Interests, and to transactions under the Maturity Funds Facility). Under the Servicing Agreement,
Newco will, among other duties, (a) continue to optimize premiums on the Policies, (b) continue to utilize CSV and Premium Reserves
to satisfy premium requirements on Policies to the extent available, and bill and collect premiums from Continuing Fractional
Holders, (c) provide a customer service operation for all Continuing Position Holders, and (d) the other services required by
this Plan.
(b) The
Servicing Agreement shall conform to the terms of this Plan, and to the extent that the Servicing Agreement is inconsistent with
this Plan or the Confirmation Order, the terms of this Plan or the Confirmation Order shall govern. In addition, the Servicing
Agreement and the Portfolio Information License will be subject to termination by the Position Holder Trust for performance default
by Newco, and if the agreement is terminated for default, the Position Holder Trust will have an option to purchase the stock
of Newco.
Section
12.07 Post-Effective Adjustment Report.
(a) Pursuant
to the Servicing Agreement, after the Effective Date Newco will provide weekly reports to the Position Holder Trustee as to total
collections of Catch-Up Payments due from Current Position Holders who made Continuing Holder Elections, and make the information
available to the relevant investors through its secure website.
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(b) Not
later than 45 days after the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, Newco shall prepare and deliver to the Position Holder Trustee the Post-Effective
Adjustment Report, setting forth:
(i) For
each Current Position Holder who was informed of a Catch-Up Payment payable with respect to a Fractional Position in accordance
with Section 4.13(a) of this Plan:
(1) the
Catch-Up Payment(s) due (broken down into the categories described in Section 4.13(a) (to be derived from information provided
by LPI pursuant to the Portfolio Information License));
(2) whether
or not the Catch-Up Payment(s) was/were timely paid, based on information (A) provided pursuant to the Portfolio Information License
and (B) obtained by Newco after the Effective Date as collection agent under the Servicing Agreement; and
(3) the
disposition of each Fractional Position for which a Catch-Up Payment was due (whether by Election or otherwise pursuant to the
terms of the Plan), based on a report provided by the Claims and Noticing Agent.
(ii) For
each Investor who was informed of a Pre-Petition Default Amount payable with respect to a Fractional Position in accordance with
Section 4.13(a) of this Plan:
(1) the
Pre-Petition Default Amount(s) due (broken down into the categories described in Section 4.13(a) (to be derived from information
provided by LPI pursuant to the Portfolio Information License));
(2) whether
or not the Pre-Petition Default Amount(s) was/were timely paid, based on information (A) provided pursuant to the Portfolio Information
License and (B) obtained by Newco after the Effective Date as collection agent under the Servicing Agreement; and
(3) the
disposition of each Fractional Position for which a Pre-Petition Default Amount was due (whether by Election or otherwise pursuant
to the terms of the Plan), based on a report provided by the Claims and Noticing Agent.
(c) The
Servicing Agreement will include customary provisions obligating the parties to provide information as required and cooperate
in preparation of the Post-Effective Adjustment Report, which will be included in the Policy Related Assets owned by the Position
Holder Trust and covered by the Portfolio Information License.
Section
12.08 Policy Data and Reports.
(a) Subject
to the discretion of the Position Holder Trustee and the Position Holder Trust Committee, Newco shall provide Policy Data, and
data relating to Premium Reserves and funds in the Maturity Escrow Account, on a secure Newco website accessible to Holders of
Continued Positions, Position Holder Trust Interests and IRA Partnership Interests, which shall be updated monthly, or as frequently
as is practical. All Policies that mature shall continue to be listed with the Policy ID, death benefit, funding date, premiums
paid, and maturity date.
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(b) Newco
shall prepare and make available on its secure website reports for the Holders of Continued Positions, Position Holder Trust Interests
and IRA Partnership Interests, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trustee, the manager(s) of the IRA Partnership
and any Escrow Agent as will be more fully described in the Servicing Agreement, the Position Holder Trust Agreement, the IRA
Partnership Organizational Documents and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
Section
12.09 Premium Calls and Payment Defaults.
From and after the
Effective Date, and pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, Newco shall continue to make premium calls to Continuing Fractional Holders
holding Fractional Interests relating to Distressed Policies as follows:
(a) Premium
Calls: Premium calls shall be sent not later than 120 days prior to the scheduled premium due date for the relevant Policy.
(b) Payment
Due Dates and Reminders: Not later than 60 days after a premium call notice is sent with respect to each Fractional Interest,
the Continuing Fractional Holder must pay the amount specified in the premium call to the escrow account specified in the premium
call notice. Newco will send a past due reminder notice if payment is not received within 30 days of the date the premium call
was sent.
(c) Payment
Default: If the Continuing Fractional Holder does not pay in full the amount specified in the premium call notice for
any Fractional Interest by the due date specified in the notice, a “Payment Default” with respect to the Fractional
Interest (a “Defaulted Fractional Position”) shall occur on the due date (the “Payment Default Date”),
and the Continuing Fractional Holder shall be deemed to have made a Position Holder Trust Election with respect to the Defaulted
Fractional Position as of the Payment Default Date, without any further notice from or other action by Newco, the Position Holder
Trust or any other Person. Within 30 days after the Payment Default Date, Newco shall notify the Position Holder Trustee of the
occurrence of the Payment Default, and the Position Holder Trust shall pay into the premium payment account provided for in the
Servicing Agreement an amount equal to the amount unpaid by the Continuing Position Holder with respect to the Defaulted Fractional
Position. Any payment made by the Continuing Position Holder after the Payment Default Date with respect to the Fractional Interest
shall be returned to the payer, less the processing fee provided for in the Servicing Agreement. Within 30 days after the Position
Holder Trustee receives notice of the Payment Default, the Position Holder Trust shall issue a Position Holder Trust Interest
to the defaulting Continuing Fractional Holder (in the Holder’s new capacity as an Assigning Position Holder with respect
to the Defaulted Fractional Position), representing a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust calculated as provided
in Section 5.05(b) of this Plan.
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(d) Policy
Purchase or Lapse: Not less than 120 days before the due date for any premium payment on a Distressed Policy, the Position
Holder Trustee will be authorized to send, or direct Newco to send, a notice to all Continuing Fractional Holders of Fractional
Interests relating to the Distressed Policy (i) stating that, in the Position Holder Trustee’s judgment, no further premium
payments should be made on the Policy, and (ii) offering to transfer the Beneficial Ownership in the Policy held by the Position
Holder Trust to one or more of the Continuing Fractional Holders in exchange for their payment of the premiums due with respect
to the Position Holder Trust’s Beneficial Ownership in the Policy, which will be set forth in the notice. If the Continuing
Fractional Holders do not accept the offer and pay into the premium payment account provided for in the Servicing Agreement an
amount equal to all of the premiums relating to the Beneficial Ownership held by the Position Holder Trust before the end of the
120-day period, the Policy will lapse. If one or more of the Continuing Fractional Holders do pay all of the required premiums
into the premium payment account before the due date, then (x) within 30 days after the due date, Newco will provide a report
to the Position Holder Trustee detailing which Continuing Fractional Holder(s) paid a portion of the premiums relating to the
Position Holder Trust’s Beneficial Ownership, the amount paid by each such Continuing Fractional Holder, and the excess
amount, if any, paid by each Continuing Fractional Holder, (y) within 30 days of the Position Holder Trustee’s receipt of
the report from Newco, the Position Holder Trust shall (1) issue Fractional Interests to the relevant Continuing Fractional Holder(s),
Pro Rata based on the amount paid by each, and (2) notify Newco of the transfer, and (z) within 30 days after it receives the
notice from the Position Holder Trust, Newco will return the excess amount paid by any Continuing Fractional Holder, unless the
Continuing Fractional Holder instructs Newco to add the amount to any Premium Reserve maintained in the Holder’s name to
pay premiums on the Holder’s Fractional Positions. Unless all of the Continuing Fractional Holders who own Fractional Interests
in such a Policy (which will then represent 100% of the Beneficial Ownership of the Policy) provide written notice otherwise,
the Position Holder Trust will remain the record owner and beneficiary of the Policy for the benefit of such Continuing Fractional
Holders, and the Policy will continue to be subject to the Servicing Agreement, including payment of the Servicing Fee.
Section
12.10 Servicing Fee.
From and after the
Effective Date, the fee due to Newco for providing services under the Servicing Agreement will be a one-time deduction from maturity
proceeds of any Policy that matures on or after the Effective Date in an amount equal to 3% of the death benefit relating to each
Fractional Position in the Policy. In the event a Policy matures on or after the Effective Date, but before a Continuing Position
Holder pays any Catch-Up Payment owing, the Catch-Up Payment shall also be deducted from the maturity proceeds and will be paid
to the Position Holder Trust. Any Continuing Position Holder who paid his or her October 2014 platform and servicing charge assessed
by LPIFS will receive a credit against Newco’s servicing fee in an amount equal to one half of the amount paid which is
allocable to any Fractional Position held by the Continuing Position Holder relating to a Policy that matures on or after the
Effective Date.
Article
XIII
EXECUTORY CONTRACTS, UNEXPIRED LEASES, AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
Section
13.01 Assumption/Rejection.
Except to the extent
the Debtors (a) previously have assumed or rejected an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, (b) prior to the Effective
Date, have Filed or do File a motion to assume an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease on which the Bankruptcy Court has not
ruled, and (c) at the Confirmation Hearing, the Bankruptcy Court approves the assumption of an Executory Contract or Unexpired
Lease, the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be deemed rejected on the Effective Date.
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Section
13.02 Cure Amounts.
The proposed cure
amounts of Assumed Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be included in the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired
Lease List. Any party taking exception to the proposed amounts shall File a detailed statement setting forth its reason no later
than three business days prior to the Confirmation Hearing. The Bankruptcy Court shall determine the proper cure amounts at the
Confirmation Hearing. All court-approved cure amounts shall be paid within ten (10) days of the Effective Date.
Section
13.03 Assumed Executory Contracts
and Unexpired Leases
(a) Each
Assumed Executory Contract will include (i) all amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, or other agreements
made directly or indirectly by any agreement, instrument, or other document that in any manner affect such Executory Contract
or Unexpired Lease; and (ii) with respect to any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease that relates to the use, ability to
acquire, or occupancy of real property, all Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases and other rights appurtenant to the property,
including all easements, licenses, permits, rights, privileges, immunities, options, rights of first refusal, powers, uses, usufructs,
reciprocal easement agreements, vaults, tunnel or bridge agreements or franchises, and any other equity interests in real estate
or rights in rem related to such premises, unless any of the foregoing agreements have been rejected pursuant to an order of the
Bankruptcy Court or are the subject of a motion to reject Filed on or before the Confirmation Date.
(b) Amendments,
modifications, supplements, and restatements to Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases that have been executed by the Debtors
during their Chapter 11 Cases shall not be deemed to alter the pre-petition nature of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease,
or the validity, priority, or amount of any Claims that may arise in connection therewith.
Section
13.04 Insurance Policies.
(a) All
insurance policies (other than the Policies) pursuant to which the Debtors have any obligations in effect as of the date of the
Confirmation Hearing shall be deemed and treated as Executory Contracts pursuant to this Plan and shall be assumed by the appropriate
Debtor and assigned to the Creditors’ Trust.
(b) Except
to the extent expressly provided otherwise in this Plan, all of the Policies shall be deemed and treated as Executory Contracts
pursuant to this Plan and shall be assumed by LPI and assigned to the Position Holder Trust.
Section
13.05 Pass-through.
Except as otherwise
provided in this Plan, any rights or arrangements necessary or useful to the administration of the Creditors’ Trust but
not otherwise addressed as a Claim or Interest, and other Executory Contracts not assumable under Bankruptcy Code section 365(c),
shall, in the absence of any other treatment under this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, be passed through
the Chapter 11 Cases for the benefit of the Creditors’ Trust and the counterparty unaltered and unaffected by the Chapter
11 Cases.
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Section
13.06 Claims Based on Rejection of
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases.
Unless otherwise provided
by a Bankruptcy Court order, any Proofs of Claim asserting Claims arising from the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts
and Unexpired Leases rejected or assumed pursuant to this Plan or otherwise must be Filed no later than thirty (30) days after
the later of the Effective Date or the date a Final Order is entered granting the rejection; provided, however, any Claim
for rejection damages resulting from the rejection of the Investment Contracts shall be deemed satisfied by the Class Action Settlement
and, therefore, no Claim need be filed on account of the rejection of any Investment Contract. Any Proofs of Claim arising from
the rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases that are not timely Filed shall be disallowed automatically,
forever barred from assertion, and shall not be enforceable against any Debtor, Reorganized Debtor or Successor Trust, without
the need for any objection by any Person or further notice to or action, order, or approval of the Bankruptcy Court, and any Claim
arising out of the rejection of the Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged,
notwithstanding anything in the Bankruptcy Schedules or a Proof of Claim to the contrary. All Allowed Claims arising from the
rejection of the Debtors’ Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases shall be classified as General Unsecured Claims for the
particular Debtor in question and shall be treated in accordance with the particular provisions of this Plan for such Debtor;
provided however, if the Holder of an Allowed Claim for rejection damages has an unavoidable security interest in
any collateral to secure obligations under such rejected Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease, the Allowed Claim for rejection
damages shall be treated as a Secured Claim to the extent of the value of such Holder’s interest in the collateral, with
the deficiency, if any, treated as a General Unsecured Claim.
