1.   Baesa hopes to get creditor approval for the sale in the next two weeks, said Banos.

2.   A prepackaged bankruptcy requires a lower level of creditor approvals than an out-of-court restructuring.

3.   If he approves it, necessary creditor approvals will be sought by mid-April.

4.   The lawsuit contends that the union undertook the arbitration against Claiborne partly on behalf of the creditors, but settled the claims without creditor approval.

5.   The plan is expected to gain creditor approval in mid-June or July, Morrison Knudsen said.

6.   However, she said the company has not yet received creditor approval for that.

7.   The merger will be executed in conjunction with the rehabilitation of NTS and is subject to NTS creditor approval and endorsement by the rehabilitation court.