I EXHIBIT B to OMNIBUS REPLY UNITED STATES
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EXHIBIT B TO OMNIBUS REPLY THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OR A SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OF A CHAPTER 11 PLAN WITHIN THE MEANING OF BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 1125. ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS OF THE PLAN MAY NOT BE SOLICITED UNTIL THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION In re: Case No. 08-53104 GREEKTOWN HOLDINGS, L.L.C., et al.1 Chapter 11 Jointly Administered Debtors. Hon. Walter Shapero _____________________________________/ FIRST AMENDED DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR JOINT PLANS OF REORGANIZATION Record Date: [_____], 2009 Voting Deadline: [_____], 2009 at [_____] p.m., prevailing Eastern time Objection Deadline: [_____], 2009 at [_____] p.m., prevailing Eastern time Confirmation Hearing: [_____], 2009 at [_______], prevailing Eastern time Dated: JuneAugust [__], 2009 THE VOTING DEADLINE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PLAN IS [____________], 2009 UNLESS EXTENDED. TO BE COUNTED, YOUR BALLOT MUST BE ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEBTORS' CLAIMS AGENT BEFORE THE VOTING DEADLINE. 1 The Debtors in these jointly-administered cases include Greektown Holdings, L.L.C.; Greektown Casino, L.L.C.; Kewadin Greektown Casino, L.L.C.; Monroe Partners, L.L.C.; Greektown Holdings II, Inc.; Contract Builders Corporation; Realty Equity Company Inc.; and Trappers GC Partner, LLC. i 08-53104-wsd Doc 1364-2 Filed 08/05/09 Entered 08/05/09 09:57:45 Page 1 of 133 PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THE BANKRUPTCY CODE REQUIRES THAT A PARTY PROPOSING A CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION PREPARE AND FILE A DOCUMENT WITH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT CALLED A "DISCLOSURE STATEMENT." THIS DOCUMENT IS THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT FOR THE JOINT PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF GREEKTOWN HOLDINGS, LLC AND ITS DEBTOR AFFILIATES IN THESE CHAPTER 11 CASES. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING ACCEPTANCES OF THE PLAN AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN TO DETERMINE WHETHER AND HOW TO VOTE ON THE PLAN. THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT INCLUDES CERTAIN EXHIBITS, EACH OF WHICH ARE INCORPORATED INTO THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT BY REFERENCE. ALL UNDEFINED CAPITALIZED TERMS IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THE PLAN. THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 1125 AND BANKRUPTCY RULE 3016(b) AND IS NOT NECESSARILY IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR OTHER SIMILAR LAWS. THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT SUMMARIZES CERTAIN PLAN PROVISIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION. THE DEBTORS BELIEVE THAT THE SUMMARIES ARE FAIR AND ACCURATE. THE SUMMARIES OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO, THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ARE QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS. IN THE EVENT OF ANY INCONSISTENCY OR DISCREPANCY BETWEEN A DESCRIPTION IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN, OR THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION INCORPORATED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT BY REFERENCE, THE PLAN OR THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, SHALL GOVERN FOR ALL PURPOSES. THE STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ARE MADE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. CLAIM AND INTEREST HOLDERS REVIEWING THIS STATEMENT SHOULD NOT INFER AT THE TIME OF SUCH REVIEW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE FACTS IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE PLAN PROPONENTS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY OBLIGATION, TO UPDATE THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS, OR OTHERWISE. EACH CLAIM HOLDER ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THE PLAN SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE PLAN, THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, AND THE EXHIBITS TO EACH IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE CASTING A BALLOT. ii 08-53104-wsd Doc 1364-2 Filed 08/05/09 Entered 08/05/09 09:57:45 Page 2 of 133 NO ONE IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION RESPECTING THE PLAN OTHER THAN THAT WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE PLAN PROPONENTS HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING THE DEBTORS OR THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. HOLDERS OF CLAIMS SHOULD NOT RELY UPON ANY INFORMATION, REPRESENTATIONS, OR INDUCEMENTS MADE TO OBTAIN ACCEPTANCE OF THE PLAN THAT ARE OTHER THAN, OR INCONSISTENT WITH, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND IN THE PLAN. THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AND MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, AN ADMISSION OF FACT, LIABILITY, STIPULATION, OR WAIVER, BUT RATHER IS A STATEMENT MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 408. THE DEBTORS PREPARED THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS PROVIDED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE PROJECTIONS ARE NECESSARILY BASED ON A VARIETY OF ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT, ALTHOUGH CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY THE DEBTORS, INCLUDING THE DEBTORS' MANAGEMENT, MAY NOT BE REALIZED, AND ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS, ECONOMIC, COMPETITIVE, INDUSTRY, REGULATORY, MARKET, AND FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES, MANY OF WHICH WILL BE BEYOND THE DEBTORS' CONTROL. THE PLAN PROPONENTS CAUTION THAT THEY CAN NEITHER MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS' ACCURACY NOR TO THE REORGANIZED DEBTORS' ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECTED RESULTS. SOME ASSUMPTIONS WILL INEVITABLY NOT MATERIALIZE. FURTHERMORE, EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRING AFTER THE DATE THESE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS WERE PREPARED MAY DIFFER FROM ANY ASSUMED FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. MOREOVER, UNANTICIPATED EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES MAY COME TO PASS, AND MAY AFFECT FINANCIAL RESULTS IN A MATERIALLY ADVERSE OR MATERIALLY BENEFICIAL MANNER. THE PROJECTIONS, THEREFORE, MAY NOT BE RELIED UPON AS A GUARANTY OR OTHER ASSURANCE OF ACTUAL RESULTS. PLEASE REFER TO ARTICLE VI OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, "CERTAIN RISK FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE VOTING", FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH A DECISION BY AN IMPAIRED CLAIM HOLDER ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THE PLAN TO ACCEPT THE PLAN. THE BANKRUPTCY COURT HAS SCHEDULED THE CONFIRMATION HEARING TO COMMENCE ON [___], AT [___] PREVAILING EASTERN TIME BEFORE THE HONORABLE WALTER SHAPERO, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE, IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION, LOCATED AT THE THEODORE LEVIN COURTHOUSE, 231 WEST LAFAYETTE BLVD., 10TH FLOOR, DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226. THE CONFIRMATION HEARING MAY BE ADJOURNED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE iii 08-53104-wsd Doc 1364-2 Filed 08/05/09 Entered 08/05/09 09:57:45 Page 3 of 133 EXCEPT FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ADJOURNED DATE MADE AT THE CONFIRMATION HEARING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONFIRMATION HEARING. TO BE COUNTED, IMPAIRED CLAIM HOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE ON THE PLAN MUST CAST THEIR BALLOT INDICATING ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BALLOT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOLICITATION PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN FURTHER DETAIL IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. ANY BALLOT RECEIVED AFTER THE VOTING DEADLINE WILL BE COUNTED IN THE PLAN PROPONENTS' SOLE DISCRETION. THE BANKRUPTCY COURT HAS DIRECTED THAT OBJECTIONS TO PLAN CONFIRMATION, IF ANY, BE FILED WITH THE BANKRUPTCY COURT CLERK AND SERVED SO THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE [___________], AT [____] (PREVAILING EASTERN TIME) BY COUNSEL TO THE DEBTORS, SCHAFER & WEINER PLLC, 40950 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 100, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48034, ATTN: DANIEL J WEINER & MICHAEL E BAUM; COUNSEL FOR THE CREDITORS' COMMITTEE, CLARK HILL, PLC, 500 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 3500, DETROIT, MI 48226-3435, ATTN: JOEL D. APPLEBAUM & ROBERT A. GORDON; COUNSEL FOR THE DIP AGENT AND PRE-PETITION AGENT, MAYER BROWN LLP, 1675 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019, ATTN: J. ROBERT STOLL; AND THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, 211 WEST FORT, SUITE 700, DETROIT, MI 48226, ATTN: LESLIE BERG. THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO CREDITORS WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY SIMILAR FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW, AND WILL INSTEAD RELY UPON (A) THE EXEMPTIONS SET FORTH IN BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTION 1145 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED AND APPLICABLE AND (B) TO THE EXTENT SECTION 1145 IS EITHER NOT PERMITTED OR NOT APPLICABLE, THE EXEMPTION SET FORTH IN SECTION 4(2) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR REGULATION D PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. THE PLAN PROPONENTS RECOMMEND THAT POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS OF ANY SECURITIES UNDER THE PLAN CONSULT THEIR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL CONCERNING THE SECURITIES LAWS GOVERNING THE TRANSFERABILITY OF ANY SUCH SECURITIES. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE AUTHORITY HAVE PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OR UPON THE MERITS OF THE PLAN. THIS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT MAY CONTAIN "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A AND SECTION 21E OF THE SECURITIES ACT. SUCH STATEMENTS MAY CONTAIN WORDS SUCH AS "MAY", "EXPECT", "ANTICIPATE", "ESTIMATE", OR "CONTINUE" OR THE NEGATIVE THEREOF OR COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY, AND MAY INCLUDE, WITHOUT iv 08-53104-wsd Doc 1364-2 Filed 08/05/09 Entered 08/05/09 09:57:45 Page 4 of 133 LIMITATION, INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEBTORS' EXPECTATIONS REGARDING FUTURE EVENTS. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE INHERENTLY UNCERTAIN, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT WORLDWIDE FINANCIAL AND CREDIT