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to the unsecured creditors of Midway's subsidiaries (who held $ 36.7 million of claims) of about 25%. Any settlement amount under the lawsuit against National Amusements was to be paid to the two groups of unsecured creditors in the same ratio. Holders of secured and priority claims were to be paid in full, National Amusements would not receive any payment under its Subordinated Loan Agreement, and the equity holders would not receive any payment. On May 21, 2010, the bankruptcy court approved the plan of liquidation. Unsecured creditors of Midway shared approximately $ 25.5 million, and unsecured creditors of the company's subsidiaries shared about $ 9.2 million. A liquidating trust, administered by Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC as the Trustee, was created to pursue any remaining rights of Midway's bankruptcy estate and distribute any proceeds to Midway's remaining creditors.

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full satisfaction of all Midway debt to Thomas and his affiliates, and Thomas and his affiliates granted to Midway's Creditors' Committee an irrevocable proxy to vote his controlled shares of common stock in Midway and forever relinquished the right to vote or dispose of the shares. The settlement reduced Thomas's claims by 93 percent, and Midway continued to operate as a Debtor in Possession. Also on July 10, 2009, the sale of assets to Warner Bros. was completed. The total gross purchase price for the sale was approximately $ 49 million, including receivables, and Warner Bros. assumed liabilities. The sale also triggered payments under Midway's Key Employee Incentive Plan of approximately $ 2.4 million to company executives. The Midway Chicago studio, responsible for the

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plans would pay off". On January 29, 2010, the bankruptcy court dismissed claims brought by Midway creditors for fraud and breach of duty against Sumner Redstone, Shari Redstone and Midway's other directors, concerning his 2008 loans to the company and his subsequent sale of his 87% stake in the company to Mark Thomas, which increased Midway's net debt and wiped out the company's net operating losses and other tax assets. Judge Kevin Gross wrote that his decision was "not an endorsement of any of the defendants' actions. ... The defendants oversaw the ruin of a once highly successful company, only to hide behind the protective skirt of Delaware law, which the court is bound to apply." The court permitted other creditor claims to continue.

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21, 2010, ending the outstanding claims against the Redstone family. Since December 2010, the trustee for the liquidating trust of the company, Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC, has filed 57 avoidance actions seeking to recover a total of $ 2,936,736 in transfers made by Midway to creditors prior to its bankruptcy filing. In March 2011, the court dismissed the adversary proceeding by Threshold Entertainment. All of Midway's remaining unsold assets, as well as the subsidiaries of the company itself, were completely dissolved shortly thereafter but the entity remains in existence as of 2024 as a

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publishing subsidiary on the same day. The European sales resulted in cash proceeds of $ 1.7 million and the elimination of related intercompany claims. In September 2009, Midway shut down its Chicago headquarters and terminated all but a few of its remaining employees. Many of the former Midway employees at the Chicago studio acquired by Warner Bros. were retained by Warner Bros. On October 2, 2009, Midway and two of its subsidiaries, Midway Home Entertainment and Midway Studios Los-Angeles, sold intellectual property assets, including Midway's

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to Redstone. National Amusements took a significant loss on the sale, although the loss allowed it to benefit from tax losses. In December 2008, Midway disclosed that it might default on $ 240 million of debt after the sale of stock to Thomas triggered clauses in two bond issues totalling $ 150 million of debt that allowed the bondholders to demand full repayment.

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In February 2010, Midway filed its proposed plan of liquidation with the bankruptcy court. Under the plan, intercompany claims would be extinguished and a partial recovery would be allowed to the unsecured creditors of Midway Games (who held $ 155 million of claims) to the extent of about 16.5%, and

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On July 14, 2009, Midway announced that it had closed the Newcastle studio and terminated 75 employees. On August 19, 2009, Midway sold its French and German subsidiaries to holding companies called Spiess Media Holding UG and F+F Publishing GmbH, respectively. Spiess also purchased Midway's London

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purchased the San Diego studio for $ 740,000 and extinguished Midway obligations to it. On July 10, 2009, pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement that was approved by the bankruptcy court, Midway agreed to pay to affiliates of its majority owner, Mark Thomas, approximately $ 4.7 million in

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Under WMS ownership, Midway initially continued to produce arcade games under the Bally/Midway label, while producing pinball machines under the "Bally" brand. In 1991, however, Midway absorbed Williams' video game division and stopped using the "Bally/Midway" label for its arcade games. In 1992, the

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in Chicago dismissed a lawsuit against former officers of Midway alleging that they had misled shareholders while selling their own stock. The judge ruled that Midway's shareholders had not shown that the executives "said or did anything more than publicly adopt a hopeful posture that its strategic

