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ROCKALL CLO B.V. - Irish Stock Exchange

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2.25 Disclosure of Portfolio<br />

The Issuer's audited financial statements will not include a detailed listing of positions held by the Issuer.<br />

Such confidentiality is maintained for the purpose of preventing third parties from using information<br />

concerning the Issuer's positions to its detriment. Examples of ways in which such information could be<br />

used adversely to the Issuer include: (i) to "front run" the Issuer on sales, or additional purchases, of<br />

such positions, (ii) to make it more difficult for the Issuer to protect its positions by withholding, or<br />

causing others to withhold, prospective trades, (iii) to make it difficult to acquire or borrow Issuer<br />

Investments or (iv) otherwise to interfere with the Issuer's investment objectives. For this reason, the<br />

Collateral Manager believes it is important to take extra precautions to maintain the confidentiality of the<br />

positions in the Portfolio. In addition, the Collateral Manager may be required to enter into confidentiality<br />

agreements when purchasing assets which will comprise the Portfolio.<br />

2.26 Lender Liability Considerations<br />

In recent years, a number of judicial decisions in the United States and other jurisdictions have upheld<br />

the right of borrowers to sue lenders or bondholders on the basis of various evolving legal theories<br />

(collectively, termed "lender liability"). Generally, lender liability is founded upon the premise that an<br />

institutional lender or bondholder has violated a duty (whether implied or contractual) of good faith and<br />

fair dealing owed to the borrower or issuer or has assumed a degree of control over the borrower or<br />

issuer resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to the borrower or issuer or its other creditors or<br />

shareholders. Although it would be a novel application of the lender liability theories, the Issuer may be<br />

subject to allegations of lender liability. However, neither the Issuer nor the Collateral Manager acting<br />

on its behalf intend to engage in any conduct that would form the basis for a successful cause of action<br />

based upon lender liability.<br />

3. RELATING TO THE NOTES<br />

3.1 Limited Liquidity and Restrictions on Transfer<br />

Although there is currently a market for notes similar to the VF Notes and the Rated Notes there is<br />

currently no market for the VF Notes and the Notes themselves. Although the Placement Agent has<br />

advised the Issuer that it intends to make a market for the VF Notes and the Notes, the Placement<br />

Agent is not obliged to do so, and any such market-making may be discontinued at any time without<br />

notice. There can be no assurance that any secondary market for any of the VF Notes or the Notes will<br />

develop or, if a secondary market does develop, that it will provide the VF Noteholders or the<br />

Noteholders with liquidity of investment or that it will continue for the life of such VF Notes and the Notes<br />

although Holders of Class E Subordinated Notes may exercise an optional redemption right following<br />

the expiry of the Non-Call Period applicable to the Class E Subordinated Notes held by them, subject to<br />

certain restrictions. Consequently, a purchaser of VF Note or a Rated Note must be prepared to hold<br />

such VF Note or Rated Note for an indefinite period of time or until the Maturity Date of such VF Note or<br />

Rated Note and a purchaser of a Class E Subordinated Note must be prepared to hold such Class E<br />

Subordinated Note subject to the limitations on the optional redemption terms imposed thereon and, if<br />

so required, up to the Maturity Date of the Class E Subordinated Notes. In addition, no sale,<br />

assignment, participation, pledge or transfer of the VF Notes or the Notes may be effected if, among<br />

other things, it would require the Issuer or any of its officers or directors to register under, or otherwise<br />

be subject to the provisions of, the Investment Company Act or any other similar legislation or regulatory<br />

action. Furthermore, the VF Notes and the Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any<br />

U.S. state securities laws, and the Issuer has no plans, and is under no obligation, to register the<br />

VF Notes or the Notes under the Securities Act. The VF Notes and the Notes are subject to certain<br />

transfer restrictions and can be transferred only to certain transferees (see the sections of this Offering<br />

Circular headed "Plan of Distribution" and "Transfer Restrictions"). Such restrictions on the transfer of<br />

the Notes may further limit their liquidity.<br />

3.2 Limited Recourse Obligations<br />

The VF Notes and the Notes are limited recourse obligations of the Issuer and are payable solely from<br />

amounts received in respect of the Collateral securing the VF Notes and the Notes. Payments on the<br />

VF Notes and the Notes both prior to and following enforcement of the security over the Collateral are<br />

subordinated to the prior payment of certain fees and expenses of, or payable by, the Issuer and to<br />

payment of principal and interest on the VF Notes and prior ranking Classes of Notes and other<br />

Transaction Creditors (see Condition 4(c) (Limited Recourse)). None of the Collateral Manager, the<br />

Noteholders of any Class, the Placement Agent, any Secured Hedging Counterparty, the Trustee, the<br />

Security Trustee, the Collateral Administrator, the Custodian, the Registrar, any Agent or any Affiliates<br />

of any of the foregoing, the Issuer's Affiliates or any other person or entity (other than the Issuer) will be<br />

obliged to make payments on the VF Notes or the Notes of any Class. Consequently, VF Noteholders<br />

and Noteholders must rely solely on distributions in respect of, and liquidation proceeds of, Collateral<br />

securing the VF Notes and the Notes for the payment of principal, interest and premium, if any, thereon.<br />

There can be no assurance that the distributions on, or the sale proceeds of, the Collateral received and<br />

amounts received under the Secured Hedging Transactions will be sufficient to make payments on the<br />

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