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ICMApublishesrevisedcollectiveactionclauses(CACs)andanewstandardparipassuclauseto
facilitatefuturesovereigndebtrestructuring
TheInternationalCapitalMarketAssociation(ICMA)hastodaypublishedrevisedandupdated
collectiveactionclausesandanewstandardparipassuclauseforsovereigndebtsecurities.Theuse
ofthesenewtermsingovernmentbondsisintendedtofacilitatefuturesovereigndebt
restructurings.
LelandGoss,ICMAsGeneralCounselsaid:Thepotentialadversefalloutgloballyfromthedefault
andrestructuringofArgentinasdebtdemonstratestheimportanceofhavingclear,unambiguous
contracttermsforsovereignbonds.Indepthconsultationswithourmembersandotherinterested
publicandprivatesectorrepresentativeshaveledtothedevelopmentofenhancedlegal
technologythatwillmakemoreorderlyandefficientsovereigndebtrestructuringsachievablein
thefuture.
Collectiveactionclausesallowamajorityofbondholderstoagreetochangesinbondterms,for
exampletoextendmaturitiesorreduceprincipal,thatarelegallybindingonallholdersofthebond,
includingthosewhovoteagainsttherestructuring.ICMAsnewstandardcollectiveactionclauses
provideapracticalsolutiontotheproblemofblockingminoritiesthroughtheinclusionof
aggregationmechanisms,whichallowvotingacrossmultiplebondissues.
TheinterpretationgiventotheparipassuclauseintheArgentinalitigationhascausedconsiderable
uncertaintyforfuturesovereigndebtrestructurings.ICMAsnewparipassuprovisiondetails
clearlythescopeofitsapplication,therebyreducingtheriskoftheparipassuclausebeingabasis
fordisruptingfuturesovereigndebtrestructuringsandraisingconcernswithintercreditorequity.
TherevisedstandardCACsandnewparipassuclausewillbeincludedintheICMAPrimaryMarket
Handbookinrespectofsyndicatedissuesofsovereigndebtsecuritiesleadmanagedbyoneor
moreICMAmemberswithcrossborderdistribution(thatarenototherwisesubjecttothe
mandatoryeuroareamodelcollectiveactionclauseintroducedinJanuary2013).
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InternationalCapitalMarketAssociation(ICMA)
ICMArepresentsinstitutionsactiveintheinternationalcapitalmarketworldwideandhasaround
450memberslocatedin52countries.ICMAsmarketconventionsandstandardshavebeenthe
pillarsoftheinternationaldebtmarketforover40years,providingtheframeworkofrules
governingmarketpracticewhichfacilitatetheorderlyfunctioningofthemarket.
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