Debt-stricken ABC Learning says it is in discussions with stakeholders, including banks and the Federal Government to secure the future of its operations.
It said all of its 1200 childcare centres in Australia and New Zealand were continuing to operate as usual.
The Government has said it has contingency plans ready should ABC be placed in receivership.
"I wouldn't imagine we would be directly running them,'' Mr Tanner told Fairfax Radio Network.
"Clearly one of the key things we have got to do is to make sure we minimise disruption to people with arrangements.
"We can't allow a situation to emerge when there's thousands of families around the country that depend on their childcare is suddenly taken away and no alternative.''
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