ViaSystems Group Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,975 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,617 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 18,800
• Sub-industry: 36 Electronic And Other Electrical Equipment And Components
• 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: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: October 1, 2002
• Judge at filing: Allan L. Gropper
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 02-14867
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? no
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prepackaged


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: January 14, 2003
• Judge at disposition: Allan L. Gropper
• Days from filing to disposition: 105

After the case

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