In In re: Nortel Networks Inc., No. 1:09-bk-10138 (Bankr. D. Del. 2013), Nortel Networks Inc. reached a settlement with over 3,000 of its retired employees for nearly $67 million. Nortel, a former telecom equipment maker, filed for bankruptcy in 2009. In the subsequent four years, Nortel sold off nearly all of its assets, but had been unable to reach a compromise with its retirees to terminate its benefit plans. According to a settlement motion filed on December 31, 2013 in Delaware bankruptcy court, Nortel will stop funding the benefit plans of its retirees as of May 31, 2013 in exchange for a one-time payment of almost $67 million to the official committee of retired employees.
