On November 2, 2002, the Bankruptcy Court administering the Kaiser companies' respective chapter 11 cases entered an order which established January 31, 2003 as the General Bar Date applicable to General Claims against the following Kaiser companies:

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Akron Holding Corporation
Kaiser Alumina Australia Corporation
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Investment, Inc.
Kaiser Aluminium International, Inc.
Kaiser Aluminum Properties, Inc.
Kaiser Aluminum Technical Services, Inc.
Kaiser Bellwood Corporation
Kaiser Finance Corporation
Kaiser Micromill Holdings, LLC
Kaiser Sierra Micromills, LLC
Kaiser Texas Sierra Micromills, LLC
Kaiser Texas Micromill Holdings, LLC
Oxnard Forge Die Company, Inc.
Alwis Leasing, LLC
Kaiser Center, Inc.

On March 17, 2003, the Bankruptcy Court entered a second order which established May 15, 2003 as the General Bar Date applicable to General claims  and July 14, 2003 as the bar date applicable to claims of governmental units   against the following Kaiser companies:

Alpart Jamaica Inc.
KAE Trading, Inc.
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Canada Investment Limited (Canada)
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical of Canada Limited (Canada)
Kaiser Bauxite Company
Kaiser Center Properties
Kaiser Export Company
Kaiser Jamaica Corporation
Texada Mines Ltd. (Canada)

Both Bar Date orders provide that, pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c)(2), any individual or entity that fails to file a proof of claim in the respective chapter 11 cases of these Kaiser companies by the applicable Bar Date shall be forever barred, estopped and enjoined from: 

(a) asserting any General Claim against the above Kaiser companies that the individual or entity has that

(i) is in an amount that exceeds the amount, if any, that is identified in the official schedules that have been filed with the Bankruptcy Court on behalf of such individual or entity as undisputed, noncontingent and liquidated or

(ii) is of a different nature or a different classification than any claim identified in the official schedules have been filed with the Bankruptcy Court on behalf of such individual or entity; or

(b) voting upon, or receiving distributions under, any plan or plans of reorganization in these chapter 11 cases in respect of any claim not identified in the official schedules have been filed with the Bankruptcy Court.

A "General Claim" is a claim of any kind, including trade creditor claims, product liability and warranty claims, claims for unpaid invoices or work performed, environmental claims, and personal injury claims or wrongful death claims, that arose before the date that the applicable Kaiser company filed for chapter 11, but it does not include any claims that are asbestos-related personal injury claims.

Click on the following links to download PDFs of the Court Bar Date Order:

Entities that filed in January 2003
Entities that filed in February 2002