Background	6 Months Ended
Background	Jun. 30, 2014
Background
Background	1 Background The Adelphia Recovery Trust (the “ART”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to that certain First Modified Fifth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) of Adelphia Communications Corporation (“Adelphia” or “ACC”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively the “Debtor”). The purpose of the ART is to prosecute the various causes of action transferred to the ART pursuant to the Plan (the “Causes of Action”) and distribute to the owners (the “Holders”) of the interests in the ART (“Interests”) the net proceeds of such Causes of Action (“Distributions”), according to the relative priorities established pursuant to the Plan, subject to the retention of various amounts to fund the prosecution of those Causes of Action and operations of the ART. Pursuant to the Plan, in addition to the Causes of Action, Adelphia transferred $25 million in cash to the ART, in connection with its formation, in order to fund the initial expenses of operation. As set forth in the Plan, the ART is administered by five trustees (the “Trustees”) who are responsible for carrying out the purposes of the ART. Quest Turnaround Advisors, L.L.C. (“Quest”) is the plan administrator (in such capacity, the “Plan Administrator”) of Adelphia. Quest and Adelphia together have agreed to provide certain administrative services to the ART. In order to facilitate the provision of such administrative services, the ART has appointed Quest as the trust administrator of the ART (in such capacity, the “Trust Administrator”). The Plan provides that the ART shall dissolve upon the earlier of the distribution of all of its assets to the Holders or the fifth anniversary of its creation which was on February 13, 2012, subject to the right of the Trustees to extend the ART’s term with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court. In November 2011, the ART filed a motion to extend the term of the ART through December 31, 2014 because several Causes of Action were unlikely to be resolved prior to February 13, 2012. In December 2011 the motion was granted by the Bankruptcy Court. In July 2014, the ART filed another motion to extend the term of the ART through December 31, 2016 in light of the current status of the Causes of Action and the administrative tasks to be performed after the Causes of Action are resolved. As of the date of this filing, that motion is pending before the Bankruptcy Court. The Bankruptcy Court may approve additional extensions to resolve the Causes of Action, distribute the net proceeds to Holders or complete the administration of the ART.

Adelphia Recovery Trust 10-Q