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134. Upon the commencement of the voluntary liquidation in May 2019, the powers of the
FRCC Directors ceased and all activities of FRCC have been managed from the Cayman Islands by
the Liquidators.
135. The liquidation of FRCC is primarily taking place in the Cayman Islands, where both
Liquidators reside. Except for the preparing of the Petition, all of the work to date relating to the
Cayman Liquidation has been conducted from within the Cayman Islands and all of the work is
supervised by, and ultimately subject to, the supervision of the Cayman Court.
136. FRCC holds assets in the Cayman Islands, in the form of funds held in a client account
of Conyers Dill & Pearman (“Conyers”) in the Cayman Islands. The Liquidators have hired Conyers
as Cayman Islands counsel and Holland & Knight LLP as United States counsel, each to assist with
the Cayman Liquidation.
137. The Liquidators have caused the requisite statutory notices, including a notice of our
appointment as the Liquidators, and filings to be filed, published, and served with the Cayman Islands
Registrar of Companies, the Cayman Islands Gazette, and the Cayman Court.
138. We have issued numerous letters, including to the FRCC Directors, requesting further
information regarding property derivatively impacted by FRCC’s estate, such as information regarding
FRGC’s assets and affairs.
139. In addition, we have requested FRCC’s books and records from the FRCC Directors,
who have largely failed to produce the books and records.
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140. We also have taken steps to investigate the potential value of FRCC’s only known asset,
being the shares in FRGC, by investigating the circumstances and parties involved in the PSC, the
Arbitration, the Assignment and the Farmout Agreement. The investigation has been performed
exclusively from the Liquidators’ offices in the Cayman Islands.
141. Although the FRCC Directors have largely failed to provide FRCC’s books and records,
or otherwise substantively respond to the majority of the Liquidators’ requests for information, the
Liquidators have performed a thorough review of the documents they have been able to obtain, and
those obtained from publicly available information through the Liquidators’ investigation, all of which
are stored in the Cayman Islands, to attempt to understand FRCC’s assets and investments.
142. The Liquidators have also spent time corresponding with stakeholders and responding
to their queries and concerns surrounding the Cayman Liquidation.
143. Based on investigations to date, the Liquidators are developing a litigation strategy with
Cayman Islands counsel.
144. However, further investigation is essential, in particular with respect to the
unsubstantiated debt of FRCC, the Arbitration, the Assignment, the Farmout Agreement, and any
FRCC assets in the United States.