Section
13.07 Reservation of Rights.
Nothing contained
in this Plan shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any contract is in fact an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease
or that any Debtor has any liability thereunder. If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory
or unexpired at the time of assumption or rejection, the Debtors, the Successor Trustees, or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable,
shall have thirty (30) days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter and to provide appropriate treatment
of such contract or lease.
Section
13.08 Nonoccurrence of Effective Date.
In the event that
the Effective Date does not occur, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to any request by the Debtors to
extend the deadline for assuming or rejecting Unexpired Leases pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365(d)(4).
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Article
XIV
PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING DISPUTED,
CONTINGENT, AND UNLIQUIDATED CLAIMS
Section
14.01 Expunging Certain Claims.
Except as otherwise
provided by a Bankruptcy Court order, all Claims marked or otherwise Scheduled as contingent, unliquidated or disputed on the
Bankruptcy Schedules and for which no Proof of Claim has been timely Filed shall be deemed disallowed Claims, and such Claims
shall be expunged as of the Effective Date without the necessity of filing a claim objection and without further notice to, or
action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court.
Section
14.02 Objections to Claims.
(a) Authority.
The Chapter 11 Trustee, the Subsidiary Debtors, or the Creditors’ Trustee (as applicable) shall have the exclusive authority
to File objections to the Claims, and to withdraw any objections to such Claims that they File. The Chapter 11 Trustee, the Reorganized
Debtors or the Creditors’ Trustee, as applicable, shall have the exclusive authority to File, settle, compromise, withdraw,
or litigate to judgment any objections to other Claims. Except as set forth above, from and after the Effective Date, the Creditors’
Trustee may settle or compromise any Disputed Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court. Except as set forth above, the Creditors’
Trustee also shall have the right to resolve any Disputed Claim outside the Bankruptcy Court under applicable governing law.
(b) Objection
Deadline. As soon as practicable, but no later than the Claims Objection Deadline, the Creditors’ Trustee may File objections
with the Bankruptcy Court and serve such objections on the Creditors holding the Claims to which such objections are made. Nothing
contained herein, however, shall limit the right of the Creditors’ Trustee to object to Claims, if any, Filed or amended
after the Claims Objection Deadline. The Claims Objection Deadline may be extended by the Bankruptcy Court upon motion by the
applicable the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, or the Creditors’ Trustee.
Section
14.03 Estimation of Claims.
The Creditors’
Trustee may at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any such Disputed Claim pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section
502(c), regardless of whether the Creditors’ Trustee or any Debtor, or Reorganized Debtor have previously objected to such
Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any objection, and the Bankruptcy Court will retain jurisdiction to estimate
any Claim at any time during litigation concerning any objection to any Claim, including during the pendency of any appeal related
to any such objection. In the event the Bankruptcy Court estimates any Disputed Claim, that estimated amount will constitute the
maximum limitation on such Claim, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court, and the Creditors’ Trustee may elect to pursue
any supplemental proceedings to object to any ultimate payment on such Claim. All of the aforementioned objection, estimation
and resolution procedures are cumulative and are not necessarily exclusive of one another.
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Section
14.04 No Distributions Pending Allowance.
Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Plan, no payments or distributions shall be made with respect to all or any portion of a Disputed Claim
unless and until all objections to such Disputed Claim have been settled or withdrawn or have been determined by Final Order,
any liability of the Holder to any Estate within the scope of section 502(d) has been resolved and paid to the Estates or their
relevant Successor, and the Disputed Claim, or some portion thereof, has become an Allowed Claim.
Section
14.05 Distributions After Allowance.
The Creditors’
Trustee shall make payments and to each Holder of a Disputed Claim that has become an Allowed Claim in accordance with the provisions
of this Plan governing the class of Claims to which such Holder belongs. As soon as reasonably practicable after the date that
the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing all or part of any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Creditors’
Trustee shall distribute to the Holder of such Claim the Distribution (if any) that would have been made to such Holder on the
Distribution Date had such Allowed Claim been allowed on the Distribution Date. After a Disputed Claim is Allowed or otherwise
resolved, the excess Cash or other property that was reserved on account of such Disputed Claim, if any, shall become a Creditors’
Trust Asset for the benefit of other Allowed Claims of the Class or Classes for which the Distribution reserve was created.
Section
14.06 Reduction of Claims.
Notwithstanding the
contents of the Bankruptcy Schedules or the Bankruptcy SOFAs, Claims listed therein as undisputed, liquidated and not contingent
shall be reduced by the amount, if any, that was paid by the Debtors before the Effective Date, including pursuant to orders of
the Bankruptcy Court. To the extent such payments are not reflected in the Bankruptcy Schedules or the Bankruptcy SOFAs, such
Bankruptcy Schedules and Bankruptcy SOFAs will be deemed amended and reduced to reflect that such payments were made. Nothing
in this Plan shall preclude the Creditors’ Trustee from paying Claims that the Debtors were authorized to pay pursuant to
any Final Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court before the Effective Date.
Article
XV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONFIRMATION
AND TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PLAN
Section
15.01 Conditions Precedent to Confirmation.
The following are
conditions precedent to the occurrence of Confirmation, each of which must be satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 15.04
below:
(a) The
Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents, approving the
adequacy of the Disclosure Statement (inclusive of the Class Notice), and such Order shall have become a Final Order.
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(b) The
Confirmation Order approving and confirming this Plan, as such Plan may have been modified, amended or supplemented, shall (i) be
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents; and (ii) include a finding of fact that the Plan Proponents,
and their respective current officers, directors, employees, advisors, attorneys and agents, acted in good faith within the meaning
of and with respect to all of the actions described in Bankruptcy Code section 1125(e) and are therefore not liable
for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing such actions.
(c) The
Financing Order shall have become a Final Order.
Section
15.02 Conditions Precedent to the
Occurrence of the Effective Date.
The following are
conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Time on the Effective Date, each of which must be satisfied or waived
in accordance with Section 15.04 below:
(a) The
Confirmation Order shall have been entered in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents, and such Order
shall have become a Final Order.
(b) Each
of the Plan Documents shall have been fully executed and delivered in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents.
(c) The
Class Action Settlement Agreement shall have become, or at the Effective Time will be, fully effective in accordance with is terms.
(d) Irrevocable
instructions shall have been given by the respective Successor Trustees directing the issuance of all of the Fractional Interest
Certificates, Trust Interests and New IRA Notes to be included in the Distributions provided for in Articles III and IV of this
Plan.
(e) There
shall not be in effect any (i) order entered by any court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) any order, opinion, ruling
or other decision entered by any administrative or governmental entity or (iii) applicable law, staying, restraining, enjoining
or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Plan.
Section
15.03 Substantial Consummation.
On the Catch-Up Cutoff
Date, this Plan shall be deemed to be substantially consummated under Bankruptcy Code sections 1101 and 1127(b).
Section
15.04 Waiver of Conditions.
Each of the conditions
set forth in Section 15.01 or Section 15.02 hereof may be waived in whole or in part by agreement of all of the Plan Proponents.
The failure to satisfy or waive any condition to Confirmation or the Effective Date may be asserted by the Plan Proponents, regardless
of the circumstances giving rise to the failure of such condition to be satisfied.
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Section
15.05 Revocation, Withdrawal, or Non-Consummation.
(a) The
Plan Proponents reserve the right to revoke or withdraw this Plan (including, without limitation, any one or more of the three
separate plans in respect of the Debtors) at any time before the Confirmation Date and to File subsequent plans of reorganization.
(b) For
each revoked or withdrawn plan, or if Confirmation or the Effective Date of any plan does not occur, then, with respect to any
such revoked or withdrawn plan, (a) the plan shall be null and void in all respects; (b) any settlement or compromise embodied
in the plan (including the fixing, allowance or limiting to an amount certain of any Claim or Interests or Class of Claims or
Interests), unless otherwise agreed to by the Plan Proponents and any counterparty to such settlement or compromise, and any document
or agreement executed pursuant to the plan, shall be deemed null and void; and (c) nothing contained in the plan, and no acts
taken in preparation for the Effective Date of the plan, shall (i) constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver or release of
any Claims by or against, or any Interests in, the Debtors or any other Person, (ii) prejudice in any manner the rights of the
Debtors or any Person in any further proceedings involving the Debtors, or (iii) constitute an admission of any sort by the Debtors
or any other Person.
Article
XVI
AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS
The Plan Proponents
may alter, amend, or modify this Plan, the Plan Documents, and all exhibits and attachments hereto and thereto under Bankruptcy
Code section 1127(a) at any time before the Confirmation Date. After the Confirmation Date and before “substantial consummation”
of this Plan, as defined in Bankruptcy Code section 1101(2), the Plan Proponents may, under Bankruptcy Code section 1127(b), institute
proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court to remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistencies in this Plan, the Disclosure
Statement, the Financing Order, the Confirmation Order, and such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and effects
of this Plan, so long as such proceedings do not materially adversely affect the treatment of Holders of Claims or Interests under
this Plan; provided, however, that prior notice of such proceedings shall be served in accordance with the Bankruptcy
Rules or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
Article
XVII
RETENTION OF JURISDICTION
Under Bankruptcy Code sections
105(a) and 1142, and notwithstanding entry of the Confirmation Order and occurrence of the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court
shall retain exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising out of, or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases and this Plan to the
fullest extent permitted by law, including, among other things, jurisdiction to:
(a) Allow,
disallow, determine, liquidate, classify, estimate or establish the priority or Secured or unsecured status of any Claim or Interest,
including the resolution of any request for payment of any Administrative Claim and the resolution of any objections to the Secured
or unsecured status, priority, amount or allowance of Claims or Interests;
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(b) Hear
and determine all applications for compensation and reimbursement of expenses of Professionals under Bankruptcy Code sections
327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 1103 or 1129(a)(4); provided, however, that from and after the Effective Date, the payment of fees
and expenses of professionals retained by the Reorganized Debtors and/or the Successor Trustees shall be made in the ordinary
course of business and shall not be subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court except as otherwise set forth in this Plan;
(c) Hear
and determine all matters with respect to the assumption or rejection of any Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease to which one
or more of the Debtors are parties or with respect to which one or more of the Debtors may be liable, including, if necessary,
the nature or amount of any required cure or the liquidating of any claims arising therefrom;
(d) Hear
and determine any and all adversary proceedings, motions, applications, and contested or litigated matters arising out of, under,
or related to, the Chapter 11 Cases;
(e) Enter
and enforce such orders as may be necessary or appropriate to execute, implement, or consummate the provisions of this Plan and
all contracts, instruments, releases, and other agreements or documents created in connection with this Plan, the Disclosure Statement,
the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order;
(f) Hear
and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, Consummation, or enforcement of this Plan,
including disputes arising under agreements, documents or instruments executed in connection with this Plan;
(g) Consider
any modifications of this Plan, cure any defect or omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any order of the Bankruptcy Court,
including, without limitation, the Confirmation Order;
(h) Issue
injunctions, enter and implement other orders, or take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference
by any entity with implementation, Consummation, or enforcement of this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order;
(i) Enter
and implement such orders as may be necessary or appropriate if the Confirmation Order is for any reason reversed, stayed, revoked,
modified, or vacated;
(j) Hear
and determine any matters arising in connection with or relating to this Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the Financing Order and/or
the Confirmation Order, the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, the Position Holder Trust Agreement, the IRA Partnership Organizational
Documents or any other contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created in connection with this Plan, the
Disclosure Statement, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order;
(k) Enforce
all orders, judgments, injunctions, releases, exculpations, indemnifications and rulings entered in connection with the Chapter
11 Cases or pursuant to this Plan;
(l) Recover
all assets of the Debtors and property of the Estates, wherever located;
(m) Hear
and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with Bankruptcy Code sections 346, 505, and
1146;
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(n) Hear
and determine all disputes involving the existence, nature, or scope of Debtors’ discharge or any releases granted in this
Plan;
(o) Hear
and determine such other matters as may be provided in the Confirmation Order or as may be authorized under, or not inconsistent
with, provisions of the Bankruptcy Code;
(p) Enter
an order or final decree concluding or closing the Chapter 11 Cases; and
(q) Enforce
all orders previously entered by the Bankruptcy Court.
