Borders Group, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,051 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,294 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 16,400
• Sub-industry: 59 Miscellaneous Retail
• Place of incorporation: MI
• Court for city of headquarters: MI Detroit
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Kasowitz Benson
• Date of filing: February 16, 2011
• Judge at filing: Martin Glenn
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 11-10614
• 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: December 20, 2011
• Judge at disposition: Martin Glenn
• Days from filing to disposition: 307

After the case

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