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On December 2, 2008, Sumner Redstone sold his 87 percent stake in Midway Games to Mark Thomas, a private investor, through his company MT Acquisition Holdings LLC. Thomas's company paid approximately $ 100,000, or $ 0.0012 per share. Thomas also received $ 70 million of Midway's debt that was owed

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of stock. In 1998, WMS spun off its remaining shares of Midway. Midway was ranked the fourth largest-selling video game publisher in 2000. However it experienced large annual net losses and engaged in a series of stock and debt offerings and other financings and borrowings. Midway exited the arcade

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On June 9, 2010, the company filed a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, terminating the public registration of its securities. The creditors' settlement of their lawsuit against National Amusements, in the total amount of $ 1 million, was approved by the bankruptcy court on June

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Midway Games Ltd. based in London, United Kingdom, published and distributed Midway's video games in the UK and other markets in Europe. On August 19, 2009, Midway Games Ltd. was sold to a company owned by Martin Spiess (who was previously an executive officer of Midway) and, together with Midway

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office (before its closure) and the San Diego branch (Midway Studios San Diego/Midway Home Entertainment). In November 2008, Midway reported that its cash and other resources "may not be adequate to fund... working capital requirements" and that it "would need to initiate cost cutting measures or

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In 2006 and 2007, Midway lost a further $ 77 million on sales of $ 166 million and $ 100 million on sales of $ 157 million, respectively. It continued to finance its business with debt offerings and other credit arrangements. As of 2007, Midway Games was engaged in a legal battle with Mindshadow

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in Chicago dismissed a lawsuit alleging that former officers of Midway misled shareholders while selling their own stock. In 2010, the bankruptcy court dismissed claims against Redstone concerning his sale of the company to Thomas and approved Midway's plan of liquidation. Midway terminated the

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In 2008, Midway lost $ 191 million on sales of $ 220 million, and Redstone's sale of his shares to Thomas eliminated Midway's ability to take advantage of accumulated net operating losses and other tax assets potentially worth more than $ 700 million. On February 12, 2009, Midway and its U.S.

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In 1996, WMS made a public offering of Midway stock. At the same time, WMS transferred its video game copyrights and trademarks to Midway while Midway transferred its pinball assets to WMS. In 1998, WMS spun off its remaining 86.8% interest in Midway to the WMS shareholders, making Midway an

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Midway Games SAS in Paris published and distributed Midway video games in France. On August 19, 2009, Midway Games SAS was sold off to Spiess, along with Midway Games Ltd., and they were formed into Spiess Media Holding UG. It was combined with the London office and re-branded Tradewest

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seek additional liquidity sources". On November 20, 2008, Midway retained Lazard to assist it "in the evaluation of strategic and financial alternatives". The next day, Midway received a NYSE delisting notice, after its stock's price fell below one dollar. Midway's last title,

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was the original Midway arcade development studio, and was housed within the same facility as Midway Amusement Games in Chicago. After the company exited the arcade business in 2001, the studio focused solely on titles for home and portable consoles. It had developed

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or others. It was renamed Williams Entertainment, Inc., which in turn became Midway Home Entertainment in 1996. The Texas and San Diego offices were consolidated in 2001. Midway Home Entertainment published and marketed all Midway video games made for home

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on October 1, 2001, and the company exited the arcade games business, after which the subsidiary continued to exist to maintain its intellectual properties, specifically the libraries of Midway, Bally, and Williams. Former employees including

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and acquired by Midway in 1996, it primarily produced arcade games. Although it ceased operations in 2003, Midway Games West continued to exist as a holding entity for its copyrights and trademarks. Its assets are now owned by Warner Bros.

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Bally Midway was purchased in 1988 by the arcade and pinball game company Williams Electronics Games through its holding company WMS Industries, Inc. and its name was changed back to Midway Manufacturing. Midway moved its headquarters from

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published and distributed Midway video games in Germany. The subsidiary was formed in February 2005 by Midway Games Ltd. In August 2009, Midway Germany GmbH was sold to former manager Uwe Fürstenberg's company F+F Publishing

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In 2004, in an effort to expand its market share, Midway began a purchasing spree of independent video game development studios to strengthen its product development teams In April 2004, Midway acquired

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and Jeff Nauman. WMS obtained the right from Bally to use the "Bally" brand for its pinball games since Bally had completely left the arcade/pinball industry to concentrate on casinos and slot machines.

