Notwithstanding the obvious facts that all the CTs holders retain the same Executory Securities Contracts' Rights, a good Settlement Agreement would not open a single floodgate [Example: Specific Performance has less Impact on creditors]:
WEIL:\97346378\1\58399.0011 S.a.r.l. v. Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc., 445 B.R. 137 (S.D.N.Y. 2011).13 Allowing Waske to assert a claim now will open the floodgates for the thousands of similarly-situated, individual holders of Subordinated Guarantees to file motions to allow claims and motions for reconsideration of the disallowance of their prior claims. A number of parties have recently filed pleadings seeking to assert such relief, including Wu and Olivo. See Joinder of Rickey M. Gregory (ECF No. 59659); Joinder of Dan Ianello (ECF No. 59735); Joinder of Julie Ianello (ECF No. 59736); Joinder of Alex Olivo (ECF No. 59741); Joinder of Glen A. Blaze (ECF No. 59753); Joinder of Elizabeth Harrison (ECF No. 59755). 21. Impact on creditors: Admission and allowance of new claims clearly would dilute remaining recoveries for current creditors. As the Court stated at the June 19, 2019 hearing in connection with Wu’s previous motion, “[t]his exercise has cost creditors money.” See June 19, 2019 Hr’g Tr. At 88:4-10; In re Waterman S.S. Corp., 59 B.R. 724, 728 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1986) (“Creditors must be able to learn what they will receive under a Plan . . . [f]ailure to [identify the creditor body] prejudices the entire community of interest . . .”). Here, the prejudice would be extraordinary given (a) the potential magnitude of additional claims that could be asserted (discussed above), and (b) LBHI has no liability for these claims, and even if it did, any liability would be subordinated to all other creditors of LBHI (discussed below). Waske’s Purported Claims Cannot Be Allowed 22. The Court has disallowed and expunged timely-filed claims similar to those that Waske purports to hold on the basis that LBHI has no liability under the Subordinated
13 “Creditors act at their peril where they fail to adequately investigate and pursue their rights.” Id. Cf. In re Hooker Invs., Inc., 937 F.2d 833, 840 (2d Cir. 1991) (stating a deadline for asserting claims is more than a “procedural gauntlet” and functions as “an integral part of the reorganization process.”); In re Keene Corp., 188 B.R. 903, 907 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1995) (same). 08-13555-scc Doc 60378 Filed 01/21/20 Entered 01/21/20 17:48:49 Main Document Pg 8 of 11