Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,130 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,113 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 346
• Sub-industry: 28 Chemicals and Allied Products
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: IL Peoria
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Young Conaway
• Date of filing: April 7, 2009
• Judge at filing: Kevin Gross
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 09-11214
• 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: February 24, 2010
• Judge at disposition: Kevin Gross
• Days from filing to disposition: 323

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile