PART 5INFORMATION TO CREDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORIES
Report by building society liquidator34.
(1)
The building society liquidator shall, at least once after the making of the building society insolvency order, make a report with respect to the proceedings in the building society insolvency and the state of the society’s affairs.
(2)
Regardless of whether the liquidation committee has passed a full payment resolution, the first report under paragraph (1) shall be, within eight weeks of the commencement of the building society insolvency, made publicly available and the building society liquidator shall send a copy of it to any creditor or contributory on request.
(3)
The building society liquidator shall include in the report under paragraph (1)—
(a)
a statement that the proceedings are being held in the High Court and the relevant court reference number;
(b)
the full registered name of the society, any other trading names of the society, and the address of its principal office;
(c)
details relating to the building society liquidator’s appointment, including the date of appointment, and where there are joint liquidators, details of—
(i)
which functions (if any) are to be exercised by the persons appointed acting jointly, and
(ii)
which functions (if any) are to be exercised by any or all of the persons appointed.
(d)
the names of the directors, chief executive and secretary of the society and details of any shares in the society that they have;
(e)
an account of the circumstances giving rise to the building society insolvency;
(f)
if a statement of affairs has been submitted, a copy of that statement;
(g)
if a statement of affairs has yet to be submitted—
(i)
the names, addresses and details of any debts owed to the creditors, including details of any security held (or, in the case of depositors who still are creditors of the society at the time the report is made, a single statement of their aggregate debt),
(ii)
details of the shares issued by the society (including the types of shares issued and the number of each type in issue), and
(iii)
details of the financial position of the society at the latest practicable date (which must, unless the court orders otherwise, be a date not earlier than the commencement of building society insolvency);
(h)
the basis upon which it has been proposed under rule 42, or, if the full payment resolution has yet to be passed, rule 18, that the building society liquidator’s remuneration be fixed;
(i)
to the best of the building society liquidator’s knowledge and belief—
(i)
an estimate of the value of the prescribed part (within the meaning of Article 150A of the 1989 Order) regardless of whether—
(aa)
the building society liquidator proposes to make an application to the court under Article 150A(5) of that Order, or
(bb)
Article 150A(3) applies, and
(ii)
an estimate of the value of the society’s net property;
(j)
whether, and if so, why, the building society liquidator proposes to make an application to court under Article 150A(5) of the 1989 Order;
(k)
a summary of —
(i)
how Objective 1 is being or has been achieved and an estimate of the costs to the building society liquidator of achieving it,
(ii)
the manner in which the affairs and business of the society not involved in the achievement of Objective 1 have, since the commencement of the building society insolvency, been managed and financed, including, where any assets have been disposed of, the reasons for such disposals and the terms upon which such disposals were made, and
(iii)
how the affairs and business of the society will continue to be managed and financed; and
(l)
an explanation of how it is envisaged the Objectives of the building society liquidator will be achieved, including whether a dividend will be paid and an estimate as to the amount of this dividend and how it is proposed that the building society liquidation shall end.
(4)
Nothing in this rule is to be taken as requiring either estimate mentioned in paragraph (3)(i) to include any information the disclosure of which could seriously prejudice the commercial interests of the society. If such information is excluded from the calculation the estimate shall be accompanied by a statement to that effect.
(5)
The building society liquidator shall file with the court a copy of any report sent under this rule.