Metals USA, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,392 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,854 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 4,700
• Sub-industry: 50 Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: TX Houston
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Fulbright Jaworski
• Date of filing: November 14, 2001
• Judge at filing: William R. Greendyke
• Court district of filing: TX SD
• Court city of filing: Houston
• Case number: 01-42530
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• 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: October 18, 2002
• Judge at disposition: William R. Greendyke
• Days from filing to disposition: 338

After the case

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