New World Pasta Co.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $628 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $669 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 2,050
• Sub-industry: 20 Food and Kindred Products
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: PA Harrisburg
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Saul Ewing
• Date of filing: May 10, 2004
• Judge at filing: Mary D. France
• Court district of filing: PA MD
• Court city of filing: Harrisburg
• Case number: 04-02817
• 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: November 21, 2005
• Judge at disposition: Mary D. France
• Days from filing to disposition: 560

After the case

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