Ontario · Receivership (court-appointed)
First Report of the Receiver dated June 1, 2026
Court officer report · 1 June 2026
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- report date1 June 2026
- report noFirst Report
- commencement date10 April 2026
- courtOntario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List)
- court file noCL-26-00000152-0000
- provinceOntario
- secured creditorsPivot Financial I Limited Partnership (senior secured creditor under Senior Credit Agreement and Subordinate Promissory Note); Cortland Credit Lending Corporation (secured guarantee)
- statutory basisSubsection 243(1) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, as amended, and section 101 of the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, as amended
- proceeding typeReceivership
- operational summarySubject to the Debtor no longer originating any further mortgages, consistent with its intended orderly wind-down, the Business has continued to operate in the normal course under the supervision, and at the direction, of the Receiver.
- unsecured creditorsnote: Approximately 141 separate Unsecured Noteholders (aggregate as reported); the Unsecured Notes are postponed and subordinated to the Debtor's indebtedness to Pivot and subject to a standstill. A schedule attached to the Senior Credit Agreement (Schedule 'D' - Permitted Third Party/Investor Debt, dated as of the September 30, 2021 agreement) names approximately 87 individual investors totalling $34,677,981 in promissory notes; this is an earlier, non-reconciling snapshot (different date, lower total, fewer holders) and is not used as the current figure. · page: 7 · as of: 2026-05-31 · basis: Receiver's First Report states approximately $59.6 million in principal owing to Unsecured Noteholders as of May 31, 2026, plus accrued and unpaid interest · amount: 59600000 · debtor: Brightpath Capital Corporation · creditor: Unsecured Noteholders (aggregate as reported) · currency: CAD
- financial positionThe Debtor's liabilities significantly exceed the estimated realizable value of its assets and the prospects of any recovery by the Unsecured Noteholders remain uncertain.
- secured creditorsnote: Material contingent obligation of the Debtor (guarantee, not a direct loan). Cortland Lenders advanced funds to Pivot so that Pivot could advance funds to the Debtor under the Senior Credit Agreement. · page: 8 · amount: 25000000 · debtor: Brightpath Capital Corporation (guarantor) · creditor: Cortland Credit Lending Corporation (as agent for Cortland Lenders) · currency: CAD · security: $25 million secured guarantee (the 'Cortland Guarantee') granted by the Debtor in favour of Cortland in connection with the amended and restated Cortland-Pivot Credit Agreement dated September 30, 2021, between Pivot (as borrower) and Cortland (as agent for the Cortland Lenders)
- secured creditorsnote: Approximate balance per Receiver's First Report; interest continuing to accrue. Receiver's independent counsel (Bennett Jones LLP) opined the security is valid, enforceable and perfected by registration in Ontario. Pivot assigned its rights under the Senior Credit Agreement, Senior GSA and Blocked Account Agreement, by way of security, to Cortland Credit Lending Corporation pursuant to an assignment agreement dated April 1, 2025. Personal/related-party guarantees also exist: corporate guarantors Albright Holdings Inc., 9975756 Canada Inc. and 2754681 Ontario Inc. (shareholders of Brightpath) and an individual guarantor, each defined as 'Guarantors' under the Senior Credit Agreement. · page: 8 · as of: 2026-05-31 · amount: 9000000 · debtor: Brightpath Capital Corporation · creditor: Pivot Financial I Limited Partnership · currency: CAD · security: Senior Credit Agreement (amended and restated, dated September 30, 2021) - revolving loan facility, maximum principal amount $60,000,000 (facility limit, not a balance); secured by Senior GSA (amended and restated GSA dated September 30, 2021) and Blocked Account Agreement dated April 12, 2022 (effective September 30, 2021) among Debtor, Pivot and Bank of Montreal
- secured creditorsnote: Balance approximates original principal amount per Receiver's First Report, with interest continuing to accrue. Pursuant to the Three-Party Agreement dated April 1, 2025 (among Debtor, Pivot and Cortland), the Debtor's indebtedness under the Subordinate Promissory Note is subordinated to repayment of the Debtor's/Pivot's indebtedness to Cortland under the Cortland-Pivot Credit Agreement, including the Cortland Guarantee. · page: 8 · as of: 2026-05-31 · amount: 6500000 · debtor: Brightpath Capital Corporation · creditor: Pivot Financial I Limited Partnership · currency: CAD · security: Subordinate Promissory Note - demand promissory note dated August 30, 2024, original principal amount $6.5 million; secured by GSA dated August 16, 2018 (granted in favour of Pivot as successor to Pivot Financial Inc.) and the Senior GSA
- recovery outcomeentries: basis: estimated · quote: the reduction of the Debtor's interest obligations will preserve value for the Debtor's creditors, especially the Unsecured Noteholders that are expected to suffer a complete or substantial shortfall; · pct of: unstated · outcome: shortfall · class key: unsecured · stated by: receiver · class label: Unsecured Noteholders · interim final: unstated · claims qualifier: unstated; basis: liquidation_alternative · quote: the Unsecured Noteholders would be unlikely to receive any recovery in a liquidation scenario. · pct of: unstated · outcome: nil · class key: unsecured · stated by: debtor · class label: Unsecured Noteholders · interim final: unstated · claims qualifier: unstated · table missing: