Pg 1 of 13 James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212 446-4800 Facsimile: (212 446-4900 - and - Adam C. Paul (admitted pro hac vice KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: (312 862-2000 Facsimile: (312 862-2200 Counsel to the Foreign Representative UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re: Chapter 15 EDCON HOLDINGS LIMITED, et al., Case No. 16-13475 (SCC Debtors in a Foreign Proceeding 1 (Jointly Administered Debtors. DECLARATION OF SUNJEEVE PATEL PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 1746 I, Sunjeeve Patel, depose and say that I am employed by Lucid Issuer Services Limited ( Lucid, of Tankerton Works, 12 Argyle Walk, London WC1H 8HA, England. 1 The Debtors in these chapter 15 cases are: Edcon Holdings Limited, Edcon Acquisition Proprietary Limited, Edcon Limited, and Edgars Consolidated Stores Limited. The location of the Debtors corporate headquarters and the service address for all of the Debtors is: Edgardale, Press Avenue, Crown Mines, Johannesburg 2092, South Africa.
Pg 2 of 13 On January 26, 2017, at my direction and under my supervision, employees of Lucid caused the Notice of Entry of Order Granting Petition for (I Recognition as Foreign Main Proceedings, (II Recognition of Foreign Representative, and (III Related Relief Under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code attached hereto as Exhibit A to be served via mail on the service list attached hereto as Exhibit B, and via electronic mail on the service list attached hereto as Exhibit C. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank]
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Pg 4 of 13 EXHIBIT A
Pg 5 of 13 James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212 446-4800 Facsimile: (212 446-4900 - and - Adam C. Paul (admitted pro hac vice KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: (312 862-2000 Facsimile: (312 862-2200 Counsel to the Foreign Representative UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re: Chapter 15 EDCON HOLDINGS LIMITED, et al., Debtors in a Foreign Proceeding 1 Case No. 16-13475 (SCC Debtors. (Jointly Administered NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR (I RECOGNITION AS FOREIGN MAIN PROCEEDINGS, (II RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE, AND (III RELATED RELIEF UNDER CHAPTER 15 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the January 19, 2017, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court entered the Order Granting Petition for (I Recognition as Foreign Main Proceedings, (II Recognition of Foreign 1 The Debtors in these chapter 15 cases are: Edcon Holdings Limited, Edcon Acquisition Proprietary Ltd., Edcon Limited, and Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd. The location of the Debtors corporate headquarters and the service address for all of the Debtors is: Edgardale, 1 Press Avenue, Crown Mines, Johannesburg 2092, South Africa. KE 101168766
Pg 6 of 13 Representative, and (III Related Relief Under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code [Docket No. 21] (the Recognition Order. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the Recognition Order and all pleadings filed by the Foreign Representative may be obtained free of charge by visiting the website of Lucid Issuer Services Limited at www.lucid-is.com/edcon. You may also obtain copies of any pleadings by visiting the Bankruptcy Court s website at http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov (a PACER login and password are required to retrieve a document, or upon written request to the Foreign Representative s United States counsel addressed to: Kirkland and Ellis LLP, 300 North LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois 60654, Attn: Adam C. Paul and W. Benjamin Winger. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank] 2
