Aurora Foods Inc.

Company

  • Pre-filing annual sales: $1,243 (millions of current dollars)
  • Pre-filing assets: $2,015 (millions of current dollars)
  • Pre-filing number of employees: 1,650
  • Sub-industry: 20 Food and Kindred Products
  • Place of incorporation: DE
  • Court for city of headquarters: MO St. Louis
  • In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

  • Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
  • Who filed case? debtors
  • Debtor's lead attorney: Skadden Arps
  • Date of filing: December 8, 2003
  • Judge at filing: Mary F. Walrath
  • Court district of filing: DE
  • Court city of filing: Wilmington
  • Case number: 03-13744
  • Cause of bankruptcy: Fraud?
  • Forum shop? Forum Shop

  • Case transferred? no
  • Destination court of transfer: not applicable
  • Creditors committee appointed? yes
  • ยง363 sale: no 363 sale
  • Dip loan final approval? yes
  • Plan type: prepackaged

  • Disposition status: confirmed
  • Date of disposition: February 20, 2004
  • Judge at disposition: Mary F. Walrath
  • Days from filing to disposition: 74

After the case

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


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