RE: MMs Filling Order4 Jan 2020 14:37
Agree, my take is that Nordic BH have acted very rationally over this and may have kind of ‘axed their own foot’. This is because the company had already proceeded the RBL and probably would have secured this before Christmas - see Oct RNS, AND they would have been paid by now!
But as they’d decided to take Company to court, this has delayed matters as during court case most likely they would be ill advised to submit RBL application because of small risk of JOL verdict...however now as company has successfully secured JPL and another defiant hint from the board that they are continuing with the restructure in parallel.
In term of JPL liquidators, they will now work with the company to develop a ‘restructuring plan’ (as opposed to fire sale with JOL - big misunderstanding with some PIs).
The 5th Feb report should be a plan on how best to restructure assets and not about any fire sale! The courts have already accepted their assets has significant value way beyond it’s smallish debts ie ~$1.3Bn assets Vs $340m debt..hence ruled in favour of JPL.