Kmart Corp.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $62,054 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $24,518 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 252,000
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: MI
• Court for city of headquarters: MI Detroit
• 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 22, 2002
• Judge at filing: Susan Pierson Sonderby
• Court district of filing: IL ND
• Court city of filing: Chicago
• Case number: 02-02474
• 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: April 22, 2003
• Judge at disposition: Susan Pierson Sonderby
• Days from filing to disposition: 455

After the case

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