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Articles about bankruptcy creditor administrative expense claims in bankruptcy

Fluid Routing Solutions Bankruptcy – First Day Motion to Pay Certain Supplier Administrative Priority Claims

Feb. 08, 2009 – Through two “First Day Motions”, Fluid Routing Solutions, Inc. and its affiliated filers (“Fluid Routing Solutions”) are taking steps to hold their own supplier base in place and avoid disruption to its manufacturing operations. The two motions are:

  1. Motion for Order Pursuant to Sections 105(a), 503(b), and 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code Authorizing Debtors to Pay Certain Prepetition Claims of Suppliers and Vendors of Goods and Services Entitled to Administrative Priority
  2. Motion for Order Pursuant to Sections 105, 363 and 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code for an Order Authorizing the Debtors to Elevate Certain Prepetition Claims of Certain Critical Vendors to Administrative Priority

This post addresses the first of these motions.

Sample Motion for Allowance of Administrative Expense Claim Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 503(b)(9)

We have included a simple sample of  Motion for Allowance of Administrative Expense Claim Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Section 503(b)(9). You can access this sample by clicking the preceding link.

We stress that this is a sample and a simple one at that. There are several ancillary provisions that could be included depending upon the circumstances of a particular case.

We provide an extensive discussion Section 503(b)(9) administrative expense request process in the article: Bankruptcy Creditor 503(b)(9) Administrative Expense

Suppliers Lining Up for 503(b)(9) Administrative Expense Claims

11 USC Section 503(b)(9) provides that a supplier shall be entitled to an “administrative expense claim” for “the value of any goods received by the debtor within 20 days before the date of commencement of a case under this title in which the goods have been sold to the debtor in the ordinary course of such debtor’s business.” 

Clearly motivated by Cadence’s announcement that it is liquidating, suppliers are making sure that they are in line for allowance of administrative expense claims pursuant to