Avado Brands Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $705 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $480 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 12,500
• Sub-industry: 58 Eating and Drinking Places
• Place of incorporation: GA
• Court for city of headquarters: GA Athens
• 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: February 4, 2004
• Judge at filing: Steven A. Felsenthal
• Court district of filing: TX ND
• Court city of filing: Dallas
• Case number: 04-31555
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: April 21, 2005
• Judge at disposition: Steven A. Felsenthal
• Days from filing to disposition: 442

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled