Weirton Steel Corp.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,676 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,126 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,646
• Sub-industry: 33 Primary Metal Industries
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: WV Wheeling
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: McGuireWoods
• Date of filing: May 19, 2003
• Judge at filing: L. Edward Friend II
• Court district of filing: WV ND
• Court city of filing: Wheeling
• Case number: 03-01802
• Cause of bankruptcy: Pension
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? data not available
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: August 24, 2004
• Judge at disposition: L. Edward Friend II
• Days from filing to disposition: 463

After the case

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