Value Merchants Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $740 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $420 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 4,800
• Sub-industry: 59 Miscellaneous Retail
• Place of incorporation: WI
• Court for city of headquarters: WI Milwaukee
• In business at filing? emerged

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Solochek Weber
• Date of filing: December 13, 1993
• Judge at filing: James E. Shapiro
• Court district of filing: WI ED
• Court city of filing: Milwaukee
• Case number: 93-26733
• 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: June 15, 1995
• Judge at disposition: James E. Shapiro
• Days from filing to disposition: 549

After the case

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