Hedstrom Holdings, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $523 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $686 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 2,234
• Sub-industry: 39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
• 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: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: April 11, 2000
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 00-01665
• 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: July 17, 2001
• Judge at disposition: John C. Akard
• Days from filing to disposition: 462

After the case

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