Article
XVIII
EFFECT OF THIS PLAN ON CLAIMS AND INTERESTS
Section
18.01 Compromises And Settlements
And Releases In Conjunction Therewith
(a) The
Compromise embodied by this Plan shall be: (i) deemed approved upon entry of an order confirming this Plan, (ii) effective as
of the Effective Date, and (iii) binding upon the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, all Current Position Holders and all other
Holders of Claims and Interests, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’
Trustee, the IRA Partnership, the manager(s) of the IRA Partnership, and Newco. The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute
the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the Compromise, and the Bankruptcy Court’s findings shall constitute its determination
that such Compromise is in the best interests of the Debtors, the Estates, Creditors and other parties in interest, and are fair,
equitable and within the range of reasonableness.
(b) Certain
of the Plan Documents and agreements providing for the Reorganization Transactions being completed as part of the Compromise contain
specific releases of claims against one or more of the settling parties, which may be held by, among others, the Debtors, and/or
the Holders of Claims and Interests. The releases provided for in the Compromise are granted in consideration of, among other
things, the settling parties’ obligations under the all of the agreements evidencing the Compromise (including the Plan
Documents and other agreements set forth in this Plan). Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, these releases shall be binding
to the full extent set forth therein.
Section
18.02 Exculpation and Permanent Injunction
In Favor Of Exculpated Parties.
(a) The
Exculpated Parties SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY Cause of Action arising in connection with or out of the administration of the
Chapter 11 Cases, the planning of the Chapter 11 Cases, the formulation, negotiation or implementation of the Plan Support Agreement,
the Plan Supplement or this Plan, the solicitation of acceptances of this Plan, pursuit of Confirmation of this Plan, the Consummation
of this Plan, or the administration of this Plan or Distributions made or to be made under this Plan, except for gross negligence
or willful misconduct as determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court. The Debtors, Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11
Trustee, the Committee and its current and former members, the Bankruptcy Professionals, the Position Holder Trust, the Position
Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the IRA Partnership, IRA Partnership manager, Newco,
each Plan Supporter, Holders of Claims and Interests, and any other committee formed, formally or informally or ad hoc, by holders
of Claims and/or Interests are permanently enjoined from asserting or prosecuting any Claim or cause of action against any Exculpated
Party for any liability pursuant to the preceding sentence.
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(b) Permanent
Injunction As To Exculpated Parties Relating To Claims/Interests.
Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Plan, the Financing Order, or the Confirmation Order, all Persons who have held, hold or may hold Claims
against, or Interests in, the Debtors are permanently enjoined, on and after the Effective Date, to the fullest extent permissible
under applicable law, as such law may be extended or integrated after the Effective Date, from (i) commencing or continuing in
any manner any Cause of Action of any kind with respect to any such Claim or Interest against any Exculpated Party; (ii) the enforcement,
attachment, collection, or recovery by any manner or means of judgment, award, decree or order against any Exculpated Party on
account of any such Claim or Interest; (iii) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any encumbrance of any kind against any Exculpated
Party or against the property or interests in property of such Exculpated Party on account of any such Claim or Interest; and
(iv) asserting any right of setoff, recoupment or subrogation of any kind against any obligation due from any Exculpated Party
or against the property or interests in property of any Exculpated Party on account of any such Claim or Interest. The foregoing
injunction will extend to successors of any Exculpated Party and their respective property and interests in property, provided
that it shall extend solely to such Persons in their role as a successor or assign.
Section
18.03 Satisfaction of Claims.
(a) The
rights afforded in this Plan and the treatment of all Claims and Interests herein shall be in exchange for and in complete satisfaction,
of all Claims and Interests against the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, and their assets, properties, or interests in property,
whether known or unknown, including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent
or non-contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date, and all debts
of the kind specified in Bankruptcy Code sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i), in each case whether or not: (i) a Proof of Claim
or Interest based upon such debt, right, Claim, or Interest is Filed or deemed Filed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 501;
(ii) a Claim or Interest based upon such Claim, debt, right, or Interest is Allowed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 502; or
(iii) the Holder of such a Claim or Interest has accepted this Plan. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Financing Order and/or
the Confirmation Order, any default by the Debtors with respect to any Claim or Interest that existed immediately before or on
account of the Filing of the Chapter 11 Cases shall be deemed satisfied against the Reorganized Debtor and the Estates on the
Effective Date.
(b) Except
as otherwise provided in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, all Claims and Interests
shall be deemed satisfied against the Reorganized Debtors and Estates, and the terms of this Plan, the Financing Order and/or
the Confirmation Order shall be a judicial determination of the satisfaction of all liabilities of the Reorganized Debtors and
the Estates. As provided in Bankruptcy Code section 524, subject to the terms of this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation
Order such satisfaction shall: (i) void any judgment, Lien or attachment obtained against the Debtors prior to the Effective Date
to the extent it constitutes a lien, encumbrance or attachment on any asset of the Estate or Reorganized Debtor or any asset to
be transferred by the Debtors under this Plan; and (ii) operate as an injunction against the prosecution of any action against
the Reorganized Debtors, the Estate, the Committee or its current or former members, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder
Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the Note Holder Trust, the Note Holder Trustee, or their respective
property and assets to the extent it relates to any Claim or Interest.
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(c) None
of the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee or its current or former members, the Bankruptcy Professionals,
the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the IRA Partnership,
the manager(s) of the IRA Partnership, or Newco, or their successors or assigns, but only as a result of being a successor or
assign, shall be responsible for any pre-Effective Date obligations of the Debtors, except those expressly provided for in this
Plan. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order, all Persons and Entities shall
be precluded and forever barred from asserting against the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee
or its current or former members, the Bankruptcy Professionals, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’
Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the IRA Partnership, the manager(s) of the IRA Partnership, or Newco, or their assets, properties,
or interests in property any Claims or Causes of Action relating to any event, occurrence, condition, thing, or other or further
Claims or Causes of Action based upon any act, omission, transaction, or other activity of any kind or nature that occurred or
came into existence before the Effective Date, whether or not the facts of or legal bases therefore were known or existed before
the Effective Date.
Section
18.04 Releases/Permanent Injunctions
Relating To Claims/Interests.
(a) Releases
by Debtors and Estates. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order,
on the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, each of the
Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors on its own behalf and as the representative of its respective Estate, and each of its respective
Related Persons, shall, and shall be deemed to, completely and forever release, waive, void, extinguish and discharge unconditionally,
each and all of the Exculpated Parties of and from any and all Claims, Causes of Action, any and all other obligations, suits,
judgments, damages, debts, rights, remedies, causes of action and liabilities of any nature whatsoever, and any and all Interests
or other rights of a Holder of an equity security or other ownership interest, whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent,
matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise
that are or may be based in whole or part on any act, omission, transaction, event or other circumstance taking place or existing
on or before the Effective Date (including before the Petition Date) in connection with or related to any of the Debtors, the
Reorganized Debtors or their respective assets, property and Estates, the Chapter 11 Cases or this Plan, the Term Sheet, the Reorganization
Transactions, Plan Support Agreement, the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement or the financing transaction evidenced by
the Financing Motion and Financing Order that may be asserted by or on behalf of any of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or
their respective Estates.
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(b) Releases
by Holders of Claims and Interests. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or the Confirmation Order,
on the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, each Person
that has held, currently holds or may hold a Claim or any other obligation, suit, judgment, damages, debt, right, remedy, Cause
of Action or liability of any nature whatsoever, or any Interest, or other right of a Holder of an equity security or other ownership
interest that is terminated shall be deemed to completely and forever release, waive, void, extinguish and discharge unconditionally
each and all of the Exculpated Parties of and from any and all Claims, any and all other obligations, suits, judgments, damages,
debts, rights, remedies, Causes of Action and liabilities of any nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, those arising
under the Bankruptcy Code), and any and all Interests or other rights of a Holder of an equity security or other ownership interest,
whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, then
existing or thereafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise that are or may be based in whole or part on any act, omission, transaction,
event or other circumstance taking place or existing on or before the Effective Date (including before the Petition Date) in connection
with or related to any of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors or their respective assets, property and Estates, the Chapter 11
Cases or this Plan, the Plan Support Agreement, the Reorganization Transactions, the Disclosure Statement or the financing transaction
evidenced by the Financing Motion and Financing Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this paragraph,
no Released Party shall be released from any acts constituting criminal conduct, willful misconduct fraud, or gross negligence.
Section
18.05 Permanent Injunction Relating
To Assets Transferred Pursuant To The Plan.
(a) Except
as provided in this Plan or the Confirmation Order, as of the Effective Date, (i) all Persons or Entities that hold, have held,
or may hold a Claim or any other obligation, suit, judgment, damages, debt, right, remedy, Cause of Action or liability of any
nature whatsoever, or any Interest or other right of a Holder of an equity security or other ownership interest relating to any
of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or any of their respective assets, property and Estates, (ii) all other parties in interest,
and (iii) each of the Related Persons of each of the foregoing, are, and shall be, permanently, forever and completely stayed,
restrained, prohibited, barred and enjoined from taking any of the following actions, whether directly or indirectly, derivatively
or otherwise, on account of or based on the subject matter of such Claims or other obligations, suits, judgments, damages, debts,
rights, remedies, causes of action or liabilities, and of all Interests or other rights of a Holder of an equity security or other
ownership interest:
(i) commencing,
conducting or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action or other proceeding (including, without limitation,
any judicial, arbitral, administrative or other proceeding) in any forum against the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Committee
or its current or former members, or any other party which seeks a determination of the ownership or any other rights as of the
Effective Date or any prior date, of the Fractional Interests or any property of the Estates or any property transferred to the
Position Holder Trust, Creditors’ Trust, IRA Partnership, or Newco pursuant to the terms of this Plan;
(ii) enforcing,
attaching (including, without limitation, any prejudgment attachment), collecting, or in any way seeking to recover any judgment,
award, decree, or other order which may be enforced against assets which are to be transferred by any of the Debtors or administered
under this Plan;
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(iii) creating,
perfecting or in any way enforcing in any matter, directly or indirectly, any Lien against assets which are to be transferred
by the Debtors or administered under this Plan;
(iv) setting
off, seeking reimbursement or contributions from, or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly,
any amount against any property to be transferred by the Debtors or administered under this Plan;
(v) commencing
or continuing in any manner any judicial, arbitration or administrative proceeding in any forum against the Debtors or any Exculpated
Parties, that does not comply with, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of this Plan, the Plan Supplement, the Financing Order
and/or Confirmation Order; and
(vi) the
taking of any act, in any manner, and/or in any place, that does not conform to, or comply with the provisions of this Plan, the
Plan Supplement, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order.
Section
18.06 Dismissal of Pre-Petition Actions.
No later than 15 days after the Effective
Date, all Persons or Entitles who have Causes of Action or claims pending against any of the Debtors in any lawsuit or arbitration
which was commenced prior to the LPHI Petition Date, shall cause such claims to be dismissed. The Creditors’ Trustee
shall cooperate with such Persons and Entitles in executing stipulations of dismissal in connection with such lawsuits or arbitrations.
Section
18.07 No Waiver.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Plan, the releases and injunctions set forth in this Article XVIII of the Plan shall not, and
shall not be deemed to, limit, abridge or otherwise affect the rights of the Reorganized Debtors, Chapter 11 Trustee, the Position
Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee, the IRA Partnership manager,
or Newco to enforce, sue on, settle or compromise the rights, claims and other matters expressly retained by the Reorganized Debtors,
the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Position Holder Trust, the Creditors’ Trust, the IRA Partnership, or Newco pursuant to this
Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order.
Section
18.08 Bankruptcy Rule 3016 Compliance.
The Chapter 11 Trustee’s
and the Subsidiary Debtors’ compliance with the formal requirements of Bankruptcy Rule 3016(c) shall not constitute an admission
that this Plan provides for an injunction against conduct not otherwise enjoined under the Bankruptcy Code.
Section
18.09 Integral to the Plan.
Each of the injunctions
provided in this Article XVIII is an integral part of this Plan and is essential to its implementation. Each of the Released Parties
and any other Persons protected by the injunctions set forth in this Article XVIII shall have the right to independently seek
the enforcement of such injunctions.
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Section
18.10 Setoffs.
Except as otherwise
expressly provided for in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code (including
Bankruptcy Code section 553), applicable non-bankruptcy law, or as may be agreed to by the Holder of a Claim or Interest, each
Debtor or each Reorganized Debtor may setoff against any Allowed Claim or Interest and the Distributions to be made pursuant to
this Plan on account of such Allowed Claim or Interest (before such Distribution is made), any Claims, rights, mutual obligations,
and/or Causes of Action of any nature that such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, may hold against the Holder of such
Allowed Claim or Interest, to the extent such Claims, rights, mutual obligations, and/or Causes of Action against such Holder have
not been otherwise compromised or settled on or before the Effective Date (whether pursuant to this Plan or otherwise); provided,
however, neither the failure to effect such a setoff nor the allowance of any Claim or Interest pursuant to this Plan shall
constitute a waiver or release by such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor of any such Claims, rights, and Causes of Action that such
Debtor may possess against such Holder. In no event shall any Holder of Claims or Interests be entitled to setoff any Claim or
Interest against any Claim, right, or cause of action of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, unless such Holder
has Filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court requesting the authority to perform such setoff on or before the Confirmation Date,
and notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or Interest or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to
preserve any right of setoff pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 553 or otherwise. No Distribution shall be made on account of
any Claim or Interest where the Holder has any unresolved liability to the Debtors, the Estates, or the Successors within the scope
of Bankruptcy Code section 502(d), including, but not limited to, any potential defendant with respect to any Cause of Action.
