NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND – 27 July 2017

Nortel Networks UK Limited (In Administration) (“the Company”)
Company number: 3937799
Registered address: Unit 120, 400 Thames Valley Park Drive, Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, UK

Pursuant to rule 14.34 of the Rules, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a dividend to non-preferential creditors of 22.1p in the pound has been declared in the administration of the Company.

In accordance with the provisions of Rule 14.35 of the Rules, I report that:-

• The amount received from the realisation of assets, for the period from the date of administration to 13 July 2017, totalled £1,858,425,542, made up as per the attached receipts and payments accounts for the Company and its Saudi Arabian branch;
• Payments in the administration, for the period from the date of administration to 13 July 2017, totalled £894,708,414, made up as per the attached receipts and payments accounts below;
• A provision of £414,965,786 has been made for potential administration expense claims, a provision of £30,000,000 has been made for meeting the potential costs to closure, and a provision of £21,866,487 has been made in respect of unsecured creditors;
• The total amount to be paid to non-preferential creditors in this distribution is £495,058,378, amounting to a dividend of 22.1p in the pound;
• I anticipate that a second interim distribution will be made to unsecured creditors after the expense bar date (on 27 October 2017) but before the end of 2017. It is not possible at this juncture to provide an indication of the anticipated p in the £ of this second interim distribution; and
• The prescribed part (in accordance with s.176A of the Insolvency Act 1986) does not apply in this case.

For further information please email us at nortelemea@uk.ey.com or call +44 (0)118 328 2523. Each creditor who will be receiving a dividend will also be receiving a formal letter in the post with further details.

Please click here for the Receipts and Payments accounts »

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