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In Re: Ebhi Holdings, Inc., 11 Case No. 09-12099 (MFW) Jointly Administered

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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

In re: Chapter 11

EBHI HOLDINGS, INC., Case No. 09-12099 (MFW)


et al.,1
Jointly Administered
Debtors.

NOTICE OF (A) THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DEBTORS’


FIRST AMENDED JOINT PLAN OF LIQUIDATION OF EBHI HOLDINGS,
INC., ET AL., (B) THE SUBSTANTIAL CONSUMMATION OF THE PLAN; AND
(C) BAR DATES FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Confirmation of the Plan. The above-captioned debtors and debtors in possession (as
reorganized, collectively, the “Debtors”) hereby give notice (the “Notice”) that, on March 18, 2010 (the
“Confirmation Date”), the Honorable Mary F. Walrath, United States Bankruptcy Judge, entered the
Order Confirming Debtors’ First Amended Joint Plan of Liquidation (the “Confirmation Order”) [Docket
No. 1450]. Unless otherwise defined in the Notice, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings set
forth in the First Amended Joint Plan of Liquidation of EBHI Holdings, Inc., et al. (the “Plan”) [Docket
No. 1269].

2. Effective Date. Pursuant to the Confirmation Order, the Debtors hereby certify and give notice
that the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms, and the Effective Date occurred, on April 6,
2010 (the “Effective Date”).

3. Substantial Consummation. The Debtors hereby give notice that, pursuant to section 1101(2)
of the Bankruptcy Code, the Plan has been substantially consummated.

4. Effect of the Occurrence of the Effective Date. Pursuant to section 1141 of the Bankruptcy
Code, and except as otherwise provided in the confirmed Plan or the Confirmation Order, upon the
occurrence of the Effective Date, the distributions and rights provided in the Plan and the treatment of
Claims and Interests under the Plan, shall be in exchange for, and in complete satisfaction, discharge, and
release of all Claims against and Interests in the Debtors. The provisions of the confirmed Plan and the

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The Debtors in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor's federal tax identification
number, are: EBHI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (2352); Amargosa, Inc., a Delaware corporation (9737);
Gobi Fulfillment Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (0882); Arabian Diversified Sales, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (1567); Gibson Services, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (disregarded); Karalcum
International Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (1571); Simpson Information Technology,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (disregarded); Sandy Financial Services Acceptance Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (7532); and Sonoran Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (7253). The mailing
address for EBHI Holdings, Inc. is 10401 N.E. 8th Street, Suite 500, Bellevue, WA 98004. On or about the Petition
Date, Tenere of Canada, Inc. and Yuma Customer Services, Inc., affiliates of the Debtors, commenced a proceeding
before the Superior Court of Justice, Commercial List, for the Judicial District of Ontario, for a plan of compromise
or arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

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Confirmation Order, pursuant to section 1141(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, are binding upon all Persons,
including each of the Debtors and any and all Holders of Claims or Interests (irrespective of whether such
Claims or Interests are Impaired under the Plan or whether the Holders of such Claims or Interests
accepted, rejected, or are deemed to have accepted or rejected the Plan), any and all non-debtor parties to
executory contracts and unexpired leases with any of the Debtors, and any and all Persons who are parties
to or are subject to the settlements, compromises, releases, waivers, discharges and injunctions described
in the Plan, and the respective heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, affiliates, officers, directors,
agents, representatives, attorneys, beneficiaries, guardians, successors or assigns, if any, of any and all of
the foregoing.

5. Release, Injunction, Exculpation and Indemnification Provisions. The Plan and Confirmation
Order also contain additional protections, including certain release, injunction, exculpation and
indemnification provisions, in favor of the Debtors, the Liquidating Trustee, their respective assets,
property and estates, and certain other parties, as set forth in greater detail in (among other things) Article
11 of the confirmed Plan and pages 37-41 of the Confirmation Order, respectively.

6. Bar Date for Professional Fee Claims. On or prior to May 21, 2010 at 4:00 P.M. (ET) (i.e.
forty-five (45) days following the Effective Date) (the “Administrative Expense Claims Bar Date”),
each Professional shall File with the Bankruptcy Court its final fee application seeking final approval of
all fees and expenses from the Petition Date through the Effective Date. Within ten (10) days after entry
of a Final Order with respect to its final fee application, the Liquidating Trustee shall pay the Allowed
Claims of each Professional solely from the Cash in the Carve-Out Escrow or from Other Assets
Proceeds.

