The Canadian, U.S. and EMEA Debtors worked cooperatively to sell Nortel's remaining assets and after payment of various expenses, approximately US$7.3 billion remained in a "lockbox", pending an agreement on how to allocate the funds among the various debtors. When no such agreement could be reached, the Ontario and Delaware courts agreed to conduct a unique joint trial to determine the issue. On May 12, 2015, Justice Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Judge Gross of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware simultaneously released separate decisions directing that the lockbox proceeds be allocated in proportion to each debtor's share of the Nortel group's debts. This allocation was, broadly speaking, favourable to the EMEA and Canadian Debtors.