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`IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`In re:
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`HEXION HOLDINGS LLC, et al.,1
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`Chapter 11
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`Case No. 19-10684 (KG)
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`Debtors.
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`DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF EMPLOYMENT OF GBQ PARTNERS LLC AS
`PROFESSIONAL UTILIZED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS
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`I, Darci L. Congrove, declare that the following is true to the best of my knowledge,
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`information and belief:
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`I am Managing Director of GBQ Partners LLC, located at 230 West Street,
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`Columbus, OH 43215, (the “Firm”), which has been employed by the debtors and debtors in
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`possession (collectively, the “Debtors”) in the above-captioned cases in the ordinary course of the
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`Debtors’ business. The Debtors wish to retain the Firm to continue providing ordinary course
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`services during these chapter 11 cases, and the Firm has consented to provide such services. This
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`Declaration is submitted in compliance with the Order Authorizing Employment and Payment of
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`Professionals Utilized in the Ordinary Course of Business (the “Ordinary Course Professionals
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`Order”).
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`1 The Debtors in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax
`identification number, are Hexion Holdings LLC (6842); Hexion LLC (8090); Hexion Inc.
`(1250); Lawter International Inc. (0818); Hexion CI Holding Company (China) LLC (7441);
`Hexion Nimbus Inc. (4409); Hexion Nimbus Asset Holdings LLC (4409); Hexion Deer Park
`LLC (8302); Hexion VAD LLC (6340); Hexion 2 U.S. Finance Corp. (2643); Hexion HSM
`Holdings LLC (7131); Hexion Investments Inc. (0359); Hexion International Inc. (3048); North
`American Sugar Industries Incorporated (9735); Cuban-American Mercantile Corporation
`(9734); The West India Company (2288); NL Coop Holdings LLC (0696); and Hexion Nova
`Scotia Finance, ULC (N/A). The address of the Debtors’ corporate headquarters is 180 East
`Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
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`2.
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`The Firm may have performed services in the past, may currently perform
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`services, and may perform services in the future in matters unrelated to these chapter 11 cases for
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`persons that are parties in interest in these chapter 11 cases. The Firm does not perform services
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`for any such person in connection with these chapter 11 cases, or have any relationship with any
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`such person, their attorneys, or their accountants that would be adverse to the Debtors or their
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`estates.
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`The Debtors have requested that the Firm provide tax consulting services to
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`the Debtors, and the Firm has consented to provide such services.
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`The Firm has provided services to the Debtors prior to the commencement
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`of these chapter 11 cases.
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`5.
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`As part of its customary practice, the Firm is retained in cases, proceedings
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`and transactions involving many different parties, some of whom may represent or be employed
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`by the Debtors, claimants, and parties in interest in these chapter 11 cases.
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`6.
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`Neither I nor any principal, partner, director, or officer of, or professional
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`employed by, the Firm, has agreed to share or will share any portion of the compensation to be
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`received from the Debtors with any other person other than the principal and regular employees of
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`the Firm.
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`Neither I nor any principal, partner, director, or officer of, or professional
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`employed by, the Firm, insofar as I have been able to ascertain, holds or represents any interest
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`adverse to the Debtors or their estates with respect to the matter(s) upon which the Firm is to be
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`employed.
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`The Debtors owe the Firm $0.00 for fees and expenses incurred prior to and
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`unpaid as of the date these chapter 11 cases were commenced (the “Petition Date”), the payment
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`of which is subject to the limitations contained in the Bankruptcy Code. The Firm understands
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`that it must file a proof of claim for such fees and expenses unless the amount thereof is properly
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`listed in the Debtors’ schedules of liabilities and is not designated therein as contingent,
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`unliquidated, or disputed. The Firm has waived or will waive any prepetition claim against the
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`Debtors’ estates.
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`As of the Petition Date, the Firm was not party to an agreement for
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`indemnification with the Debtors.
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`The Firm is conducting further inquiries regarding its retention by any
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`creditors of the Debtors, and upon conclusion of such inquiries, or at any time during the period
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`of its employment, if the Firm should discover any facts bearing on the matters described herein,
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`the Firm will supplement the information contained in this Declaration.
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`[Signature page follows]
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
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`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: May 13, 2019
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`Darci L. Congrove
`Managing Director
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`GBQ Partners LLC
`230 West Street, Columbus, OH 43215
`614.221.1120
`614.947.5224
`dcongrove@gbq.com
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