Vyaire - Notice of Filing of Revised Mettawa Stipulation
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A joint stipulation between the debtors and Dell-Mettawa, LLC, filed December 12, 2024 as Doc 837-1 in In re Vyaire Medical, Inc., et al., Case No. 24-11217 (BLS), the jointly administered Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The document is Exhibit 1, the revised joint stipulation, concerning rejection of an Office Lease dated November 3, 2016 in connection with the Zoll sale. It provides that the original lease is deemed rejected under sections 105(a) and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of October 31, 2024, and authorizes the debtors to enter a new lease under section 363. It records Dell-Mettawa's asserted administrative claim of $198,144.50 for post-petition rent from June 9, 2024 through June 30, 2024 and preserves its Claim No. 105. The stipulation is dated November 22, 2024 and attaches Exhibit A, the new lease.
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Exhibit 1
(Revised Joint Stipulation)
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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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In re: ) Chapter 11
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VYAIRE MEDICAL, INC., et al.,1 ) Case No. 24-11217 (BLS)
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Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered)
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JOINT STIPULATION BETWEEN THE DEBTORS AND DELL-METTAWA, LLC
REGARDING REJECTION OF LEASE IN CONNECTION WITH ZOLL SALE
The above captioned debtors, Vyaire Medical, Inc., et al., (collectively, the “Debtors”) and
Dell-Mettawa, LLC (“Dell-Mettawa” and together with the Debtors, each a “Party” and
collectively, the “Parties”), hereby stipulate as follows (this “Joint Stipulation”):
RECITALS
A. On June 9, 2024 (the “Petition Date”), the Debtors commenced voluntary cases (the
“Bankruptcy Cases”) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy
Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy
Court”).
B. Dell-Mettawa and Debtor Vyaire Medical, Inc. (“Vyaire”) are parties to that certain
Office Lease dated November 3, 2016 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Lease dated
December 30, 2016, that certain Second Amendment to Lease dated January 19, 2022, and as
otherwise modified the “Original Lease”) for a portion of Dell-Mettawa’s office building located
at 26125 North Riverwoods Boulevard, Mettawa, IL.
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The last four digits of Debtor Vyaire Medical, Inc.’s federal tax identification number are 6495. A complete list
of each of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases and each such Debtor’s federal tax identification number may be
obtained on the website of the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent at https://omniagentsolutions.com/Vyaire. The
location of Debtor Vyaire Medical, Inc.’s principal place of business and the Debtors’ service address in these
chapter 11 cases is 26125 North Riverwoods Boulevard, Mettawa, Illinois, USA 60045.
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C. On July 11, 2024, the Debtors filed the First Notice to Contract Parties of
Potentially Assumed and Assigned Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases [Docket No. 256]
(the “First Notice”). On August 24, 2024, the Debtors filed the First Supplemental Notice to
Contract Parties of Potentially Assumed and Assigned Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
[Docket No. 462] (the “Second Notice” and together with the First Notice, the “Notices”). The
Notices set forth a potential list of contracts that may be assumed and assigned to buyers in
connection with certain sale transactions along with the Debtors’ assertion of any outstanding cure
amounts due to such contract counterparties. The Notices included the Original Lease.
D. On July 24, 2024, Dell-Mettawa filed the Objection of Dell-Mettawa, LLC to First
Notice to Contract Parties of Potentially Assumed and Assigned Executory Contracts and
Unexpired Leases [Docket No. 309] (the “Objection”).
E. On September 4, 2024, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Order (I) Approving the
Zoll Asset Purchase Agreement and Authorizing the Sale of Certain Ventilation Assets of the
Debtors Outside the Ordinary Course of Business, (II) Authorizing the Sale of Assets Free and
Clear of All Liens, Claims, Interests, and Encumbrances, (III) Authorizing the Assumption and
Assignment of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases in Connection Therewith, and (IV)
Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 496] (the “Zoll Sale Order”), which among other things
approved the entry into the asset purchase agreement (the “Zoll APA”) between the Debtors and
Zoll Medical Corporation ( “Zoll”).
F. Following entry of the Zoll Sale Order, and to facilitate the terms of the Zoll APA,
the Debtors, Dell-Mettawa, and Zoll agreed to (i) negotiate the terms of a new lease agreement
between Vyaire and Dell-Mettawa, and for which Zoll agreed to serve as a guarantor for Vyaire’s
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obligations thereunder (the “New Lease”) and (ii) the rejection of the Original Lease effective as
of October 31, 2024.
G. As of the date of this Joint Stipulation, Dell-Mettawa asserts that it is owed
$198,144.50 for June 9, 2024 through June 30, 2024 post-petition rent under the terms of the Lease
(the “Administrative Claim”).
H. On September 30, 2024, the Debtors filed the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Vyaire
Medical, Inc. and Its Debtor Affiliates [Docket No. 581] (as may be amended, modified, or
supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”).
