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Final Fee Application\u201d)\n\n \u2022 Third Interim and Final Fee Application of M3 Advisory Partners, LP for Compensation\n for Services and Reimbursement of Expenses as Financial Advisor to the Official\n Committee of Unsecured Creditors for the (I) Interim Period from April 1, 2026 through\n September 10, 2026 and (II) Final Period from October 15, 2025 through September 10,\n 2026 [Docket No. 3917] (the \u201cM3 Advisory Partners, LP Final Fee Application\u201d)\n\n\n1\n A complete list of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\nnoticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands. The Debtors\u2019 service address for these chapter 11\ncases is 127 Public Square, Suite 5300, Cleveland, OH 44114.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3995 Filed in TXSB on 10/27/26 Page 2 of 25\n\n\n\n\n \u2022 Final Fee Application of Ducera Partners LLC for Compensation for Services and\n Reimbursement of Expenses as Investment Banker to the Official Committee of\n Unsecured Creditors for the Period from October 20, 2025 through June 30, 2026\n [Docket No. 3918] (the \u201cDucera Partners LLC Final Fee Application\u201d)\n\n \u2022 Final Fee Application of Nardello & Co. LLC for Compensation for Services and\n Reimbursement of Expenses as Specialized Forensic Financial Advisor to the Official\n Committee of Unsecured Creditors for the Period from December 1, 2025 through April\n 8, 2026 [Docket No. 3919] (the \u201cNardello & Co. LLC Final Fee Application\u201d)\n\n \u2022 Fourth Interim and Final Fee Application of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Attorneys for\n the Debtors, for (I) Interim Compensation Period from July 1, 2026 through and\n Including August 31, 2026 and (II) Final Compensation Period from September 29, 2025\n through and Including August 31, 2026 [Docket No. 3926]\n\n \u2022 Fourth Interim and Final Fee Application of Lazard Fr\u00e8res & Co. LLC, as Investment\n Banker for the Debtors [Docket No. 3929]\n\n On October 16, 2026, at my direction and under my supervision, employees of Kroll\ncaused the Brown Rudnick LLP Final Fee Application, Cole Schotz P.C. Final Fee Application,\nM3 Advisory Partners, LP Final Fee Application, Ducera Partners LLC Final Fee Application,\nand Nardello & Co. LLC Final Fee Application to be served via email on the Fee Application\nService List attached hereto as Exhibit B.\n\n\nDated: October 22, 2026\n /s/ Engels Medina\n Engels Medina\nState of New York\nCounty of New York\n\nSubscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to me on October 22, 2026, by Engels Medina, proved to me\non the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed this affidavit.\n\n/s/ HERBERT BAER\nNotary Public, State of New York\nNo 01BA6205563\nQualified in Westchester County\nCommission Expires May 11, 2029\n\n\n\n\n 2 SRF 99421 & 99436\n\fCase 25-90399 Document 3995 Filed in TXSB on 10/27/26 Page 3 of 25\n\n\n\n\n Exhibit A\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3995 Filed in TXSB on 10/27/26 Page 4 of 25\n Exhibit A\n Master Service List\n Served as set forth below\n\n\n\n\n DESCRIPTION NAME ADDRESS EMAIL METHOD OF SERVICE\n\n Attn: Amitkumar Sharma\nCounsel to Ally Bank Lease Trust - Assignor to Vehicle Asset Universal Leasing Trust, 4515 N Santa Fe Ave. Dept. 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Market Street, 11th Floor daluzt@ballardspahr.com\nCounsel to The Reinalt-Thomas Corporation d/b/a Discount Tire Ballard Spahr LLP Wilmington DE 19801-3034 brannickn@ballardspahr.com Email\n\nCounsel to Genuine Parts Company; Motion Industries Inc.; Motion Industries Attn: Nathan Q. Rugg, Alexander F. Berk, Samuel R. Rabuck nathan.rugg@bfkn.com\n(Canada) Inc.; Motion Industries (Mexico) Inc.; GPC Asia Pacific Pty Ltd.; GPC Asia Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg 200 W. Madison Street, Suite 3900 alexander.berk@bfkn.com\nPacific Limited; UAP, (Canada) Inc.; and Alliance Automotive Group (EU) LLP Chicago IL 60606 sam.rabuck@bfkn.com Email\n\n Attn: Thomas G. Haskins, Jr., Josh Brandau\n 2121 N. Pearl Street thaskins@btlaw.com\nCounsel to City of Jasper, Indiana; Siam Fukoku Co., Ltd.; Fukoku Mexicana, S.A. de Suite 700 jbrandau@btlaw.com\nC.V. Barnes & Thornburg LLP Dallas TX 75201 josh.brandau@btlaw.com Email\n\n Attn: Jonathan D. Sundheimer\n 11 S. 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Goebel jpanuccio@bsfllp.com\n 1401 New York Ave, NW gderrick@bsfllp.com\nCounsel to Martin De Luca Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Washington DC 20005 bgoebel@bsfllp.com Email\n\n Attn: Robert D. Gordon, Benjamin Waisbren\n 55 Hudson Yards rgordon@bsfllp.com\nCounsel to Martin De Luca Boies Schiller Flexner LLP New York NY 10001 bwaisbren@bsfllp.com Email\n\n Attn: Rossana Baeza\n 100 SE Second Street\n Suite 2800\nCounsel to Martin De Luca Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Miami FL 33131 rbaeza@bsfllp.com Email\n\n Attn: Eric T. Haitz\n 420 Throckmorton Street\n Suite 1000\nCounsel to AVO Carbon USA, Inc. Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP Fort Worth TX 76102 erichaitz@bondsellis.com Email\n\n Attn: Aaron Guerrero, Bryan Prentice\n 402 Heights Blvd. aaron.guerrero@bondsellis.com\nCounsel to Washington Penn Plastics Co., Inc., and Uniform Color Company Bounds Ellis Eppich Schafer Jones LLP Houston TX 77007 bryan.prentice@bondsellis.com Email\n\n Attn: Jason Cohen\n 711 Louisiana Street\n Suite 2300\nCounsel to Mr. Edward James Bracewell LLP Houston TX 77002 jason.cohen@bracewell.com Email\n\n Attn: Mark Wulfe\n 31 W. 52nd Street\n Ste 1900\nCounsel to Mr. Edward James Bracewell LLP New York NY 10019 mark.wulfe@bracewell.com Email\n\n Attn: Asiya Khan\n 600 Travis\n Suite 5600\nCounsel to KitKat (IL) LLC Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Houston TX 77002 akhan@bradley.com Email\n\n\n\n\n In re: First Brands Group, LLC, et al.\n Case No. 25-90399 (CML) Page 3 of 19\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3995 Filed in TXSB on 10/27/26 Page 7 of 25\n Exhibit A\n Master Service List\n Served as set forth below\n\n\n\n\n DESCRIPTION NAME ADDRESS EMAIL METHOD OF SERVICE\n\n Attn: Jarrod B. Martin\n 600 Travis Suite 5600\nCounsel to XL Parts, LLC, OmniSource, LLC Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Houston TX 77002 jbmartin@bradley.com Email\n\n Attn: Raneen Abdelghani\n 1445 Ross Avenue Suite 3600\nCounsel to XL Parts, LLC Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Dallas TX 75202 rabdelghani@bradley.com Email\n\n rstark@brownrudnick.com\n jjonas@brownrudnick.com\n mwinograd@brownrudnick.com\n Attn: Robert J. Stark, Jeffrey L. Jonas, Michael S. Winograd, Bennett S. Silverberg, Kenneth J. bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com\n Aulet, Andrew M. Carty, Elizabeth C. Castano kaulet@brownrudnick.com\n 7 Times Square acarty@brownrudnick.com\nCounsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of First Brands Group, LLC Brown Rudnick LLP New York NY 10036 ecastano@brownrudnick.com Email\n\n Attn: Tristan G. Axelrod, Matthew A. 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Mopac Expressway\n Building One, Suite 500\nCounsel to Zurich American Insurance Company, and Epicor Software Corporation Clark Hill PLC Austin TX 78746 dbrescia@clarkhill.com Email\n\n Attn: Robert P. Franke, Audrey L. Hornisher, Tara L. Bush bfranke@clarkhill.com\n 901 Main Street Suite 6000 ahornisher@clarkhill.com\nCounsel to CSI Leasing, Inc. & Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. Clark Hill PLC Dallas TX 75202 tbush@clarkhill.com Email\n\n Attn: Douglas E. Deutsch, Sarah N. Campbell\n Two Manhattan West\n 375 9th Avenue douglas.deutsch@cliffordchance.com\nCounsel to ING Belgium S.A./N.V. 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Woods, Samuel Hull\n 909 Third Avenue mwoods@cwsny.com\nCounsel to International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural 12th Floor\nImplement Workers of America Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP New York NY 10022 shull@cwsny.com Email\n\n Attn: Reagan H. Gibbs, III, Nicholas S. Forger\nCounsel to Prospect Capital Corporation and Prospect Floating Rate & Alternative 1221 Lamar Street, 16th Floor tgibbs@cokinoslaw.com\nIncome Fund, Inc. Cokinos | Young Houston TX 77010-3039 nforger@cokinoslaw.com Email\n\n Attn: Seth Van Aalten, Justin R. Alberto, Ian R. Phillips, Justin Alberto svanaalten@coleschotz.com\n 901 Main Street jalberto@coleschotz.com\n Suite 4120 iphillips@coleschotz.com\nCounsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of First Brands Group, LLC Cole Schotz P.C. Dallas TX 75202 jalberto@coleschotz.com Email\n\n Attn: H. Jay Hulings, Sarah Santos, Jason M. Davis jhulings@dslawpc.com\n 719 S. 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Berdelle\n 3224 Bob O Link Court\nCounsel to Qingdao Carflex Auto Parts Co. Ltd Demidchik Law Firm, PLLC Plano TX 75093 james@dcklawfirm.com Email\n\n Attn: Casey W. Doherty, Jr.\n 1300 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 650\nCounsel to FactoFrance Dentons US LLP Houston TX 77056 casey.doherty@dentons.com Email\n\n Attn: Robert E. Richards\n 233 S. Wacker Drive Suite 5900\nCounsel to FactoFrance Dentons US LLP Chicago IL 60606-6404 robert.richards@dentons.com Email\n\n Attn: Allan B. Diamond, Christopher D. Johnson\n 2200 Post Oak Blvd.\n Suite 1000 adiamond@diamondmccarthy.com\nCounsel to Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, Inc. Diamond McCarthy LLP Houston TX 77056-4716 chris.johnson@diamondmccarthy.com Email\n\n Attn: James A. Plemmons\n 500 Woodward Avenue Suite 4000\nCounsel to FCA US LLC Dickinson Wright PLLC Detroit MI 48226 jplemmons@dickinsonwright.com Email\n\n Attn: John R. Nelson, Payne Keinarth\n 607 W. Third Street Suite 2500 jnelson@dickinsonwright.com\nCounsel to FCA US LLC Dickinson Wright PLLC Austin TX 78701 pkeinarth@dickinsonwright.com Email\n\n\n\n\n In re: First Brands Group, LLC, et al.\n Case No. 25-90399 (CML) Page 5 of 19\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3995 Filed in TXSB on 10/27/26 Page 9 of 25\n Exhibit A\n Master Service List\n Served as set forth below\n\n\n\n\n DESCRIPTION NAME ADDRESS EMAIL METHOD OF SERVICE\n\n Attn: M. Kimberly Stagg\n 424 Church Street Suite 800\nCounsel to FCA US LLC Dickinson Wright PLLC Nashville TN 37219 kstagg@dickinsonwright.com Email\n\n Attn: Sheryl L. Toby\n 39577 Woodward Avenue\n Suite 300\nCounsel to Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. Dykema Gossett PLLC Bloomfield Hills MI 48304 stoby@dykema.com Email\n\n Attn: William J. Hotze\n 5 Houston Center\n 1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1625\nCounsel to Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. Dykema Gossett PLLC Houston TX 77010 whotze@dykema.com Email\n\n Attn: Kristen L. 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FisherBroyles, LLP Houston TX 77098 lisa.powell@fisherbroyles.com Email\n\n\n\n\n In re: First Brands Group, LLC, et al.\n Case No. 25-90399 (CML) Page 6 of 19\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3995 Filed in TXSB on 10/27/26 Page 10 of 25\n Exhibit A\n Master Service List\n Served as set forth below\n\n\n\n\n DESCRIPTION NAME ADDRESS EMAIL METHOD OF SERVICE\n\n Attn: Paul M. Flannery, Christos N. Georgalis\n 1621 Euclid Avenue\n Floor 20 paul@flannerygeorgalis.com\nCounsel to Nigel Crighton Flannery & Georgalis, LLC Cleveland OH 44115 chris@flannerygeorgalis.com Email\n\n Attn: Nicola G. Suglia\n Four Greentree Centre\n 601 Route 73 North, Suite 305\nCounsel to Staci Corp. d/b/a Vexos, Inc. Fleischer, Suglia, Dopke & Domowitch, P.C. Marlton NJ 08053 nsuglia@fleischerlaw.com Email\n\n Attn: Holland N. O\u2019Neil\n 2021 McKinney Avenue\n Suite 1600\nCounsel to Flex-N-Gate LLC Foley & Lardner LLP Dallas TX 75201 honeil@foley.com Email\n\n Attn: Jake W. 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The\n\nCourt having considered the Movant\u2019s request and opposition thereto, if any; and it appearing that\n\ndue and proper notice of the Motion has been provided under the circumstances; and it further\n\nappearing that that the Movant and Eva S. Engelhart, the chapter 7 trustee (the \u201cTrustee\u201d) of the\n\njointly administered bankruptcy estates of First Brands Group, LLC, First Brands Group Holdings,\n\nLLC\u2019s direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Viceroy Private Capital, LLC (collectively, the \u201cFBG\n\nDebtors\u201d and together with the Movant, the \u201cParties\u201d) to the Motion have reached an agreement;\n\nand the Court finds that the Motion should be granted in the manner set forth below. It is hereby:\n\n 1. ORDERED that as to Debtor Cardone Industries, Inc. (\u201cCardone\u201d):\n\n\n\n1\n A complete list of the \u201cDebtors\u201d in these chapter 7 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\nnoticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands. The Debtors\u2019 service address for these chapter 7 cases\nis Eva Engelhart, Chapter 7 Trustee c/o Porter Hedges LLP, Joshua W. Wolfshohl, 1000 Main St., 36th Floor, Houston,\nTexas 77002.\n2\n Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Order shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Motion.