IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES

Deadline to Submit Proof of Claim
("General Bar Date")
September 2, 2009
4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Government Bar Date
January 11, 2010
4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)


RathGibson Enters Important Phase of Financial Restructuring

On July 13, 2009, RathGibson, Inc. and its domestic affiliates (collectively, the "Debtors") filed petitions for relief under chapter 11 the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court"). By order dated August 31, 2009 (as amended by order dated September 2, 2009, the "Disclosure Statement Order"), the Bankruptcy Court approved the Disclosure Statement For First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan for RathGibson, Inc. and Greenville Tube Company and authorized RathGibson, Inc. and Greenville Tube Company to solicit votes with regard to the acceptance or rejection of the First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan for RathGibson, Inc. and Greenville Tube Company (as may be further amended, modified or supplemented, the "Plan"). By order dated December 8, 2009, the Court extended the Debtors’ Exclusive Filing Period to file an Amended Chapter 11 Plan to February 23, 2010, and the Debtors’ Exclusive Solicitation Period to April 28, 2010.