Ha-Lo Industries

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,024 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $961 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,500
• Sub-industry: 50 Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: IL Chicago
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Orrick Herrington
• Date of filing: July 30, 2001
• Judge at filing: Roderick R. McKelvie
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 01-10000
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? yes
• Destination court of transfer: Chicago
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: January 28, 2004
• Judge at disposition: Carol A. Doyle
• Days from filing to disposition: 912

After the case

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