\n\n\n18764287\nHB: 4901-7976-1365.3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3993 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 2 of 5\n\n\n\n\n a. The stay found in section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby modified\n\n solely to authorize Movant to prosecute to final judgment the State Court Action\n\n against Cardone to establish liability, determine damages, pursue recovery from\n\n applicable insurance policy proceeds, subject to the applicable insurance policy\n\n limits, and against non-debtors, and for no other purpose;\n\n b. Other than as set forth in the immediately preceding subparagraph, the stay\n\n remains in full force and effect for all other purposes and continues to prohibit\n\n execution, garnishment, collection, attachment, or enforcement of any such\n\n judgment, if any, awarded to Movant, against Cardone, any FBG Debtor\u2019s\n\n estate, or their non-insurance assets;\n\n c. By signature of Movant\u2019s counsel below, Movant waives his right to file or\n\n assert any proof of claim (or other claim) in any of the bankruptcy cases of any\n\n of the FBG Debtors, and any such proof of claim (whether already filed or filed\n\n in the future, including Claim No. 2433) or scheduled claim is hereby\n\n disallowed in its entirety;\n\n d. Nothing in this Order shall be construed as Movant having waived his right(s),\n\n if any, to look to applicable insurance proceeds or to otherwise look to any non-\n\n debtor to be made whole, which rights, to the extent they exist, are hereby\n\n strictly preserved;\n\n e. With respect to any and all parties in interest, nothing in this Order shall be\n\n construed as any admission of liability whatsoever or any waiver of any defense\n\n whatsoever, and all rights and defenses of the FBG Debtors and their estates are\n\n hereby expressly preserved; and\n\n\n\n18764287\nHB: 4901-7976-1365.3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3993 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 3 of 5\n\n\n\n\n 2. ORDERED that nothing in this stipulation and agreed order constitutes a\n\n determination of liability, damages, insurance coverage, policy limits, policy defenses,\n\n or the allowance or disallowance of any claim in the bankruptcy case.\n\n 3. ORDERED that the 14-day stay found in Bankruptcy Rule 4001(a)(4) is waived.\n\n 4. ORDERED that this Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction with respect to all matters\n\n arising from or related to the implementation, enforcement, or interpretation of this\n\n Order.\n\nSIGNED ___________________, 2026.\n\n\n\n\n THE HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER M. LOPEZ\n UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE\n\n\n\n\n18764287\nHB: 4901-7976-1365.3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3993 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 4 of 5\n\n\n\n\nSTIPULATED AND AGREED TO BY:\n\n HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP PORTER HEDGES, LLP\n\n /s/ Jennifer K. Pollan /s/ Joshua W. Wolfshohl\n Lynn Hamilton Butler (SBN 03527350) Joshua W. Wolfshohl (SBN 24038592\n Lynn.Butler@huschblackwell.com jwolfshohl@porterhedges.com\n Jennifer Pollan (SBN 24150828) Eric M. English (TX Bar No. 24062714)\n Jennifer.pollan@huschblackwell.com eenglish@porterhedges.com\n 111 Congress Ave., Suite 1400 M. Shane Johnson (TX Bar No. 24083263)\n Austin, Texas 78701 sjohnson@porterhedges.com\n Tel: (512) 472-5456 Grecia V. Sarda (TX Bar No. 24132092)\n Fax: (512) 479-1101 gsarda@porterhedges.com\n 1000 Main, 36th Floor\n Houston, TX 77002\n Tel: 713-226-6000\n Fax: 713-228-1331\n\n\n\n\n18764287\nHB: 4901-7976-1365.3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3993 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 5 of 5\n\n\n\n\n CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n\n I hereby certify that on October 26, 2026, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document\n\nwas served via this Court\u2019s ECF notification system to all parties registered to receive notification,\n\nwhich includes Cardone.\n\n /s/ Jennifer K. Pollan\n Jennifer K. 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(Y)\nWere the services performed in a reasonable amount of time commensurate with the complexity,\nimportance and nature of the issues addressed? (Y)\nIs the requested compensation reasonable based on the customary compensation charged by\ncomparably skilled practitioners in other non-bankruptcy cases? (Y)\nDo expense reimbursements represent actual and necessary expenses incurred? (Y)\n Compensation Breakdown for Time Period Covered by this Application\n\n\n\n\n1 A complete list of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\n\n noticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 2 of 20\n\n\n\n\nTotal professional fees covered in this Application: $1,276,730.00\nTotal professional hours covered by this Application: 2,259.00\nAverage hourly rate for professionals: $565.18\nTotal expense reimbursements requested in this Application: $55,217.14\nTotal fees and expenses requested in this Application: $1,331,947.14\nTotal fees and expenses awarded in all prior Applications: $0.00\nPlan Status: On September 1, 2026, the Court entered its order converting the Debtors\u2019 chapter 11\ncases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (Docket No. 3748. This Application is filed\npursuant to paragraph 2 of said order.\n\nPrimary Benefits: As discussed below, during the Application Period, Guidepost Solutions assisted the\nExaminer with conducting a complex and intensive international investigation and evidence-preservation\nexercise, resulting in the Examiner\u2019s Report filed on April 27, 2026 (Docket No. 2538) and the creation of\nan extensive database comprising documents, communications, and other information related to the\nExaminer\u2019s investigation. Guidepost\u2019s professionals assisted the Examiner by conducting forensic\naccounting analyses, investigative asset tracing, financial and communications analysis, third party meetings\nand data analysis, and witness interviews.\n\n\n\n\n 2\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 3 of 20\n\n\n\n\n IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT\n FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS\n HOUSTON DIVISION\n\n :\nIn re: : Chapter 11\n :\nFIRST BRANDS GROUP, LLC et al., : Case No. 25-90399 (CML)\n :\n Debtors. : (Jointly Administered)\n :\n\n\n FIRST AND FINAL FEE APPLICATION OF GUIDEPOST\n SOLUTIONS, LLC, AS FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT TO THE\n EXAMINER, MARTIN DE LUCA, FOR THE PERIOD FROM\n JANUARY 5, 2025 THROUGH AND INCLUDING MAY 31, 2026\n\n IF YOU OBJECT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED, YOU MUST RESPOND IN\n WRITING. UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COURT, YOU MUST FILE\n YOUR RESPONSE ELECTRONICALLY AT HTTPS://ECF.TXSB.USCOURTS.GOV/\n WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS APPLICATION WAS FILED.\n IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ELECTRONIC FILING PRIVILEGES, YOU MUST FILE A\n WRITTEN OBJECTION THAT IS ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE CLERK WITHIN\n TWENTY-ONE DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS APPLICATION WAS FILED.\n OTHERWISE, THE COURT MAY TREAT THE PLEADING AS UNOPPOSED AND\n GRANT THE RELIEF REQUESTED.\n\n\n\n\n Guidepost Solutions, LLC, forensic accountant to Martin De Luca (the \u201cExaminer\u201d), the\n\nExaminer in the above-captioned jointly administered chapter 11 cases (the \u201cChapter 11 Cases\u201d)\n\nof First Brands Group, LLC and its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the\n\n\u201cDebtors\u201d or \u201cFBG\u201d), hereby file their first and final application (this \u201cApplication\u201d) for\n\nallowance of compensation for services performed during the\n\n\n\n\n2\n A complete list of the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\nnoticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands.\n\n\n\n\n 3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 4 of 20\n\n\n\n\nperiod commencing January 5, 2026 through and including May 31, 2026 (the \u201cCompensation\n\nPeriod\u201d) in the amount of $1,276,730.00, and for reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses\n\nin the amount of $55,217.14 incurred during the Compensation Period, and respectfully represent\n\nas follows:\n\n JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND STANDING\n\n 1. This Court has jurisdiction to consider this Application pursuant to 28\n\nU.S.C. \u00a7 1334. This is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 157(b).\n\n 2. Venue in this Court is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 1408 and 1409.\n\n 3. The statutory bases and other authority for the relief requested herein include\n\nsections 330(a) and 503(b) of title 11 of the United States Code (the \u201cBankruptcy Code\u201d), Rule\n\n2016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the \u201cBankruptcy Rules\u201d), the Court\u2019s Local\n\nRule 2016-1, the Court\u2019s Order Directing Appointment of an Examiner entered on November 19,\n\n2025 (Docket No. 726) (the \u201cExaminer Order\u201d), the Court\u2019s Order Authorizing the Employment and\n\nRetention of Guidepost Solutions, LLC as Forensic Accountant to the Examiner entered on March 9,\n\n2026 and effective as of January 5, 2026 (Docket 2077) and the Court\u2019s Order Establishing\n\nProcedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Professionals entered\n\non November 17, 2025 (Docket No. 699) (the \u201cInterim Compensation Order\u201d).\n\n BACKGROUND\n\n 4. On October 8, 2025, Raistone Capital LLC and Raistone Purchasing LLC \u2013 Series\n\nXXXII filed an Emergency Motion for the Appointment of an Examiner Pursuant to Section\n\n1104(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (Docket No. 307). Subsequently, on October 15, 2025, the United\n\nStates Trustee (the \u201cU.S. Trustee\u201d) filed an Expedited Motion for Entry of an Order Directing the\n\nAppointment of an Examiner (Docket No. 340).\n\n\n\n 4\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 5 of 20\n\n\n\n 5. On November 19, 2025, the Court entered the Examiner Order, finding, among other\n\nthings, that there was sufficient cause for the appointment of an examiner pursuant to section\n\n1104(c) of the Bankruptcy Code for the purposes set forth in section 1106(a)(3) and 1106(a)(4) of\n\nthe Bankruptcy Code and specifically to:\n\n a. Investigate the facts and circumstances, including general corporate\n\n practices, concerning the Debtors\u2019 prepetition factoring processes and factoring\n\n transactions related to:\n\n a. Allegations that the Debtors\u2019 prepetition third-party\n factoring transactions (\u201cFactoring Transactions\u201d) included (A) fraudulent\n or inaccurate invoices and the related accounts receivable in the Debtors\u2019\n books and records and audit reports; and (B) accounts receivable factored\n more than once and, in each case of (A) and (B), the persons or entities\n responsible for any of the Factoring Transactions;\n\n b. Transactions and/or transfers between any of (A) the\n Debtors, (B) any insiders or affiliates of the Debtors, and (C) entities owned\n or controlled by an insider or affiliates, and (D) the unaffiliated third party\n factors (the \u201cThird-Party Factors\u201d) concerning (X) the Factoring\n Transactions and the transfers and use of the proceeds of such Factoring\n Transactions; and,\n\n c. Any accounting with respect to the proceeds of the Factoring\n Transactions and any property of third parties received by the Debtors that the\n Examiner deems appropriate.\n\n\n b. Investigate the facts and circumstances, including general corporate\n\n practices, concerning the Debtors\u2019 Off-Balance Sheet Financing Transactions,\n\n as defined in the Examiner Order, related to any transactions and/or transfers in\n\n connection therewith. Examiner Order \u00b6 3.\n\n 6. The Examiner Order also directs the Examiner to \u201cperform the duties set forth in\n\nsection 1106(a)(3) and 1106(a)(4), subject to the terms of this Order.\u201d Examiner Order \u00b6 2.\n\n 7. Paragraph 5 of the Examiner Order authorizes the Examiner to retain professionals\n\npursuant to the standards under section 327 of the Bankruptcy Code and for the Examiner and his\n 5\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 6 of 20\n\n\n\nretained professionals to seek payment of compensation and expense reimbursement pursuant to\n\nthe Interim Compensation Order and section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code. Paragraph 4 of the\n\nExaminer Order provides a $7 million budget for the aggregate fees and expenses of the Examiner\n\nand his professionals (the \u201cExamination Budget\u201d), without prejudice to the Examiner\u2019s right to\n\nseek an increase in the Examination Budget.\n\n 8. On January 21, 2026, as required under the Examiner Order, the Examiner filed his\n\nproposed Work Plan (the \u201cWork Plan\u201d) (Docket No. 1650), outlining the topics, details, and\n\ntimeline for an investigation in accordance with the Examiner Order.\n\n 9. On January 29, 2026, the Court entered an order approving the Work Plan (Docket\n\nNo. 1819).\n\n 10. Pursuant to the Work Plan, the intensive transnational investigation by the Examiner\n\nand his professionals built significant momentum in developing a detailed factual record that bears\n\non the overriding concerns of the Chapter 11 Cases, namely to determine how the Debtors\u2019\n\n\u201ccorporate practices\u201d enabled the apparent financial frauds to occur prepetition and who was\n\nresponsible.