Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,771 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $2,507 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 32,800
• Sub-industry: 01 Crops
• Place of incorporation: NJ
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Cincinnati
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Kirkland Ellis
• Date of filing: November 28, 2001
• Judge at filing: data not available
• Court district of filing: OH SD
• Court city of filing: Cincinnati
• Case number: 01-18812
• 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? no
• Plan type: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: March 8, 2002
• Judge at disposition: J. Vincent Aug Jr.
• Days from filing to disposition: 100

After the case

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