Thermadyne Holdings Corp. (1993)

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $898 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,071 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,000
• Sub-industry: 35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MO St. Louis
• In business at filing? emerged

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: December 2, 1993
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 93-01369
• 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: prepackaged


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: January 18, 1994
• Judge at disposition: Peter J. Walsh
• Days from filing to disposition: 47

After the case

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