I. The Parties have reached an agreement concerning the Notices, the Objection, the
Original Lease, the Administrative Claim, and the New Lease, as provided in this Joint Stipulation.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. The recitals set forth above are hereby made an integral part of the Joint Stipulation
and are incorporated herein.
2. This Joint Stipulation shall have no force or effect unless and until approved by
order of the Bankruptcy Court (the date of entry of such order, the “Effective Date”).
3. Upon the Effective Date, the Original Lease shall be deemed rejected pursuant to
sections 105(a) and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code as of October 31, 2024 (the “Rejection Date”). If
Dell-Mettawa wishes to assert a new proof of claim against the Debtors arising from the rejection
of the Original Lease (which new proof of claim would be in addition to its Proof of Claim
registered on the Debtors’ claims register as Claim No. 105 arising from the breach of the Original
Lease that it already filed (the “Existing Proof of Claim”)), it must file such new proof of claim
within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. Nothing in this Joint Stipulation or the rejection of
the Original Lease pursuant to it shall be deemed to prejudice, disallow, or otherwise affect the
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Existing Proof of Claim, provided that the Debtors reserve their rights to assert any objection to
the Existing Proof of Claim. The Existing Proof of Claim together with any new claim against the
Debtors arising from the rejection of the Original Lease, as the same may be amended, are
collectively referred to herein as the “Rejection Claim.”
4. The Debtors shall remove all of their and their employees’ and agents’ property
located on the premises leased under the Original Lease (the “Leased Premises”) and return the
Leased Premises and any areas related thereto to the condition required by Section 10.1 of the
Original Lease on or before January 31, 2025. As soon as practicable, a representative of the
Debtors and a representative of Dell-Mettawa shall tour the Leased Premises to coordinate the
removal of the property and restoration of the Leased Premises. Unless otherwise agreed to
between the Parties, all such removal and restoration, either by the Debtors or their agents or
employees, shall be conducted (a) during the times of 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. (Central Time)
on any day other than a weekend or holiday recognized by the State of Illinois, (b) pursuant to the
rules of the building of the Leased Premises, (c) in such manner so as not otherwise disturb or
disrupt the other tenants and people at the building of the Leased Premises and (d) in such manner
so as not to damage the building of the Leased Premises. The Debtors shall make commercially
reasonable efforts to sell the property removed from the Leased Premises, and all proceeds from
such sales net the cost of sale shall be first applied to the cost associated with restoration of the
Leased Premises with any remainder split 50/50 between the Debtors and Dell-Mettawa.
5. Dell-Mettawa acknowledges that as of the time of its signing of this Joint
Stipulation, it has no actual knowledge of any event that would give rise to any further actual, non-
contingent and liquidated post-petition claims against the Debtors’ estates other than the
Administrative Claim and the Rejection Claim, and that it shall be forever barred, estopped and
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permanently enjoined from asserting any further actual, non-contingent and liquidated claims of
which it has actual knowledge at the time it signs this Joint Stipulation against the Debtors other
than the Administrative Claim and the Rejection Claim. For the avoidance of doubt and without
limitation, if Dell-Mettawa discovers a fact or event that gives rise to a claim after it signs this
Joint Stipulation including, without limitation, a claim based on personal injury or property
damage, Dell-Mettawa shall not be barred, estopped, or enjoined from asserting such claim and
the Debtors reserve all rights and defenses to any such claim.
6. Debtors for and on behalf of themselves, the estates of the Debtors and Debtors-in-
possession, any wind-down Debtor (or similar entity), any Plan administrator (or similar entity),
any other successor to any of the Debtors, the Debtors’ assigns, any trustee who is appointed in
the Bankruptcy Cases, Zoll, and each of the foregoing’s members, partners, managers, officers,
directors, employees, predecessors, successors, assigns, legal representatives, and affiliates, and
any and all of each persons or entities claiming by, under or through any of the foregoing persons
or entities (individually and collectively, the “Debtor Releasors”) hereby knowingly and
voluntarily agree to waive, release, relinquish, and forever discharge, and covenant not to sue or
bring any other proceeding against, Dell-Mettawa and its respective employees, officers, directors,
managers, members, shareholders, agents, servants, attorneys, subsidiaries, partners, affiliates,
beneficiaries, fiduciaries, trustees, insurers, successors and assigns, and each of the foregoing’s
successors and assigns, each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary, from any and all claims,
demands, suits, causes of action, and damages of whatever nature or source that could have been
asserted from the beginning of the universe to the end of time, whether in law (including, without
limitation, bankruptcy law) or equity, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, direct or indirect,
contingent or determined, liquidated or unliquidated, including, but without limiting the generality
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of the foregoing, any and all claims, demands, suits, or causes of action and damages relating to,
arising out of or under, or pursuant to (a) the Original Lease, (b) any right under the Original Lease
to a reconciliation of Expense Payments and Tax Payments (as the same are defined in the Original
Lease), (c) the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Cases, or (d) the “Retained Causes of Action”
(as that term is defined in the Plan) as such Retained Causes of Action are listed as of the date of
this Joint Stipulation or in the future. The Debtors represent and warrant that no claims, demands,
suits, causes of action, or damages referenced in this section have been assigned.
