The phrase "acknowledged creditors" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or financial contexts to refer to creditors whose claims have been recognized or accepted.
Example: "The company has settled its debts with all acknowledged creditors as part of the bankruptcy proceedings."
Alternatives: "recognized creditors" or "accepted creditors".
In its prospectus, the company acknowledged that creditors might find it "difficult or impossible" to pursue claims.
Quadrant acknowledges that creditors have an interest in the credit worthiness of a corporation.
A "temporary freeze" on foreign debt payments announced on January 27th acknowledges what creditors already knew: that borrowers cannot pay.
Mr. Vanel acknowledges that creditors have sued him over debts totaling tens of thousands of dollars — not unusual, he said, for a restaurateur.
The lawyers representing the project's lead utility, one of Westinghouse's largest creditors, acknowledged that the DIP lender should be able to obtain an appropriate share of the proceeds of any sale of the IP to another owner, but it should not be allowed to gain control of the IP the owners need to complete the project so they can recover at least some of their massive investment.
But, in disguised form, it amounts to something similar: creditors have acknowledged that they must take losses to keep Greece in.
Hynix creditors have acknowledged that they are unlikely to find a buyer soon, but they hope to begin recouping losses by selling the nonmemory facilities, valued at about $1 billion.
With Enron's collapse, the authority became one more unsecured creditor, and officials acknowledged earlier this month that they would probably never recover the $220 million they advanced to Enron.
The Supreme Court's majority opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, accepted the creditors' argument, even as it acknowledged the gravity of Puerto Rico's debt crisis.
A day after the Syriza-led Greek government acknowledged it couldn't reach a deal with European creditors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took to the airwaves to sound a defiant note on the failed talks.
