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Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 1 of 26 Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 1 of 26 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION § In re: § Chapter 11 § SOUTHERN FOOD GROUPS, LLC et al., § Case No. 19-36313 (DRJ) § (Jointly Administered) Debtors.1 § § NOTEHOLDERS’ RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY MOTION OF FOOD LION LLC AND MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA MILK PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR RELIEF FROM THE AUTOMATIC STAY TO ALLOW COMMENCEMENT OF ANTITRUST ACTION AND REQUEST FOR STATUS REPORT AND STATUS CONFERENCE PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 105(d) (Relates To ECF No. 1693) 1 The debtors and debtors in possession in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of their respective Employer Identification Numbers, are as follows: Southern Foods Group, LLC (1364); Dean Foods Company (9681); Alta-Dena Certified Dairy, LLC (1347); Berkeley Farms, LLC (8965); Cascade Equity Realty, LLC (3940); Country Fresh, LLC (6303); Dairy Information Systems Holdings, LLC (9144); Dairy Information Systems, LLC (0009); Dean Dairy Holdings, LLC (9188); Dean East II, LLC (9192); Dean East, LLC (8751); Dean Foods North Central, LLC (7858); Dean Foods of Wisconsin, LLC (2504); Dean Holding Company (8390); Dean Intellectual Property Services II, Inc. (3512); Dean International Holding Company (9785); Dean Management, LLC (7782); Dean Puerto Rico Holdings, LLC (6832); Dean Services, LLC (2168); Dean Transportation, Inc. (8896); Dean West II, LLC (9190); Dean West, LLC (8753); DFC Aviation Services, LLC (1600); DFC Energy Partners, LLC (3889); DFC Ventures, LLC (4213); DGI Ventures, Inc. (6766); DIPS Limited Partner II (7167); Franklin Holdings, Inc. (8114); Fresh Dairy Delivery, LLC (2314); Friendly’s Ice Cream Holdings Corp. (7609); Friendly’s Manufacturing and Retail, LLC (9828); Garelick Farms, LLC (3221); Mayfield Dairy Farms, LLC (3008); Midwest Ice Cream Company, LLC (0130); Model Dairy, LLC (7981); Reiter Dairy, LLC (3675); Sampson Ventures, LLC (7714); Shenandoah’s Pride, LLC (2858); Steve’s Ice Cream, LLC (6807); Suiza Dairy Group, LLC (2039); Tuscan/Lehigh Dairies, Inc. (6774); Uncle Matt’s Organic, Inc. (0079); and Verifine Dairy Products of Sheboygan, LLC (7200). The debtors’ mailing address is 2711 North Haskell Avenue, Suite 3400, Dallas, TX 75204. Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 2 of 26 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .....................................................................................................1 A. Dean Foods’ Pending § 363 Sales To DFA and Prairie Farms ...............................5 1. Antitrust Concerns .....................................................................................10 B. Borden Chapter 11 Bankruptcy .............................................................................14 C. Borden-Dean Proposed Plan Of Merger ................................................................15 D. Debtors’ Exclusive Period, Request for Status Conference ...................................19 CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................22 i Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 3 of 26 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page Cases In re Aspen Limousine Serv., Inc., 187 B.R. 989 (Bankr. D. Colo. 1995) ..................................................................................... 20 Complaint, U.S. v. Dean Foods Co., Case No. 10-C-0059 (E.D. Wisc. 2010) ........................................................................... 10, 12 In re Gulf Coast Oil Corp., 404 B.R. 407 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2009) ................................................................................... 20 In re King, 546 B.R. 682 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2016) ................................................................................... 20 Sitts v. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., 417 F. Supp.3d 433 (D. Vt. 2019) .......................................................................................... 11 Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., 549 U.S. 312 (2007) ................................................................................................................ 11 In re Xenon Anesthesia of Tex., 510 B.R. 106 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2014) ..................................................................................... 3 Statutes 11 U.S.C. § 105(d) .................................................................................................................... 4, 20 Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 18 ..................................................................................................... 