NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND – 5 December 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 second interim dividend to non-preferential creditors of 16.5p 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 31 October 2017, totalled £1,859,123,169, 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 31 October 2017, totalled £1,392,015,620, made up as per the attached receipts and payments accounts;
  • A provision of £39,993,728 has been made for potential administration expense claims, a provision of £17,404,611 has been made for meeting the potential costs to closure, and a provision of £24,284,912 has been made in respect of unsecured creditors;
  • The total amount to be paid to non-preferential creditors in this distribution is £371,486,949.81, reflecting a dividend of 16.5p in the pound on admitted claims and catch-up dividends in respect of the first interim dividend of 22.1p in the pound for claims admitted since the date of the first dividend;
  • I anticipate that a third interim dividend will be made to unsecured creditors before the end of June 2018. It is not possible at this juncture to provide an indication of the anticipated p in the £ of this third 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.

 

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (in the UK) authorises AR Bloom and SJ Harris to act as Insolvency Practitioners under section 390A(2)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986, and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (in the UK) authorises AM Hudson to act as an Insolvency Practitioner under section 390A(2)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986.

The affairs, business and property of the Company are being managed by the Joint Administrators, who act only as agents of the Company and without personal liability.

We may collect, use, transfer, store or otherwise process (collectively, ‘Process’) information that can be linked to specific individuals (‘Personal Data’). We may Process Personal Data in various jurisdictions in accordance with applicable law and professional regulations including (without limitation) the Data Protection Act 1998.