Spectra Premium Industries

Spectra Premium Industries, a Boucherville, Quebec-based company that specializes in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of cooling systems and other automotive products, together with several of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Spectra Group"), obtained protection under the CCAA on March 10, listing approximately $249.0 million in liabilities, including $102.9 million to Wells Fargo and $20.7 million to Laurentian Bank. Over the past few years, the Spectra Group has seen a progressive reduction of its profitability. For the year ended January 31, 2020, the Spectra Group suffered a loss of more than $13.0 million. The group attributes its financial difficulties primarily to a shift in customer demand towards aftermarket products that are cheaper; an oversupply of certain products in the US market and increased costs as a result of the tariffs imposed on goods imported from China. EY was appointed monitor. Counsel is Norton Rose Fulbright for the monitor, Lavery, de Billy for the Spectra Group, Bennett Jones and Fishman Flanz Meland Paquin for Wells Fargo, and McCarthy Tétrault for Laurentian Bank.