Section
18.11 Recoupment.
Except as provided
in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or the Confirmation Order any Holder of a Claim or Interest shall not be entitled to recoup
any Claim or Interest against any Claim, right, or cause of action of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, unless
such Holder actually has performed such recoupment and provided notice thereof in writing to the Debtors on or before the Confirmation
Date, notwithstanding any indication in any Proof of Claim or Interest or otherwise that such Holder asserts, has, or intends to
preserve any right of recoupment.
Section
18.12 Release of Liens.
Except as otherwise
provided in this Plan or in any contract, instrument, release, or other agreement or document created pursuant to this Plan, on
the Effective Date and concurrently with the applicable distributions made pursuant to this Plan and, in the case of a Secured
Claim, satisfaction in full of the portion of the Secured Claim that is Allowed as of the Effective Date, all mortgages, deeds
of trust, Liens, pledges, or other security interests against any property of the Debtors’ Estates shall be fully released
and discharged, and all of the right, title, and interest of any Holder of such mortgages, deeds of trust, Liens, pledges, or other
security interests shall revert to the applicable Debtor and its successors and assigns.
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Section
18.13 Good Faith.
As of the Confirmation
Date, the Plan Proponents shall be deemed to have solicited acceptance or rejections of this Plan in good faith and in compliance
with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section
18.14 Rights of Defendants and Avoidance
Actions.
All rights, if any,
of a defendant to assert a Claim arising from relief granted in any action commenced under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code, together
with the Creditors’ Trustee’s right to oppose such Claim, are fully preserved. Any such Claim that is Allowed shall
be entitled to treatment and distribution under this Plan as a General Unsecured Claim.
Article
XIX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section
19.01 Severability of Plan Provisions.
If, before Confirmation,
any term or provision of this Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court,
at the request of the Plan Proponents, shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable
to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void or unenforceable,
and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted. Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration or
interpretation, the remainder of the terms and provisions of this Plan shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way
be affected, impaired or invalidated by such holding, alteration or interpretation. The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial
determination and shall provide that each term and provision of this Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance
with the foregoing, is valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms.
Section
19.02 Successors and Assigns.
The rights, benefits
and obligations of any Person named or referred to in this Plan, including any Holder of a Claim, shall be binding on, and shall
inure to the benefit of, any heir, executor, administrator, successor or assign of such entity.
Section
19.03 Binding Effect.
This Plan shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Debtors, all present and former Holders of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors,
their respective successors and assigns, including, but not limited to, the Debtors, and all other parties-in-interest in these
Chapter 11 Cases.
Section
19.04 Notices.
Any notice, request,
or demand required or permitted to be made or provided under this Plan to or upon the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, shall
be (i) in writing; (ii) served by (a) certified mail, return receipt requested, (b) hand delivery, (c) overnight
delivery service, (d) first class mail, or (e) facsimile transmission; and (iii) deemed to have been duly given
or made when actually delivered or, in the case of facsimile transmission, when received and telephonically confirmed, addressed
as follows:
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If to the Chapter 11 Trustee or the Subsidiary
Debtors:
Life Partners Holdings, Inc.
Attention: H. Thomas Moran II
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
David M. Bennett
Thompson & Knight, LLP
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
214.969.1700 (telephone)
214.969.1751 (facsimile)
Prior to the Effective Date, any such notice shall
also be copied upon the Committee, as follows:
Joseph J. Wielebinski
MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR, P.C.
3800 Lincoln Plaza
500 N. Akard Street
Dallas, Texas 75201-6659
Telephone: (214) 855-7500
Facsimile: (214) 855-7584
Following the Effective Date, any such notice shall
also be copied upon the Successor Trustees at the addresses set forth in their respective Successor Trust Agreements.
Section
19.05 Term of Injunctions or Stay.
Unless otherwise provided
in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or Confirmation Order, all injunctions or stays provided for in the Chapter 11 Cases under
Bankruptcy Code sections 105 or 362 or otherwise, and in existence on the Confirmation Date (excluding any injunctions or stays
contained in this Plan or Confirmation Order), shall remain in full force and effect until the Effective Date. All injunctions
or stays contained in this Plan, the Financing Order and/or Confirmation Order shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
with their terms.
Section
19.06 No Admissions.
Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, nothing in this Plan shall be deemed as an admission by the Debtors with respect to any matter set forth
herein, including liability on any Claim.
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Section
19.07 Notice of the Effective Date.
The Plan Proponents
shall File on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 Cases a Notice of Effective Date stating that (i) all conditions
to the occurrence of the Effective Date have been satisfied or waived; and (ii) the Effective Date has occurred and specifying
the date thereof for all purposes under this Plan. The Notice of Effective Date may include other and further information
the Plan Proponents deem appropriate.
Section
19.08 Default Under Plan.
(a) Plan
Default Notice. Except or otherwise provided for in this Plan, after the Effective Date, in the event of an alleged default
by the Creditors’ Trustee under this Plan, any party alleging such default shall provide written notice of default (the “Plan
Default Notice”) to the Creditors’ Trustee at the address set forth in the Notice of Effective Date filed pursuant
to Section 15.02 of this Plan with a copy thereof to the Trustee’s counsel at the addresses set forth in this Plan and shall
contemporaneously File such Plan default notice with the Bankruptcy Court. The Creditors’ Trustee shall have thirty (30)
days from the receipt of a Plan Default Notice to cure any actual default that may have occurred.
(b) Cure.
The Creditors’ Trustee and any other party-in-interest shall have the right to dispute an alleged default that has occurred
and to notify the party alleging such default that the Creditors’ Trustee (or such other party-in-interest) contends no default
has occurred, with such notice to be sent within the thirty-day period following receipt of a Plan Default Notice. In such event,
the Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction over the dispute relating to the alleged default and the remedy with respect to
any remedy therefore.
(c) Failure
to Cure. In the event the Creditors’ Trustee (or any other party-in-interest) fails to either dispute the alleged default
or timely cure such default, the party alleging such default shall be entitled to assert its rights under applicable law.
Section
19.09 Governing Law.
Unless a rule of law
or procedure is supplied by federal law (including the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules), the laws of the State of Texas, without
giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof, shall govern the construction and implementation of this Plan and
any agreements, documents, and instruments executed in connection with this Plan (except as otherwise set forth in those agreements,
in which case the governing law of such agreement shall control) as well as corporate governance matters with respect to the Debtors;
provided, however, that corporate governance matters relating to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, not organized
under Texas law shall be governed by the laws of the state of organization of such Debtor.
Section
19.10 Plan Documents.
The Plan Documents
are incorporated herein and are a part of this Plan as set forth in full herein.
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Section
19.11 Entire Agreement.
This Plan and the Plan
Documents set forth the entire agreement and understanding among the parties-in-interests relating to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior discussions and documents.
Article
XX
CONFIRMATION REQUEST
The Plan Proponents
request Confirmation of this Plan under Bankruptcy Code section 1129(a). If any Impaired Class does not accept this Plan pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 1126, the Debtors request Confirmation pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1129(b). In that event,
the Plan Proponents reserve the right to modify this Plan to the extent (if any) that Confirmation of this Plan under Bankruptcy
Code section 1129(b) requires modification.
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APPENDIX
Defined Terms.
As used in the Plan,
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth below.
(1) 503(b)(9)
Claim means a Claim or any portion thereof entitled to administrative expense priority pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section
503(b)(9) .
(2) Ad
Hoc Committee of Fractional Investors means those certain Investors represented by attorneys David D. Ritter and Stephen
Andrew Kennedy, denominated in pleadings as the Ad Hoc Committee of Direct Fractional Interest Owners of Life Settlement Policies
sold by LPI.
(3) Administrative
Claim means a Claim for costs and expenses of administration of one or more of the Estates under Bankruptcy Code sections
503(b) (including 503(b)(9) Claims), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2), including: (a) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred
after the Petition Date through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors; (b) Allowed
Professional Fee Claims; and (c) all fees and charges assessed against the Estates under chapter 123 of title 28 of the United
States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1911–1930.
(4) Administrative
Claims Bar Date means the deadline for Filing requests for payment of Administrative Claims, which: (a) with respect to
General Administrative Claims, shall be 30 days after the Effective Date; and (b) with respect to Professional Fee Claims, shall
be 45 days after the Effective Date.
(5) Advisory
Committees means the Trust Committees and the IRA Partnership Advisory Committee.
(6) Affiliate
has the meaning set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 101(2).
(7) Allowed
means with respect to any Claim or Interest, except as otherwise provided herein: (a) a Claim or Interest as to which no objection
has been Filed prior to the Claims Objection Deadline and that is evidenced by a Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, timely
Filed by the applicable Bar Date or that is not required to be evidenced by a Filed Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable,
under the Plan, the Bankruptcy Code, or a Final Order; (b) a Claim or Interest that is scheduled by the Debtors as neither disputed,
contingent, nor unliquidated, and as for which no Proof of Claim or Interest, as applicable, has been timely Filed in an unliquidated
or a different amount; or (c) a Claim or Interest that is Allowed (i) pursuant to the Plan, (ii) in any stipulation that is
approved, or other Final Order entered, by the Bankruptcy Court, or (iii) pursuant to any contract, instrument, indenture, or other
agreement entered into or assumed under the Plan. Except as otherwise specified in the Plan or any Final Order, the amount of an
Allowed Claim shall not include interest or other charges on such Claim from and after the Petition Date. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, no Claim of any Person or Entity subject to Bankruptcy Code section 502(d) shall be deemed Allowed
unless and until such Person or Entity pays in full the amount that it owes such Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable.
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(8) Amicus
Curiae Committee of Fractional Interest Holders means those certain Investors represented by the Wiley Law Group denominated
in pleadings as the “Amicus Curiae Fractional Interest Owners of Life Settlement Policies.”
(9) Arnold
Class Action Litigants means the putative class members in the class action adversary proceeding associated with the Chapter
11 Cases styled Arnold et al. v. Life Partners, Inc., Adversary No. 15-CV-04064-RFN (Bankr. N.D. Tex.), with lead plaintiffs
Michael Arnold, Janet Arnold, Dr. John Ferris, Steve South as trustee for that certain trust known as the South Living Trust, and
Christine Duncan.
(10) Assigned
Class Litigation means the Causes of Action assigned to the Creditors’ Trust by the Assigning Class Parties
as provided in the Class Action Settlement.
(11) Assigning
Class Parties has the same definition as in the Class Action Settlement Agreement.
(12) Assigning
Fractional Holder means a Fractional Interest Holder who has made the Position Holder Trust Election with respect to a
Fractional Position and thereby assigns the selected Fractional Position (i.e., the Contributed Position) related to its
Allowed Claim to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest.
(13) Assigning
IRA Holder means an IRA Holder who has made the Position Holder Trust Election with respect to a Fractional Position and
thereby assigns its IRA Note related to the selected Fractional Position (i.e., the Contributed Position) and to its Allowed
Claim to the IRA Partnership in exchange for an IRA Partnership Interest.
(14) Assigning
Position Holder means either an Assigning Fractional Holder or an Assigning IRA Holder, or both, as the context requires.
(15) Assumed
Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List means the list, as determined by the Chapter 11 Trustee, LPI and LPIFS of Executory
Contracts and Unexpired Leases (with proposed cure amounts) that will be assumed by the appropriate Debtor and assigned to either
the Position Holder Trust, Newco, or the Creditors’ Trust, as appropriate, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
(16) Assumed
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases means those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any, to be assumed by
the appropriate Debtor and assigned to either the Position Holder Trust, Newco, or the Creditors’ Trust, as appropriate,
and set forth on the Assumed Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List.
(17) ATLES
means Advanced Trust & Life Escrow Services, LTA, a Texas Limited Trust Association.
(18) Auction
means the Bankruptcy Court ordered event by which competing bids are obtained for the purchase of Newco as contemplated by the
Bid Procedures Order to be obtained pursuant to Section 11.02.
(19) Avoidance
Actions means any and all actual or potential claims or Causes of Action to avoid a transfer of property or an obligation
incurred by any of the Debtors pursuant to any applicable section of the Bankruptcy Code, including sections 544, 545, 547, 548,
549, 550, 551, 553(b), and 724(a) and/or applicable nonbankruptcy law.
(20) Ballot
means the document for accepting or rejecting this Plan, and making elections as provided herein, in the form approved by the Bankruptcy
Court.
