Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.
As previously disclosed, on November 17, 2017, Real Industry, Inc. (the “Company”), Real Alloy Intermediate Holding, LLC (“RAIH”), Real Alloy Holding, Inc. (“Real Alloy”) and certain of Real Alloy’s wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries (collectively with RAIH and Real Alloy, the “Real Alloy Debtors,” and the Real Alloy Debtors with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). The Chapter 11 cases are being jointly administered under the caption “In re Real Industry, Inc., et al.”, Case No. 17-12464, in the Bankruptcy Court (the “Chapter 11 Proceedings”). The Debtors continue to operate their business and manage their properties as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions and orders of the Bankruptcy Code.
Execution of Real Alloy APA; Approval of Real Alloy Sale
On March 27, 2018, the Real Alloy Debtors entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) with RA Acquisition Purchaser LLC (the “Purchaser”), providing for the sale to Purchaser of substantially all of the assets of the Real Alloy Debtors (the “Real Alloy Sale”), subject to Bankruptcy Court approval. The Purchaser will acquire the assets for total purchase consideration valued by the Debtors at approximately $364 million (including a credit bid of $183,470,000), plus the assumption of certain liabilities.
The APA is substantially in the form of the Form Asset Purchase Agreement that was disclosed by the Company pursuant to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2018, and is subject to a number of closing conditions, including, among others, (i) the entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving the Real Alloy Debtors’ entry into the APA, (ii) the accuracy of representations and warranties of the parties and (iii) material compliance with the obligations and covenants set forth in the Form Asset Purchase Agreement. On March 29, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Real Alloy Debtors’ entry into the APA. The Debtors expect the Real Alloy Sale to close in the second quarter.
The APA is disclosed hereby only to provide information regarding the terms of the APA, and not to provide investors or any other person with any other factual information regarding the Company, the Real Alloy Debtors or their respective businesses. Neither investors nor any other persons should rely on the representations, warranties and covenants therein or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company, the Real Alloy Debtors or any of their respective affiliates.
The foregoing description of the APA does not purport to be complete and are qualified in its entirety by reference to the APA attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Approval of Real Industry Disclosure Statement for Plan of Reorganization
On March 29, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court approved the solicitation of the Company’s proposed plan of reorganization (as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Proposed RI Plan”) for the resolution of the outstanding claims against and interests in the Company pursuant to section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the accompanying proposed disclosure statement with respect to the Proposed RI Plan (the “Disclosure Statement”, and together with the Proposed RI Plan, the “Plan Documents”). The Bankruptcy Court also approved the solicitation procedures in respect of the Proposed RI Plan. Following such approval, the Company will distribute the Plan Documents and solicit the support of holders of equity interests in the Company. Pursuant to the solicitation procedures, the deadline for voting for those holders of Series B Preferred Redeemable Stock and common stock of the Company who owned such stock as of the close of business on March 29, 2018, (i.e., the classes entitled to vote on the RI Plan) is 4:00 p.m. Eastern on April 25, 2018.
Copies of the solicitation versions of the Proposed RI Plan and Disclosure Statement are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, an
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are also available on the website administered by the Company’s claims agent, Prime Clerk, at https://cases.primeclerk.com/realindustry, under docket numbers 647 and 648, and on a separate page titled “Plan and