Oglebay Norton Company

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $644 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,034 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,804
• Sub-industry: 14 Mining and Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels
• Place of incorporation: OH
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Cleveland
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Jones Day
• Date of filing: February 23, 2004
• Judge at filing: Joel B. Rosenthal
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 04-10558
• 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: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: November 16, 2004
• Judge at disposition: Joel B. Rosenthal
• Days from filing to disposition: 267

After the case

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