(BN) Argentina Loses U.S. Appeal of Ruling on Defaulted Bonds (1
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10/26 14:16 *ARGENTINA CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PLAINTIFFS' BONDS BN
10/26 14:15 *U.S. APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING AGAINST ARGENTINA OVER
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Argentina Loses U.S. Appeal of Ruling on Defaulted Bonds (1)
2012-10-26 14:45:34.995 GMT
(Updates with ruling in second paragraph.)
By Bob Van Voris
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Argentina lost a bid to reverse lower-court
rulings that may help creditors including Elliott Management Corp.’s NML
Capital Fund collect on $1.4 billion in defaulted bonds.
The
U.S. Appeals Court in New York ruled today that Argentina, which
defaulted on $80 billion in foreign debt in 2001, can’t discriminate
against holders of the defaulted bonds in favor of holders of the
country’s restructured sovereign debt. A three-judge panel upheld orders
issued by U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan.
Argentina claimed that upholding Griesa’s rulings would undermine its
debt agreements, trigger a new financial crisis in the republic and make
it impossible for countries including Greece and Spain to restructure
their debt in the future.
The appeals court sent the case back
to Griesa’s court to clarify how a payment formula set by the judge is
intended to work and to determine how the orders apply to intermediary
banks and other third parties.
The case is NML Capital Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 12-00105, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Manhattan).
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--With assistance from Drew Benson in New York. Editors: Stephen Farr, Fred Strasser
To contact the reporter on this story:
Bob Van Voris in New York at +1-212-617-4171 or rvanvoris@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Hytha at +1-415-617-7137 or
mhytha@bloomberg.net
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