(21) Balloting
Agent means the Claims and Noticing Agent.
(22) Bankruptcy
Code means title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as amended from time to time.
(23) Bankruptcy
Court means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas having jurisdiction over the Chapter
11 Cases or any other court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, including, to the extent of the withdrawal of any reference
under 28 U.S.C. § 157, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
(24) Bankruptcy
Professional means any professional retained by order of the Bankruptcy Court in these Chapter 11 Cases, along with their
members, partners, officers, shareholders, directors and employees, and any successors or assigns of all of the foregoing, but
only as a result of their being such a successor or assign.
(25) Bankruptcy
Rules means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure promulgated under section 2075 of the Judicial Code and the
general, local, and chambers rules of the Bankruptcy Court, as may be amended from time to time.
(26) Bankruptcy
Schedules means the schedules of assets and liabilities, lists of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and related
information Filed by the Debtors pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 521 and Bankruptcy Rule 1007(b), as such schedules may be
amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted hereunder in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 1009 or orders of the Bankruptcy
Court.
(27) Bankruptcy
SOFAs means the statements of financial affairs and related financial information Filed by the Debtors pursuant to Bankruptcy
Code section 521 and Bankruptcy Rule 1007(b), as such statements may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted
hereunder in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 1009 or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
(28) Bar
Date means the applicable date established by the Bankruptcy Court by which respective Proofs of Claims and Interests must
be Filed.
(29) Beneficial
Ownership means the beneficial and equitable right to enjoy the economic rights and benefits of ownership of a Policy (or
Policies), including all associated rights to receive death benefits and other maturity proceeds, rights to CSV, and all other
rights relating to the Policy (or Policies), including the portion thereof to which a Fractional Interest(s) relate(s). Beneficial
Ownership does not include rights reserved to the legal and record owner of a Policy, including the right to designate and change
the beneficiary of the Policy and to designate, control and direct a third party to serve as the record owner or beneficiary.
(30) Bid
Procedures Order means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on [] after the Plan Proponents Filed the Bid Procedures
and Sale Motion seeking, inter alia, to establish the Auction.
(31) Business
Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or “legal holiday” (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)).
(32) Cash
means cash and Cash Equivalents.
(33) Cash
Equivalents means any item or asset of the Debtors readily converted to cash, such as bank deposits and accounts, checks,
marketable securities, treasury bills, certificates of deposit, commercial paper maturing less than one year from date of issue,
and other and similar items of liquid measure or legal tender of the U.S.
(34) Catch-Up
Cutoff Date means the date that is 90 days after the Effective Date.
(35) Catch-Up
Payment means an amount owing to any of the Debtors as of the Effective Date by a Current Position Holder with regard to
a Fractional Position, including but not limited to amounts owing for (i) Premium Advances made after the Subsidiary Petition Date,
but prior to the Effective Date, (ii) premium calls outstanding as of the Voting Record Date (which will include all premium calls
payable through the anticipated Effective Date), or (iii) platform and/or servicing fees payable to any of the Debtors.
(36) Catch-Up
Payments Schedule means a schedule of the Catch-Up Payments and Pre-Petition Default Amounts due.
(37) Catch-Up
Reconciliation means the process for determining (i) whether any Catch-Up Payment owed by a Current Position Holder who
makes (or is treated as having made) a Continuing Holder Election has been paid by the Catch-Up Cutoff Date, and (ii) whether any
Pre-Petition Default Amount owed by an Investor has been paid by the Effective Date.
(38) Causes
of Action means any and all claims, interests, damages, remedies, demands, rights, actions, judgments, debts, suits, obligations,
liabilities, accounts, defenses, offsets, powers, privileges, licenses, liens, indemnities, guaranties, and franchises of any kind
or character whatsoever, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, contingent or non-contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected,
in contract, tort, law, equity, or otherwise. Causes of Action also include, but are not limited to: (a) all rights of setoff,
counterclaim, or recoupment and claims under contracts or for breaches of duties imposed by law; (b) the right to object to or
otherwise contest Claims or Interests; (c) Avoidance Actions; (d) claims pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 362, 510, 542, 543,
and applicable non-bankruptcy law; and (e) such claims and defenses as fraud, mistake, duress, and usury, and any other defenses
set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 558 and applicable non-bankruptcy law. A Nonexclusive List of Causes of Action held by the
Debtors and the Assigning Class Parties shall be filed in the Plan Supplement.
(39) Certain
IRA Investors means those certain Investors represented by attorneys at Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank LLP and
denominated in pleadings as “Certain IRA Investors.”
(40) Chapter
11 Case means: (a) when used with reference to a particular Debtor, the case pending for that Debtor under chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court; and (b) when used in the plural and/or with reference to all the Debtors, the
procedurally consolidated and jointly administered chapter 11 cases pending for the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Court.
(41) Chapter 11
Trustee means H. Thomas Moran II, in his capacity as chapter 11 trustee for LPHI and sole director of LPI and LPIFS.
(42) Claim
means any claim, as defined in Bankruptcy Code section 101(5), against any of the Debtors.
(43) Claims
and Noticing Agent means Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, retained as the Chapter 11 Trustee’s and the Subsidiary
Debtors’ claims, noticing and balloting agent pursuant to the Order Employing Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC as Exclusive
Claims, Noticing and Balloting Agent to Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors [Dkt. No. 371].
(44) Claims
Objection Deadline means the later of: (a) the date that is one year after the Effective Date; and (b) such other date
as may be fixed by the Bankruptcy Court, after notice and hearing, upon a motion Filed before the expiration of the deadline to
object to Claims or Interests.
(45) Claims
Register means the official register or registers of Claims maintained by the Claims and Noticing Agent for the Chapter
11 Cases.
(46) Class
means a category of Claims or Interests as set forth in Article III of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1123(a).
(47) Class
Action Final Approval Order means the Final Order approving the Class Action Settlement Agreement and authorizing the Chapter
11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors to enter into the Class Action Settlement Agreement pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 363
and Bankruptcy Rule 9019, which approves the Class Action Settlement.
(48) Class
Action Lawsuits means the class action adversary proceedings associated with the Chapter 11 Cases styled Garner
v. Life Partners, Inc., Adversary No. 15-CV-04061-RFN11, Arnold, et al. v. Life Partners Inc., Adversary No. 15-CV-04064-RFN11,
and all other similar, related, or potential adversary proceedings, state court litigation and federal court litigation brought
by or in the name of any of the members of Class B2, Class B3 or Class B4, including, without limitation, all litigation and other
proceedings identified in the Plan Supplement on the schedule of Class Action Lawsuits.
(49) Class
Action Litigants’ Counsel means the Langston Law Firm.
(50) Class
Action Litigants’ Counsel Fee Positions means all Pre-Petition Abandoned Positions transferred to Class Action Litigants’
Counsel in payment of the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel Fees.
(51) Class
Action Litigants’ Counsel Fees means fees payable to the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel under the Class Action
Settlement Agreement.
(52) Class
Action Settlement means the terms of compromise and settlement set forth in the Class Action Settlement Agreement as approved
by the Class Action Final Approval Order.
(53) Class
Action Settlement Agreement means that certain settlement agreement by and among the parties named therein, including the
Chapter 11 Trustee, the Debtors, the Arnold Class Action Litigants and the Garner Class Action Litigants on behalf of themselves
and all members of the Settlement Class as defined herein, the Langston Law Firm, Bryan Cave, LLP, and Skelton Slusher Barnhill
Watkins Wells PLLC (f/k/a Zelesky Law Firm PLLC) relating to the Class Action Lawsuits and approved in the Class Action Final Approval
Order.
(54) CM/ECF
means the Bankruptcy Court’s Case Management and Electronic Case Filing system.
(55) Committee
means the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors appointed in these Chapter 11 Cases.
(56) Compromise
means (a) the compromise and resolution of all issues relating to ownership of the Policies and other issues in controversy in
the Chapter 11 Cases, (b) the Intercompany Settlement, and (c) the Class Action Settlement, all of which will be effective on the
Effective Date of, and in consideration of, the Consummation in accordance with this Plan of (d) the Continuing Position Holder
Contribution to the Position Holder Trust and the Maturity Funds Facility financing for the Debtors provided for in this Plan,
and (e) the other Reorganization Transactions pursuant to which the Debtors’ business enterprise will be reorganized in a
way that is in the best interests of all stakeholders in the Chapter 11 Cases.
(57) Confirmation
means the entry of the Confirmation Order on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 Cases.
(58) Confirmation
Date means the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter
11 Cases.
(59) Confirmation
Hearing means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court to consider Confirmation of the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code
section 1129, as may be continued from time to time.
(60) Confirmation
Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1129.
(61) Consummation
means the occurrence of the Effective Date.
(62) Continued
Position means a Fractional Interest or a New IRA Note held by a Continuing Position Holder.
(63) Continuing
Fractional Holder means a Current Position Holder of a Fractional Interest who has made the Continuing Holder Election
with respect to the Fractional Interest and thereby (i) will be registered as confirmed owner of a Continued Position comprised
of the selected Fractional Interest (other than the fraction of that Fractional Interest comprising the Continuing Position Holder
Contribution) in exchange for the Allowed Claim related to the Fractional Interest that is not a Continuing Position Holder Contribution,
and (ii) will assign the Allowed Claim related to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution to the Position Holder Trust in exchange
for a Position Holder Trust Interest.
(64) Continuing
Holder Election means the option provided to Current Position Holders for each of their Fractional Positions to elect status
as the confirmed owner of a Continued Position, and receive Distributions of (a) a Fractional Interest Certificate or a New IRA
Note representing the Continued Position(s), and (b) in exchange for each Continuing Position Holder Contribution, a Position Holder
Trust Interest or an IRA Partnership Interest, as set forth in (i) Section 3.07(b)(ii)(1) and Section 5.05, or (ii) Section 3.07(c)(ii)(1)
and Section 7.04 of this Plan.
(65) Continuing
IRA Holder means a Current Position Holder of an IRA Note who has made the Continuing Holder Election with respect to an
IRA Note and thereby assigns the IRA Note related to the selected Fractional Position (i.e., the Contributed Position) and
to its Allowed Claim (i)(a) to the IRA Partnership as to the Continuing Position Holder Contribution, to be contributed by the
IRA Partnership to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a Position Holder Trust Interest, and (b) to the Position Holder Trust
as to the remainder of the Contributed Position, in exchange for (ii) (a) an IRA Partnership Interest to be Distributed by the
IRA Partnership, and (b) a Continued Position comprised of a New IRA Note to be Distributed by the Position Holder Trust.
(66) Continuing
Position Holder means a Current Position Holder who (i) either (a) makes a Continuing Holder Election with respect to a
Fractional Interest, or (b) makes a Continuing Holder Election with respect to an IRA Note, or (c) does not make a Continuing Holder
Election, a Position Holder Trust Election or a Creditors’ Trust Election with respect to a Fractional Position; (ii) pays
any applicable Pre-Petition Default Amount or Catch-Up Payment by the due date for the payment; and (iii) if the Election is a
Continuing Holder Election as to a Fractional Interest, thereby chooses, or is deemed to have chosen, to be responsible for the
payment of premiums with respect to the Continued Position related to the Fractional Interest (and, accordingly, to be entitled
to any related Maturity Funds), subject to the terms of this Plan and the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
(67) Continuing
Position Holder Contribution means (a) 5% of all Fractional Positions that are not the subject of a Position Holder Trust
Election or a Creditors’ Trust Election (including all associated rights to receive death benefits and other maturity proceeds,
rights to CSV and other beneficial rights of Policy ownership), together with (b) 5% of all Escrowed Funds relating to such Fractional
Positions, and (c) 5% of all Maturity Funds as of the Effective Date relating to such Fractional Positions, but excluding any funds
left on deposit in purchase accounts prior to the Subsidiary Petition Date to purchase Fractional Positions that were not purchased.
(68) Contributed
Position means (a) a Fractional Position, including all associated rights to CSV, rights to receive death benefits
and other maturity proceeds, and other rights of Policy ownership, together with any Escrowed Funds or Maturity Funds relating
to such Fractional Position, that is the subject of a Position Holder Trust Election or a Creditors’ Trust Election, (b) the
Continuing Position Holder Contribution made by or on behalf of a Continuing Position Holder pursuant to this Plan, and/or (c)
the remainder (after the Continuing Position Holder Contribution) of an IRA Note, including all associated rights to receive death
benefits and other maturity proceeds, rights to CSV and other rights of Policy ownership, together with any Escrowed Funds relating
to such IRA Note, that is the subject of a Continuing Holder Election, but excluding any remaining Maturity Funds (after the Continuing
Position Holder Contribution) relating to such IRA Note.
