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Date
2024-06-10

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An objection filed August 1, 2024 as Doc 346 by Quad DBC Holdings, LLC in the jointly administered Chapter 11 cases of Vyaire Medical, Inc., et al., Case No. 24-11217(BLS), in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The landlord objects to the Debtors' First Notice to Contract Parties of Potentially Assumed and Assigned Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, which lists proposed cure amounts of $0.00 for its lease of two buildings in Irvine, California. The objection states that the tenant owed no less than $713,051.00 in unpaid rent on the Petition Date, plus $45,000 in legal fees and costs, and cites 11 U.S.C. § 365(b)(1). It asks the court to approve assumption and assignment of the lease only upon payment of the full cure. The three-page filing is signed by Damien Nicholas Tancredi of Flaster/Greenberg, P.C.

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                                    UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
                                     FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

         In re:                                           Chapter 11

         VYAIRE MEDICAL, INC., et al.
                                                          Case No. 24-11217(BLS)

                               Debtors                    (Jointly Administered)

          OBJECTION OF QUAD DBC HOLDINGS, LLC TO FIRST NOTICE TO CONTRACT
              PARTIES OF POTENTIALLY ASSUMED AND ASSIGNED EXECUTORY
                          CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES

                  Quad DBC Holdings, LLC (“Landlord”), by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby

         objects to the Debtors’ First Notice to Contract Parties of Potentially Assumed and Assigned

         Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases [D.I. 256] (the “Cure Notice”), and respectfully

         states as follows:

                                                   Background

                  1.    Landlord and debtor, Vyaire Medical Inc., (“Tenant”) are parties to an unexpired

         lease of two buildings of non-residential real property located at 510 Technology Drive and 520

         Technology Drive in Irvine, California, (the “Lease”). On the Petition Date herein, Tenant was in

         default under the Lease.

                  2.    On June 10, 2024, the Debtors filed the Motion of Debtors for Entry of an Order

         (1) Approving Bidding Procedures in Connection with the Sale of Substantially All of the

         Debtors’ Assets, (II) Authorizing the Debtors to Enter into a Stalking Horse Agreement and

         Provide Bid Protections, (III) Approving the Form and Manner of Notice Thereof; (IV)

         Scheduling an Auction and Sale Hearing, (V) Approving Procedures for the Assumption and

         Assignment of Contracts, (VI) Approving the Sale of the Debtors’ Assets Free and Clear, and

         (VII) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 16] (“Sale Motion”). Through the Sale Motion,


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         Debtors seek this Court’s Approval of the sale of substantially all of their assets to one or more

         to-be-determined purchasers.

                3.      On July 11, 2024, this Court entered the Order (I) Approving Bidding Procedures

         in Connection with the Sale of Substantially All of the Debtors’ Assets, (II) Authorizing the

         Debtors to Enter into a Stalking Horse Agreement and Provide Bid Protections, (III) Approving

         the Form and Manner of Notice Thereof; (IV) Scheduling an Auction and Sale Hearing, (V)

         Approving Procedures for the Assumption and Assignment of Contracts, (VI) Approving the Sale

         of the Debtors’ Assets Free and Clear, and (VII) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 249]

         (“Sale Procedures Order”).

                4.      On July 11, 2024, pursuant to the Sale Procedures Order, the Debtors filed the

         Cure Notice. The Cure Notice includes several entries corresponding to the Landlord (“Landlord

         Listings”). All Landlord Listings propose cure amounts of $0.00 (the “Proposed Cure Amount”).

                                                    Objection

                5.      Landlord objects to the Proposed Cure Amount and the Cure Notice because,

         inter alia, the Proposed Cure Amount and the Cure Notice does not propose to satisfy Debtors’

         cure obligations consistent with section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.

                6.      To assume a lease in default under section 365 (b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, the

         debtor, inter alia, must or propose to cure all non-monetary defaults and to compensate the lessor

         for all actual pecuniary losses. Accordingly, to the extent that the Debtors here seek to assume

         and assign the Lease, the Debtors must pay the full cure amounts based upon the actual amounts

         that are due on Petition Date and that accrue thereafter which are not paid as of the date for

         assumption and assignment by the Debtors (“Effective Date”). See 11 U.S.C. § 365(b)(1).




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                7.      Landlord expressly objects to the Proposed Cure Amount of $0. On the Petition

         Date, Tenant owed Landlord no less than $713,051.00 for unpaid rent. Additionally, Tenant

         owes Landlord $45,000 for Landlord’s legal fees and costs incurred to the date of this Objection,

         which will continue to accrue up to the Effective Date. Tenant and/or other Debtors continue to

         utilize and/or keep third parties from utilizing the rented building. As such, the Cure amount may

         exceed the foregoing pecuniary losses calculable through the Effective Date.

                8.      Any order permitting the assumption and assignment of any of the Lease must

         direct that the Debtors or their assignees fully pay all amounts due to Landlord under the Lease

         as of the Effective Date, as a condition precedent to any assumption and assignment.

                WHEREFORE, Landlord respectfully requests that this Court enter an order that: (i)

         approves assumption and assignment of the Lease only upon payment of the full cure, in an

         amount not less than $713,051.00; and (ii) grants Landlord such additional relief as this Court

         deems just and equitable.



         Date: August 1, 2024                         FLASTER/GREENBERG, P.C.

                                                      /s/ Damien Nicholas Tancredi
                                              By:     _______________________________

                                                      Damien Nicholas Tancredi (DE 5395)
                                                      221 W. 10th Street, 4th Floor
                                                      Wilmington, DE 19801
                                                      (215) 587-5675
                                                      damien.tancredi@flastergreenberg.com




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