Greece wins UK ruling on buyback of GDP-linked securities over creditor opposition

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LONDON – Greece connected Wednesday won a London tribunal ruling connected its plans to bargain backmost GDP-linked securities issued to holders of authorities bonds arsenic portion of the country’s 2012 sovereign indebtedness restructuring.

Greece had told its investors that it wanted to repurchase each ⁠of the outstanding ⁠warrants owed successful 2042 for a telephone terms of conscionable implicit 25 cents connected ​the euro.

The state applied to ⁠London’s High Court for declarations that it had validly exercised its enactment to ⁠purchase each of ‌the GDP-linked ⁠securities and that its calculation of the telephone terms was lawful and binding.

A radical of ​investors, represented by instrumentality steadfast White & Case, disputed ‌that Greece had validly exercised its enactment to bargain backmost the securities oregon cipher the telephone price.

But Judge Robert ​Bright ruled successful Greece’s favor, a determination which could beryllium challenged connected appeal.

Greece’s Finance Ministry and White & ‌Case ​did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

GDP-linked warrants are fixed income instruments that usually ⁠pay retired erstwhile economical ‌growth exceeds a definite threshold. They tin beryllium ​highly illiquid and analyzable to value.

Argentina and Ukraine ‌have issued ⁠similar ⁠instruments to the Greek GDP warrant ​in indebtedness restructurings. [Reuters]