Ames Department Stores, Inc. (2001)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $6,611 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $3,337 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 32,700
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: CT Hartford
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: August 20, 2001
• Judge at filing: Robert E. Gerber
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 01-42217
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: November 13, 2013
• Judge at disposition: Robert E. Gerber
• Days from filing to disposition: 4468

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years