Friedman's Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $679 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $697 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,967
• Sub-industry: 59 Miscellaneous Retail
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: GA Savannah
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Skadden Arps
• Date of filing: January 14, 2005
• Judge at filing: Lamar W. Davis Jr.
• Court district of filing: GA SD
• Court city of filing: Savannah
• Case number: 05-40129
• 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: November 23, 2005
• Judge at disposition: Lamar W. Davis Jr.
• Days from filing to disposition: 313

After the case

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