WCI Steel Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $805 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $628 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,800
• Sub-industry: 33 Primary Metal Industries
• Place of incorporation: OH
• Court for city of headquarters: OH Youngstown
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Squire Sanders
• Date of filing: September 16, 2003
• Judge at filing: William T. Bodoh
• Court district of filing: OH ND
• Court city of filing: Youngstown
• Case number: 03-44662
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


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


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: March 30, 2006
• Judge at disposition: Marilyn Shea-Stonum
• Days from filing to disposition: 926

After the case

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