Excluded Claims

An "Excluded Claim" is any of the following types of claims:

• An asbestos-related personal injury claim or an asbestos-related wrongful death claim, whether or not such claims (a) have been resolved or are subject to resolution pursuant to a settlement agreement, including but not limited to a National Settlement Program ("NSP") Agreement or (b) is based on a judgment.

• A claim that already has been properly filed with the Clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware or the Claims Agent using a claim form that substantially conforms to the Proof of Claim Form approved for use in these cases.  Click here for the name and address of the Claims Agent.  Click here to obtain a Proof of Claim Form.
  

• A claim that is: (i) listed on the Debtors' Amended Schedules; (ii) not described in the Amended Schedules as "disputed," "contingent," or "unliquidated;" and (iii) in the same amount and of the same priority as set forth in the Amended  Schedules.

• An administrative expense of any Debtor's chapter 11 case under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.

• A claim that has been paid or otherwise satisfied by or pursuant to an Order of the Court.
  

• A claim of an employee of any of the Debtors for deferred compensation.

• A claim of a retired employee of any of the Debtors for retirement benefits, including deferred compensation, pension and medical benefits.

• A claim of a current or former employee of any of the Debtors for pre-petition worker's compensation benefits. 

• A claim that is subject to a Court-imposed filing deadline other than the General Claims Bar Date Order.

• A claim which is limited exclusively to a claim for the repayment by the applicable Debtor of principal and interest (a "Debt Claim") on or under any of Owens Corning's 7.5% Notes due 2005, 7.7% Debentures due 2008, 7.5% Debentures due 2018 and 7.0% Senior Notes due 2009 (collectively, the "Notes") or on or under any industrial development, industrial revenue or other conduit bonds issued by a public instrumentality for the benefit of a Debtor (collectively, the "Bonds") or the indenture in respect of each of the Notes or Bonds (the "Indentures" and, each such Indenture collectively with the Notes issues thereunder, the "Debt Instruments"); provided, however, that: (a) the foregoing exclusion shall not apply to the indenture trustees under each of the Indentures (the "Indenture Trustees"); (b) each Indenture Trustee shall be required to file a proof of claim on account of the applicable Debt Claims on or under the applicable Debt Instruments for which it is the Indenture Trustee, on or before the General Claims Bar Date; and (c) any holder of Notes that wishes to assert a claim arising out of or relating to a Debt Instrument, other than a Debt Claim, shall be required to file a proof of claim on or before the General Claims Bar Date, unless another exception identified herein applies.

    You should not file a Proof of Claim Form if you do not have a claim against any of the Debtors or if your claim has been paid in full or otherwise satisfied.