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Urteilsbegründung (www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAWCHC/2021/123.pdf)
Auf Seite 16 (whether the applicants have standing in these proceedings):
"The sec 155 proposal envisages different terms for the three classes of creditors with Financial Creditors receiving the most favourable treatment, involving payment of approaching 100% of the face value of claims. If the applicants’ challenge in terms of sec 45 of the Act to the financial assistance allegedly given by SIHL or SIHPL is successful, it is likely to have a direct impact on the claims of the Financial Creditors and, potentially at least, could release further funds to meet the claims of the other two classes of creditors. In these circumstances, given their real and substantial interest in the form and outcome of the sec 155 proposal, the applicants have standing in these proceedings."
Weiter auf Seite 28-29 (Is the SIHPL CPU void for lack of compliance with sec 45?) liefert LdP die Begründung:
"During 2018 and 2019, the Steinhoff Group inter alia put in place a financial restructuring to extend its financings until 31 December 2021, including under the terms of what is known as “Contingent Payment Undertakings (‘CPU’)”, entered into by inter alia by SIHNV, a Dutch registered company, and the ultimate holding company of the Steinhoff Group, and SIHPL, being a restatement of public payment obligations arising from guarantees previously given (i.e. including the 2014 Guarantee)’
Und
‘84. Accordingly, the deferred terms under the SIHPL CPU apply without SIHPL assuming any further debt or providing financial assistance. Moreover, as any payments to the bond holders under the Bond pursuant to the SIHPL CPU will serve to reduce SIHPL’s crystallised debt, such payments cannot be regarded as providing further financial assistance to SFH. The financial assistance (to the extent that it qualifies as such) was given when the 2014 Guarantee was issued’.
Allerdings hat der Richter die Trevo Argementen 1:1 übernommen (Seite 37):
Trevo [95] Trevo contends that:
1. The Facilities Agreement was a new loan granted by the Financial creditors to Lux Finco 1, a related company to SIHPL, as part of the CVA process and, further, that it is this new debt that SIHPL pays off when it makes payments under the CPU by virtue of clause 3.3 thereof. In form and in substance SIHPL, in terms of the CPU and the Facilities Agreement, grants financial assistance to Lux Finco 1;
2. Lux Finco 1 is a new entity which did not exist at the time SIHPL’s board approved financial assistance by it to SFHG in terms of the Original SIHPL Guarantee in 2014 with the obvious result that the Board could not, in 2013, have applied its mind to assisting Lux Finco 1 more than five years later;
3. Lux Finco 1, having no assets of its own (it being described by the Financial creditors in argument as a ‘special purpose company’), other than a subordinated intercompany loan, could never itself realistically have paid its debt but was merely a conduit for a new principal obligation owed, in effect, by SIHPL to the Financial Creditors;
4. The new financial assistance granted by SIHPL to Lux Finco 1 with effect from 12 August 2019 was never approved by SIHPL’s board in terms of sec 45.
Und so kommt der Richter zu der Schlussfolgerung (Seite 54):
Conclusion [137] For all these reasons I consider that in concluding the CPU, SIHPL gave financial assistance to Lux Finco 1 in breach of the provisions of sec 45 of the Act. In the circumstances, by virtue of sec 45(6) of the Act, the resolution of SIHPL’s board authorising the conclusion of SIHPL CPU is void as is the CPU itself and the applicants are entitled to a declaration to this effect.
So betrachtet, hätte SIHPL die Schulden nach dem Event-Of-Default sofort zahlen müssen oder in die Insolvenz geschickt werden (mit dieser Rechtsprechung wäre eine Umschuldung faktisch ausgeschlossen wegen Section 45). Dass kann nicht im Sinne von Sec 45 sein (Shareholdersinteresse schützen!).
Und auf Seite 55 kommt der Vorschlag:
"Insofar as any payments made based on the CPU might conceivably follow upon the acceptance of the sec 155 proposal, not only might that proposal be revisited following this judgment, but the sec 155 process has some way to go before it can be sanctioned by a Court."
Es ist nur meine persönliche Meinung und meine logische Interpretation!
ist in Stellenbosch keine Panik ausgebrochen, sonst hätte es schon eine DGAP oder Ad-hoc Mitteilung gegeben.
Es wäre sinnvoll die Chance zu nutzen und mit den Gläubigern jetzt die Strukturen zu vereinfachen. Eine Option wäre die 2 Mrd. Cash dafür zu nutzen. Die Reduktion der Komplexität sollte höchste Priorität haben, um endlich tragbare Zinsen auf die Schulden zu bekommen. Die rechtlichen Auseinandersetzungen werden sich weiter ziehen. Das scheint als einziges gewiss.
verstehen viele scheinbar nicht.Das ist kein festgezurrter Wert.Bei dem hohen Frrefloat würden viele verkaufen und die Neukäufer ständen wieder unten.Nur eine kontinuierliche Dividende als Bsp.würde sowas verhindern.
Auch wenn ihr es nicht glaubt:Aktien kann man auch verkaufen.
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