NEWS RELEASE
ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: Northern Rock Asset Management Credit Event
LONDON, December 19, 2011 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Restructuring Credit Event occurred in respect of North Rock Asset Management Plc.
The Committee determined that an auction will be held in respect of outstanding CDS transactions. ISDA will publish further information regarding the potential auction on its website, www.isda.org/credit, in due course.
For More Information, please contact:
Rose Millburn, ISDA London, +44 203 088 3526, rmillburn@isda.org
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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Documents (1) for Northern Rock Asset Management Credit Event
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