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Court File No. CV-10-8561-00CL Signature Aluminum Canada Inc. SIXTH REPORT OF THE MONITOR July 6th, 2010

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Court File No. CV-10-8561-00CL

ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

(COMMERCIAL LIST)

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, AS AMENDED

AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF

SIGNATURE ALUMINUM CANADA INC

SIXTH REPORT TO THE COURT SUBMITTED BY FTI CONSULTING CANADA INC

IN ITS CAPACITY AS MONITOR

INTRODUCTION

1. On January 29, 2010, Signature Aluminum Canada Inc. (“Signature” or the

“Applicant”) made an application under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement

Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, as amended (the “CCAA”) and an initial order (the

“Initial Order”) was made by the Honourable Mr. Justice Morawetz of the

Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the “Court”) granting, inter alia, a stay of

proceedings against the Applicant until February 26, 2010 (the “Stay Period”),

and appointing FTI Consulting Canada Inc. as monitor (the “Monitor”). The

proceedings commenced by the Applicant under the CCAA will be referred to

herein as the “CCAA Proceedings”.

2. The Stay Period has been extended a number of times and currently expires on

July 12, 2010.

3. On May 5, 2010, the Applicant filed its proposed plan of compromise and

arrangement dated May 4, 2010 (as subsequently amended, the “Plan”).

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4. The Plan was approved by the requisite majorities of Eligible Voting Creditors at

a meeting of creditors held June 8, 2010.

5. On June 11, 2010, the Honourable Madam Justice Hoy made an order, inter alia,

sanctioning the Plan (the "Sanction Order"). For ease of reference, a copy of the

Sanction Order is attached hereto as Appendix A.

6. The purpose of this, the Monitor’s Sixth Report, is to inform the Court on the

Applicant’s request for an Order, inter alia, deferring the release of the

Administration Charge and the Monitor’s recommendation thereon.

7. In preparing this report, the Monitor has relied upon unaudited financial

information of the Applicant, the Applicant’s books and records, certain financial

information prepared by the Applicant and discussions with the Applicant’s

management. The Monitor has not audited, reviewed or otherwise attempted to

verify the accuracy or completeness of the information. Accordingly, the Monitor

expresses no opinion or other form of assurance on the information contained in

this report or relied on in its preparation. Future oriented financial information

reported or relied on in preparing this report is based on management’s

assumptions regarding future events; actual results may vary from forecast and

such variations may be material.

8. Unless otherwise stated, all monetary amounts contained herein are expressed in

Canadian Dollars. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the

meanings defined in previous reports filed in the CCAA Proceedings, the Claims

Procedure or the Plan.

DEFERRAL OF RELEASE OF THE ADMINISTRATION CHARGE

9. Pursuant to paragraph 7 of the Sanction Order, the Plan Implementation Date

shall be the date set out on the Monitor’s Certificate to be filed with the Court.

10. Section 5.2(a) of the Plan states:

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“Administration Charge. On the Plan Implementation

Date, (i) all outstanding, invoiced obligations, liabilities,

fees and disbursements of the type secured by the

Administration Charge shall be fully paid by the Applicant,

and (ii) a reserve for any uninvoiced amounts of the type

secured by the Administration Charge as of the Plan

Implementation Date (together with an estimated amount

for future accruals) shall be fully funded by the Applicant

or Biscayne ("Administration Charge Reserve"). The

amount of the Administration Charge Reserve shall be

agreed to by the Monitor, the Applicant and Biscayne,

acting reasonably, and the Administration Charge Reserve

shall be administered by the Monitor. Subject to Section 8.1

(g), upon payment of the amounts secured by the

Administration Charge, or the funding of the

Administration Charge Reserve, the Administration Charge

shall be and be deemed to be discharged from the assets of

the Applicant and attach to the Administration Charge

Reserve, if applicable. On the date of the discharge of the

Monitor, to the extent that the Administration Charge

Reserve exceeds the actual costs paid or payable from the

Administration Charge Reserve, the excess amount shall be

returned to the Applicant.”

11. Paragraph 13 of the Sanction Order states:

“THIS COURT ORDERS that all Charges established by

the Initial Order or any other Order of the CCAA Court,

shall be terminated, released and discharged effective on

the Plan Implementation Date save and except for the

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Administration Charge which shall attach to the

Administration Charge Reserve established by the Monitor

pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the Plan.”

12. At the request of the Applicant, the beneficiaries of the Administration Charge

(the “Professionals”) have agreed that the payments under Section 5.2(a) of the

Plan may be made subsequent to the implementation of the Plan in accordance

with the provisions of a letter agreement dated July 6, 2010, between the

Applicant and the Monitor (the “Implementation Letter Agreement”). A copy

of the Implementation Letter Agreement is attached hereto as Appendix B.

13. The Implementation Letter Agreement also provides that the Administration

Charge will continue as against the assets of the Applicant until such time as:

(a) All amounts have been received by the Monitor in accordance with the

Payment Schedule, as defined in the Implementation Letter

Agreement;

(b) Each of the Professionals confirms in writing to the Monitor that they

have been fully paid by the Monitor on behalf of Signature from the

amounts paid by the Applicant to the Monitor pursuant to the

Implementation Letter Agreement;

(c) The Monitor has been fully paid; and

(d) The Monitor files a certificate with the Court evidencing its discharge

and the release of the Administration Charge.

14. Accordingly, the Applicant now seeks an Order, inter alia, deferring the release

of the Administration Charge until such time as the Monitor files a certificate with

the Court evidencing its discharge and the release of the Administration Charge as

contemplated by the Implementation Letter Agreement.

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Appendix A

The Sanction Order

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Appendix B

The Implementation Letter Agreement

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DOCSTOR: 1932300\1

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT, R.S.C. 1985,c. C-36, AS AMENDED

AND IN THE MATTER OF A PLAN OF COMPROMISE OR ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNATURE ALUMINUM CANADA INC.

Court File No: CV-10-8561-00CL

ONTARIOSUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE -

COMMERCIAL LISTProceeding commenced at Toronto

SIXTH REPORT OF THE MONITOR(July 6, 2010)

Ogilvy Renault LLPSuite 3800Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower200 Bay Street, P.O. Box 84Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Z4

Virginie Gauthier LSUC#: 41097DTel: (416) 216-4853Fax: (416) 216-3930Email: [email protected]

Adrienne Glen LSUC#: 57116DTel: (416) 216-4082Fax: (416) 216-3930Email: [email protected]

Lawyers for the Monitor,FTI Consulting Canada Inc.