(69) Contribution
and Collateral Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Contribution and Collateral
Agreement,” as approved and entered into between Reorganized LPI, the Position Holder Trust, and the IRA Partnership in accordance
with this Plan, and pursuant to which (a) Fractional Positions will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust to be included
in the Beneficial Ownership to be pledged as collateral for the New IRA Notes, and (b) Reorganized LPI will contribute certain
Policy Related Assets and Causes of Action relating to Catch-Up Payments and Pre-Petition Default Amounts to the Position Holder
Trust, subject to the Maturity Funds Liens, all as provided in this Plan.
(70) Creditors’
Trust means the entity created pursuant to Article VI of this Plan to own and administer the Creditors’ Trust Assets.
(71) Creditors’
Trust Advisory Committee means the committee established as of the Effective Date to take such actions as are set forth
in this Plan, the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, and the Confirmation Order, or as may be otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy
Court.
(72) Creditors’
Trust Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Creditors’ Trust Agreement,”
as approved and entered into in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which the Creditors’ Trust will be established
and administered.
(73) Creditors’
Trust Assets means the assets transferred to the Creditors’ Trust as more fully described herein and in the Creditors’
Trust Agreement, which include: (a) all Causes of Action included in the Debtors’ Estates, as defined above; (b) the Assigned
Class Litigation; and (c) any Other Assets.
(74) Creditors’
Trust Beneficiary means the Holder of a Creditors’ Trust Interest.
(75) Creditors’
Trust Election means the option provided to Current Position Holders, other than Qualified Plan Holders, for each Fractional
Position held, to elect to rescind the transaction pursuant to which the Current Position Holder acquired rights to and/or interests
in the Fractional Position(s), and rescind the related Investment Contract as it pertains to the position(s), and, in exchange,
receive a Creditors’ Trust Interest calculated as provided in Section 6.05 of this Plan, in which case the Holder will be
relieved of all ongoing payment obligations relating to the Fractional Position, and the Fractional Position shall be contributed
to the Position Holder Trust as a Contributed Position.
(76) Creditors’
Trust Interest means a beneficial interest in the Creditors’ Trust, which represents the right to receive a Distribution(s)
from the Creditors’ Trust as set forth in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, and/or the Confirmation Order, or as may
be otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
(77) Creditors’
Trustee means the Person or Entity designated in the Creditors’ Trust Agreement to serve as the trustee of the Creditors’
Trust pursuant to the terms of the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
(78) CSV
means cash surrender value of a Policy.
(79) Cure
Claim means a Claim based on a Debtor’s default on an Executory Contract or Unexpired Lease at the time the Executory
Contract or Unexpired Lease is assumed pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 365.
(80) Current
Position Holders means, together, the Fractional Interest Holders and the IRA Holders.
(81) Debtor
means one of the Debtors, in its individual capacity as a debtor and, with respect to the Subsidiary Debtors, debtor in possession,
in the Debtor’s respective Chapter 11 Case.
(82) Debtors
means, collectively, LPHI, LPI, and LPIFS.
(83) Deficiency
Claim means the amount of a Secured Claim which is not an Allowed Secured Claim to the extent that any collateral securing
such Claim is insufficient to secure the repayment of such amount; provided, however, that if the Secured Claim is within a Class
that validly and timely makes the Election provided in Bankruptcy Code section 1111(b)(2) , there shall be no Deficiency Claim
with respect to such Secured Claim.
(84) Disclosure
Statement means the Disclosure Statement For Plan of Reorganization of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., et al., Pursuant
to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated [[____]], 2015 [Dkt. No. __], including all exhibits, schedules and attachments
thereto, as approved pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order.
(85) Disclosure
Statement Order means the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 Cases: (a) approving
the Disclosure Statement as containing adequate information required under Bankruptcy Code section 1125 and Bankruptcy Rule 3017;
and (b) authorizing the use of the Disclosure Statement for soliciting votes on the Plan [Dkt. No. [insert]].
(86) Disputed
means, with regard to any Claim or Interest, a Claim or Interest that is not yet Allowed.
(87) Distressed
Policy means any Policy that does not have sufficient CSV or Premium Reserves already inherent in it or dedicated to it
to satisfy premiums due during any 120-day period.
(88) Distribute
or Distribution means to distribute or a distribution of Cash or a Trust Interest, a Fractional Interest Certificate, or
a New IRA Note, made in accordance with the terms of this Plan.
(89) Distribution
Date means within __ days of the Effective Date.
(90) Distribution
Record Date means, other than with respect to the New Interests and the New IRA Notes, the record date for purposes of
making distributions under the Plan on account of Allowed Claims, which date shall be the date that is five (5) Business Days after
the Confirmation Date or such other date as designated in an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
(91) Distribution
Reserve Accounts means any accounts established by the Successor Trustees for the purposes of making distributions and
which accounts may be effected by either establishing a segregated account or establishing book entry accounts, in the sole discretion
of each of the Successor Trustees.
(92) Effective
Date means, with respect to the Plan, the date after the Confirmation Date selected by the Plan Proponents on which: (a) no
stay of the Confirmation Order is in effect; and (b) all conditions precedent to Confirmation or the Effective Date specified
in Section 15.01 and Section 15.02 have been satisfied or waived (in accordance with Section 15.04).
(93) Effective
Time means the time on the Effective Date as of which all of the Reorganization Transactions to be completed as of the
Effective Date are completed in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Confirmation Order and the Reorganization Documents.
(94) Election
means any Continuing Holder Election, Creditors’ Trust Election or Position Holder Trust Election made in accordance with
the terms of this Plan.
(95) Employee
Benefit Plans means the 401(k) matching contribution program administered by Voya Financial, the insurance and other
related employee benefits as set forth in the Emergency Motion for an Order Authorizing (A) Payment of Prepetition Wages, Salaries
and Payroll Taxes, (B) Reimbursement of Employees for Prepetition Business Expenses and (C) Honoring of Existing Benefit Plans
and Policies in the Ordinary Course of Business [Dkt. No. 339].
(96) Entity
has the meaning set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 101(15).
(97) Escrow
Agent means the Entity hired by the Position Holder Trustee to perform services under the Escrow Agreement.
(98) Escrow
Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Escrow Agreement,” as approved and entered
into by the Position Holder Trustee, Newco and the Escrow Agent in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which the Escrow
Agent will perform certain services relating to Premium Reserves for, and Maturity Funds produced by, the Policies.
(99) Escrowed
Funds means funds held to pay premiums relating to any of the Policies as of the Effective Date.
(100) Estate
means, as to each Debtor, the estate created upon the filing of its Chapter 11 Case pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 541.
(101) Exculpated
Parties means the Reorganized Debtors, the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Committee and its current and former members, the Bankruptcy
Professionals, the Position Holder Trust, the Position Holder Trustee, the Creditors’ Trust, the Creditors’ Trustee,
the IRA Partnership, the IRA Partnership manager(s), Newco, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing, but only as
a result of their being a successor or assign of one of the foregoing Persons.
(102) Executory
Contract means all contracts, agreements, leases, licenses, indentures, notes, bonds, sales, or other commitments, whether
oral or written, to which one or more of the Debtors is a party and that is amenable to assumption or rejection under Bankruptcy
Code section 365.
(103) File,
Filed, or Filing means file, filed, or filing in the Chapter 11 Cases with the Bankruptcy Court or
its authorized designee in the Chapter 11 Cases, including with respect to a Proof of Claim or Proof of Interest, the Claims and
Noticing Agent.
(104) Final
Order means an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court, as entered on the CM/ECF docket in any Chapter 11 Case or the
docket of any other court of competent jurisdiction, that has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which:
(i) the time to appeal, or seek certiorari or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired according to applicable
law and (A) no appeal or petition for certiorari or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has been timely
taken, or (B) any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be timely Filed has been withdrawn
or resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment was appealed or from which certiorari was sought and the new trial,
reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order, or has otherwise been dismissed with
prejudice; or (ii) if an appeal, petition for certiorari, or other proceeding seeking a new trial, re-argument or rehearing is
pending, such order or judgment is not stayed; provided, however, that the possibility a motion under Rule 60 of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule under the Bankruptcy Rules, may be Filed relating to such order shall
not prevent such order from being a Final Order.
(105) Financing
Motion means the Expedited Motion for Interim and Final Orders (I)(A) Authorizing Debtors to Obtain Post-Petition Financing,
(B) Granting Security Interests and/or Superpriority Administrative Expense Status; and (II) Granting Related Relief Filed
by the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors on September 16, 2015 [Dkt. No. 958].
(106) Financing
Order means that certain order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on the CM/ECF docket in the Chapter 11 Cases approving the
Financing Motion and Maturity Funds Facility [Dkt. No. 958].
(107) Former
Fractional Interest Holder means a Person or Entity who, prior to the Subsidiary Petition Date, had purchased one or more
Investment Contracts denominated as fractional interests in a Policy, but, as of the Subsidiary Petition Date, no longer held the
Fractional Position.
(108) Former
IRA Holder means a Person who invested through an individual retirement account that is intended to satisfy the requirements
of section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code and, if applicable, section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code and, for each such investment,
purchased an Investment Contract sold by LPI that was denominated as a promissory note secured by fractional interests in a Policy,
whether purchased directly from LPI or from a previous owner, but, as of the Subsidiary Petition Date, no longer held the Fractional
Position.
(109) Former
Position Holder means a Former Fractional Interest Holder or a Former IRA Holder, or both, as the context requires.
(110) Fractional
Interest means a fractional, Beneficial Ownership interest in a Policy (including all associated rights to CSV and other
beneficial rights of Policy ownership), expressed in terms of the right to receive payment of a discrete percentage of the proceeds
payable upon the maturity of the Policy.
(111) Fractional
Interest Certificate means a certificate representing a Fractional Interest and bearing restrictive legends referencing
this Plan and the provisions hereof that relate to the ongoing ownership of the Fractional Interest, in the form to be included
in the Plan Supplement.
(112) Fractional
Interest Holder means a Person or Entity that purchased, and holds, an Investment Contract sold by LPI denominated as a
fractional interest in a Policy, whether purchased directly from LPI or from a previous owner.
(113) Fractional
Positions means (a) prior to the Effective Date, the fractional interests in the Policies that were denominated
as related to the Investment Contracts purchased by the Current Position Holders and the Former Position Holders, and (b) from
and after the Effective Date, the Fractional Interests represented by the Fractional Interest Certificates. All references to a
Fractional Position include all associated rights to CSV and other rights relating to the Policy (or Policies) to which the Fractional
Position(s) relate.
(114) Garner
Class Action Litigants means the putative class members in the class action adversary proceeding associated with the Chapter
11 Cases styled Garner, et al. v. Life Partners, Inc., Adversary No. 15-CV-04061-RFN11 (Bankr. N.D. Tex.), with lead
plaintiff Philip Garner.
(115) General
Administrative Claim means any Administrative Claim, other than a Professional Fee Claim.
(116) General
Unsecured Claim means any Unsecured Claim that is not an (a) Administrative Claim, (b) Priority Claim, (c) Intercompany
Claim, (d) an insider or subordinated claim, or (e) Secured Claim.
(117) Governmental
Unit has the meaning set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 101(27).
(118) Governance
Documents means the documents governing the corporate existence and management of the Debtors.
(119) Holder
means a Person or Entity holding a Claim or an Interest, as applicable.
(120) Impaired
means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is impaired within the meaning of Bankruptcy
Code section 1124.
(121) Intercompany
Claim means a Claim by one Debtor against another Debtor.
(122) Intercompany
Settlement means the compromise of the Intercompany Claims as described in Article III and Section 4.03 hereof.
(123) Interest
means any equity security (as defined in Bankruptcy Code section 101(16)) in any Debtor and any other rights, options, warrants,
stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights, restricted stock units, redemption rights, repurchase rights, convertible, exercisable
or exchangeable securities or other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to, or whose value is related
to, any such interest or other ownership interest in any Entity; provided, by way of clarification, that a Fractional Position
shall not be an Interest.
(124) Interim
Compensation Order or Fee Procedures Order means the Order Approving Procedures for Monthly and Interim
Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Case Professionals [Dkt. No. 733], collectively with the Order Granting Motion
for Entry of Order on Stipulation as to Revision to Certain Provisions of the Professional Compensation Procedures [Dkt No.
1157].
(125) Internal
Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(126) Investment
Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(127) Investment
Contracts means all of the various sets of documents wherein LPI agreed, among other things, to sell Fractional Positions
to Fractional Interest Holders and IRA Holders, and to provide servicing for the Policies and administration of the Fractional
Positions.
(128) Investor
means any Fractional Position Holder, Former Fractional Interest Holder, IRA Holder, or Former IRA Holder.
(129) Investor
Instructions Motion means the Motion for Authority to Accept Certain Instructions from Current Investors as to Funds
and Investments Filed by the Chapter 11 Trustee and Subsidiary Debtors seeking Bankruptcy Court approval to allow Current Position
Holders to give instructions regarding use of funds to pay invoices for platform bills and/or premiums and to voluntarily abandon
Fractional Positions [Dkt. No. 805].
