Posto anche qui.
Questo è il link alla nuova legge presentata in Parlamento Irlandese.
Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 - Tithe an Oireachtais
Ho letto velocemente la legge sulle ristrutturazioni bancarie irlandesi. E' una sorta procedura pre-concorsuale, ad impulso del governo, dietro il parere del governatore della banca centrale. Il procedimento si instaura presso la high-court ed è possibile presentare opposizione da parte della banca interessata e dei bondholders subordinati.
In estrema sintesi: Proposed subordinated liabilities orders provides that
the Minister may make a proposed subordinated liabilities order
relating to the subordinated debt of a relevant institution to which
the Minister has provided or intends to provide financial support
under the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008 providing
for one or more of a number of specified matters including the
modification of rights as regards the payment of interest, the
repayment of principal, events of default, the timing of obligations,
etc. In addition, a proposed subordinated liabilities order may grant
a shareholding in a relevant institution to some of the subordinated
creditors affected.
A proposed subordinated liabilities order may be made only where
the Minister is of the opinion, having consulted with the Governor
of the Central Bank, that making a subordinated liabilities order is
necessary for preserving or restoring the financial position of the
relevant institution with the consequence of affecting the rights of
subordinated creditors. In making any such proposed subordinated
liabilities order the Minister must have regard to such of a list of
matters as the Minister considers appropriate. These matters include
the amount of indebtedness of the relevant institution to its
subordinated creditors relative to its assets, the extent and nature of
financial support provided or to be provided to the relevant
institution, the likely extent to which the subordinated creditors
would be repaid amounts owing to them in a winding up of that
institution in the absence of such financial support etc.
Il Governo può emettere i seguenti orders:
(a) the postponement, termination, suspension or other modification
of specific rights, liabilities, terms and obligations
associated with all or any of such subordinated liabilities
including (without limiting the generality of the
foregoing) any or all of the following rights, terms and
obligations:
(i) the payment of interest;
(ii) the repayment of principal;
(iii) what constitutes an event of default;
(iv) collective action provisions;
(v) the timing of obligations;
(vi) the due date;
(vii) the applicable law;
(viii) the right to declare, specify or determine an event of
default;
(ix) any right to enforce payment, whether by winding-up
or otherwise;
(b) requiring the relevant institution to acquire those liabilities
30 for a specified consideration, including a consideration
calculated on the assumption that the State—
(i) has not provided and will not provide financial support
to that institution, and
(ii) has not made and will not make any investment in
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In soldoni, a seconda della gravità dei casi, il Governo può chiedere la sospensione degli interessi, il differimento della maturity, il riacquisto da parte della banca dei bond a prezzi prestabiliti, etc...
Insomma, se la banca non riesce a stare in piedi da sola, il governo ha mano libera.
La cosa positiva è che la procedura deve necessariamente passare per il tribunale.
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