School Specialty, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $943 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $597 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,750
• Sub-industry: 50 Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
• Place of incorporation: WI
• Court for city of headquarters: WI Milwaukee
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Paul Weiss
• Date of filing: January 28, 2013
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 13-10125
• 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: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: May 24, 2013
• Judge at disposition: Kevin J. Carey
• Days from filing to disposition: 116

After the case

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