(130) IRA
Holder means a Person who invested through an individual retirement account that is intended to satisfy the requirements
of section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code and, if applicable, section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code and, for each such investment,
purchased, and holds, an Investment Contract sold by LPI that was denominated as a promissory note secured by a fractional interest
in a Policy, whether purchased directly from LPI or from a previous owner.
(131) IRA
Note means a document denominated as a promissory note secured by a fractional interest in a Policy included in an Investment
Contract sold to an Investor.
(132) IRA
Partnership means the newly formed Texas limited liability company created pursuant to the terms of this Plan to be a Position
Holder Trust Beneficiary and issue IRA Partnership Interests to IRA Holders who make Position Holder Trust Elections.
(133) IRA
Partnership Advisory Committee means the committee established as of the Effective
Date to take such actions as are set forth in this Plan, the IRA Partnership Organization Documents, and the Confirmation Order,
or as may be otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
(134) IRA
Partnership Interests means membership interests in the IRA Partnership.
(135) IRA
Partnership Organizational Documents means such certificates or articles of formation, company agreement, or other applicable
formation documents of the IRA Partnership, the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
(136) IRS
means the Internal Revenue Service.
(137) Judicial
Code means title 28 of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1–4001.
(138) KLI
Plan Support Agreement means the terms of compromise and settlement set forth in the Plan Support Agreement entered into
by and among the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Subsidiary Debtors, the Committee and KLI Investments, Ltd., as approved by Final Order.
(139) Lending
Investor means, prior to the Effective Date, a Current Position Holder, and from and after the Effective Date, a Current
Position Holder who makes a Continuing Holder Election who (a) is the record owner of a Fractional Position relating to a Matured
Policy, the proceeds of which have been (i) deposited into the Maturity Escrow Account and (ii) used to fund advances under the
Maturity Funds Facility, and (b) does not owe any Catch-Up Payment as of the Effective Date with regard to the Fractional Position.
If a Lending Investor does owe a Catch-Up Payment with regard to the Fractional Position, then only the excess of maturity proceeds
allocable to the Investor’s Fractional Position over the Catch-Up Payment will be included in the related Maturity Funds
Loan amount.
(140) Lien
has the meaning set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 101(37).
(141) LPHI
means Life Partners Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation, and includes LPHI as a Reorganized Debtor under this Plan, as the context
requires.
(142) LPHI
Petition Date means January 20, 2015, the date on which LPHI commenced its Chapter 11 Case.
(143) LPI
means Life Partners, Inc., a Texas corporation, and includes LPI as a Reorganized Debtor under this Plan, as the context requires.
(144) LPIFS
means LPI Financial Services, Inc., a Texas corporation, and includes LPIFS as a Reorganized Debtor under this Plan, as
the context requires.
(145) Matured
Policies means those certain Policies set forth in the Plan Supplement as having matured, and any other Policy with respect
to which the date of death of the insured under the Policy has occurred.
(146) Maturity
Escrow Account means a segregated account (whether one or more) into which the Maturity Funds paid on all Matured Policies
have been deposited and will continue to be deposited and held subject to use in accordance with the terms of the Financing Order
or other Final Order, prior to the Effective Date, and the terms of this Plan and the Maturity Funds Facility procedures set forth
in Section 4.02 hereof on and after the Effective Date, including any accounts into which any of the Maturity Funds are transferred
in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
(147) Maturity
Funds means the Cash proceeds paid or payable by the life insurance company under the terms of any Policy that is or hereafter
becomes a Matured Policy.
(148) Maturity
Funds Facility means the financing facility approved by the Bankruptcy Court in the Financing Order, which will
be continued after the Effective Date as provided in Section 4.02 and Section 4.04 of this Plan.
(149) Maturity
Funds Liens means Liens on any of the Policy Related Assets and the Debtors’ Causes of Action imposed under the Financing
Order as security for payment of the Maturity Funds Loans.
(150) Maturity
Funds Loan means advances made under the Maturity Funds Facility out of Maturity Funds received in respect of the maturity
of a Policy to which a Continued Position of a Continuing Position Holder relates, including advances made out of Maturity Funds
received in respect of the maturity of the Policy prior to the Effective Date.
(151) Moran
means H. Thomas Moran II, chapter 11 trustee of LPHI and sole director of the Subsidiary Debtors.
(152) Moran
Compensation means the compensation approved by Bankruptcy Court for Moran, in his capacity as chapter 11 trustee and his
capacity as sole director of LPI and LPIFS pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 326, 330, and 503(b).
(153) New
Interests means (i) the Fractional Interests represented by the Fractional Interest Certificates, (ii) the Trust Interests,
(iii) the IRA Partnership Interests, and (iv) the Newco Interests.
(154) New
IRA Note means a secured, non-recourse promissory note to be (i) issued by the Position Holder Trust in exchange for a
Fractional Interest to be contributed to the Position Holder Trust as part of the New IRA Note Collateral, and (ii) Distributed
to an IRA Holder who makes a Continuing Holder Election with respect to an IRA Note that related to the Fractional Interest to
be so contributed.
(155) New
IRA Note Collateral means the portion of the Beneficial Ownership in the Policies represented by the Fractional Interests
(i) contributed to the Position Holder Trust in exchange for one or more New IRA Notes and (ii) pledged as collateral to secure
the New IRA Notes, as provided in this Plan, the Position Holder Trust Agreement and the Contribution and Collateral Agreement.
(156) Newco
means the newly formed Texas limited liability company created pursuant to the terms of this Plan to service the Policies and
provide certain administrative services relating to the Fractional Positions after the Effective Date pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement. Newco is referred to as the Servicing Company in the Disclosure Statement.
(157) Newco
Interests means new common stock in Newco to be issued on the Effective Date as provided in Section 12.02 of this Plan.
(158) Newco
Organizational Documents means such certificates or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other applicable formation documents
of Newco, the form of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.
(159) Offer
to Purchase means any offer to purchase Fractional Positions at or after the Effective Date in accordance with an agreement
entered into by the Chapter 11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors, in consultation with the Committee, with a third-party offeror
prior to the Confirmation Date and as to which all Holders receive information relating to such offer as part of the Plan Supplement.
(160) Original
IRA Note Issuers means the makers of any of the IRA Notes held in the name of any IRA Holder as of the Effective Date.
(161) Other
Assets means any assets of the Debtors other than (i) Policy Related Assets, (ii) Causes of Action, (iii) Cash and (iv)
any other assets to be Distributed to the Position Holder Trust or Newco as specified in the Plan Supplement.
(162) Payment
Default means the failure of any Continuing Fractional Holder (or that of its permitted assignee), after the Effective
Date, to pay premiums as to any Continued Position by the due date set forth in a premium call.
(163) Person
has the meaning set forth in Bankruptcy Code section 101(41).
(164) PES
means Purchase Escrow Services, LLC, a Texas limited liability company.
(165) Petition
Date means the LPHI Petition Date or the Subsidiary Petition Date as the context requires.
(166) Plan
means this Plan of Reorganization of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., et al., Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
Dated November 28, 2015, including the Plan Supplement and all exhibits, schedules and attachments hereto and thereto, all
as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
(167) Plan
Documents means all the agreements, documents and instruments entered into before, on or as of the Effective Date, as contemplated
by, and in furtherance of, this Plan (including all documents Filed with the Plan Supplement and any other documents necessary
to consummate the Reorganization Transactions contemplated in this Plan).
(168) Plan
Proponents means, collectively, the Chapter 11 Trustee, LPI, LPIFS, and the Committee. The Plan Proponents are the
proponents of this Plan within the meaning of Bankruptcy Code section 1129.
(169) Plan
Supplement means the compilation of documents and forms of documents, schedules, exhibits and attachments to the Plan to
be Filed by the Plan Proponents no later than the Plan Supplement Filing Date, and additional documents Filed with the Bankruptcy
Court before the Effective Date as amendments to the Plan Supplement, comprised of, among other documents, the following:
(a) Newco Organizational Documents; (b) the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List; (c) the Assumed Executory
Contract and Unexpired Lease List; (d) the Creditors’ Trust Agreement, (e) the Position Holder Trust Agreement;
(f) the IRA Partnership Organizational Documents; (g) the Contribution and Collateral Agreement; (h) the Servicing Agreement;
(i) the Escrow Agreement; and (j) the Nonexclusive List of Causes of Action. Any reference to the Plan Supplement in the Plan
shall include each of the documents identified above as (a) through (j), as applicable. The documents that comprise the
Plan Supplement shall be subject to any consent or consultation rights provided hereunder and thereunder, including as provided
in the definitions of the relevant documents, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Plan Proponents. The Chapter
11 Trustee and the Subsidiary Debtors, subject to any consent or consultation rights provided hereunder and thereunder, shall have
the right to amend the documents contained in the Plan Supplement through and including the Effective Date in accordance with Article
XVI of the Plan and the applicable document.
(170) Plan
Supplement Filing Date means the date not later than five (5) days before the Voting Deadline, which date may be modified
by agreement among the Plan Proponents and/or such later date as may be approved by the Bankruptcy Court on notice to parties in
interest.
(171) Plan
Supporters means those parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases who have committed to support and advance the Plan and
the Financing Motion, which include: (a) the Ad Hoc Committee of Fractional Interest Holders; (b) the Amicus Curiae Committee of
Fractional Interest Holders; (c) Certain IRA Investors; (d) the Willingham MDL Investors; (e) the Arnold Class Action Litigants;
and (f) the Garner Class Action Litigants.
(172) Plan
Term Sheet means that certain Term Sheet for Compromise to a Plan of Reorganization of LPHI, LPI, LPIFS, by and
among the Chapter 11 Trustee, the Debtors, the Committee, and the Plan Supporters, Filed in the Chapter 11 Case on September 25,
2015, as Exhibit “A” to Docket No. 1032.
(173) Policy
means any one of the life insurance policies identified by Policy ID Number in the Plan Supplement.
(174) Policy
Data means certain data that will include information customary within the life settlement policy industry, as determined
in the exercise of reasonable business judgment of the Position Holder Trustee and the Position Holder Trust Committee, as specified
in the Servicing Agreement, which may include the Policy ID, death benefit, insured age, premium due date, premium projections,
current premium illustration, termination date, a recent life expectancy (if reasonably available), amount of CSV (if any), amount
of Premium Reserves (if any), and other data as specified.
(175) Policy
Related Assets means, collectively, (i) legal and record title to all of the Policies, (ii) all Beneficial Ownership in
the Policies held by LPI as of the Effective Date (including all associated rights to receive death benefits and other maturity
proceeds, rights to CSV and other beneficial and equitable), along with any related Escrowed Funds and Maturity Funds, (iii) LPI’s
rights to recovery with respect to Premium Advances made on any Policy and all other Catch-Up Payments and related Causes of Action,
including all Pre-Petition Default Amounts and all Pre-Petition Abandoned Positions, and (iv) all of the books, records, equipment,
software, and systems relating to servicing the Policies and providing the registration, administration, reporting and other services
to be provided pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, and which, except specified equipment and hardware to be Distributed and contributed
to Newco, will be subject to the Portfolio Information License. The Policy Related Assets, including the Catch-Up Payments Schedule,
as of the Voting Record Date will be set forth in the Plan Supplement, and the Policy Related Assets, including the Catch-Up Payments
Schedule, as of the Effective Date and the Post-Effective Adjustment Date, respectively, will be set forth in the Post-Effective
Adjustment Report to be delivered as provided in Section 12.07.
(176) Portfolio
Information License means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Portfolio License Agreement,”
as approved and entered into in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which Newco will receive a license to use the books,
records, software, and systems relating to the services to be provided pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, in connection with
those services during the term of the Servicing Agreement.
(177) Position
Holder Trust means the entity created pursuant to Article V of this Plan to own and administer the Position Holder Trust
Assets.
(178) Position
Holder Trust Advisory Committee means the committee of that name provided for in the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
(179) Position
Holder Trust Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Position Holder Trust Agreement,”
as approved and entered into in accordance with this Plan, and pursuant to which the Position Holder Trust will be established
and administered.
(180) Position
Holder Trust Assets means (a) the Contributed Positions (including the Continuing Position Holder Contributions
by IRA Holders who make Continuing Holder Elections, which will be contributed by the IRA Partnership to the Positon Holder Trust);
(b) the Policy Related Assets, except for the Class Action Litigants’ Counsel Fee Positions; (c) the Newco Interests; and
(d) the portion of the Maturity Funds Facility not attributable to the Assigning Position Holders or the Continuing Position Holders
with respect to their interests in the Position Holder Trust (including the IRA Partnership with respect to the Continuing IRA
Holders).
(181) Position
Holder Trust Beneficiary means the Holder of a Position Holder Trust Interest.
(182) Position
Holder Trust Election means the option provided to Current Position Holders for each of their Fractional Positions to elect
to have the positions contributed to the Position Holder Trust, thereby causing (i) the selected Fractional Position(s) to be a
Contributed Position(s) and, (ii) for each Contributed Position, the Current Position Holder to be entitled to receive a Distribution
of a Position Holder Trust Interest in the manner set forth in (a) Section 3.07(b)(ii)(2) and Section 5.05 or (b) Section 3.07(c)(ii)(3)
and Section 7.04 of this Plan.
