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Note: Champion Enterprises (Debtor/ Applicant) filed for authorization to obtain postpetition financing through a Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement (DIP Credit Agreement) with Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as administrative agent (Agent/Issuer). The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Gross, J., issued a Final Order authorizing the DIP Credit Agreement.

Debtor's prepetition debt included letters of credit totaling $12,992,369 under the revolving credit facility, and $42,075,505 in a Synthetic LC facility, with an additional $1,020,454 in outstanding fees for the LC facility. Gross, J., affirmed the debt as a binding, first priority lien.

The DIP Credit Agreement included "an up to US$2 million synthetic letter of credit facility for new letters of credit issued for the account of the Borrower and/or any Guarantor (as defined herein)".

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