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Case 1:20-bk-12043 Doc 441 Filed 09/25/20 Entered 09/25/20 17:20:51 Desc Main <br /> Document Page 2 of 7 <br /> Bankruptcy Code and Rule 6006 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the <br /> `Bankruptcy Rules"). <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 3. The Debtors commenced these jointly administered chapter 11 cases (the <br /> "Chapter 11 Cases") by filing voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy <br /> Code on July 22, 2020 (the "Petition Date"). The Debtors were diversified coal producers <br /> focused on coal and energy related assets and activities. The Debtors operated underground <br /> and/or surface mines in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Colorado and Utah, with additional assets in <br /> West Virginia.2 <br /> 4. A Committee of Unsecured Creditors has been appointed in these Chapter 11 <br /> Cases (Docket No. 128). <br /> 5. On September 4, 2020, this Court entered its Order (I) Approving the Sale of <br /> Substantially All of the Debtors' Assets Free and Clear of All Non Assumed Liens, Claims, <br /> Encumbrances, and Interests; (II) Approving the Assumption and Assignment of Certain <br /> Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases; and (III) Granting Related Relief (the "Sale <br /> Order") (Docket No. 410), pursuant to which the Debtors were authorized to sell substantially <br /> all of their assets (collectively, the "Sales"). Pursuant to the Sales and the Sale Order, the <br /> Debtors assumed and assigned certain leases and contracts to the buyers of the Debtors' assets. <br /> Specifically, the Debtors assumed and assigned, subject to the terms of the Sale Order, the leases <br /> and contracts attached hereto as Exhibit A (collectively,the "Assigned Agreements"). <br /> 6. The Debtors are no longer operating as a going concern and do not require, and <br /> will no longer benefit from, any of the Debtors' remaining leases and contracts (collectively, the <br /> 2 Additional information regarding the Debtors' is contained in the Declaration ofRichard A. Boone(the"First Dav <br /> Declaration")(Docket No.3). <br /> 2 <br />