7. Bar Date for Certain Administrative Expenses. Other than with respect to (i) Administrative
Expense Claims for which the Bankruptcy Court previously has established a bar date, and (ii) Tax
Claims addressed in section 8 below, any and all requests for payment or proofs of Administrative
Expense Claims, including Claims of all Professionals or other Entities requesting compensation or
reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b) or 1103 for
services rendered on or before the Effective Date (including any compensation requested by any
Professional or any other Entity for making a substantial contribution in the Chapter 11 Cases), must be
Filed and served on the Liquidating Trustee and its counsel no later than the Administrative Expense
Claims Bar Date. Objections to any such Administrative Expense Claims must be Filed and served on the
claimant no later than ninety (90) days after the Administrative Expense Claims Bar Date, which date
may be extended by application to the Bankruptcy Court. The Liquidating Trustee shall use reasonable
efforts to promptly and diligently pursue resolution of any and all disputed Administrative Expense
Claims.

Holders of Administrative Expense Claims, including all Professionals or other Entities


requesting compensation or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 327, 328,
330, 331, 503(b) or 1103 for services rendered on or before the Effective Date (including any
compensation requested by any Professional or any other Entity for making a substantial contribution in
the Chapter 11 Cases), that are required to File a request for payment or proof of such Claims and that do
not File such requests or proofs of Claim on or before the Administrative Expense Claims Bar Date shall
be forever barred from asserting such Claims against the any of the Debtors, their Estates, the Liquidating
Trust, the Liquidating Trustee, any other Person or Entity, or any of their respective property.

8. Tax Claims. All requests for payment of Claims by a Governmental Unit (as defined in
Bankruptcy Code section 101(27)) for Taxes (and for interest and/or penalties or other amounts related to
such Taxes) for any tax year or period, all or any portion of which occurs or falls within the period from
and including the Petition Date through and including the Effective Date, and for which no bar date has

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otherwise been previously established, must be Filed on or before the later of: (a) June 5, 2010 at 4:00
P.M. (ET) (i.e. sixty (60) days following the Effective Date); or (b) to the extent applicable, ninety (90)
days following the filing of a tax return for such Taxes (if such Taxes are assessed based on a tax return)
for such tax year or period with the applicable Governmental Unit. Any holder of a Claim for Taxes that
is required to File a request for payment of such Taxes and other amounts due related to such Taxes and
which does not File such a Claim by the applicable bar date shall be forever barred from asserting any
such Claim against any of the Debtors or any non-Debtor member of the Debtors’ consolidated tax group,
the Estates, the Liquidating Trust, the Liquidating Trustee or any other Entity, or their respective
property, whether any such Claim is deemed to arise prior to, on, or subsequent to the Effective Date, and
shall receive no distribution under the Plan or otherwise on account of such Claim.

9. Bar Date for Rejection Damages Claims. If the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired
lease pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Plan gives rise to a Claim by the other party or parties to the executory
contract or unexpired lease, such Claim shall receive no distribution under the Plan or otherwise on
account of such Claim unless a proof of Claim is filed on or before April 18, 2010 at 4:00 P.M. (ET)
(i.e. thirty (30) days after the mailing of notice of the entry of the Confirmation Order).

10. Copies of Plan and Confirmation Order. Copies of the Confirmation Order may be obtained
by written request to Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC, 2335 Alaska Avenue, El Segundo, California
90245, and may be examined by any party in interest during normal business hours at the Office of the
Clerk of the Court, United States Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
You may also obtain copies of the Confirmation Order or of any pleadings filed in these Chapter 11
Cases for a fee via PACER at: http://www.deb.uscouts.gov or free of charge at
http://www.kccllc.net/eddiebauer.

Dated: April 6, 2010

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP
David S. Heller Michael R. Nestor (No. 3526)
Josef S. Athanas Kara Hammond Coyle (No. 4410)
Caroline A. Reckler The Brandywine Building
Suite 5800 1000 West Street, 17th Floor
223 South Wacker Drive P.O. Box 391
Chicago, Illinois 60606 Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Telephone: (312) 876-7700 Telephone: (302) 571-6600
Facsimile: (312) 993-9767 Facsimile: (302) 571-1253

Attorneys for the Debtors and Debtors-in-Possession

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