Pg 7 of 13 New York, New York Dated: January 24, 2017 /s/ Adam C. Paul James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212 446-4800 Facsimile: (212 446-4900 - and - Adam C. Paul (admitted pro hac vice KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: (312 862-2000 Facsimile: (312 862-2200 Counsel to the Foreign Representative
Pg 8 of 13 EXHIBIT B
Pg 9 of 13 PARTY ADDRESS FORM OF NOTICE Office of the United States Trustee U.S. Trustee (Region 2 Attn: William K. Harrington U.S. Federal Office Building 201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014 Fax: 212-668-2256 Email: Paul.Schwartzberg@usdoj.gov Mail Securities and Exchange Commission United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Internal Revenue Service Securities and Exchange Commission - Headquarters Attn: Secretary of the Treasury 100 F Street, NE Washington, DC 20549 Fax: 202-772-9317; 202-772-9318 Email: secbankruptcy@sec.gov Fax: 212-336-1348 Email: NYROBankruptcy@sec.gov Securities and Exchange Commission - NY Office Attn: Bankruptcy Depr. Brookfield Place 200 Vessey Street, Suite 400 New York, NY 10281-1022 Email: bankruptcynoticeschr@sec.gov U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Attn: Bankruptcy Division 86 Chambers Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10007 Fax: 212-637-2686 Email: askdoj@usdoj.gov Or individual names: David.Jones6@usdoj.gov Jeffrey.Oestericher@usdoj.gov Joseph.Cordaro@usdoj.gov Carina.Schoenberger@usdoj.gov Internal Revenue Service Attn: Centralized Insolvency Operation P.O. BOX 7346 Philadelphia, PA 19101-7346 Fax: 855-235-6787 Email: SBSE.Insolvency.Balt@irs.gov Mail Mail Mail
Pg 10 of 13 The Commission Chairman of Compromise Meeting The South Africa Companies and Intellectual Property Commission Attn: G. Schutle P.O. Box 429 Petoria 0001 SOUTH AFRICA gschutle@cipc.co.za Meyer Joffe 7B Strathmore Mews 12 Helen Road Strathavon Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA mmj@mwebbiz.co.za Mail Mail 2
Pg 11 of 13 EXHIBIT C
Pg 12 of 13 PARTY ADDRESS FORM OF NOTICE Beneficial Noteholders Subject to Compromise Term Loan Agents Revolver Agent Indenture Trustee Counsel to Indenture Trustee Euroclear Bank SA/NV Clearstream Banking, société anonyme Depository Trust Company ABSA Bank Limited Legal Documentation and Governance Services Ground Floor 15 Alice Lane Sandton, 2196 Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA anna.smit@absacapital.com; abcapagency@absacapital.com TMF Management (UK Limited 6 St. Andrew Street London EC4A 3AE loans@tmf-group.com ABSA Bank Limited Legal Documentation and Governance Services Ground Floor 15 Alice Lane Sandton, 2196 Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA abcapagency@absacapital.com GLAS Trust Corporation Limited tmg@glas.agency Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Attn: Stephen Phillips 107 Cheapside London EC2V 6DN stephen.phillips@orrick.com smorrison@orrick.com
Pg 13 of 13 PARTY ADDRESS FORM OF NOTICE Counsel to the Senior Secured Term Loan Lenders and the Super Senior Term Loan Lenders Counsel to the RCF Lenders Counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee and the Facility A3 Lenders Counsel to the Super Senior Secured Liquidity Facility Lenders (other than the Facility A3 Lenders Counsel to the Super Senior Second Ranking Creditors and Super Senior Second Raking Participants Allen & Overy LLP Attn: Jenny Davidson One Bishops Square London E1 6AD Jenny.Davidson@AllenOvery.com Allen & Overy LLP Attn: Grace McLeish 6th Floor, 90 Grayston 90 Grayston Drive Sandton Johannesburg 2196 SOUTH AFRICA Grace.McLeish@AllenOvery.com Clifford Chance Attn: David Towers 10 Upper Bank Street London E14 5JJ David.Towers@CliffordChance.com Weil, Gotshal & Manges Attn: Alexander Wood 110 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1AY Alexander.Wood@weil.com Glyn Marais Attn: Willem de Villiers P.O. Box 652361 Benmore 2010 SOUTH AFRICA wdevilliers@glynmarais.co.za Latham & Watkins LLP Attn: Helena Potts 99 Bishopsgate London EC2M 3XF Helena.Potts@lw.com Shearman & Sterling (London LLP Attn: Caroline Leeds Ruby 9 Appold Street London EC2A 2AP CLeeds@Shearman.com 2