The Uniroyal Holding, Inc. and Great Hill Corporation Chapter 11 cases have a disclosure statement approval hearing scheduled for September 10, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The official case-agent calendar also lists September 8 deadlines for general and claims bar dates.1

That calendar entry is an important procedural milestone. It does not establish that a plan has been confirmed, that any proposed asbestos trust has been funded or become effective, or that a claimant can file an asbestos trust claim today.

What the posted case calendar confirms

Uniroyal Holding, Inc. and Great Hill Corporation each filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions on July 31, 2026. The cases are pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey under lead case number 26-18668.1

The public case-agent site lists the following upcoming milestones:

Posted event	Date and time	What it indicates
General bar date	September 8, 2026, 5:00 p.m. EDT	A deadline for certain bankruptcy proofs of claim, as specified by the case notice.
Claims bar date	September 8, 2026, 5:00 p.m. EDT	A second calendar entry for claims-related deadlines in the Chapter 11 case.
Disclosure statement approval hearing	September 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m. EDT	A hearing on whether the court should approve the disclosure statement for plan solicitation.

The case-agent page also links a plan and disclosure-statement document category and a disclosure-statement notice. Those materials show that the debtors are moving through the Chapter 11 solicitation process; they do not, by themselves, prove that a future asbestos trust is operational.1

Why a disclosure-statement hearing is not an open trust

In Chapter 11, a disclosure statement is the document intended to provide creditors and other voting parties information about a proposed plan before solicitation. Court approval of a disclosure statement is distinct from plan confirmation, and plan confirmation is distinct from an Effective Date and the practical launch of any contemplated trust.

For a proposed asbestos trust, claimant-facing implementation materials would normally need to identify the operative trust agreement, trust distribution procedures, initial payment percentage if applicable, administrator or trustee, and a claim-submission process. The public Uniroyal materials reviewed for this article do not establish those implementation facts.

What is confirmed: The Chapter 11 case has a posted September 10 disclosure-statement hearing and public calendar deadlines.

What is not yet established by the materials reviewed: Plan confirmation, an effective plan, a funded and operating asbestos trust, a trust payment percentage, or a public asbestos trust claim portal.

For general educational background on how established asbestos trust funds operate after bankruptcy proceedings, readers may consult WikiMesothelioma’s asbestos trust funds overview. That background does not establish the status of the Uniroyal proceedings and should not be treated as a source for their case-specific dates or terms.

Treat funding estimates with care

Secondary reporting has described a proposed asbestos-trust funding amount of approximately $31.5 million. AsbestosTrusts.org does not include that amount in its trust figures. The plan document itself has not been verified here as a primary source for the reported amount, and a proposed funding figure is not the same as a funded operational trust balance.

This distinction matters because a Chapter 11 case can change materially between solicitation, confirmation, effectiveness, and post-confirmation implementation. Until official plan and trust materials establish the relevant milestones, it would be premature to identify Uniroyal as an operating asbestos trust or to report a payment percentage, current assets, or claimant filing terms.

Where related research fits

The legal status of the Uniroyal restructuring should be evaluated through the court record and official case administration materials. For a separate, citation-verified resource on historical occupational asbestos exposure in American shipbuilding, researchers can consult Asbestos Atlas. Its shipyard-exposure dataset is relevant to exposure research generally, not to the legal status or funding of the Uniroyal case.

What to watch next

Document or development	Why it matters
Disclosure statement hearing outcome	Clarifies whether solicitation may proceed.
Plan-confirmation order	Identifies whether the court confirms a reorganization plan.
Effective-date notice	Establishes whether stated plan conditions have been satisfied or waived.
Trust agreement and Trust Distribution Procedure	Supplies the governing structure for any claimant-facing trust.
Payment-percentage or claims-administration notice	Establishes how an operational trust will value and process claims.

The official case-agent website states that it is provided as a convenience and does not contain the complete official Bankruptcy Court record. Accordingly, this article treats the posted calendar as evidence of the case agent’s public schedule while reserving final legal conclusions for the relevant court orders and controlling plan documents.1

Sources and editorial note

This article distinguishes public case-calendar information from unverified secondary funding estimates. It does not provide legal advice or claim-filing advice. It will be updated if court orders or trust-administration documents establish a confirmed plan, effective date, or claimant-facing trust procedures.