Geo Specialty Chemicals Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $260 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $428 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 450
• Sub-industry: 28 Chemicals and Allied Products
• Place of incorporation: OH
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Cleveland
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Thompson Hine
• Date of filing: March 18, 2004
• Judge at filing: Morris Stern
• Court district of filing: NJ
• Court city of filing: Newark
• Case number: 04-19148
• 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: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: December 20, 2004
• Judge at disposition: Morris Stern
• Days from filing to disposition: 277

After the case

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