Patriot Coal Corporation (2012)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $3,112 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $4,892 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 4,300
• Sub-industry: 12 Coal Mining
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MO St. Louis
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Davis Polk
• Date of filing: July 9, 2012
• Judge at filing: Shelley C. Chapman
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 12-12900
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? yes
• Destination court of transfer: St. Louis
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: December 18, 2013
• Judge at disposition: Kathy A. Surratt-States
• Days from filing to disposition: 527

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, refiled