(183) Position
Holder Trust Interest means a beneficial interest in the Position Holder Trust, which represents the right to receive distributions
from the Position Holder Trust as set forth in the Position Holder Trust Agreement, and/or the Confirmation Order, or as may be
otherwise approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
(184) Position
Holder Trustee means the Person or Entity designated to serve as the trustee of the Position Holder Trust pursuant to the
terms of the Position Holder Trust Agreement.
(185) Post-Effective
Adjustment Report means the report provided for in Section 12.07 of this Plan, in connection with effectuating the provisions
of Section 4.13 of this Plan.
(186) Pre-Petition
Abandoned Positions means a Fractional Position deemed abandoned to LPI as of the Effective Date upon the failure of an
Investor to pay a Pre-Petition Default Amount in full by the Effective Date, as provided in this Plan .
(187) Pre-Petition
Default Amount means, for each Fractional Position, any amount owed by an Investor for any Premium Advances made by any
of the Debtors prior to the Subsidiary Petition Date with respect to the Fractional Position, and includes any other amounts owed
by the Investor with respect to the Fractional Position.
(188) Premium
Advances means (a) advances made by the Debtors on or before the Effective Date to pay premiums due on Policies that were
not paid by holders of Fractional Positions relating to the Policies, in amounts set forth in the Catch-Up Payments Schedule to
be Filed at various times as provided in the definition of Policy Related Assets, and (b) advances made by the Position Holder
Trust after the Effective Date to pay premiums due on Policies that are not paid by the Continuing Position Holders.
(189) Premium
Reserves means (a) funds deposited by or for the benefit of the Position Holder Trust on or after the Effective Date into
an escrow account maintained under the Escrow Agreement to pay premiums relating to any of the Policies, and (b) includes (i) the
Escrowed Funds contributed to the Position Holder Trust in accordance with this Plan, (ii) the rolling 120-day reserve for premiums
on Distressed Policies to be established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.02(c) of this Plan, and (iii) if required by the
context, the Escrowed Funds related to Continued Positions or the New IRA Note Collateral.
(190) Priority
Claim means any Claim, other than an Administrative Claim or a Priority Tax Claim, a Secured Claim, an Intercompany Claim,
or General Unsecured Claim entitled to priority in right of payment under Bankruptcy Code section 507(a).
(191) Priority
Tax Claim means any Claim of a Governmental Unit of the type specified in Bankruptcy Code section 507(a)(8).
(192) Pro
Rata means the proportion that the amount of an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in a particular Class bears to the aggregate
amount of the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests in that Class, or the proportion that the Allowed Claims or Allowed Interests
in a particular Class bears to other Classes entitled to share in the same recovery or Distribution, including Distributions of
Position Holder Trust Interests and Creditors’ Trust Interests to Current Position Holders making Position Holder Trust Elections
and Creditors’ Trust Elections under the Plan.
(193) Professional
means a Person or Entity, excluding the Claims and Noticing Agent, (a) retained pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court order
in accordance with Bankruptcy Code sections 327, 363, or 1103 and to be compensated for services rendered before or on the Confirmation
Date, pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, and 363; or (b) awarded compensation and reimbursement
by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 503(b)(4).
(194) Professional
Fee Claims means (i) all Administrative Claims for the compensation of Professionals and the reimbursement of expenses
incurred by such Professionals through and including the Effective Date to the extent such fees and expenses have not been paid
pursuant to the Interim Compensation Order or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court and (ii) the Moran Compensation. To the extent
the Bankruptcy Court denies or reduces by a Final Order (i) any amount of a Professional’s requested fees and expenses or
(ii) any amount of the requested Moran Compensation, then the amount by which such claim is reduced or denied shall reduce the
applicable Professional Fee Claim.
(195) Proof
of Claim means a proof of Claim Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.
(196) Proof
of Interest means a proof of Interest Filed against any of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases.
(197) Qualified
Plan Holder means a Holder of a Fractional Position that is an employee benefit plan as defined under Section 3(3) of Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
(198) Reinstate,
Reinstated, or Reinstatement means with respect to Claims and Interests, that the Claim or Interest
shall be rendered unimpaired in accordance with Bankruptcy Code section 1124.
(199) Rejected
Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List means the list, as determined by the Plan Proponents, of Executory Contracts
and Unexpired Leases that will be rejected by any of the Debtors pursuant to the Plan, which shall be included in the Plan Supplement
and shall include the Investment Contracts.
(200) Rejected
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases means those Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, if any, to be rejected by
any of the Debtors as set forth on the Rejected Executory Contract and Unexpired Lease List, which shall include the Investment
Contracts.
(201) Released
Parties means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors, Reorganized Debtors and the
Successors, (b) the Chapter 11 Trustee, and (c) the Committee and its current and former members, and (d) with respect to
each of the foregoing in clauses (a) through (c), such Person or Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Person
or Entity and its current and former Affiliates’ current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless
of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly), predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their
respective current and former equity holders, officers, directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board
members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals,
each in their capacity as such; provided, however, that any of the insiders, former equity holders, officers, directors,
managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants,
investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals and other parties identified in a Plan Supplement shall
not be a “Released Party.”
(202) Releasing
Parties means, collectively, and in each case in its capacity as such: (a) the Debtors, (b) the Chapter 11 Trustee,
(c) the Committee and its current and former members, and (d) with respect to each of the foregoing in clauses (a) through (c),
such Person or Entity and its current and former Affiliates, and such Person or Entity’s and its current and former Affiliates’
current and former directors, managers, officers, equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly),
predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and each of their respective current and former equity holders, officers,
directors, managers, principals, members, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants,
investment bankers, consultants, representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such; (e) all Holders
of Claims and Interests that are deemed to accept the Plan; (f) all Holders of Claims and Interests who vote to accept the Plan;
(g) all Holders in voting Classes who abstain from voting on the Plan and who do not opt out of the releases provided
by the Plan; and (h) all Holders of Claims and Interests, and their current and former Affiliates, and such Entities’ and
their Affiliates’ current and former equity holders (regardless of whether such interests are held directly or indirectly),
predecessors, successors, and assigns, subsidiaries, and their current and former officers, directors, managers, principals, members,
employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, partners, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants,
representatives, and other professionals, each in their capacity as such.
(203) Reorganization
Transactions means all of the actions and transactions to occur on or before the Effective Date as provided in this Plan.
(204) Reorganized
means, as to any Debtor or Debtors, such Debtor(s) as reorganized pursuant to and under the Plan or any successor thereto,
by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date.
(205) Reorganized
Debtors means, collectively, and each in its capacity as such, the Debtors, as reorganized pursuant to and under this Plan
or any successor thereto, by merger, consolidation, or otherwise, on or after the Effective Date.
(206) Rescinding
Position Holder means a Current Position Holder who has made the Creditors’ Trust Election with respect to one or
more Fractional Positions, which Fractional Positions will be contributed to the Position Holder Trust in accordance with Section
4.09(c)(i) of this Plan.
(207) SEC
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(208) SEC
Judgment Claim means Proof of Claim No. 289001750 arising out of the judgment entered in SEC v. Life Partners Holdings
Inc. et al., Case No. 12-cv-00033-JRN, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, and for the avoidance
of doubt includes any and all pre-petition claims held by the SEC against any Debtor.
(209) Secured
means when referring to a Claim: (a) secured by a Lien on property in which the Estate has an interest, which Lien is valid,
perfected, and enforceable pursuant to applicable law or by reason of a Bankruptcy Court order, or that is subject to setoff pursuant
to Bankruptcy Code section 553, to the extent of the value of the creditor’s interest in the Estate’s interest in such
property or to the extent of the amount subject to setoff, as applicable, as determined pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 506(a);
or (b) Allowed pursuant to the Plan or separate order of the Bankruptcy Court as a secured Claim.
(210) Securities
Act means the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a–77aa, together with the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(211) Securities
Exchange Act means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78a–78pp, together with the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(212) Servicing
A/R means all of LPIFS’s rights to receive unpaid servicing fees from Continuing Position Holders.
(213) Servicing
Agreement means the document Filed in the Plan Supplement and titled “Servicing Agreement,” as approved and
entered into between Newco and the Position Holder Trust pursuant to which Newco will provide servicing for the Policies and certain
administrative services relating to the Beneficial Ownership of the Policies, the Continued Positions, the Position Holder Trust
Interests and the IRA Partnership Interests.
(214) Servicing
Fee means the fee charged to each Continuing Position Holder for services provided under the Servicing Agreement, equal
to three percent (3%) of the Policy death benefit allocated to each Continued Position.
(215) Subsidiary
Debtors means LPI and LPIFS.
(216) Subsidiary
Filing Order means the order authorizing the Chapter 11 Trustee to amend the governing documents of, and File the Chapter
11 Cases for, the Subsidiary Debtors. [Dkt. No. 261].
(217) Subsidiary
Petition Date means May 19, 2015, the date on which the Chapter 11 Trustee commenced the Chapter 11 Cases of the Subsidiary
Debtors.
(218) Successor
Entities means the Position Holder Trust, the Creditors’ Trust, and the IRA Partnership.
(219) Successor
Trust Agreements means the Position Holder Trust Agreement and the Creditors’ Trust Agreement.
(220) Successor
Trustees means the Position Holder Trustee and the Creditors’ Trustee.
(221) Successor
Trusts means the Position Holder Trust and the Creditors’ Trust.
(222) Successors
means the Successor Entities.
(223) Trust
Committees means the Creditors’ Trust Advisory Committee and the Position Holder Trust Advisory Committee.
(224) Trust
Interests means the Position Holder Trust Interests and the Creditors’ Trust Interests.
(225) U.S.
means the United States of America.
(226) U.S.
Trustee means the Office of the U.S. Trustee for the Northern District of Texas.
(227) Undeliverable
Distribution Reserve means the segregated, interest bearing account that each of the Successor Trustees will establish
for the purpose of depositing any Distribution to a Holder of an Allowed Claim or Trust Interest that is returned to the respective
Successor Trustee as undeliverable or is otherwise unclaimed, for the benefit of such Holder until such time as such Distribution
becomes deliverable, is claimed or is deemed to have been forfeited in accordance with Section 10.03, Section 10.05, and Section
11.02(b) of this Plan. Such accounts may be effected by either establishing a segregated account or establishing book entry accounts,
in the sole discretion of each of the Successor Trustees.
(228) Unexpired
Lease means a lease to which one or more of the Debtors is a party that is amenable to assumption or rejection under Bankruptcy
Code section 365.
(229) Unimpaired
means, with respect to a Class of Claims or Interests, a Class of Claims or Interests that is unimpaired within the meaning of
Bankruptcy Code section 1124.
(230) Unclaimed
Property means any Distribution on account of an Allowed Claim or Interest that is attempted to be delivered to the Holder
at its address of record by, and which has been returned undeliverable to, a Successor Trustee, and which has been deemed to have
been forfeited, or which is subject to rounding pursuant to section 9.04 of this Plan, in accordance with Section 10.03, Section
10.04, Section 10.05, and/or Section 11.02(b) of this Plan.
(231) Unsecured
Claim means any Claim that is not an Administrative Claim, Secured Claim, Priority Claim, or Intercompany Claim.
(232) Vested
Assets means all of the Debtors’ assets.
(233) Voting
Deadline means the date by which a Holder must deliver a Ballot to accept or reject this Plan as set forth in the Order
of the Bankruptcy Court approving the instructions and procedures relating to the solicitation of votes with respect to this Plan.
(234) Voting
Record Date means the record date for voting on this Plan, which shall be set forth in the Plan Supplement.
(235) Willingham
MDL means, collectively, the following litigation: (i) Willingham, et al. v. LPI, et al., currently pending in the
191st District Court, Dallas County, MDL No. 13-0357; (ii) McDermott, et al. v. LPI, currently pending in the 191st District
Court, Dallas County, MDL No. 11-02966; (iii) Morrow v. Life Partners, et al., currently pending in the United States District
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 3:14-cv-141; (iv) Woelfe, et al. v. Life Partners, et al., currently
pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, Case No. 14-80433-CIV-JIC;
and (v) Steuben, et al. v. LPI, currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division,
Case No. CV11-010212-PSG.
(236) Willingham
MDL Investors means those certain Investors represented by James Craig Orr, Jr. of Heygood, Orr & Pearson, and denominated
in certain pleadings as the John Willingham MDL Group.
Exhibit B
[Disclosure Statement Order]
Exhibit C
[Position Holder Trust
Financial Model And Forecast]
Exhibit
D
[Servicing Company Financial
Model And Forecast]
Exhibit
E
[Creditors’ Trust Financial Model
And
Forecast]
Exhibit
F
[Liquidation Analysis]
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