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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- x : In re: : Chapter 11 : NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, : : Case No. 03-12872 (KJC) Reorganized Debtor. : : : Re: Docket No. 3575 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- x NOTICE OF APPEAL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Magten Asset Management Corporation and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby appeal to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware from the Order In Aid of Execution of Plan Directing Transfer Agent to Invest Proceeds Received from Stock Tender Upon Consummation of Merger in Accordance with 11 U.S.C. § 345 (the "Cash-Out Order"), which was entered by United States Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey on February 2, 2007 (Docket No. 3575). A copy of the Cash-Out Order appealed from is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The names of all parties to the order appealed from and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of their respective attorneys are as follows: Parties Magten Asset Management Corporation Attorneys Bonnie Fatell, Esq. Dale Dubé, Esq. David Carickhoff, Esq. Blank Rome LLP 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 425-6400 Bonnie Steingart, Esq. Gary L. Kaplan, Esq. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York, NY 10004 Telephone: (212) 859-8000

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Law Debenture Trust Company of New York

Kathleen M. Miller, Esq. Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, LLP 800 Delaware Avenue, 7th Floor P.O. Box 410 Wilmington, DE 19899 Telephone: (302) 652-8400

John V. Snellings, Esq. Amanda D. Darwin, Esq. Nixon Peabody LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110 Telephone: (617) 345-1000

NorthWestern Corporation

Victoria Watson Counihan, Esq. Dennis A. Meloro., Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 661-7000 Neil B. Glassman, Esq. Charlene Davis, Esq. Eric Sutty, Esq. The Bayard Firm 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 P.O. Box 25130 Wilmington, DE 19899 Telephone: (302) 655-5000

Jesse H. Austin, III, Esq. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 600 Peachtree Street, Suite 2400 Atlanta, GA 30308 Telephone: (404) 815-2400

The Plan Committee

Alan W. Kornberg, Esq. Kelley A. Cornish, Esq. Margaret A. Phillips, Esq. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Dated: Wilmington, Delaware February 12, 2007 BLANK ROME LLP /s/ David W. Carickhoff Bonnie Glantz Fatell (DE No. 3809) Dale Dubé (DE No. 2863) David W. Carickhoff (DE No. 3715) 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 425-6400 Facsimile: (302) 425-6464 -and -

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FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP Bonnie Steingart, Esq. Gary L. Kaplan, Esq. One New York Plaza New York, NY 10004 Telephone: (212) 859-8000 Facsimile: (212) 859-4000 Counsel for Magten Asset Management Corporation and -

SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & FURLOW, LLP

/s/ Kathleen M. Miller Kathleen M. Miller (DE No. 2898) 800 Delaware Avenue, 7th Floor P.O. Box 410 Wilmington, DE 19899 Courier 19801 Telephone: (302) 652-8400 Facsimile: (302) 652-8405 ­ and ­ NIXON PEABODY LLP John V. Snellings, Esq. Amanda D. Darwin, Esq. Nixon Peabody LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110 Telephone: (617) 345-1000 Facsimile: (617) 345-1300 Counsel for Law Debenture Trust Company of New York

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE APPEAL TRANSMITTAL SHEET
03-12872 Case Number: _____________________ BK AP If AP, related BK Case Number: ______________________

Title of Order Appealed: Order In Aid of Execution of Plan Directing Transfer Agent to Invest Proceeds Receive ____________________________________________________________________________________ Docket Number: _________ 3575 Date Entered: __________________ 2/2/07 Item Transmitted: Notice of Appeal Amended Notice of Appeal Docket Number: _________ 3584 Motion for Leave to Appeal Cross Appeal 2/12/07 Date Filed: _____________________

*Appellant/Cross Appellant: *Appellee/Cross Appellee NorthWestern Corporation Magten Asset/Law Debenture Trust of NY _______________________________________ _________________________________________ Counsel for Appellant: Counsel for Appellee: Dennis A. Meloro, Esq. David W. Carickhoff, Esq. (Magten Asset) _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Greenberg Traurig, LLP Kathleen Miller (Law Debenture Trust of The Nemours Building NY) _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________ 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Addresses available on Notice of Appeal _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________
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*If additional room is needed, please attach a separate sheet.

Wilmington, DE 19801 _________________________________________________

Filing Fee paid?

Yes

No Yes No

IFP Motion Filed by Appellant?

Have Additional Appeals to the Same Order been Filed? Yes No Yes If so, has District Court assigned a Civil Action Number? No Civil Action # ____________ Additional Notes: ________________________________________________________________________________

March 6, 2007 ___________________________ Date
07-7 Bankruptcy Court Appeal (BAP) Number: _____________________ 7/6/06

Lisa M. Ciconte By: ________________________________ Deputy Clerk
FOR USE BY U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT