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Brooks Brothers’ 2021 liquidation plan is being administered by the BBGI Liquidation Trust, which continues to reconcile claims and make distributions. The court extended the trust’s term through April 20, 2027, and the trustee has not identified when a final decree will be sought, according to the trust’s September 2026 report Dkt. 1814 and the extension order Dkt. 1795.
Brooks Brothers Group, Inc., now BBGI US, Inc., is in post-confirmation administration under a liquidation plan. The BBGI Liquidation Trust continues to reconcile claims and administer distributions; the court extended its term through April 20, 2027, and the trustee reported in October 2026 that the timing of an application for a final decree could not be anticipated with certainty. The court also further extended the trust’s deadline to object to claims in an October 19 order Dkt. 1816. The trust’s term is set by the May 2026 extension order Dkt. 1795.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2026, the trust’s post-confirmation report Dkt. 1814 reported $37,156,788 paid cumulatively on $305,988,356 in allowed general unsecured claims, with 12% anticipated paid. The report cautioned that allowed claims may change through reconciliation and that anticipated plan payments may change. It also reported cumulative payments of $9,172,452 on administrative claims, $14,167,142 on secured claims and $1,461,478 on priority claims; the secured amount includes a pre-emergence payment to UniCredit.
Brooks Brothers and twelve affiliates filed Chapter 11 on July 8, 2020, after shifting retail trends and pandemic-related store closures sharply reduced sales. The first-day declaration Dkt. 38 reported a roughly 76% year-over-year revenue decline from March through June 2020 and listed $392,097,999 in total funded debt at filing.
The court confirmed the liquidation plan Dkt. 1104 on March 5, 2021, and the plan became effective on April 20, 2021, according to the effective-date notice Dkt. 1184. The court closed the subsidiary cases on June 17, 2021, under the subsidiary final decree Dkt. 1277.
Updated Nov 5
| Month | Filings |
|---|---|
| July 2020 | 277 |
| August 2020 | 243 |
| September 2020 | 93 |
| October 2020 | 56 |
| November 2020 | 96 |
| December 2020 | 68 |
| January 2021 | 118 |
| February 2021 | 92 |
| March 2021 | 88 |
| April 2021 | 39 |
| May 2021 | 56 |
| June 2021 | 28 |
| July 2021 | 27 |
| August 2021 | 10 |
| September 2021 | 23 |
| October 2021 | 11 |
| November 2021 | 26 |
| December 2021 | 7 |
| January 2022 | 13 |
| February 2022 | 11 |
| March 2022 | 4 |
| April 2022 | 16 |
| May 2022 | 32 |
| June 2022 | 10 |
| July 2022 | 3 |
| August 2022 | 9 |
| September 2022 | 3 |
| October 2022 | 16 |
| November 2022 | 2 |
| December 2022 | 2 |
| January 2023 | 12 |
| February 2023 | 4 |
| March 2023 | 2 |
| April 2023 | 4 |
| May 2023 | 5 |
| June 2023 | 3 |
| July 2023 | 2 |
| August 2023 | 4 |
| September 2023 | 13 |
| October 2023 | 27 |
| November 2023 | 4 |
| December 2023 | 3 |
| January 2024 | 8 |
| February 2024 | 7 |
| March 2024 | 1 |
| April 2024 | 12 |
| May 2024 | 8 |
| June 2024 | 5 |
| July 2024 | 4 |
| August 2024 | 0 |
| September 2024 | 5 |
| October 2024 | 12 |
| November 2024 | 0 |
| December 2024 | 2 |
| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 9 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 20 |
| May 2025 | 11 |
| June 2025 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 1 |
| September 2025 | 10 |
| October 2025 | 12 |
| November 2025 | 6 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 2 |
| February 2026 | 5 |
| March 2026 | 6 |
| April 2026 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 9 |
| November 2026 | 0 |
Case facts and filing dates come from court records.Case docket on PACER