Montgomery Ward Holding Corp. (2000)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $6,199 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $5,956 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 49,000
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: IL Chicago
• In business at filing? no

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Skadden Arps
• Date of filing: December 28, 2000
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 00-04667
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: August 12, 2002
• Judge at disposition: Raymond T. Lyons
• Days from filing to disposition: 592

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years