7. Within three (3) days of the Effective Date, the Debtors shall file a notice of
rejection pursuant to the Order Authorizing and Approving Procedures to Reject Executory
Contracts and Unexpired Leases and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 250] rejected the
Debtors’ sublease with respect to certain portion of the Leased Premises.
8. The Administrative Claim shall be deemed an allowed claim against the Debtors’
estates and, to the extent not already satisfied, be paid in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
9. Nothing contained in this Joint Stipulation, and no action taken pursuant to the
relief requested or granted other than as set forth in paragraph 8, is intended as or shall be construed
or deemed to be: (a) an admission as to the amount, validity or priority of, or basis for any claim
against the Debtors under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable nonbankruptcy law; (b) a
waiver of the Debtors’ or any other party in interest’s right to dispute any claim on any grounds;
(c) a promise or requirement to pay any particular claim; (d) an implication, admission, or finding
that any particular claim is an administrative expense claim or other priority claim; (e) an
admission as to the validity, priority, enforceability, or perfection of any lien on, security interest
in, or other encumbrance on property of the Debtors’ estates; or (f) a waiver or limitation of any
claims, causes of action, or other rights of the Debtors, Dell-Mettawa or any other party in interest
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against any person or entity under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law.
10. All rights and defenses of the Debtors and Dell-Mettawa are preserved, including
all rights and defenses of the Debtors and Dell-Mettawa with respect to a claim for damages arising
as a result of the Original Lease rejection, including any right to assert an offset, recoupment,
counterclaim, or deduction.
11. Upon the Effective Date, the Debtors are authorized to enter into and perform under
the New Lease attached hereto as Exhibit A pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
12. Notwithstanding anything set forth in any agreement between the Debtors and Zoll,
including but not limited to, the Zoll APA and Transition Services Agreement between the Debtors
and Zoll (the “TSA”), the cancellation of any services by Zoll under the Zoll APA or TSA shall
not relieve Zoll of, and Zoll shall be required to pay to the Debtors for all obligations guaranteed
under the terms of the New Lease for the full term of the New Lease and any Extension Term (as
defined in the New Lease).
13. This Joint Stipulation shall constitute the entire agreement and understanding
of the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
14. The undersigned who execute this Joint Stipulation by or on behalf of each
respective Party represents and warrants that he or she has been duly authorized and empowered
to execute and deliver this Joint Stipulation on behalf of such Party and that this Joint Stipulation
constitutes a valid, binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
15. This Joint Stipulation may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and it
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shall constitute sufficient proof of this Joint Stipulation to present any copies, electronic copies, or
facsimiles signed by the Parties here to be charged.
16. This Joint Stipulation shall not be modified, altered, amended or vacated without
the written consent of all Parties hereto or by further order of the Bankruptcy Court.
17. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that it: (i) made this Joint
Stipulation freely and voluntarily and with full knowledge of its significance, and (ii) has been
represented by counsel of its own choice in the negotiations preceding the execution of this Joint
Stipulation and in connection with the preparation and execution of this Joint Stipulation.
18. This Joint Stipulation shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties
and their respective successors, administrators, and assigns (including any successors or
administrators of the Debtors under the Plan). Without limiting the foregoing, and for the
avoidance of doubt, all obligations, duties, liabilities, and agreements of the Debtors under this
Joint Stipulation shall also be the obligations, duties, liabilities, and agreements of the estates of
the Debtors and Debtors-in-possession, any wind-down Debtor (or similar entity), Plan
administrator (or similar entity), other successor to any of the Debtors, the Debtors’ assigns, or
trustee who is appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases.
19. In the event that the Effective Date does not occur by December 3, 2024, all relief
set forth herein shall be considered null and void and the Parties shall maintain all rights, remedies,
and defenses.
20. The Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any disputes or
controversies arising from this Joint Stipulation.
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Dated: November 22, 2024
/s/ Patrick J. Reilley
COLE SCHOTZ P.C.
Patrick J. Reilley (No. 4451)
500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1410
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telephone: (302) 652-3131
Email: preilley@coleschotz.com
Co-Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in
Possession
/s/ Evan T. Miller
SAUL EWING LLP
Evan T. Miller (No. 5364)
1201 North Market Street, Suite 2300
P.O. Box 1266
Wilmington, DE 19899
Telephone: (302) 421-6864
Email: evan.miller@saul.com
Counsel for Dell-Mettawa, LLC
/s/ Michael Klein
COOLEY LLP
Michael Klein, Esq.
55 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001-2157
Telephone: (212) 479-6461
Email: mklein@cooley.com
Counsel for Zoll Medical Corporation
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Exhibit A
New Lease
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