\n\n 11. However, in late February, the Examiner substantially scaled down his investigation\n\ndue to: (i) the imminent exhaustion of the Court\u2011approved $7 million Examination Budget; (ii) the\n\nannounced lack of additional debtor-in-possession funding by the Ad Hoc Lenders or any other\n\nsource; (iii) the refusal of the Ad Hoc Lenders to include the Examiner and his professionals in the\n\ncollateral carve-out\u2014that now covers the other major professionals in the Chapter 11 Cases under\n\nthe DIP financing order\u2014or to fund an increase in the Examination Budget; and (iv) the apparent\n\nlikelihood of an administrative insolvency in the Chapter 11 Cases.\n\n 12. The Examiner therefore prioritized the collection and preservation of documents,\n\ndata, and other evidence critical to the investigation, evaluation, and later prosecution of claims\n\n 6\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 7 of 20\n\n\n\nagainst non-Debtor third parties or assets on behalf of the Debtors by estate representatives. The\n\nvolume and complexity of the information gathered to date and the discovery of additional areas\n\nof inquiry that were not fully anticipated at the outset of the examination led the Examiner to\n\nconclude that a comprehensive investigation would require substantially more time and resources\n\nthan allocated under the Examination Budget.\n\n 13. The precipitous events of the Chapter 11 Cases created a difficult choice for the\n\nExaminer: either stop work and not complete the report contemplated by the Court-approved Work\n\nPlan, or continue his investigation on a highly tailored, limited basis and complete an initial report\n\nknowing that the Examiner\u2019s and his professionals\u2019 fees and expenses would likely exceed the\n\nExamination Budget before there was any assurance that fees and expenses exceeding the\n\nExamination Budget would have a source of funding. Indeed, the Examiner raised concerns about\n\nthe adequacy of the Examination Budget in pleadings on at least two occasions. ECF No. 1354 \u00b6\n\n15; ECF No. 1724 at 12\u201313. The Examiner\u2019s counsel also reported those concerns to the Court at\n\na hearing on January 22, 2026.\n\n 14. Notwithstanding the lack of DIP funding or the protection of a collateral carve-out,\n\nand the resulting financial risks, the Examiner and his professionals determined that, in order for\n\nthe Court, the Debtors\u2019 estates, and parties in interest to have the benefit of the Examiner\u2019s\n\ninvestigative efforts and initial findings and impressions, they would complete and file the\n\nExaminer Report. The alternative would have been resources expended on an investigation that\n\nphysically spanned the globe, with valuable evidence collected, maintained and organized with an\n\ne-discovery vendor, and no report for the benefit of the estate and financial fraud victims to guide\n\nthem through the evidence amassed. Completing the Examiner Report was the only appropriate\n\nchoice for the benefit of the Debtors\u2019 estates.\n\n 15. On April 17, 2026, the Examiner filed his Examiner Report under seal.\n\n 7\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 8 of 20\n\n\n\n 16. Following the filing of the Report, the Examiner conferred with the Debtors and\n\nother information-producing parties regarding the treatment of information designated as Highly\n\nConfidential and Confidential Material contained in the Report. Following those consultations, the\n\nExaminer reached agreement with producing parties that certain confidential information should\n\nremain sealed and finalized the Report.\n\n 17. Accordingly, the Examiner filed a revised Examiner Report on April 27, 2026,\n\nwhich remains under seal.\n\n 18. Also on April 27, 2026, a redacted version of the revised Report was filed on the\n\npublic docket (Docket No. 2538).\n\n 19. The Examiner Report describes the work performed, the Examiner\u2019s initial\n\nimpressions, open questions that warrant further investigation, and the high-value work streams\n\nthat have not yet been completed.\n\n 20. Due to the exigencies of the Investigation, in order to fulfill the Examiner\u2019s mandate\n\nnotwithstanding the constraints of the Examination Budget, the Examiner\u2019s professionals rendered\n\nservices and incurred fees and expenses that, in the aggregate, exceeded the Examination Budget.\n\n 21. To date, the Debtors have disbursed the entire $7 million Examination Budget to the\n\nExaminer and his professionals, including local co-counsel, the forensic investigations firm and\n\nthe e-discovery vendor, on a pro rata basis.\n\n 22. Through May 31, 2026 (i.e., the Compensation Period), Guidepost incurred a total\n\nof $1,276,730.00 in fees and has received a total of $1,001,724 in compensation and has received\n\n100% reimbursement of its expenses in the total amount of $55,217.14. The payments made to\n\nGuidepost cover only time and expense charges billed through March 2026 pursuant to the Interim\n\nCompensation Order.\n\n\n\n 8\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 9 of 20\n\n\n\n 23. On July 27, 2026, the Debtors filed the last iteration of their Joint Chapter 11 Plan\n\nof First Brands Group, LLC and Certain Affiliated Debtors (Docket No. 3448) (the \u201cPlan\u201d).\n\n 24. On August 24, the Court entered its Order Denying Plan Confirmation (Docket No.\n\n3710). On September 1, 2026, the Court entered an order converting the Chapter 11 Cases to cases\n\nunder chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (Docket No. 3748) (the \u201cConversion Order\u201d).\n\n RELIEF REQUESTED\n\n 25. This Application has been prepared in accordance with section 330(a) of the\n\nBankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rule 2016, Bankruptcy Local Rule 2016-1, the Court Procedures\n\nfor Judge Christopher M. Lopez, the U.S. Trustee Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for\n\nCompensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed under 11 U.S.C. \u00a7 330 by Attorneys in\n\nLarger Chapter 11 Cases, and the Interim Compensation Order.\n\n 26. By this Application, Guidepost seeks entry of an order substantially in the form\n\nsubmitted concurrently herewith, pursuant to section 330(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Interim\n\nCompensation Order, and the Conversion Order, approving fees and expenses incurred throughout\n\nthe Compensation Period but approving compensation and expense reimbursement limited to the\n\namounts previously paid to Guidepost for time and expense charges pursuant to the Interim\n\nCompensation Order.\n\n 27. There is no agreement or understanding between the Guidepost and any other person\n\nfor the sharing of compensation to be received for services rendered in the Chapter 11 Cases.\n\nDuring the Compensation Period, other than payment received by Guidepost on account of\n\nmonthly fee statements in accordance with the Interim Compensation Procedures Order, Guidepost\n\nreceived no payment or promises of payment from any source for services rendered, or to be\n\nrendered, in any capacity whatsoever in connection with the matters covered by this Application.\n\n\n\n 9\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 10 of 20\n\n\n\n 28. The fees charged by the Guidepost in the Chapter 11 Cases are billed in accordance\n\nwith its existing billing rates and procedures in effect during the Compensation Period. The rates\n\ncharged for the services rendered by their professionals and paraprofessionals in these chapter 11\n\ncases are no greater than the rates they charge for professional forensic accounting services\n\nrendered in comparable bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy related matters. Such fees are reasonable\n\nbased on the customary compensation charged by comparably skilled practitioners in comparable\n\nbankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters in a competitive national consulting market.\n\n SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS\n\n 29. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is the Certification of Santiago Batista, Senior\n\nManaging Director of Guidepost (the \u201cBatista Certification\u201d), regarding compliance with the Fee\n\nGuidelines and the Court\u2019s General Order 2018-5 for Complex Chapter 11 Cases.\n\n 30. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a schedule of all Guidepost professionals who\n\nperformed services during the Compensation Period, together with summary information\n\nregarding hours, rates, and fees.\n\n 31. Guidepost has not attached detailed time entries or detailed expense backup to this\n\nApplication. Such detail was provided to all parties required to receive monthly submissions under\n\nthe Interim Compensation Order for each month through March 2026 (the \u201cMonthly\n\nSubmissions\u201d). The payments already made to Guidepost were made on the basis of those\n\nMonthly Submissions and cover only time and expense charges through March 2026. None of the\n\nparties upon whom the Monthly Submissions were served, including the United States Trustee,\n\nobjected to any of the Monthly Submissions. If the Court wishes to review detailed time records\n\nand expense details through May 2026, Guidepost can provide that information to the Court under\n\nseal or in such other manner as the Court orders.\n\n 32. Maintaining the confidentiality of the detailed time records and expense information\n\n 10\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 11 of 20\n\n\n\nis in the interests of the Debtors\u2019 chapter 7 estates because the descriptions may reveal investigative\n\npriorities, witness-related information, discussions with BSF regarding litigation strategy, work-\n\nproduct, or other information relevant to claims and causes of action that may be pursued by or for\n\nthe benefit of creditors.\n\n 33. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a summary and comparison of the aggregate blended\n\nhourly rates billed by BSF timekeepers in BSF\u2019s U.S. offices to non-bankruptcy matters during\n\nthe prior twelve-month period ending April 30, 2026, and the blended hourly rates billed to the\n\nDebtors\u2019 estates during the Compensation Period (the \u201cBlended Rate Comparison Chart\u201d).\n\n SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL\n SERVICES RENDERED DURING\n THE COMPENSATION PERIOD\n\n 34. During the Compensation Period, Guidepost spent significant time and effort in\n\nrendering forensic accounting services to the Examiner. The below summary of services rendered\n\nand reflected in the Time Records is organized by project or task category; certain services\n\nperformed may overlap between, or may appropriately be allocated to, more than one category,\n\nbut a good-faith effort was made by all timekeepers to categorize work performed in a consistent\n\nmanner across all timekeepers.\n\n Task Description Hours Fees\n Case administration 91.20 $ 56,102.50\n Document analysis 198.00 $ 123,525.00\n Internal meetings, correspondence, and data requests 200.10 $ 110,450.00\n Interviews 383.75 $ 233,200.00\n Investigation - Cash flow 313.85 $ 187,742.50\n Investigation - Factoring 173.90 $ 87,702.50\n Investigation - Related Parties 57.75 $ 23,537.50\n Investigation - SPV 135.65 $ 78,037.50\n Investigation - Acquisitions 124.35 $ 74,022.50\n Meetings and Correspondence with BSF 150.10 $ 95,300.00\n Meetings with Third Parties and BSF 183.95 $ 123,060.00\n Non-working travel 230.30 $ 73,585.00\n Drafting observations and assisting BSF with draft report 16.10 $ 10,465.00\n TOTAL 2,259.00 $ 1,276,730.00\n\n 11\n\fCase 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 12 of 20\n\n\n\n a. Case Administration: General administrative and organizational work\n\n necessary to support the Examiner\u2019s engagement and to ensure the orderly\n\n conduct of the examination. This work included maintaining internal case files\n\n and investigative materials, scheduling meetings and interviews, coordinating\n\n travel and logistics, monitoring deadlines, organizing work streams among team\n\n members, and addressing routine but necessary operational matters related to\n\n the administration of the engagement. Time in this category also included\n\n coordinating and accomplishing the transfer of and access to data, including access to\n\n financial systems for further analysis.\n\n b. Document Analysis: Identifying, accessing, and analyzing relevant\n\n accounting records, financial systems, and document repositories. Reviewed\n\n financial information maintained in the Debtors\u2019 consolidation and reporting\n\n systems together with treasury records, bank statements, general ledger\n\n information, and supporting transaction documentation, to understand the\n\n Debtors\u2019 financial activities and identify matters requiring further\n\n investigation. Reviewing accounting practices encountered during the\n\n investigation, including consolidation adjustments, manual journal entries,\n\n bridge spreadsheets, and differences between underlying accounting records\n\n and reported financial results.\n\n c. Internal Meetings, Correspondence, and Data Requests: Coordinated\n\n among multiple workstreams, including meetings with third parties and\n\n witness interviews. Prepared data requests and coordinated electronic data\n\n requests and access to accounting systems and financial systems and\n\n databases.