DelawareBankruptcyLitigation

In the Fresh & Easy, LLC bankruptcy proceeding, a Section 341 Meeting of Creditors has been scheduled for Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Court House, 844 N. King Street, Fifth Fl., Wilmington, DE 19801.

On October 30, 2015, Fresh & Easy, LLC (“Debtor”) filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.  Exide filed for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. At the time of its bankruptcy filing, Fresh & Easy had 97 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada.

Chief financial officer Peter McPhee signed court documents indicating the company has assets of $10 million to $50 million and debts of between $100 million and $500 million.

On October 14, 2015, Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. and 7 affiliates filed for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The cases are jointly administered under Case Number 15-12136 and presided over by Judge Christopher S. Sontchi.  The first day hearing was held on October 19, 2015.  The second day hearing is scheduled for November 18, 2015 at 12:30 p.m.

In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, Charles Forman, the Chapter 7 Trustee to the debtors, Chopper Express, Inc., Chopper DDS, Inc., Life Trucking, Inc., and Pumpernickel Express, Inc. (“Debtors”), filed approximately 54 preference actions in early October 2015 seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly fraudulent transfers under Sections 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code.

In the Wire Company Holdings, Inc. bankruptcy proceeding (Delaware Bankruptcy Case No. 15-12097-LSS), the U.S. Trustee has scheduled a Section 341 Meeting of Creditors for November 17, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (ET) at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building, 844 King Street, Room 5209, Wilmington, DE 19801.