Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court

Case number: 4:23-bk-90716 - Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc. and Joseph Pennington - Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information

Case title

Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc. and Joseph Pennington

Court

Texas Southern (txsbke)

Chapter

Judge

Marvin Isgur

Filed

06/12/2023

Last Filing

08/03/2026

Asset

Yes

Vol

Docket Header

LEAD, COMPLX, COMPLX, DEFmaillist

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas (Houston)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 23-90716

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset

Date filed:	06/12/2023
Plan confirmed:	02/23/2024
341 meeting:	08/31/2023

Debtor Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX aka Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc. aka WK Acquisition Holdings Inc.	represented by	Charles A Beckham, Jr Haynes and Boone, LLP 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77010-2007 713-547-2000 Email: [email protected] Kourtney Pickens Lyda Haynes and Boone, LLP 1221 McKinney Ste 2100 Houston, TX 77010 713-547-2590 Fax : 713-236-5687 Email: [email protected] Arsalan Muhammad Haynes and Boone, LLP 1221 McKinney Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77010-2007 713-547-2257 Email: [email protected] David A Trausch Haynes and Boone, LLP 1221 McKinney Street Ste 4000 Houston, TX 77010 713-547-2248 Fax : 713-236-5674 Email: [email protected]
Debtor Instant Brands (Texas) Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Instant Brands, LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Instant Brands Acquisition Intermediate Holdings Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Instant Brands Holdings Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor URS-1 (Charleroi) LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor URS-2 (Corning) LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands (Latin America) LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor EKCO Group, LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor EKCO Housewares, Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor EKCO Manufacturing of Ohio, Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands (Canada) Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Instant Brands (Canada) Holding Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Instant Brands Inc. 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands (GHC) LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL Tax ID / EIN: XX-XXXXXXX	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings LLC 3025 Highland Parkway, Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Charles A Beckham, Jr (See above for address) Matthew C. Corcoran Jones Day 325 John H. McConnell Blvd. Suite 600 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 281-3822 Email: [email protected] Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) David A Trausch (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands (Texas) Inc. f/k/a Instant Brands (Texas) Inc. , IL DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands LLC f/k/a Instant Brands LLC Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings LLC f/k/a Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc. Downers Grove, IL DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) David A Trausch (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands Acquisition Intermediate Holdings Inc. f/k/a Instant Brands Acquisition Intermediate Holdings Inc. Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands Holdings Inc. f/k/a Instant Brands Holdings Inc. Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands (Charleroi) LLC f/k/a URS-1 (Charleroi) LLC Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address)
Debtor Corelle Brands (Corning) LLC f/k/a URS-2 (Corning) LLC Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address)
Debtor In Possession Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings LLC 3025 Highland Parkway Suite 700 Downers Grove, IL 60515 DU PAGE-IL	represented by	Charles A Beckham, Jr (See above for address) Kourtney Pickens Lyda (See above for address) Arsalan Muhammad (See above for address) David A Trausch (See above for address)
Petitioning Creditor Elsie Wilkerson	represented by	Amir Isaiah Morgan & Morgan 703 Waterford Way, Suite 1000 3rd Floor FL Miami, FL 33133 305-202-0060 Email: [email protected]
Petitioning Creditor Michelle Havens	represented by	Amir Isaiah (See above for address)
U.S. Trustee US Trustee Office of the US Trustee 515 Rusk Ave Ste 3516 Houston, TX 77002	represented by	Vianey Garza DOJ-Ust 515 Rusk Street, Suite 3516 Houston, TX 77002 713-718-4663 Email: [email protected] Jayson B. Ruff Office of the United States Trustee 515 Rusk St. Ste. 3516 Houston, TX 77002 713-718-4650 Fax : 713-718-4670 Email: [email protected]
3rd Party Plaintiff Joseph Pennington	represented by	Christopher M Halesey Woomer & Talarico Three Parkway Center Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 412-388-0858 Email: [email protected]
Creditor Committee Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors	represented by	James P. Muenker DLA Piper LLP (US) 1900 North Pearl Street Suite 2200 Dallas, TX 75201 214-743-4559 Email: [email protected]

Latest Dockets

Date Filed	#	Docket Text
08/03/2026	1660	Docket Text Certificate of Service (Filed By John Dubel, Benoit Gadbois, William Hess, Nicholas Hewitt, Jeffrey Kist, Catherine Landman, Lawrence McRae, Kenneth Wilkes ).(Related document(s): Hearing (Bk), [1659] Notice) (Jacobsen, Kristen)
08/03/2026	1659	Docket Text Notice of Emergency Status Conference set for August 5, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.. (Related document(s): Hearing (Bk)) Filed by John Dubel, Lawrence McRae, Kenneth Wilkes, Catherine Landman, William Hess, Jeffrey Kist, Nicholas Hewitt, Benoit Gadbois (Heyen, Shari)
08/03/2026		Docket Text Hearing Set by Request (Related document(s):[1658] Notice) Contacted by Shari Heyen. Movant to notice all interested parties and file a certificate of service with the court. Status conference to be held on 8/5/2026 at 01:30 PM at Houston, Courtroom 404 (MI). (sta4)
07/30/2026	1658	Docket Text Notice of Resignation as Litigation Trustee of the Litigation Trust. Filed by Alan D. Halperin, Litigation Trustee of the Litigation Trust (Newcomer, Joshua)
07/23/2026	1657	Docket Text Statement Statement of the Debtor as to Whether Bankruptcy Case(s) Should Be Closed (Filed By Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings LLC f/k/a Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings Inc. ). (Attachments: # (1) Proposed Order) (Parham, David)
06/30/2026	1656	Docket Text Withdraw Document (Filed By Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors ).(Related document(s):[1647] Generic Motion) (Muenker, James)
06/17/2026	1655	Docket Text BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):[1654] Order Resetting Hearing) No. of Notices: 34. Notice Date 06/17/2026. (Admin.)
06/15/2026	1654	Docket Text Order Granting Motion for Continuance of Hearing on Motion to Enforce Confirmation Order and Plan, Signed on 6/15/2026 (Related document(s):[1647] Generic Motion, [1653] Emergency Motion (with hearing date)) Hearing scheduled for 7/1/2026 at 09:30 AM at Houston, Courtroom 404 (MI). (acj4)
06/12/2026	1653	Docket Text Emergency Motion /DLA Piper's Emergency Motion for Continuance of Hearing on Motion to Enforce Confirmation Order and Plan Filed by Creditor Committee Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors Hearing scheduled for 7/1/2026 at 09:30 AM at Houston, Courtroom 404 (MI). (Attachments: # (1) Proposed Order) (Muenker, James)
06/09/2026	1652	Docket Text Stipulation By Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings LLC and DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. Does this document include an agreed order or otherwise request that the judge sign a document? No. (Filed By Corelle Brands Acquisition Holdings LLC ).(Related document(s):[1647] Generic Motion) (Parham, David)