Zale Corp.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $2,870 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $3,845 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 12,300
• Sub-industry: 59 Miscellaneous Retail
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: TX Dallas
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? creditors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: January 1, 1992
• Judge at filing: Steven A. Felsenthal
• Court district of filing: TX ND
• Court city of filing: Dallas
• Case number: 92-30002
• 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? data not available
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: May 20, 1993
• Judge at disposition: Steven A. Felsenthal
• Days from filing to disposition: 505

After the case

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