Foamex International, Inc. (2005)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,891 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $964 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 5,500
• Sub-industry: 30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: PA Philadelphia
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Paul Weiss
• Date of filing: September 19, 2005
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 05-12685
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• 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: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: February 1, 2007
• Judge at disposition: Kevin Gross
• Days from filing to disposition: 500

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled