Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $350 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $460 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 950
• Sub-industry: 27 Printing, Publishing, And Allied Industries
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: NY New York
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Proskauer Rose
• Date of filing: February 26, 1999
• Judge at filing: Tina L. Brozman
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 99-10030
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? no
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: September 24, 1999
• Judge at disposition: Tina L. Brozman
• Days from filing to disposition: 210

After the case

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