IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT MARTA,CLASS 17,CLASS 18,CLASS 19,CLASS 21 AND CLASS(ic) 22
The Trust Agreement also provided for a subcommittee of the TAB, the Litigation Subcommittee, to oversee prosecution of Recovery Claims and the defense of proposed settlements, abandonments or dispositions of claims asserted against the Trust (other than de minimis GUC Claims (as defined in the Plan) or claims previously asserted against the Debtors or the Debtors’ estates within Class 17A (WMB Senior Notes Claims), Class 17B (WMB Subordinated Notes Claims) and Class 18 (Subordinated Claims)). The Litigation Subcommittee was comprised of four (4) members, each of whom was entitled to receive $10,000 of additional annual base compensation for their services. The Litigation Subcommittee was suspended on January 1, 2016, but may be reestablished should the need arise, as determined by the TAB.
Subordinated claims (38MM) will be paid prior to any distribution to former holders of equity interests in WMI.
Trust Beneficiaries who were projected to receive value on account of their Allowed Claims against the Debtors have been issued LTIs evidencing their right to receive distributions from the Trust if, and to the extent, sufficient cash is available with respect thereto. If and when distributions from the Trust become available to Trust Beneficiaries who have not received LTIs to date, additional LTIs will be issued to such Trust Beneficiaries in accordance with the Plan and the distribution priorities that are summarized in Annex C of the Trust Agreement.
Pursuant to the Plan, holders of claims in Class 18 (“Subordinated Claims”) will receive distributions before the holders of claims in Classes 19, 21 and 22 (the former holders of equity interests in WMI (“Equity Interests”)).As of December 31, 2017, outstanding allowed Subordinated Claims totaled $38.2 million. In addition, during the Debtor’s bankruptcy proceedings, the Bankruptcy Court ordered that certain Class 17B claims (defined in the Plan as WMB Subordinated Notes Claims) be subordinated to the level of Class 18. Such Class 17B claims remain disputed and unliquidated. The allowance of any Subordinated Claims (including WMB Subordinated Notes Claims) would affect the amount, if any, of distributions that would otherwise be available to the former holders of Equity Interests. For additional information regarding these matters, see Item 3 of this Form 10-K under “WMB Subordinated Debt Misrepresentation Claims.”
Furthermore, and as discussed in more detail in Item 3 of this Form 10-K under “Mortgage Pass-Through Litigation”, the Bankruptcy Court has indicated that it will allow one Claimant to re-file its proof of claim as either a General Unsecured Claim (as defined in the Plan) or a Subordinated Claim, as determined by the Court, when recoveries become available to holders of Subordinated Claims. Such re-filing, and the ultimate resolution of any such claim may affect the amount, if any, of distributions that would otherwise be available to former holders of Equity Interests.