F & M Distributors Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,431 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $651 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 4,370
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• 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: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: December 5, 1994
• Judge at filing: Walter Shapero
• Court district of filing: MI ED
• Court city of filing: Detroit
• Case number: 94-52115
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• 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: September 6, 1996
• Judge at disposition: Walter Shapero
• Days from filing to disposition: 641

After the case

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