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The San Diego Padres made the jump to MLB for local games after Diamond Sports Group—Main Street’s prebankruptcy name—missed a scheduled rights payment during the 2023 season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

First Brands also provided an update on recent operations, saying that ordering patterns are trending above 90% of prebankruptcy levels and that it is looking at new business opportunities with existing and potential customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The company’s prebankruptcy $16.1-billion debt load was a vestige of its 2008 private equity leveraged buyout.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Sbarro, whose owners include Mr. Karam and private-equity firms Apollo Global Management APO 2.44 % LLC and Guggenheim Investment Management LLC, currently has about 800 global outlets, down from a prebankruptcy level of 1,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2015

Or they could hope that G.M. decides, even without a court order, to treat the prebankruptcy cases like new ones.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014