Service Point, which operates in several countries including Britain, the United States and the Netherlands, is the latest company in Spain to find itself on the edge of insolvency since banks tightened credit in the wake of a housing bust five years ago.
"The company is continuing conversations today to find a refinancing solution with the banks and at the same time is analysing the possibility of starting pre-insolvency proceedings for Service Point Solutions S.A.'s holding company," the firm said in a stock market notice.
Spain's stock market regulator, the CNMV, earlier suspended trading in the group's shares, which had fallen 7.4 percent on Thursday to 0.37 euros.
Shares in Service Point, which has 111 million euros ($153 million) of debt, have fallen close to 90 percent since 2007 highs of 3.2 euros.
The company reported a net loss of 834 million euros for the first half of 2013. Service Point took several steps to support the business, including changing the management team in Britain, which brings in a quarter of sales and exiting France, and said the second half of the year would look brighter.
Last week Spanish white goods company Fagor filed for protection from creditors, while also trying to refinance debt.
The number of insolvencies to end-September in Spain rose 27 percent to 6,582 compared with 2012, according to ratings agency Axesor. ($1 = 0.7256 euros) (Reporting by Clare Kane; Editing by David Cowell)
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