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Wilmington Trust, National Association, As Successor Contract Administrator UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------x : : In re: Chapter 9 : CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, : Case No. 13-53846 : Debtor. Hon. Steven W. Rhodes : : ----------------------------------------------------x STIPULATION TO ENTRY OF JOINT FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER BY DEBTOR AND CERTAIN PLAN OBJECTORS Pursuant to Local Bankruptcy Rule 7016-1 and paragraph 6(c) of the Eighth Amended Order Establishing Procedures, Deadlines and Hearing Dates Relating to the Debtor’s Plan of Adjustment (Aug. 13, 2014) [Dkt. 6699], (a) the City of Detroit, Michigan (the “City”), the proponent of the Sixth Amended Plan for the Adjustment of Debts of the City of Detroit (Aug. 20, 2014) [Dkt. 6908] (as it may be further amended, modified or supplemented, and including all exhibits and attachments thereto, the “Plan”), (b) certain supporters of the Plan (collectively with the City, the “Plan Supporters”), including The Detroit Institute of Arts, a Michigan nonprofit corporation (the “DIA Corp.”), the Official Committee of Retirees of the City of Detroit (the “Committee”), and the Police and Fire 1 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 1 of 393 Retirement System of the City of Detroit and the General Retirement System of the City of Detroit (together, the “Retirement Systems”), and (c) certain objectors to the Plan (collectively, the “Objectors”), including (i) Syncora Guarantee Inc. and Syncora Capital Assurance Inc. (together, “Syncora”), (ii) Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (“FGIC”), (iii) Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation (“Assured”), (iv) National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation (“National”), (v) Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation (“BHAC”), (vi) U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for the DWSD Bonds (the “Trustee”, and together with Assured, and National and BHAC, the “DWSD Parties”), (vii) Wilmington Trust, National Association, as successor contract administrator (“WTNA”), (viii) the Ad Hoc COPs Holders , (ixviii) International Union, UAW (“UAW”), (ix) the County of Wayne, Michigan, (xi) the County of Oakland, Michigan, and (xii) the County of Macomb, Michigan, by and through its County Agency, Anthony V. Marrocco, the Macomb County Public Works Commissioner, and the Macomb Interceptor Drain Drainage District (“Macomb Parties”), have conferred and, as indicated by the signatures of counsel below, hereby stipulate to entry of the Joint Final Pretrial Order attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and move the Court for its entry. 2 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 2 of 393 Dated: August 25, 2014 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Bruce Bennett /s/ James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C. Bruce Bennett (CA 105430) James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C. JONES DAY Ryan Blaine Bennett 555 South Flower Street Stephen C. Hackney Fiftieth Floor KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Los Angeles, California 90071 300 North LaSalle Telephone: (213) 243-2382 Chicago, Illinois 60654 Facsimile: (213) 243-2539 Telephone: (312) 862-2000 [email protected] Facsimile: (312) 862-2200 E-mail: [email protected] David G. Heiman (OH 0038271) E-mail: [email protected] Heather Lennox (OH 0059649) E-mail: [email protected] JONES DAY North Point - and – 901 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Stephen M. Gross Telephone: (216) 586-3939 David A. Agay Facsimile: (216) 579-0212 Joshua Gadharf [email protected] MCDONALD HOPKINS PLC [email protected] 39533 Woodward Avenue Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Thomas F. Cullen, Jr. (DC 224733) Telephone: (248) 646-5070 Gregory M. Shumaker (DC 416537) Facsimile: (248) 646-5075 Geoffrey S. Stewart (DC 287979 E-mail: [email protected] JONES DAY E-mail: [email protected] 51 Louisiana Ave., N.W. E-mail: [email protected] Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: (202) 879-3939 Counsel for Syncora Guarantee Inc. and Syncora Facsimile: (202) 626-1700 Capital Assurance Inc. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 3 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 3 of 393 Robert S. Hertzberg (P30261) /s/ Alfredo R. Pérez Deborah Kovsky-Apap Alfredo R. Pérez PEPPER HAMILTON LLP WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 4000 Town Center 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1700 Suite 1800 Houston, TX 77002 Southfield, MI 48075 Telephone: (713) 546-5000 Telephone: (248) 359-7300 Facsimile: (713) 224-9511 Facsimile: (248) 359-7700 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] – and – Counsel for the City of Detroit, Ernest J. Essad Jr. Michigan Mark R. James WILLIAMS, WILLIAMS, RATTNER & PLUNKETT, P.C. 280 North Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 _By: /s/ Robert D. Gordon Birmingham, MI 48009 Robert D. Gordon (P48627) Telephone: (248) 642-0333 Jennifer K. Green (P69019) Shannon L. Facsimile: (248) 642-0856 Deeby (P60242) Email: [email protected] 151 South Old Woodward Avenue Email: [email protected] Suite 200 Birmingham, Michigan 48009 Attorneys for Financial Guaranty Insurance Telephone: (248) 988-5882 Company Facsimile: (248) 988-2502 [email protected] By: /s/ Lawrence A. Larose [email protected] Lawrence A. Larose [email protected] Samuel S. Kohn Robert A. Schwinger Counsel to the Police and Fire Eric Daucher Retirement System of the City of Detroit CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP and the General Retirement System of 30 Rockefeller Plaza the City of Detroit New York, NY 10012 Telephone: (212) 408-5100 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. 4 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 4 of 393 By: /s/ Claude Montogomery By: /s/ Guy S. Neal Claude Montgomery Jeffrey E. Bjork Carole Neville Gabriel MacConaill DENTONS US LLP SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 New York, New York 10020 Los Angeles, California 90013 Tel: (212) 768-6700 Telephone: (213) 896-6000 Fax: (212) 768-6800 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] James F. Bendernagel, Jr. Sam Alberts Guy S. Neal Dan Barnowski SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP DENTONS US LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. 1301 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 Suite 600 East Tower Telephone: (202) 736-8041 Washington, DC 20005 [email protected] Tel: (202) 408-6400 [email protected] Fax: (202) 408-6399 [email protected] - and – [email protected] Louis P. Rochkind (P24121) BROOKS WILKINS SHARKEY & Paul R. Hage (P70460) TURCO PLLC JAFFE RAITT HEUER & WEISS, P.C. Matthew E. Wilkins 27777 Franklin Road, Suite 2500 Paula A. Hall Southfield, MI 48034-8214 401 South Old Woodward, Suite 400 Telephone: (248) 351-3000 Birmingham, Michigan 48009 [email protected] Direct: (248) 971-1711 Cell: (248) 882-8496 Counsel for National Public Finance Guarantee Fax: (248) 971-1801 Corp. [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for the Official Committee of Retirees of the City of Detroit, Michigan 5 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 5 of 393 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP By:/s/Arthur T. O’Reilly /s/ My Chi To________________ Arthur T. O’Reilly (P70406) DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP Jason R. Abel (P70408) M. Natasha Labovitz Scott B. Kitei (P78064) My Chi To 2290 First National Building 919 Third Avenue 660 Woodward Avenue New York, New York 10022 Detroit, MI 48226-3506 Telephone: (212) 909-6000 Telephone: (313) 465-7628 Facsimile: (212) 909-6836 Facsimile: (313) 465-7629 [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] and Attorneys for Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Richard Levin By: /s/ David E. Lemke Worldwide Plaza David E. Lemke (TN13586) 825 Eighth Avenue Paul S. Davidson (TN11789) New York, NY 10019-7475 Heather J. Hubbard (TN23699) Telephone: (212) 474-1000 Courtney M. Rogers (TN25664) WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP Attorneys for The Detroit Institute of 511 Union Street, Suite 2700 Arts Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Telephone: (615) 244-6380 Fax: (615) 244-6804 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] – and – 6 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 6 of 393 Robert J. Diehl, Jr. (MI31264) Jaimee L. Witten (P70068) BODMAN PLC 1901 St. Antoine Street, 6th Floor Detroit, Michigan 48226 Telephone: (313) 393- 7597 Fax: (313) 393-7579 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for the DWSD Bonds By: /s/ Heath D. Rosenblat Kristin K. Going, Esq. Heath D. Rosenblat, Esq. DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 41st Floor New York, New York 10036-2714 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (212) 248-3140 -and- Dirk H. Beckwith, Esq. (P35609) FOSTER SWIFT COLLINS & SMITH, P.C. 32300 Northwestern Highway, Suite 230 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-1471 E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (248) 539-9918 Counsel for Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Contract Administrator 7 13-53846-swr Doc 7060 Filed 08/25/14 Entered 08/25/14 22:18:03 Page 7 of 393 By: /s/Kenneth E. Noble KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP Kenneth E. Noble John J. Ramirez 575 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022-2585 Tel: (212) 715-9393 E-mail: [email protected] John. [email protected] Counsel for Deutsche Bank AG, London By: /s/ Deborah L. Fish ALLARD & FISH, P.C.
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