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premises emptied. During 2004 and 2005, Midway lost $ 20 million on sales of $ 162 million, and $ 112 million on sales of $ 150 million, respectively. Redstone voted his shares to elect his daughter

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Midway was ranked as the No. 4 video game publisher by sales in 2000. It was ranked as the No. 19 video game publisher in 2005 and had fallen to No. 20 in 2006, according to the magazine

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market. This was facilitated by WMS transferring its former home console division, Williams Entertainment, Inc., to Midway. The division had previously been known as

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Midway Mfg. Co. began in November 1958 as an independent manufacturer of amusement equipment founded by Henry Ross and Marcine Wolverton. It was purchased by

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in 1994. The original arcade division of the company became Midway Amusement Games and the newly created home division was named Midway Home Entertainment.

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to bring publishing of home video game market in-house, with the latter becoming Midway Home Entertainment in 1996, the same year that Midway made its

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for $ 100,000 and the assumption of related liabilities; Midway was no longer selling games and had been disposed of all fixed assets at that time.

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series. Following its acquisition by Warner Bros, the studio was renamed WB Games Chicago. In June 2010, Warner Bros. rebranded it as

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issued a ruling granting summary judgment on all counts in Midway's favor. Judge Cooper found no evidence of copyright infringement.

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Games SAS, it was formed into a holding company called Spiess Media Holding UG. It was combined with the Paris office and re-branded

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in 1987, then renamed it as a subsidiary, the Leland Corporation. Tradewest was then acquired by WMS Industries in 1994 to enter the

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division with Midway in 1982, which was renamed Bally/Midway. In 1988, Bally Manufacturing sold its amusement games operations to

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Midway's 2005 and 2006 annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available on its website at www.sec.gov.

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Also in 1996, Midway changed its original corporate name, Midway Manufacturing, to Midway Games Inc., due to its entrance in the

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On December 22, 1999, Midway changed the name of its Atari Games subsidiary to Midway Games West, Inc. to avoid confusion with

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Midway's May 2005 quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available on its website at www.sec.gov.

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subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The company began to operate as a

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The company was founded as Midway Manufacturing in 1958, as an amusement game manufacturer. The company was then purchased by

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On July 8, 2009, Midway disclosed that it intended to close the San Diego studio by September. However, on August 19, 2009,

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Meanwhile, Midway's breakthrough success came in 1978, with the licensing and distribution of Taito's seminal arcade game

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Midway announced on May 21, 2009, that it had received a takeover bid from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (now

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purchased most of Midway's assets, and Midway settled with Mark Thomas to relinquish his Midway stock and debt. The

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in 1969. Bally, at that time, was a leader in the manufacture of slot machines. After some years making mechanical

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of Seattle, Washington. In October 2004, it acquired Inevitable Entertainment of Austin, Texas (which became

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such as puck bowling and simulated western shoot-out, Midway became an early American maker of arcade

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independent entity for the first time in almost 30 years. Midway kept Atari Games as a wholly owned

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On March 6, 2007, Midway reported that it had entered into a new $ 90 m credit agreement with

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in America. This was followed by Midway's licensing and distributing the U.S. version of

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s story from a screenplay written and owned by their client. On December 2, 2008, Judge

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market; previously home adaptations of Midway games were published under license by

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incorporated in Delaware. The Midway Games trademark and logo is currently owned by

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Enterprises, Ltd. in the United States for two years which included titles such as

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machine became the best selling pinball game of all time. In 1996, WMS purchased

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filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as of October 2, 2009

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series and other games, became part of Warner Bros. and was later rebranded

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employees from the original Midway, only two game designers were retained:

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to Midway's board of directors and later as the chair of the board.

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division with Midway. Three games released that year, including

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Threshold Entertainment, Inc. v. Midway Games Inc., et al.

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video game rights. Mindshadow alleged that Midway copied

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bought the studio and its assets, renamed the studio as

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to publish games, based on properties, namely that of

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public registration of its securities in June 2010.

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JonesandAssociates.com, April 27, 2011 2469: 2351:Fritz, Ben; Pham, Alex (June 27, 2009). 2257:maker Midway Games files for bankruptcy" 2248: 2246: 2096:Game Developer's Top 20 Publishers, 2006 1983: 1646: 1644: 1642: 1640: 1604:"IGN story: Midway files for bankruptcy" 1581: 441:in 1969. In 1973, Midway moved into the 2922:"The Internet Pinball Machine Database" 2794: 2736: 2612: 2325:Fritz, Ben; Pham, Alex (May 22, 2009). 1984:Archives, L. A. Times (June 23, 2001). 1941:"Certificate of Amendment: Atari Games" 1690: 1606:. Uk.xbox360.ign.com. February 12, 2009 859:series. The offer did not include the 830: 14: 4020:American companies established in 1958 4007: 2642: 2503: 2438: 2435:, Morris James, LLP, September 2, 2011 1986:"Midway Games to Exit Arcade Business" 1935: 1933: 1847: 1808: 1806: 1804: 1802: 1710: 1661: 499:Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 184:Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 174:Warner Bros. 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