NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
ISDA EMEA Determinations Committee:ERC Ireland Finance Limited a Failure to Pay Credit Event
LONDON, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), today announced that its EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Failure to Pay Credit Event occurred in relation to ERC Ireland Finance Limited.
The Committee determined that an auction will be held in respect of outstanding CDS transactions.
ISDA will publish further information regarding the auction on its website, www.isda.org/credit, in due course. The auction will be administered by Markit and Creditex.
For media enquiries, please contact:
Rebecca O’Neill, ISDA London, +44 203 088 3586, roneill@isda.org
Lauren Dobbs, ISDA New York, +1 212 901 6019, ldobbs@isda.org
Donna Chan, ISDA Hong Kong, +852 2200 5906, dchan@isda.org
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