API Group Administrations and Liquidation

Cedar 2015 Limited
API Group Services Limited
API-Stace Limited
API Laminates Limited
API Foils Holdings Limited
API Foils Limited
API Holographics Limited

(all in Administration) 

API Group Limited (previously API Group PLC) (in Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)

(together ‘the Companies’)

On 31 January 2020, Colin Peter Dempster and Robert Hunter Kelly were appointed as Joint Administrators of the Companies. The Appointment was made by the Group’s directors under the provisions of Paragraph 22(2) of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986.

Update as of 11 December 2020

On 11 December 2020, API Group Limited was moved into Creditors Voluntary Liquidation and Colin Peter Dempster and Robert Hunter Kelly were appointed Joint Liquidators pursuant to Paragraph 83 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986.

Update as of 27 June 2022

Due to Robert Hunter Kelly’s retiral from EY, Timothy Graham Vance of EY was appointed as a substitute office holder as both Joint Administrator and Joint Liquidator, as relevant, by the High Court of Justice on 27 June 2022.

Update as of 30 January 2023

Please be advised that in accordance with the terms of the Joint Administrators’ Statement of Proposals, as there were no further assets to be realised or distributions to be made, the Companies (excluding API Group Limited) moved from Administration to dissolution. The Joint Administrators have delivered Companies House Forms AM23 to the Register of Companies giving notice of the end of the Administrations for each company. The Administrations officially ended on 30 January 2023, the date the forms were registered by Companies House, and the Companies will be deemed to be dissolved three months thereafter.

The Joint Administrators’ final progress report for the Companies can be found in the Joint Administrators’ Progress Reports section below.

Update as of 19 June 2023

Due to Colin Peter Dempster’s retiral from EY, Kristopher Stewart Aspin of EY was appointed as a substitute office holder as Joint Liquidator of API Group Limited by the High Court of Justice on 19 June 2023.

Further information and documents regarding the Administration and Liquidation will be uploaded to this website. Queries specifically relating to the Administrations and Liquidation should be emailed to apigroup@uk.ey.com.

Administration and Liquidation Documents

K S Aspin and T G Vance are both licensed in the United Kingdom to act as Insolvency Practitioners by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. As Insolvency Practitioners, they are bound by the Insolvency Code of Ethics in carrying out all professional work relating to the appointment

The Joint Liquidators may act as data controllers of personal data as defined by the UK General Data Protection Regulation (as incorporated in the Data Protection Act 2018), depending upon the specific processing activities undertaken. Ernst & Young LLP and/or API Group Limited may act as a data processor on the instructions of the Joint Liquidators. Personal data will be kept secure and processed only for matters relating to the Joint Liquidators’ appointment. The Office Holder Data Privacy Notice can be found at www.ey.com/uk/officeholderprivacy.