Hawaiian Telcom Communications – First Day Pleadings

As reported earlier, Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. – Hawaii’s largest provider of telecommunications services – filed a voluntary petition under chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code in Delaware on Monday.  In addition, the company filed several motions and applications requesting relief from the bankruptcy court to pay certain obligations to employees, vendors and other important parties.  Included below is a list of all of the motions and applications filed by Hawaiian Telcom – click on the links to view copies of the pleadings and learn more.

• Motion for Joint Administration
• Motion for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Debtors to (A) Continue Using Their Existing Cash Management System, Bank Accounts and Business Forms; and (B) Maintain Existing Investment Practices
• Motion for Entry of an Order Authorizing Debtors (A) To Pay Certain Prepetition Wages, Salaries and Other Compensation, Reimbursable Employee Expenses and Employee Medical and Similar Benefits; and (B) To Continue Their Workers’ Compensation Program
• Motion for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Debtors to Maintain and Administer Customer Programs and Honor Prepetition Obligations Related Thereto
• Motion for Entry of Interim and Final Orders Authorizing the Debtors to Pay (A) in the Ordinary Course of Business, Claims for Goods Ordered Prepetition and Delivered Postpetition; and (B) Prepetition Claims of Shippers and Materialmen
• Motion for Entry of an Order Authorizing Debtors to Pay Certain Prepetition Taxes and Fees
• Motion for Continuation of Utility Service and Approval of Adequate Assurance of Payment to Utility Company Under Section 366(b)
• Motion for Entry of an Order Extending the Deadline to File Schedules of Assets and Liabilities, Schedules of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases and Statements of Financial Affairs
• Application to Employ/Retain Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC as Notice and Claims Agent
• Motion for Entry of Interim and Final Orders Establishing Notification and Sell-Down Procedures for Trading in Claims against the Debtors’ Estate Nunc Pro Tunc to the Petition Date
• Declaration of Robert F. Reich, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., In Support of First Day Pleadings
• List of Creditors/Notice of Filing of Creditor Matrix
• Motion for Entry of Interim and Final Orders (A) Authorizing the Use of Cash Collateral, (B) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition Lenders and (C) Scheduling a Final Hearing

A hearing is scheduled for December 2, 2008 beginning at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) for the bankruptcy court to consider Hawaiian Telcom’s first day motions.