Creditors

What has happened?

The Directors of Humn.ai Limited (“the Company”) had been exploring strategic options and alternative solutions to address the medium-term funding requirements of the Company pre-appointment. Despite extensive efforts and having exhausted all options, the difficult decision was taken by the directors to place the Company into administration. Adam Seres, David Baxendale and James Cameron of PwC were appointed as joint administrators (“Administrators”) of the Company on 11 December 2023. 

Are you a creditor of  Humn.ai Ltd?

Creditors fall into the following categories: secured creditors, employees and trade and expense creditors. 

Secured creditors

Creditors who have security over assets in respect of monies owed to them.

Employees

We will be contacting employees separately with details of how to submit claims into the administration.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors will include such parties as landlords, suppliers, utility providers, software developers and hosting providers. 

We will be contacting known trade creditors shortly with details of how to register their claim.  

What type of creditor am I?

The above categories of creditors can be further classified as to the type of claim they have, these types will determine the quantum of distribution they will receive as the funds for each type is ring fenced.

The three main types of creditor are:

• Secured (split into security via fixed/standard and floating charges);

• Preferential; and 

• Unsecured

Secured creditors have security registered at Company House. When they have a fixed/standard charge over an asset, the secured creditor will be paid out of the realisations from that specific asset, after the costs of realisation have been deducted. 

When they have a floating charge over an asset, the secured creditor will be paid out of the realisations from those assets, after the costs of realisation and other expenses of the insolvency procedure, the preferential creditors (see below) have been paid in full and the prescribed part (see below) has been set aside. 

Preferential creditors primarily consist of employees for arrears of wages, accrued holiday pay, unpaid contributions to occupational pension schemes and state scheme premiums, all within certain limits. As of December 2020 this will also include certain aspects of HMRC’s claim, these claims will rank as secondary preferential claims (paid after the employees claims) and consist of the VAT, PAYE and NIC deductions. Preferential creditors rank ahead of all other creditors when realisations are achieved from assets where there is no fixed charge registered. 

Unsecured creditors are all other unsecured and non-preferential creditors (with the exception of shareholders/members). These are usually the normal “trade” creditors. They rank below preferential and secured creditors, with the exception of when the prescribed part is applicable, which in this instance does not apply. 

Shareholders / members will be the last class of creditor to receive a distribution and they will only receive a distribution after everyone else has been paid in full. 

What further information will I receive?

The Administrators will write to all known creditors of the Company (per the creditor list obtained from the Company’s books and records) within 7 days of appointment to formally notify them of the administration appointment and provide details on how to make a claim in the administration. 

The Administrators will produce a report to all known creditors and members within 7 days of the appointment. This report is known as the Joint Administrators’ proposals and will outline steps taken by the Administrators to date and the strategy going forwards. This report will be delivered via upload to the website following the issue of the website notice with the initial creditors letter. 

The Administrators are also required to provide a written update on the administration to all known creditors every 6 months. This report will be published on the website within one month of every 6 month anniversary. 

Opting Out

Creditors have the right to elect to opt out of receiving certain documents about insolvency proceedings. Any election to opt out will not affect a creditor’s entitlement to receive dividends, should any be paid to creditors. Further details on opting out will be provided to creditors in due course.

Estimated timeframe for reviewing my claim and paying a dividend?

The administration process is complex and it takes time to assess the Company’ position and provide an estimate of the value or timing for reviewing claims and making a distribution. The officeholders will include an update of dividend prospects and, if possible, a timeframe in their proposals and reports. 

Will you refund the costs incurred in preparing a claim? 

We are unable to refund the costs in preparing a claim. Consequently, we cannot refund any expenses incurred in obtaining information necessary to make a claim. 

How to submit a claim

We will be writing to creditors with a claim form which you should complete and return to register your claim.

If you have any issues or further queries, please email us on: uk_humn@pwc.com