Lenders Infighting Risks American Tire Distributors’ Bankruptcy

  • Dissenting lenders excluded from participating in DIP loan
  • Judge poses questions, hearing set to continue on Thursday

The crux of their issue was that some lenders were excluded from participating the debtor-in-possession financing.

Photographer: Graham Hughes/Bloomberg
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A fight between lenders of American Tire Distributors Inc. over bankruptcy financing is threatening to derail the company’s path to emerge from Chapter 11.

The current debtor-in-possession financing plan could risk a lawsuit down the road, Judge Craig T. Goldblatt told lenders at a Tuesday hearing in Delaware.