10 Legislative Materials Rep. No. 109-31, 109th Cong., 1st Sess. 93 (2005) ...................................................................... 20 Other Authorities Leaving Time to Litigate: Lesson from Recent Merger Challenges, The Antitrust Source (October 2018) ...................................................................................................................................... 13 ii Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 4 of 26 Knighthead Capital Management, LLC, Ascribe III Investments LLC, Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc., Kingsferry Capital LLC, and Behrens Investment Group Management, LLC (together, the “Noteholders”), as holders of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Senior Notes”) issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2015, by and among Dean Foods Company (“Dean Foods”), as Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, by and through its undersigned counsel, in conjunction with other holders of Senior Notes (“Other Bondholders”) and independent dairy farmers (Noteholders, Other Bondholders, and such farmers, collectively, the “Proponents”), hereby file the Noteholders’ Response to Emergency Motion Of Food Lion LLC And Maryland And Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. For Relief From The Automatic Stay To Allow Commencement Of Antitrust Action (ECF No. 1693) And Request For Status Report And Status Conference Pursuant To Bankruptcy Code Section 105(d) (“Response”), and respectfully represents as follows: PRELIMINARY STATEMENT2 1. On April 5th and 7th, 2020, this Court entered orders approving the sales of a majority of the Debtors’ assets to DFA and Prairie Farms pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. Both transactions are still pending. Among other things, they require regulatory approval from the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “Antitrust Division”). The Antitrust Division’s concerns about these sales are well-known. On March 11, 2020, Assistant United States Attorney General Makan Delrahim wrote a letter to the UCC’s counsel informing it that the DFA Sale would constitute a “dramatic reorganization of the American dairy industry” and “appears to pose a serious risk of anticompetitive harm that 2 Capitalized terms not defined in the Preliminary Statement are defined in the Factual Background section herein. Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 5 of 26 would likely need to be addressed either through divestitures or an injunction enjoining the transaction if DFA and Dean are unwilling or unable to agree to appropriate remedies needed to protect American farmers and consumers.” (ECF 1111, Ex. A at 1). Likewise, at an April 14, 2020 hearing, the Debtors informed the Court that the Antitrust Division continued to investigate the Prairie Farms Sale. (Hearing Transcript dated April 14, 2020, at 10:3-20; 11:7-16). 2. Thus, the Noteholders, like all parties in interest, understand that there is material risk that the DFA and Prairie Farms Asset Sales will not be consummated due to antitrust concerns. Moreover, the Noteholders recognize that if the Assets Sales are not consummated, the consequences to the Debtors, their 15,000 employees, other stakeholders of the Debtors, and the dairy industry in general will be grave. As the Court observed when it approved the Asset Sales on a truncated schedule, its “concern always has been [and] remains the impact that this company has on our country and the fact that we have roughly 15,000 jobs at stake.” (Hearing Transcript dated April 3, 2020, at 104:21-24). 3. In the interest of prudence, the Noteholders have continued to collaborate with other parties in interest on a backup plan to preserve the value of the Debtors’ estates for all constituencies in the event that the Assets Sales are not consummated. Specifically, multiple Dean Foods stakeholders have continued exploring an industry-welcome combination with Borden Dairy Company (“Borden”), a debtor in possession with its own chapter 11 case pending before Judge Sontchi in Delaware, with the support of affiliates of KKR & Co. Inc. (“KKR”), Borden’s largest secured lender (the “Borden-Dean Merger”). In the event the Asset Sales are not consummated, the Borden-Dean Merger presents a viable “Plan B” transaction that would maximize the value of both estates. 2 Case 19-36313 Document 1750 Filed in TXSB on 04/23/20 Page 6 of 26 4. The Noteholders submit this Response to apprise the Court and parties in interest of the existence of, and support for, the Borden-Dean Merger. In determining whether “cause” exists under Bankruptcy Code section 362(d)(1) to grant the Emergency Lift Stay Motion filed by Food Lion and MDVA, the Court will likely consider “the impact of the stay on the parties and the balance of harm.” See, e.g., In re Xenon Anesthesia
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