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Treasury Responds To KSF IoM Depositors Vote,
by Robert Lee, Tax-News.com, London
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Treasury Minister Allan Bell has responded to the outcome of voting by depositors with Kaupthing Singer And Friedlander IOM on the Scheme of Arrangement proposed as an alternative to liquidation of the bank.
The majority of votes overall were in support of the proposal and depositors with claims of under GBP50,000 were overwhelmingly in favour of it. But amongst larger depositors and unsecured creditors the Scheme of Arrangement failed to gain the required level of support for it to be approved.
Bell commented on the result:
“The majority who clearly supported the Scheme of Arrangement, including
the vast majority of small depositors, will be disappointed that it has been
vetoed, in effect, by the minority of larger depositors and unsecured creditors.
However, we must respect the outcome of the voting, which leaves no alternative
but liquidation of the bank and activation of the Depositors Compensation Scheme.
The Isle of Man Government will now work to support the liquidation and DCS
process with a view to expediting the repayment of depositors. We will seek
to achieve a similar outcome for creditors with claims under GBP50,000 as would
have been achieved under the Scheme of Arrangement, to respond to the clear
preference expressed by them in voting for the Scheme”
He added:
“In the particular circumstances of KSF IOM there was clearly potential
for a tailored solution that would be better for depositors than conventional
liquidation. Government had a duty to pursue that option and put in a huge amount
of work doing so. We continue to believe that developing the Scheme of Arrangement
provided the creditors with a viable alternative and was in the best interests
of all of the depositors.”
Following the voting by KSF IOM creditors this week, it is expected that the
bank will be formally placed into liquidation at a sitting of the High Court
in Douglas next Wednesday May 27. The Scheme Manager of the Depositors Compensation
Scheme, the Financial Supervision Commission, will then meet to trigger activation
of the Scheme and issue further information for depositors.
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