\n\n 12\n\fCase 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 13 of 20\n\n\n\n\n d. Interviews and Investigative Coordination: Supported the Examiner\u2019s\n\n interviews and consultations with current and former employees, finance and\n\n accounting personnel, information technology personnel, restructuring\n\n professionals, and third-party advisors and counterparties. Assisted with\n\n identifying relevant financial issues, reviewing supporting records, and\n\n evaluating witness information in conjunction with transaction data and other\n\n evidence. Participated in meetings concerning data access, financial systems,\n\n financing arrangements, and investigative findings.\n\n e. Investigation \u2013 Cash Flow and Related-Party Transactions: Tracing\n\n proceeds from third-party factoring and off-balance sheet financing\n\n transactions and examining the subsequent movement and use of those funds.\n\n Analyzed transfers among the Debtors, special purpose vehicles, insiders,\n\n trusts, and affiliated entities to identify potentially improper transfers and\n\n develop the factual record concerning the disposition of value generated by\n\n the Debtors.\n\n f. Investigation \u2013 Acquisitions: Reviewing acquisition-related transactions,\n\n including discrepancies between internally reported acquisition consideration\n\n and transaction payments, potential side payments, and the separation of\n\n assets from acquired operating businesses. Examined available records assets\n\n held by or transferred to affiliated non-Debtor entities, together with evidence\n\n of commingling and transfers of operating resources.\n\n g. Investigation - Third-Party Factoring: Reviewing the Debtors\u2019 prepetition\n\n factoring processes, financing arrangements, and related payment flows.\n\n 13\n\fCase 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 14 of 20\n\n\n\n Analyzed available receivables data, factoring schedules, supporting\n\n spreadsheets, and witness information concerning invoice origination,\n\n approval, submission, and verification. Examined evidence relating to\n\n allegedly inflated, fabricated, or repeatedly factored receivables and the\n\n processes and personnel involved in those transactions.\n\n h. Investigation \u2013 Special Purpose Vehicles and Off-Balance Sheet\n\n Financing: Examining financing arrangements involving special purpose\n\n vehicles, inventory transactions, sale-leaseback structures, and related\n\n transfers. Reviewed financial records and transaction documentation\n\n concerning funding flows, asset ownership, collateral, and relationships\n\n among the Debtors, financing counterparties, and affiliated entities to assist\n\n the Examiner in evaluating how the arrangements operated in practice.\n\n i. Meetings and Correspondence with the Examiner and BSF: Meet and\n\n discuss work plan, information requests, access to data and accounting\n\n systems, observations to date, and open items.\n\n j. Meetings with Third Parties and BSF: Participate in meetings with\n\n Debtors\u2019 management, creditors, lenders, investors, and other third parties\n\n along with their respective advisors. Coordinated data collection and analysis\n\n of work performed by financial advisors for the various third parties.\n\n k. Non-Working Travel: Services rendered under this task category consisted\n\n of non-working travel time incurred in connection with the Examiner\u2019s\n\n investigation, including travel to witness interviews, site visits, meetings with\n\n relevant parties, and other necessary in-person investigative activities in the\n\n United States and abroad. Given the international nature of the relevant\n\n 14\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 15 of 20\n\n\n\n operations, records, and witnesses, certain travel was unavoidable to preserve\n\n evidence, assess business locations and recordkeeping environments, and\n\n advance the examination efficiently. The travel reflected in this category was\n\n reasonable and necessary under the circumstances and was closely tied to\n\n substantive investigative work.\n\n l. Drafting Observations and Support of Examiner\u2019s Report: Analyzing and\n\n evaluating financial documentary evidence and developing the preliminary\n\n financial findings reflected in the Examiner\u2019s report. Analyzed available\n\n documents and witness accounts concerning financial reporting to lenders and\n\n auditors, the treatment of affiliated special purpose vehicles, and potential\n\n accounting irregularities. Provided summary analysis concerning funds flows,\n\n related-party transfers, financing structures, and accounting practices, and\n\n assisted with identifying unresolved financial questions and targeted\n\n investigative steps requiring additional records or analysis. This category also\n\n included editing and source citation checking for accuracy, consistency, and\n\n clarity.\n\n 35. The foregoing professional services were necessary and appropriate to the\n\nExaminer\u2019s investigation pursuant to the Work Plan. The professional services performed by\n\nGuidepost were in the best interests of the Debtors\u2019 estates. Compensation for such services is\n\ncommensurate with the complexity, importance, and nature of the issues and tasks involved. All\n\nof Guidepost\u2019s professional services were performed skillfully and efficiently.\n\n 36. The professional services performed by Guidepost during the Compensation Period\n\nrequired an aggregate expenditure of approximately 2,259 hours.\n\n\n\n 15\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 16 of 20\n\n\n\n 37. During the Compensation Period, Guidepost billed for time expended by\n\nprofessionals based on hourly rates ranging from $325 to $700 per hour. Allowance of\n\ncompensation in the amount requested results in a blended hourly billing rate of $565.17.\n\n ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSE DISBURSEMENTS\n\n 38. As set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto, Guidepost has disbursed $55,217.14 as\n\nexpenses incurred in providing professional services during the Compensation Period. These\n\nexpenses are substantially related to necessary travel-related transportation, lodging and meal\n\ncosts. The expenses were reasonable and essential to the Examiner\u2019s investigation pursuant to the\n\nWork Plan.\n\n 39. Guidepost\u2019s regular practice is not to include components of those charges in\n\noverhead when establishing billing rates and to charge its clients for these and all other out-of-\n\npocket disbursements incurred during the regular course of the rendition of services. The\n\nreimbursement amounts do not exceed those set forth in the Fee Guidelines or the Bankruptcy\n\nLocal Rules.\n\n 40. Guidepost complied with the Fee Guidelines and Bankruptcy Local Rule 2016-1.\n\n 41. The actual expenses incurred in providing professional services were those that were\n\nnecessary, reasonable, and justified under the circumstances to facilitate the Examiner\u2019s\n\ninvestigation in accordance with the Work Plan.\n\n THE REQUESTED COMPENSATION AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT\n SHOULD BE ALLOWED\n\n 42. Section 330(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that a Court may award a\n\nprofessional employed under (or, in this case, pursuant to the standards of) section 327 of the\n\nBankruptcy Code \u201creasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered\u2026[and]\n\nreimbursement for actual, necessary expenses.\u201d 11 U.S.C. \u00a7 330(a)(1)(A)\u2013(B).\n\n\n 16\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 17 of 20\n\n\n\n 43. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that lower courts should consider the\n\nsix factors found in section 330(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code when awarding compensation to\n\nprofessionals. See In re Crager, 691 F.3d 671, 676 (5th Cir. 2012). Specifically, under section 330\n\nof the Bankruptcy Code, courts \u201cshall consider the nature, the extent, and the value of such\n\nservices, taking into account all relevant factors,\u201d including:\n\n (A) the time spent on such services;\n\n (B) the rates charged for such services;\n\n (C) whether the services were necessary to the administration\n of, or beneficial at the time at which the service was\n rendered toward the completion of, a case under this title;\n\n (D) whether the services were performed within a reasonable\n amount of time commensurate with the complexity,\n importance, and nature of the problem, issue, or task\n addressed;\n\n (E) with respect to a professional person, whether the person\n is board certified or otherwise has demonstrated skill and\n experience in the bankruptcy field; and\n\n (F) whether the compensation is reasonable based on the\n customary compensation charged by comparably skilled\n practitioners in cases other than cases under this title.\n\n 44. In the instant case, Guidepost submits that the services for which they seek\n\ncompensation and the expenditures for which they seek reimbursement in this Application were\n\nnecessary for and beneficial to facilitating the important work of the Examiner and his\n\nprofessionals under the Work Plan, ultimately resulting in the Examiner Report. The compensation\n\nrequested herein is reasonable considering the nature, extent, and value of such services to the\n\nDebtors\u2019 estates.\n\n 45. The requested compensation for the foregoing services is commensurate with the\n\ncomplexity, importance, and nature of the issues and tasks involved. Not only were the\n\nprofessional services performed skillfully and efficiently, but whenever possible, they sought to\n 17\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 18 of 20\n\n\n\nminimize the cost of services by utilizing talented junior staff to handle various aspects of the work\n\ncommensurate with their skill levels.\n\n 46. Accordingly, approval of the compensation for professional services and\n\nreimbursement of expenses already paid to Guidepost pursuant to the Interim Compensation Order\n\nis warranted. While Guidepost seeks allowance of all fees and expenses incurred during the\n\nApplication Period, it does not seek, through this Application, compensation or expense\n\nreimbursement above amounts already paid to Guidepost.\n\n NOTICE\n\n 47. Notice of this Application will be served on any party entitled to notice pursuant to\n\nBankruptcy Rule 2002 and any other party entitled to notice pursuant to Bankruptcy Local Rule\n\n9013-l(d).\n\n CONCLUSION\n\n 48. Guidepost respectfully requests that the Court enter an order pursuant to section\n\n330(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Interim Compensation Order: (i) approving the fees and\n\nexpenses incurred by Guidepost during the Compensation Period; (ii) approving the compensation\n\nand expense reimbursement already paid to Guidepost pursuant to the Interim Compensation\n\nOrder; and (iii) granting such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.\n\n [Signature block on next page]\n\n\n\n\n 18\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 19 of 20\n\n\n\n\nDated: October 26, 2026\n Respectfully submitted,\n\n\n /s/ Jesse Panuccio\n BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP\n Jesse Panuccio (admitted pro hac vice)\n 401 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1200\n Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301\n (954) 356-0011\n jpanuccio@bsfllp.com\n\n BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP\n Robert D. Gordon (admitted pro hac vice)\n 55 Hudson Yards\n New York, NY 10001\n (212) 446-2300\n rgordon@bsfllp.com\n\n BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP\n Benjamin Waisbren (admitted pro hac vice)\n 1401 New York Ave, NW\n Washington, DC 20005\n (202) 237-2727\n bwaisbren@bsfllp.com\n\n -and-\n\n OKIN ADAMS BARTLETT CURRY LLP\n Matthew S. Okin\n Texas Bar No. 00784695\n Email: mokin@okinadams.com\n Ryan A. O\u2019Connor\n Texas Bar No. 24098190\n Email: roconnor@okinadams.com\n Madeline M. Schmidt\n Texas Bar No. 24130309\n Email: mschmidt@okinadams.com\n 1113 Vine Street, Suite 240\n Houston, Texas 77002\n Tel: 713.228.4100\n Fax: 346.247.7158\n\n Counsel to the Examiner\n\n\n\n\n 19\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 20 of 20\n\n\n\n\n CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n\n I hereby certify that on October 26, 2026, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Application\n\nwas served via the Court\u2019s CM/ECF system to all parties consenting to service through the same.