Dean Foods Company

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,910 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $2,445 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 15,000
• Sub-industry: 20 Food and Kindred Products
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: TX Dallas
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Davis Polk
• Date of filing: November 12, 2019
• Judge at filing: David R. Jones
• Court district of filing: TX SD
• Court city of filing: Houston
• Case number: 19-36313
• 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: March 17, 2021
• Judge at disposition: David R. Jones
• Days from filing to disposition: 491

After the case

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