Caraustar Industries, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,137 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $530 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,200
• Sub-industry: 26 Paper and Allied Products
• Place of incorporation: NC
• Court for city of headquarters: GA Atlanta
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: King Spalding
• Date of filing: May 31, 2009
• Judge at filing: Mary Grace Diehl
• Court district of filing: GA ND
• Court city of filing: Atlanta
• Case number: 09-73830
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: August 4, 2009
• Judge at disposition: Mary Grace Diehl
• Days from filing to disposition: 65

After the case

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