\n\n\n By: /s/ Matthew S. Okin\n Matthew S. Okin\n\n\n\n\n 20\n\f","ocr_status":2,"date_upload":"2026-10-26T15:00:29.097190-07:00","document_number":"3994","attachment_number":null,"pacer_doc_id":"178055367128","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":1,"description":"Application for Compensation","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/498695402/","id":498695402,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/71483359/3994/1/first-brands-group-llc/","date_created":"2026-10-26T17:33:30.035949-07:00","date_modified":"2026-10-26T17:33:31.497558-07:00","sha1":"f94f442b495f4a922a55e55cfa55ceb8ec496edb","page_count":5,"file_size":105433,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.487046/gov.uscourts.txsb.487046.3994.1.pdf","filepath_ia":"","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":" Case 25-90399 Document 3994-1 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 1 of 5\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT A\n\nCERTIFICATION OF SANTIAGO BATISTA REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH FEE\n GUIDELINES\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994-1 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 2 of 5\n\n\n\n\n IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT\n FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS\n HOUSTON DIVISION\n\n :\nIn re: : Chapter 11\n :\nFIRST BRANDS GROUP, LLC et al., : Case No. 25-90399 (CML)\n :\n Debtors. : (Jointly Administered)\n :\n\n\n CERTIFICATION OF SANTIAGO BATISTA IN SUPPORT OF\n FIRST AND FINAL FEE APPLICATION OF GUIDEPOST\n SOLUTIONS, LLC, AS FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT TO THE\n EXAMINER, MARTIN DE LUCA, FOR THE PERIOD FROM\n JANUARY 5, 2025 THROUGH AND INCLUDING MAY 31, 2026\n\nI, Santiago Batista, hereby certify as follows:\n\n 1. I am a Senior Managing Director with Guidepost Solutions, LLC (\u201cGuidepost\u201d),\n\nforensic investigator to the Examiner appointed in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases (the\n\n\u201cExaminer\u201d). I am authorized to submit this certification on behalf of Guidepost.\n\n 2. This Certification is provided pursuant to:\n\n (a) the Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and\n\nReimbursement of Expenses filed Under 11 U.S.C. \u00a7 330, promulgated by the Office of the United\n\nStates Trustee (the \u201cU.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines\u201d); and\n\n (b) the procedures and requirements applicable in the United States Bankruptcy\n\n Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (the \u201cCourt\u201d), including the Local\n\n Bankruptcy Rules, where applicable (collectively, the \u201cLocal Rules and Procedures\u201d).\n\n 3. I have reviewed the First and Final Fee Application of Guidepost, for the Period from\n\nJanuary 5, 2026 through and including May 31, 2026 (the \u201cApplication\u201d) filed by or on behalf of\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994-1 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 3 of 5\n\n\n\nGuidepost for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for that period (the\n\n\u201cApplication Period\u201d).\n\n 4. In connection with the preparation of the Application, I have exercised reasonable\n\ndiligence to ensure that the Application complies, in all material respects, with the U.S. Trustee Fee\n\nGuidelines and the Local Rules and Procedures, including, to the extent applicable, the\n\nrequirements of the Local Rules and Procedures governing professional fee applications in\n\ncomplex chapter 11 cases.\n\n 5. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the best of my knowledge, information, and\n\nbelief, formed after reasonable inquiry:\n\n Timekeeping and Billing Judgment\n\n 6. The time entries included in the Application are contemporaneously recorded and\n\ndescribe the services provided with sufficient detail to permit meaningful review, consistent with\n\nthe U.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines.\n\n 7. The services for which compensation is sought were actually rendered and were\n\nreasonable, necessary, and beneficial at the time they were performed.\n\n 8. Guidepost exercised appropriate billing judgment, including the exclusion or reduction\n\nof excessive, duplicative, or non-compensable time.\n\n Staffing and Efficiency\n\n 9. The Application reflects staffing decisions made with due regard for efficiency, cost-\n\neffectiveness, and the nature of the tasks performed, consistent with expectations under the Local\n\nRules and Procedures.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994-1 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 4 of 5\n\n\n\n 10. Work was delegated to appropriate levels of professionals, and efforts were made to\n\navoid unnecessary duplication of services.\n\n Compliance with Categories and Task Descriptions\n\n 11. Time entries have been categorized in accordance with the U.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines,\n\nincluding the use of project categories where applicable.\n\n 12. Descriptions of services rendered comply with the requirements for clarity and\n\nspecificity set forth in the U.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines and applicable Local Rules and Procedures.\n\n Expenses\n\n 13. The expenses requested for reimbursement are actual and necessary expenses incurred\n\nin connection with the representation of the Examiner and are consistent with the U.S. Trustee Fee\n\nGuidelines and Local Rules and Procedures.\n\n 14. Such expenses are appropriately documented, reasonable in amount, and not of a type\n\nthat is ordinarily considered overhead.\n\n Rates\n\n 15. The hourly rates charged by Guidepost professionals and subcontractors are consistent\n\nwith those customarily charged by Guidepost for comparably skilled practitioners in non-\n\nbankruptcy matters and are reasonable under the circumstances.\n\n No Billing of Non-Compensable Activities\n\n 16. The Application does not seek compensation for services that are clerical in nature or\n\notherwise non-compensable under applicable law, the U.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines, or applicable\n\nLocal Rules and Procedures.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994-1 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 5 of 5\n\n\n\n Fee Sharing\n\n 17. No agreement or understanding exists for the sharing of compensation with any other\n\nentity, except as disclosed in accordance with section 504 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n Compliance\n\n 18. I further certify that the Application complies with all applicable requirements of the\n\nCourt\u2019s Local Rules and Procedures, including those applicable to complex chapter 11 cases.\n\n 19. This Certification is intended to satisfy any certification requirement imposed by the\n\nU.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines and the Local Rules and Procedures, including those applicable to\n\ncomplex chapter 11 cases in this Court, and to assist the Court and parties in interest in their review\n\nof the Application.\n\nI declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge,\n\ninformation, and belief.\n\nDate: October 26, 2026\nNew York, New York\n\n\n /s/ Santiago Batista\nSantiago Batista\nSenior Managing Director\nGuidepost Solutions, LLC\n260 Madison Avenue\nNew York, NY 10016-2401\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-10-26T17:33:31.386386-07:00","document_number":"3994","attachment_number":1,"pacer_doc_id":"178055367129","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":false,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 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Paul Consultant 152.60 $ 400.00 \u00a7 61,040.00\nPillmger Tan Director 475 $ 600.00 $ 2,850.00\nRavelo Johana Senior Director 51.25 $ 400.00 $ 20,500.00\nGaebel Katenma Director 198.75 \u00a7$ 650.00 $ 129,187.50\nHoyos Osnaya Luis Senior Analyst 53.75 $ 400.00 $ 21,500.00\nKilzy Megan Managing Director 34.75 $ 650.00 $ 22,587.50\nMerchan Nathaly Analyst 4.50 $ 300.00 $ 1,350.00\nValls Ramon Manaping Director 250.10 $ 650.00 \u00a7 162,565.00\nReimhard Jackie Consultant 211.60 $ 650.00 $ 137,540.00\nUbaldmi Salvatore Manaping Director 0.50 $ 550.00 $ 275.00\nBatista Santiago Semor Managing Director 240.75 $ 700.00 $ 168,525.00\nJasarevic Selma Analyst 14.50 $ 400.00 \u00a7$ 5,800.00\nSpivak Gennady Consultant 0.30 $ 650.00 $ 195.00\nMurphy Steven Manaping Director 1.50 $3 650.00 $ 975.00\nAimmennan Todd Semor Managing Director 12.00 3 700.00 $ 8,400.00\nViswanathan Poya Consultant 40.10 3 400.00 \u00a7$ 16,040.00\nWepner Darryl Consultant 191.30 $ 650.00 $ 124,345.00\ndaSilva Elisabeth Consultant 307.10 $ 650.00 $ 199,615.00\nTRAVEL TIME\n\nBrodeur Paul Consultant 10.00 $ 200.00 $ 2,000.00\nHoyes Osnaya Luis Senior Analyst 11.25 $ 200.00 $ 2,250.00\nValls Ramon Manaping Director 30.70 $ 325.00 $ 9,977.50\nBatista Santiago Senior Manaping Director 55.75 $ 350.00 \u00a7 19,512.50\nSpivak Gennady Consultant 145.60 $ 550.00 $ 80,080.00\nAimmenan Todd Senior Manapinp Director 10.00 $ 325.00 $ 3,250.00\nWegner Darryl Consultant 72.60 $ 325.00 $ 23,595.00\ndaSilva Elisabeth Consultant 4000 \u00a7$ 32500 \u00a7 13,000.00\nTOTAL 2,259.00 $ 1,276,730.00\n\nHourly rates are shown as implied hourly rates for travel time hecause they are billed at half the standard hourly rate.\n","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-10-26T17:33:32.725636-07:00","document_number":"3994","attachment_number":2,"pacer_doc_id":"178055367130","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":false,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 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through May 31, 2026\n\nPage 1 of 1\n\nExpense Type Total\nAirfare $26,833.45\nLodging $20,538.81\nMeals $1,621.20\nTransportation $5,906.68\nVisa $317.00\nTOTAL $55,217.14\n\n","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-10-26T17:33:35.171855-07:00","document_number":"3994","attachment_number":4,"pacer_doc_id":"178055367132","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":false,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit D","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/498695406/","id":498695406,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/71483359/3994/5/first-brands-group-llc/","date_created":"2026-10-26T17:33:30.090272-07:00","date_modified":"2026-10-26T17:33:36.543784-07:00","sha1":"20c5d1939ca648729da5d1c682242b896def6c92","page_count":2,"file_size":49190,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.487046/gov.uscourts.txsb.487046.3994.5.pdf","filepath_ia":"","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":" Case 25-90399 Document 3994-5 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 1 of 2\n\n\n\n\n IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT\n FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS\n HOUSTON DIVISION\n\n\n :\nIn re: : Chapter 11\n :\nFIRST BRANDS GROUP, LLC et al., : Case No. 25-90399 (CML)\n :\n Debtors. : (Jointly Administered)\n\n\n ORDER GRANTING FIRST AND FINAL FEE\n APPLICATION OF GUIDEPOST SOLUTIONS, LLC, FORENSIC\n ACCOUNTANT FOR THE EXAMINER, FOR THE PERIOD FROM\n JANUARY 5, 2026 THROUGH AND INCLUDING MAY 31, 2026\n (Relates to Docket No. )\n\n Upon the Application (Docket No. ) (the \u201cApplication\u201d) of Guidepost Solutions, LLC,\n\nforensic accountant to the examiner Martin De Luca (the \u201cExaminer\u201d) and Boies Schiller Flexner\n\nLLP, as attorneys to the Examiner (\u201cBSF\u201d) pursuant to section 330(a) of title 11 of the United States\n\nCode (the \u201cBankruptcy Code\u201d) for entry of an order granting final approval of fees and expenses\n\nincurred and final allowance of compensation and expense reimbursement received, and for related\n\nrelief, in connection with services rendered during the Compensation Period;5 the Court having\n\njurisdiction to consider the Application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 157 and 1334; venue of the above-\n\ncaptioned Chapter 11 Cases being proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 1408 and 1409; this matter\n\nbeing a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 157(b); and the Court having found and\n\ndetermined that legal and factual bases set forth in the Application establish just cause for the relief\n\ngranted herein; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:\n\n 1. The Application is GRANTED as set forth herein.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3994-5 Filed in TXSB on 10/26/26 Page 2 of 2\n\n\n\n 2. The fees and expenses incurred by Guidepost during the Compensation Period, totaling\n\n$1,276,730 in fees and $55,217.14 in expenses, are approved. Guidepost is awarded final allowance\n\nof compensation for professional services rendered during the Compensation Period in the amount\n\nof $1,276,730 and reimbursement of expenses in the amount of $55,217.14 (representing\n\n100% of actual and necessary expenses incurred).\n\n 3. All compensation and expense reimbursement paid to Guidepost to date pursuant to the\n\nInterim Compensation Order is approved.\n\n 4. The Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to\n\nthe implementation of this Order.\n\n\n\n\nDated: , 2026 Christopher M. 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(Jointly Administered)\n\n\n\n\n ONSET FINANCIAL, INC.\u2019S OBJECTION TO PROPOSED STIPULATION\n AND AGREED ORDER (I) MODIFYING THE AUTOMATIC STAY TO\n PERMIT THE DIP AGENT TO SWEEP AND APPLY CASH COLLATERAL\n OF THE FBG CONVERTING DEBTORS AND (II) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF\n\n [Related Docket No. 3952]\n\n\n\n\n1\n A complete list of the Debtors in these chapter 7 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\n noticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands. The Debtors\u2019 service address for these chapter 7\n cases is Eva Engelhart, Chapter 7 Trustee c/o Porter Hedges LLP, Joshua W. Wolfshohl, 1000 Main St., 36th\n Floor, Houston, Texas 77002.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 2 of 13\n\n\n\n\n Onset Financial, Inc. (\u201cOnset\u201d), by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby submits\n\nthis objection (the \u201cObjection\u201d) to the proposed Stipulation and Agreed Order (I) Modifying the\n\nAutomatic Stay to Permit the DIP Agent to Sweep and Apply Cash Collateral of the FBG\n\nConverting Debtors and (II) Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 3952] (the \u201cProposed\n\nStipulation\u201d) between the Ad Hoc Group 2, Eva S. Engelhart, as chapter 7 trustee of the FBG\n\nDebtors (the \u201cFBG Trustee\u201d), and the DIP Agent (collectively, the \u201cStipulating Parties\u201d). In\n\nsupport of this Objection, Onset respectfully states as follows:\n\n PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 3\n\n 1. The Proposed Stipulation asks the Court to lift the automatic stay to permit the DIP\n\nAgent to sweep remaining cash held by the FBG Estates. The Stipulating Parties seek this relief\n\non an emergency basis without identifying which funds in which accounts will be swept,\n\npreventing parties in interest to evaluate whether they include non-FBG Estate assets. And they\n\nask the Court to enter the Proposed Stipulation on shortened notice, just one day before an election\n\nmay be held with respect to the interim FBG Trustee. Notice of Reset of Meeting of Creditors\n\n(Sept. 29, 2026).\n\n 2. Neither the FBG Trustee nor the Ad Hoc Group have provided any evidence\n\nsupporting the FBG Trustee\u2019s business judgment to enter into the Proposed Stipulation. A primary\n\nreason offered by the interim FBG Trustee is a recital that she signed \u201cin light of\u201d a broader, not-\n\nyet-finalized but apparently forthcoming settlement and financing arrangement with the Ad Hoc\n\nGroup that is not before the Court. Nothing of this settlement has been disclosed, and the Court\n\n\n\n\n2\n Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Proposed\n Stipulation or the Final DIP Order, as applicable.\n3\n Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Preliminary Statement have the meanings ascribed to\n such terms below.\n\n\n\n 1\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 3 of 13\n\n\n\n\nhas approved no such financing arrangement\u2014and, in fact, already disapproved of another\n\nproposed financing. In essence, the interim FBG Trustee proposes to turn over nearly all of the\n\nFBG Estates\u2019 cash to the DIP Agent, rendering her (or her successor permanent trustee) entirely\n\nreliant on the Ad Hoc Group\u2019s possible re-lending of these proceeds back to the estates.\n\n 3. Moreover, the interim FBG Trustee has not disclosed what investigation, if any,\n\nshe has conducted in the seven weeks since her appointment in these highly complex cases. She\n\nhas said nothing of the apparently forthcoming settlement or financing terms that she apparently\n\nconsidered in agreeing to this relief. She has not said whether she has considered any alternatives\n\nor the impact that giving up this cash would have on her future negotiations with the Ad Hoc\n\nGroup. And she has not indicated why this Proposed Stipulation must be agreed on the eve of the\n\nelection of a permanent trustee.\n\n 4. Accordingly, the Court decline to approve the Proposed Stipulation, or at least defer\n\nruling on it until (1) it is clarified which accounts are being swept and which are not, (2) the broader\n\nsettlement with the Ad Hoc Group and proposed financing terms are disclosed, so the Court can\n\njudge the interim FBG Trustee\u2019s business judgment as a whole, and (3) a permanent trustee is\n\nappointed.\n\n RELEVANT BACKGROUND\n\n 5. Onset is a creditor of the FBG Debtors and certain SPV Debtors on account of pre-\n\nand post-petition transactions and orders of this Court. See Onset Financial, Inc.\u2019s Answer and\n\nCounterclaim, Cross-Claim, and Third-Party Complaint, First Brands Group, LLC, et al. v. Onset\n\nFinancial, Inc., et al., No. 4:26-ap-03005 (CML) (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Feb. 19, 2026) [Adv. Pro.\n\nDocket No. 16].\n\n\n\n\n 2\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 4 of 13\n\n\n\n\n 6. In November 2025, the Court entered the Onset AP Order 4, directing the Debtors\n\nto establish several segregated accounts to hold cash subject to Onset\u2019s asserted interests. See\n\nOnset AP Order \u00b6\u00b6 4(A), 4(C), 5(B). The Wind Down Order 5 directed the creation of the SPV-\n\nDIP Wind Down Accounts and the SPV-ABL Wind Down Accounts (each as defined in the Wind\n\nDown Order), two additional segregated accounts (together with the accounts established under\n\nthe Onset AP Order, the \u201cOnset Accounts\u201d) to hold sale proceeds subject to competing interests,\n\nincluding Onset\u2019s. Wind Down Order \u00b6\u00b6 37\u201338. The proceeds in the Onset Accounts may not be\n\ndistributed absent agreement among the parties or further order of the Court. Id.; see also Onset\n\nAP Order \u00b6\u00b6 4(A), 4(C), 5(B).\n\n 7. Following the entry of the Wind Down Order, the FBG Debtors pursued\n\nconfirmation of a chapter 11 plan (the \u201cFBG Plan\u201d). The FBG Plan purported to, among other\n\nthings, transfer avoidance actions and other property (including property of the SPV Debtors) to a\n\nlitigation trust for the benefit of the FBG Debtors\u2019 creditors\u2014primarily, the DIP Secured Parties,\n\nwho do not have a lien on such property. See Final DIP Order \u00b6 8(a). On August 24, 2026, the\n\nCourt denied confirmation of the FBG Plan. See Aug. 24, 2026 Hr\u2019g Tr. [Docket No. 3727] (the\n\n\u201cOral Ruling\u201d). The Oral Ruling identified the SPV Debtors as \u201cseparate Debtors in these jointly\n\nadministered cases\u201d and emphasized that \u201c[t]he FBG and SPV distinction is an important one.\u201d Id.\n\nat 9:16\u201324. The Court found that the FBG Plan would have \u201caffect[ed] SPV related assets without\n\nan express agreement with the SPV Debtors,\u201d (id. at 27:23\u201328:1) and rejected this result, finding\n\n\n\n\n4\n \u201cOnset AP Order\u201d means the Stipulation and Agreed Order Regarding Adequate Protection Among Debtors and\n Onset Financial, Inc. [Docket No. 732].\n5\n \u201cWind Down Order\u201d means the Order Pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (I) Approving and\n Authorizing the Debtors to Enter Into and Perform Under the Consulting Agreement; (II) Authorizing the Sale of\n Wind Down Assets Free and Clear of All Liens, Claims, and Encumbrances; and (III) Granting Related Relief\n [Docket No. 2454].\n\n\n\n 3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 5 of 13\n\n\n\n\nthat \u201cthe FBG Debtors can\u2019t sell what they don\u2019t own, and what is the SPV Debtors\u2019 property of\n\nthe estate.\u201d Id. at 32:23\u201324. The Court entered the Conversion Order 6 on September 1, 2026.\n\n 8. Also on September 1, 2026, the U.S. Trustee appointed Eva Engelhart as interim\n\nFBG Trustee and Ronald J. Sommers as interim chapter 7 trustee for the SPV Debtors. See, e.g.,\n\nNotice of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case [Docket No. 3753]; Notice of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case,\n\nNo. 25-90385 (CML) (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Sept. 2, 2026) [Docket No. 5]. Catherine Curtis (the\n\n\u201cCarnaby Trustee\u201d) was subsequently appointed as interim chapter 7 trustee for Eagle Casting\n\nHoldings, LLC, Carnaby Inventory Holdings IV, LLC, Carnaby Inventory IV, LLC, Carnaby FA\n\nHoldings, LLC, Carnaby FA, LLC, and Carnaby Capital, LLC. See, e.g., Notice of Chapter 7\n\nBankruptcy Case, No. 25-90464 (CML) (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Sept. 17, 2026) [Docket No. 22]. The\n\nSection 341 meeting of creditors for the FBG Debtors (the \u201cSection 341 Meeting\u201d) is scheduled\n\nfor October 27, 2026. Notice of Reset of Meeting of Creditors (Sept. 29, 2026).\n\n 9. On October 19, 2026, counsel to the Ad Hoc Group filed the Proposed Stipulation\n\nwith a request that the Court enter it five business days later, on October 26, 2026\u2014one day before\n\nthe Section 341 Meeting. No motion, declaration, or other evidence was filed with the Proposed\n\nStipulation and no justification for exigent circumstances warranting emergency consideration\n\nhave been identified.\n\n OBJECTION\n\nI. The Proposed Cash Sweep Risks Affecting Property That Is Not Cash Collateral\n\n 10. The DIP Secured Parties bear the burden of establishing that the cash they seek to\n\nsweep is DIP Collateral, but the property has not been identified with requisite specificity to meet\n\n\n\n6\n \u201cConversion Order\u201d means the Order (I) Converting Chapter 11 Cases to Cases Under Chapter 7, (II)\n Establishing Deadline for Filing Final Chapter 11 Fee Applications and Setting a Hearing Thereon, and (III)\n Granting Related Relief [Docket No. 3748].\n\n\n\n 4\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 6 of 13\n\n\n\n\nthat burden. See In re Box, 324 B.R. 290, 292\u201396 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2005) (denying stay relief\n\nrequested for lack of adequate protection where creditor failed to establish valid security interest\n\nin specific property at issue); In re Playa Dev. Corp., 68 B.R. 549, 553 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 1986)\n\n(movant seeking relief from the automatic stay bears the burden of establishing the validity of its\n\nsecurity interest in the collateral at issue).\n\n 11. The Proposed Stipulation fails to identify the accounts to be swept, state their\n\nbalances or their source of funding, or identify which Debtor owns each account. Instead, the DIP\n\nAgent will sweep \u201cwhat remains of that cash\u201d\u2014which previously counted towards the Debtors\u2019\n\nminimum liquidity covenant under the Pre-Conversion DIP Credit Agreement\u2014and which \u201cis held\n\nin certain of the FBG Debtors\u2019 deposit and concentration accounts.\u201d Proposed Stipulation Recitals\n\n(definition of \u201cRemaining DIP Collateral\u201d). Cash that may not be swept is called \u201cExcluded\n\nProperty.\u201d But that definition is vague, and Onset cannot determine whether any of the Onset\n\nAccounts are treated as \u201cExcluded Property.\u201d Proposed Stipulation \u00b6 8. Any stakeholder with an\n\nunresolved dispute over assets of the FBG Estates will face the same issue. 7\n\n 12. The Proposed Stipulation also does not adequately address future litigation\n\nproceeds. At plan confirmation, the Court rejected the FBG Plan transaction that sought to allocate\n\nall estates\u2019 future litigation proceeds (including the SPV Debtors\u2019) to the DIP Secured Parties and\n\nthe Court should do so once more as such proceeds may very well include those belonging to other\n\nDebtors\u2019 estates. See Oral Ruling at 27:23\u201428:1, 32:23\u201424. Similarly here, the automatic stay\n\nshould remain in place with respect to future litigation proceeds until the allocation thereof has\n\nbeen resolved by a final, non-appealable order of the Court.\n\n\n\n7\n See, e.g., Evolution and Ronald J. Sommers\u2019 (I) Objection to the Proposed Stipulation and Order to Permit the\n DIP Agent to Sweep and Apply Cash Collateral of the FBG Converting Debtors; and (II) Reservation of Rights\n \u00b6\u00b6 3\u20136 [Docket No. 3988] (the \u201cEvolution Objection\u201d).\n\n\n 5\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 7 of 13\n\n\n\n\nII. The Record Does Not Demonstrate that the FBG Trustee Has Properly Exercised\n Her Business Judgment\n\n 13. The Proposed Stipulation characterizes the cash sweep as just one component of a\n\nlarger settlement representing an exercise of the FBG Trustee\u2019s business judgment. Proposed\n\nStipulation, Recitals (providing that the FBG Trustee consents to the cash sweep \u201cin light of,\u201d\n\namong other things, \u201cthe Parties\u2019 broader forthcoming settlement, including chapter 7 financing to\n\nbe provided by certain members of the Ad Hoc Group\u201d).\n\n 14. When the FBG Debtors last presented a settlement with the DIP Secured Parties,\n\nthe Court evaluated it as a whole and rejected it on the basis that it would have impermissibly\n\ntransferred SPV Debtors\u2019 estate property to a litigation trust for the benefit of the DIP Secured\n\nParties, to the detriment of other stakeholders, including the SPV Debtors and their creditors. See\n\nOral Ruling at 8:21\u201325, 29:19\u201330:12.\n\n 15. Onset is concerned that the forthcoming proposed settlement will contain the same\n\n(or new) infirmities that could be weaponized against the SPV Debtors. While next to nothing is\n\ncurrently known, what is before the Court is not comforting: the FBG Estates will be stripped of\n\ncash, and therefore leverage, in financing negotiations with the Ad Hoc Group or any other party.\n\nThe FBG Estates and parties in interest will be bound by stipulations validating the DIP\n\nObligations, including $3.3 billion of Roll-Up Obligations based on prepetition transactions that\n\nthe chapter 7 trustees have had less than two months to investigate. Proposed Stipulation \u00b6 2. Other\n\nparties in interest that would also be bound by these unnecessary stipulations have raised similar\n\nconcerns. See, e.g., Evolution Objection \u00b6\u00b6 7\u20138 (arguing that paragraph 2 of the Proposed\n\nStipulation would operate as an impermissible non-consensual third-party release of the DIP\n\nAgent, the Ad Hoc Group, and the DIP Secured Parties). Onset questions exactly what benefits the\n\ninterim FBG Trustee sees in this arrangement.\n\n\n\n 6\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 8 of 13\n\n\n\n\n 16. A chapter 7 trustee owes fiduciary duties to a debtor\u2019s estate and all of its creditors,\n\nnot to any single creditor group. See In re Troy Dodson Constr. Co., 993 F.2d 1211, 1216 (5th Cir.\n\n1993). If the interim FBG Trustee believes that this relief is in the best interests of all creditors,\n\nthen she should explain the basis for her business judgment, including what the FBG Estates are\n\nreceiving in return, her consideration of any alternatives, and the impact that the Proposed\n\nStipulation would have on her (or her successor\u2019s) leverage in future negotiations with the Ad Hoc\n\nGroup. She has not done so.\n\nIII. The Proposed Stipulation is Procedurally Infirm\n\n A. The Final DIP Order Requires a Motion and Hearing to Authorize a Cash\n Sweep\n\n 17. The Proposed Stipulation invokes paragraph 12(f) of the Final DIP Order to justify\n\nemergency relief, but the Proposed Stipulation does not comply with it. That provision requires\n\nthat \u201cthe DIP Secured Parties shall . . . file a motion with the Court seeking emergency relief\u201d for\n\n\u201ca further order of the Court modifying the automatic stay\u201d to take certain actions, including\n\nforeclosing on the DIP Collateral. Final DIP Order \u00b6 12(f).\n\n 18. The Proposed Stipulation is no substitute for a motion, adequate notice, and the\n\nevidentiary showing of cause required to lift the automatic stay. A trustee\u2019s agreement does not\n\nrelieve the movant of its burden as to parties who have not agreed, and the interim FBG Trustee\n\nshould be required to demonstrate her business judgment in agreeing to the Proposed Stipulation.\n\nSee In re Roqumore, 393 B.R. 474, 479\u201380, 484 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2008) (denying approval of the\n\ntrustee\u2019s unopposed settlement for inadequate evidentiary support; the court may not \u201csimply\n\naccept the trustee\u2019s word that the settlement is reasonable, nor may he merely \u2018rubber-stamp\u2019 the\n\ntrustee\u2019s proposal\u201d).\n\n\n\n\n 7\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 9 of 13\n\n\n\n\n B. The Court Should Not Approve the Proposed Stipulation on an Emergency\n Basis\n\n 19. The urgency with which this relief is sought is particularly concerning given the\n\nFBG Trustee\u2019s interim status and that it appears to be part of a broader undisclosed settlement.\n\n 20. Under section 702 of the Bankruptcy Code, creditors may elect to replace the\n\ninterim FBG Trustee at the Section 341 Meeting. Thus, the interim FBG Trustee could potentially\n\nbe replaced one day after the Proposed Stipulation is entered. If this occurs, any permanent\n\nchapter 7 trustee will be deprived of a say in relief that may critically shape the future of these\n\ncases. Accordingly, the Court should defer any ruling until a permanent trustee is selected, and\n\nthat individual has a chance to weigh in on the Proposed Stipulation.\n\n 21. Further, as noted above, this rushed Proposed Stipulation is presented as one piece\n\nof a larger settlement and financing proposal with the Ad Hoc Group. The Court should consider\n\nit alongside the larger settlement and should not strip the FBG Estates of their cash before\n\nevaluating the larger settlement, including the Ad Hoc Group\u2019s financing proposal.\n\n RESERVATION OF RIGHTS\n\n 22. This Objection is submitted without prejudice to, and with a full reservation of,\n\nOnset\u2019s rights, claims, defenses, and remedies, including its rights to supplement or amend this\n\nObjection, to seek discovery, to present evidence and examine witnesses at any hearing on the\n\nProposed Stipulation, and to object to any revised stipulation, motion, or proposed order. Nothing\n\nherein constitutes a consent to the use, sweep, or application of any cash or property in which\n\nOnset asserts an interest, or a waiver of any right, all of which are expressly reserved.\n\n CONCLUSION\n\n 23. Onset respectfully requests that the Court decline to enter the Proposed Stipulation\n\nor at least defer ruling on it until (1) it is clarified which accounts and the amounts from such\n\n\n\n 8\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 10 of 13\n\n\n\n\naccounts that are being swept and which are not, (2) the broader settlement with the Ad Hoc Group\n\nand proposed financing terms are disclosed, and (3) a permanent trustee is appointed.\n\n [Remainder of page intentionally left blank]\n\n\n\n\n 9\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 11 of 13\n\n\n\n\nDated: October 25, 2026 MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR, PC\n Houston, Texas\n /s/ Deborah M. Perry\n Deborah M. Perry\n Texas Bar No. 24002755\n 500 N. Akard Street, Suite 4000\n Dallas, Texas 75201-6659\n Telephone: (214) 855-7500\n Facsimile: (214) 855-7584\n Email: dperry@munsch.com\n\n -and-\n\n MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP\n James Newton (admitted pro hac vice)\n Ben Butterfield (admitted pro hac vice)\n Bryan Kotliar (admitted pro hac vice)\n 250 West 55th Street\n New York, NY 10019\n Email: ccohen@mofo.com\n Email: jnewton@mofo.com\n Email: bbutterfield@mofo.com\n Email: bkotliar@mofo.com\n\n -and-\n\n MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP\n Anthony S. Fiotto (admitted pro hac vice)\n Julia C. Koch (admitted pro hac vice)\n 200 Clarendon Street\n Boston, MA 02116\n Email: afiotto@mofo.com\n Email: jkoch@mofo.com\n\n -and-\n\n MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP\n Brian R. Michael (admitted pro hac vice)\n 707 Wilshire Boulevard\n Los Angeles, CA 90017-3543\n Email: bmichael@mofo.com\n\n -and-\n\n MILBANK LLP\n Dennis F. Dunne (admitted pro hac vice)\n\fCase 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 12 of 13\n\n\n\n\n Lisa Laukitis (admitted pro hac vice)\n Jason Kestecher (admitted pro hac vice)\n 55 Hudson Yards\n New York, NY 10001\n Telephone: (212) 530-5858\n Facsimile: (212) 530-5219\n Email: ddunne@milbank.com\n Email: llaukitis@milbank.com\n Email: jkestecher@milbank.com\n\n -and-\n\n MILBANK LLP\n Andrew M. Leblanc (admitted pro hac vice)\n Erin E. Dexter (admitted pro hac vice)\n 1101 New York Avenue NW,\n Washington, DC 20005\n Telephone: (202) 835-7500\n Facsimile: (202) 263-7586\n Email: aleblanc@milbank.com\n Email: edexter@milbank.com\n\n Attorneys for Onset Financial, Inc.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3989 Filed in TXSB on 10/25/26 Page 13 of 13\n\n\n\n\n CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n\n I certify that a copy of the foregoing was filed on this 25th day of October 2026, with the\nClerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will then send a notification of such filing to\nall counsel of record.\n\n /s/ Deborah M. Perry\n Deborah M. 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SOMMERS\u2019\n (I) OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED STIPULATION AND ORDER\n TO PERMIT THE DIP AGENT TO SWEEP AND APPLY CASH COLLATERAL\n OF THE FBG CONVERTING DEBTORS; AND (II) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS\n\n (Relates to Docket No. 3953)\n\n Evolution Credit Opportunity Master Fund II-B, LP, Evolution Credit Partners Trade\n\nFinance Master L.P., and Evolution Credit Opportunity Master Fund III-B, LP (collectively, and\n\ntogether with their successors and assigns, \u201cEvolution\u201d) and Ronald J. Sommers, the Chapter 7\n\nTrustee (the \u201cTrustee\u201d) for the bankruptcy estates of Patterson Inventory Holdings, LLC, Patterson\n\nInventory, LLC, Starlight Inventory Holdings I, LLC, and Starlight Inventory I, LLC (collectively,\n\nthe \u201cEvolution SPV Debtors\u201d) hereby submit this objection (the \u201cObjection\u201d) to the proposed\n\nStipulation and Agreed Order (I) Modifying the Automatic Stay to Permit the DIP Agent to Sweep\n\nand Apply Cash Collateral of the FBG Converting Debtors and (II) Granting Related Relief\n\n[Docket No. 3953] (the \u201cProposed Stipulation\u201d), and also file this notice and reservation of rights\n\n(the \u201cReservation of Rights\u201d). In support of this Objection and Reservation of Rights, Evolution\n\nand the Trustee respectfully state as follows:\n\n\n\n1\n A complete list of the Debtors in these chapter 7 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\nnoticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands. The Debtors\u2019 service address for these chapter 7 cases\nis Eva Engelhart, Chapter 7 Trustee c/o Porter Hedges LLP, Joshua W. Wolfshohl, 1000 Main St., 36th Floor, Houston,\nTexas 77002.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3988 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 2 of 7\n\n\n\n\n OBJECTION AND RESERVATION OF RIGHTS\n\n 1. Evolution and the Trustee object to the Proposed Stipulation to preserve their rights\n\nin the disputed $21.2 million in post-petition accounts receivable proceeds, which the Trustee\n\ncontends belong to the Evolution SPV Debtors\u2019 estates and which Evolution claims as its cash\n\ncollateral.\n\n 2. The Proposed Stipulation would modify the automatic stay to permit the DIP Agent\n\nto \u201csweep, collect, set off against, take possession and control of, and apply all Remaining DIP\n\nCash Collateral to the DIP Obligations.\u201d Proposed Stipulation \u00b6 5(a).2 It carves out of the sweep\n\nonly \u201cfunds held in a segregated account that may not be disbursed absent a further order of the\n\nBankruptcy Court or consensual agreement of the parties.\u201d Id. \u00b6 8.\n\n 3. As written, the carve-out does not appear to reach the approximately $21.2 million\n\nof disputed funds at issue in the Evolution Motion. In her October 12, 2026 objection to the\n\nEvolution Motion, the FBG Trustee reported that the segregated accounts hold approximately $1.9\n\nmillion and asserted that \u201call remaining estate unrestricted cash held by the estates is DIP\n\nCollateral.\u201d Docket No. 3879 \u00b6\u00b6 27, 29. On September 28, 2026, counsel for the FBG Trustee\n\ntold the Court that the estates held \u201cabout $24.8 million\u201d in \u201cunrestricted funds.\u201d Sept. 28, 2026\n\nHr\u2019g Tr. at 8:22\u201323 [Docket No. 3935-55].3 Thus, the Proposed Stipulation appears to allow the\n\nDIP Agent to sweep the very cash from which Evolution and the Trustee ask the Court to fund a\n\n$21.2 million deposit into the Court\u2019s registry.4\n\n\n\n2\n Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Proposed Stipulation.\n3\n The Proposed Stipulation states that, \u201c[a]s of October 15, 2026, the amount of Remaining DIP Cash Collateral was\napproximately $23.93 million.\u201d Proposed Stipulation at 3 n.16.\n4\n Although the Proposed Stipulation states that, \u201c[f]or the avoidance of doubt, should the Bankruptcy Court deny the\nrelief requested by the Evolution Motion, only the funds in the Segregated Accounts \u2026 and hereafter received in the\nBPI Collection Accounts \u2026 that are attributable to postpetition sales from the Distribution Centers \u2026 shall remain\nsegregated pending further order of the Bankruptcy Court in the Inventory Adversary,\u201d Proposed Stipulation \u00b6 8, it\n\n\n 2\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3988 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 3 of 7\n\n\n\n\n 4. Evolution and the Trustee have sought to preserve these proceeds of sales of\n\nEvolution\u2019s collateral, and the Evolution Motion remains pending.5 In its October 12, 2026\n\nobjection to the Evolution Motion, the Ad Hoc Group announced that the DIP Lenders would\n\n\u201cseek relief from the automatic stay \u2026 to obtain possession of their cash collateral\u201d because the\n\nAd Hoc Group \u201ccannot risk continued attempts by purported creditors to seize the DIP Secured\n\nParties\u2019 property.\u201d Docket No. 3880 \u00b6 3. A week later, the FBG Trustee, the Ad Hoc Group, and\n\nthe DIP Agent filed the Proposed Stipulation. The DIP Lenders cannot simply sweep the funds\n\nwhile proceeds of inventory sales are disputed; this is precisely why Evolution and the Trustee\n\nhave requested that such disputed proceeds be deposited into the Court\u2019s registry.\n\n 5. At the Court\u2019s September 28, 2026 status conference, counsel for the FBG Trustee\n\nstated that the FBG Trustee is \u201cprepared to not let the estate\u2019s cash balance go below\u201d\n\napproximately $21.2 million \u201cin the interim.\u201d Sept. 28, 2026 Hr\u2019g Tr. at 8:17\u201319 [Docket No.\n\n3935-55]. Counsel for the FBG Trustee also made the same commitment in emails dated\n\nSeptember 18, 2026, and October 15, 2026. Following the Court\u2019s October 21, 2026 hearing,\n\ncounsel for the FBG Trustee and the DIP Agent further confirmed to counsel for Evolution and\n\nthe Trustee that the DIP Agent will not sweep the approximately $21.2 million of disputed funds\n\nthat are the subject of the Evolution Motion while the motion remains pending.\n\n 6. Despite these representations, the Proposed Stipulation does not expressly exclude\n\nthe $21.2 million from the sweep. Accordingly, Evolution and the Trustee object to the Proposed\n\n\n\ndoes not make clear that at least $21.2 million of unrestricted cash in the FBG Estate Accounts will be preserved\npending resolution of the Evolution Motion.\n5\n Evolution moved to segregate the proceeds on July 8, 2026 [Docket No. 3144], and the Trustee joined that motion\non July 9, 2026 [Docket No. 3151]. On September 15, 2026, Evolution filed the Evolution Motion [Docket No. 3792],\nwhich asks the Court to compel the FBG Trustee to deposit no less than $21.2 million into the Court\u2019s registry pending\nresolution of the Inventory Adversary. Evolution Motion \u00b6 7. The Trustee joined on September 17, 2026 [Docket\nNo. 3799].\n\n\n\n 3\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3988 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 4 of 7\n\n\n\n\nStipulation to the extent it would permit the sweep, transfer, setoff, or application of any portion\n\nof those funds. Any order approving the Proposed Stipulation should, consistent with the FBG\n\nTrustee\u2019s representations, expressly exclude the $21.2 million from the sweep and require the FBG\n\nTrustee to hold that amount pending further order of the Court.\n\n 7. Evolution and the Trustee also object to the Proposed Stipulation to the extent it\n\npurports to bar or limit avoidance actions or other claims or defenses against the DIP Agent, the\n\nAd Hoc Group, or the DIP Secured Parties. Paragraph 2 of the Proposed Stipulation would have\n\nthe Court find that the DIP Liens are \u201cnon-avoidable\u201d and that \u201call other parties in interest in these\n\nchapter 7 cases have no valid defense, counterclaim, offset, recoupment, or claim of any kind\n\nagainst the DIP Agent, the Ad Hoc Group, or the DIP Secured Parties with respect to the DIP\n\nObligations, subject only to a Challenge, as applicable, from the FBG Trustee.\u201d Proposed\n\nStipulation \u00b6 2(b), (d). Neither Evolution nor the Trustee signed the Proposed Stipulation, and an\n\nagreed order among other parties should not extinguish their potential claims or defenses. Any\n\norder approving the Proposed Stipulation should preserve Evolution\u2019s and the Trustee\u2019s rights to\n\nbring such actions and assert such claims or defenses, whether with respect to the disputed $21.2\n\nmillion or not.\n\n 8. As written, Paragraph 2 would operate as an impermissible non-consensual third-\n\nparty release of causes of action in favor of the DIP Agent, the Ad Hoc Group, and the DIP Secured\n\nParties. See, e.g., Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. 204, 227 (2024) (\u201c[T]he\n\nbankruptcy code does not authorize a release and injunction that \u2026 effectively seeks to discharge\n\nclaims against a nondebtor without the consent of affected claimants.\u201d); In re Patriot Place, Ltd.,\n\n486 B.R. 773, 822 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 2013) (\u201c[N]on-consensual, non-debtor releases in\n\nbankruptcy proceedings in this circuit have been \u2018explicitly prohibited,\u2019 this circuit has \u2018firmly\n\n\n\n\n 4\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3988 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 5 of 7\n\n\n\n\npronounced its opposition to such releases,\u2019 and the \u2018Bankruptcy Code precludes non-consensual,\n\nnon-debtor releases.\u2019\u201d (quoting In re Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., 701 F.3d 1031, 1059, 1062, 1069 (5th\n\nCir. 2012))); see also In re Highland Cap. Mgmt., L.P., 132 F.4th 353, 358-59 (5th Cir. 2025)\n\n(explaining that the Fifth Circuit has \u201calways recognized and enforced limitations on bankruptcy\n\ncourts\u2019 power to shield non-debtors from liability\u201d).\n\n 9. Here, neither Evolution nor the Evolution SPV Debtors\u2019 estates provided releases\n\nof any claims arising out of the disputed funds to the DIP Agent, the DIP Secured Parties, or the\n\nAd Hoc Group. For the avoidance of doubt, Evolution and the Trustee expressly reserve, and do\n\nnot waive, release, or relinquish, any rights to assert avoidance actions, or to seek setoff,\n\nrecoupment, or similar relief, or to assert any other claims or defenses, that they may have or be\n\nentitled to assert against the DIP Agent, the Ad Hoc Group, or the DIP Secured Parties. Evolution\n\nand the Trustee further reserve all rights with respect to the Evolution Motion, the Inventory\n\nAdversary, and any revised form of the Proposed Stipulation, and the right to be heard at any\n\nhearing on the Proposed Stipulation.\n\n CONCLUSION\n\n 10. For the reasons set forth herein, Evolution and the Trustee respectfully request that,\n\nif the Court enters the Proposed Stipulation, it make clear that (a) the unrestricted cash in the FBG\n\nEstate Accounts may not drop below $21.2 million absent further order of the Court; and (b)\n\nnothing in the Proposed Stipulation bars or limits Evolution\u2019s or the Trustee\u2019s rights to assert\n\navoidance actions, or to seek setoff, recoupment, or similar relief, or to assert any other claims or\n\ndefenses, against the DIP Agent, the Ad Hoc Group, or the DIP Secured Parties.\n\n\n\n\n 5\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3988 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 6 of 7\n\n\n\n\n Respectfully submitted this October 23, 2026,\n\nGRAY REED JONES MURRAY LLP\n\n/s/ Jason S. Brookner /s/ Erin E. Jones\nJason S. Brookner Erin E. Jones\nTexas Bar No. 24033684 Chris R. Murray\n1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 2000 602 Sawyer, Suite 400\nHouston, Texas 77056 Houston, Texas 77007\nTelephone: (713) 986-7000 Telephone: (832) 529-1999\nFacsimile: (713) 986-7100 Facsimile: (832) 529-3393\nEmail: jbrookner@grayreed.com Email: erin.jones@jonesmurray.com\n chris@jonesmurray.com\n-and-\n Counsel for Ronald J. Sommers, Chapter 7\nPROSKAUER ROSE LLP Trustee for the Evolution SPV Debtors\nVincent Indelicato (admitted pro hac vice)\nMatthew R. Koch (admitted pro hac vice) -and-\nEleven Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036-8299 ELSBERG BAKER & MARURI PLLC\nTelephone: (212) 969-3000 Michael Duke (admitted pro hac vice)\nFacsimile: (212) 969-2900 David Elsberg (admitted pro hac vice)\nEmail: vindelicato@proskauer.com Vivek Tata (admitted pro hac vice)\n mkoch@proskauer.com Andrew Parks (admitted pro hac vice)\n Ella Epstein (admitted pro hac vice)\n-and- Victoria Klevan (admitted pro hac vice)\n 350 Fifth Avenue, 38th Floor\nCharles A. 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The Debtors\u2019 service\n address is 127 Public Square, Suite 5300, Cleveland, OH 44114.\n\n\n\n 1\n18773635\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3986 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 2 of 3\n\n\n\n\n WHEREAS, BSF and the lenders (the \u201cCarnaby Secured Lenders\u201d) under that certain\n\ncredit agreement dated as of May 31, 2022 (the \u201cCarnaby II Credit Agreement\u201d)2 and that certain\n\ncredit agreement dated as of July 6, 2022 (the \u201cCarnaby III Credit Agreement,\u201d)3 hereby stipulate\n\nto extend the Original Response Deadline of the Carnaby Secured Lenders to and including\n\nNovember 30, 2026.\n\n [Remainder of page intentionally left blank]\n\n\n\n\n2\n The Carnaby II Credit Agreement (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or\n otherwise modified from time to time), dated as of May 31, 2022, was entered into among Carnaby Inventory II,\n LLC, (\u201cCarnaby II\u201d) as Borrower, First Brands Group, LLC (\u201cFBG\u201d), as the Servicer, First Brands Group\n Holdings, LLC (\u201cFB Holdings\u201d) and Carnaby Inventory Holdings II, LLC (\u201cCarnaby Holdings II\u201d), as\n Guarantors, the Carnaby Secured Lenders party thereto from time to time, and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as\n Administrative Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by Brake Parts Inc. LLC (\u201cBPI\u201d) and certain non-Debtor\n affiliates party thereto.\n3\n The Carnaby III Credit Agreement (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or\n otherwise modified from time to time), dated as of July 6, 2022, was entered into among Carnaby Inventory III,\n LLC (\u201cCarnaby III,\u201d and together with Carnaby II, the \u201cCarnaby Debtors\u201d), as Borrower, First Brands Group,\n LLC (\u201cFBG\u201d), as the Servicer, FB Holdings and Carnaby Inventory Holdings III, LLC (\u201cCarnaby Holdings III\u201d),\n as Guarantors, the Carnaby Secured Lenders party thereto from time to time, and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as\n Administrative Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by Trico Products Corporation (\u201cTPC\u201d), Trico\n Technologies Corporation (\u201cTTC\u201d and together with TPC, the \u201cTrico Entities\u201d) and certain non-Debtor affiliates\n party thereto.\n\n\n\n 2\n18773635\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3986 Filed in TXSB on 10/23/26 Page 3 of 3\n\n\n\n\nDated: October 23, 2026\n\n PORTER HEDGES LLP BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP\n\n By: /s/ John F. Higgins By: /s/ Robert Gordon\n John F. Higgins (TX Bar No. 09597500) Robert Gordon\n Megan Young-John (TX Bar No. 24088700) 55 Hudson Yards, 20th Floor\n James A. Keefe (TX Bar No. 24122842) New York, NY 10001\n 1000 Main St., 36th Floor Telephone: (212) 446-2372\n Houston, Texas 77002 rgordon@bsfllp.com\n Telephone: (713) 226-6000\n Facsimile: (713) 226-6248 Counsel to the Examiner\n jhiggins@porterhedges.com\n myoung-john@porterhedges.com\n jkeefe@porterhedges.com\n\n -and-\n\n DECHERT LLP\n Allan S. Brilliant (admitted pro hac vice)\n Gary J. Mennitt (admitted pro hac vice)\n Stephen M. Wolpert (admitted pro hac vice)\n Eric O. Hilmo (admitted pro hac vice)\n 1095 Avenue of the Americas\n New York, New York 10036\n Telephone: (212) 698-3500\n Email: allan.brilliant@dechert.com\n gary.mennitt@dechert.com\n stephen.wolpert@dechert.com\n eric.hilmo@dechert.com\n\n Counsel to the Carnaby Secured Lenders\n\n\n\n\n CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n\n I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was duly served\nby electronic transmission to all registered ECF users appearing in the case on October 23, 2026.\n\n /s/ John F. Higgins\n John F. 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Do not complete shaded areas which are reserved for the court\u2019s use.\n\nOrder Copy. Keep a copy for your records.\n\nSubmitting to the Court. Submit the form in the format required by the court.\n\nDeposit Fee. The court will notify you of the amount of the required deposit fee which may be mailed or delivered to the court.\nUpon receipt of the deposit, the court will process the order.\n\nDelivery Time. Delivery time is computed from the date of receipt of the deposit fee or for transcripts ordered by the federal\ngovernment from the date of receipt of the signed order form.\n\nCompletion of Order. The court will notify you when the transcript is completed.\n\nBalance Due. If the deposit fee was insufficient to cover all charges, the court will notify you of the balance due which must be\npaid prior to receiving the completed order.\n\n SPECIFIC\n\nItems 1-19. These items should always be completed.\nItem 8. Only one case number may be listed per order.\nItem 15. 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OBJECTION\n\n UMB Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (\u201cAgent\u201d) for the lenders (such\n\nlenders, together with the Agent, the \u201cUMB Parties\u201d) under a revolving credit facility to (i) debtor\n\nGlobal Assets LLC and (ii) debtor Global Assets GmbH (the foregoing (i) and (ii) collectively, the\n\n\u201cGlobal Assets SPVs\u201d, hereby files this preliminary limited objection and joins (this \u201cObjection\n\nand Joinder\u201d) in Onset Financial, Inc.\u2019s Preliminary Limited Objection to the Allocation of\n\nAdministrative Expenses to the Carnaby Debtors\u2019 Estates Arising from the Final Fee Applications\n\n[Docket No. 3975] (the \u201cOnset Objection\u201d), 2 and respectfully states as follows:\n\n OBJECTION AND JOINDER\n\n 1. Agent joins in the arguments made in the Onset Objection regarding the filed Final\n\nFee Applications. These arguments apply equally to the UMB Parties and the estates of the Global\n\nAssets SPVs. Accordingly, Agent requests that any order approving any final fee application\n\n\n1\n A complete list of the Debtors in these chapter 7 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors\u2019 claims and\n noticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/firstbrands. The Debtors\u2019 service address for these chapter 7\n cases is 127 Public Square, Suite 5300, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.\n2\n Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Onset Objection.\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3983 Filed in TXSB on 10/22/26 Page 2 of 4\n\n\n\n\nincorporate the language requested in Paragraph 8 of the Onset Objection, with the same\n\nprotections extended to the Global Assets SPVs\u2019 estates as Onset seeks with respect to the Carnaby\n\nDebtors\u2019 estates.\n\n RESERVATION OF RIGHTS\n\n 2. This Objection and Joinder is submitted without prejudice to, and with a full\n\nreservation of, the UMB Parties\u2019 rights, including to supplement, amend, or otherwise modify this\n\nObjection and Joinder and to assert additional objections to the Final Fee Applications on any\n\ngrounds that may be appropriate. Nothing herein shall be deemed or construed as a waiver of any\n\nrights, remedies, claims, defenses, or objections available to the UMB Parties, all of which are\n\nexpressly reserved. The UMB Parties reserve the right to join in any additional related pleadings\n\nand to participate in any hearing regarding the Onset Objection, the Final Fee Applications, and/or\n\nany related matters.\n\n\n [Remainder of page intentionally left blank.]\n\f Case 25-90399 Document 3983 Filed in TXSB on 10/22/26 Page 3 of 4\n\n\n\n\n Respectfully submitted,\n\nDated: October 22, 2026 ALSTON & BIRD LLP\n\n /s/ Jared M. Slade\n Jared M. 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