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wingy

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #106
MalcSB said:
The bondholders are more likely to want to invoke the security on the arena and all wasps companies. There may be little value in the companies, but the arena does have some significant value.
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But the CVA now effectively locks out any creditors from any actions they're considering?
 

MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #107
Nick said:
Doesn't it have to be agreed? If I remember, ACL rejected the CCFC one?
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Yes
 

MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #108
wingy said:
But the CVA now effectively locks out any creditors from any actions they're considering?
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As far as I know, there isn’t a CVA yet, and to be honest I don’t know whether that would trump the bonds agreement. If it does, it would make such agreements and offers of security worthless.
 
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SHUNT31

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #109
I’m trying to look at this without any emotions, as I would like nothing more than these bastards to piss off. And I really cannot see why any creditor would agree to the CVA. Particularly bond holders who have first charge against the stadium lease. I’m no expert but I can’t see how any sane investor of the bond would agree. Just my opinion


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MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #110
wingy said:
But the CVA now effectively locks out any creditors from any actions they're considering?
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Just got this from bondholders forum

”The consent solicitation is a CVA (Company voluntary arrangements) whereby an insolvent company seeks to reach an agreement with its creditors to prevent itslef having to go into liquidation. As we know, it requires 75% of bondholders to agree to any arrangement.”

The 75% is by value. They don’t seem to have a concern that this approach would unduly limit their compensation.
 
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South West Sky Blue

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #111
Paul W said:
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This comment only makes marginally less sense to me than all the other ones on the topic!
 
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Colin Steins Smile

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #112
MalcSB said:
Just got this from bondholders forum

”The consent solicitation is a CVA (Company voluntary arrangements) whereby an insolvent company seeks to reach an agreement with its creditors to prevent itslef having to go into liquidation. As we know, it requires 75% of bondholders to agree to any arrangement.”

The 75% is by value. They don’t seem to have a concern that this approach would unduly limit their compensation.
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At what point will the bond holders decide they’ve waited long enough to realise some payment. Given the year on year losses they could decide that waiting another year or two would lead to even less money being paid.
I’ve seen no evidence that wasps business plan is working
 
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shepardo01

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #113
South West Sky Blue said:
This comment only makes marginally less sense to me than all the other ones on the topic!
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"Shugs" has already commented on that post on Drunken Wasps - he says its nothing to worry about and the bond will be sorted!
 
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Frostie

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #114
shepardo01 said:
"Shugs" has already commented on that post on Drunken Wasps - he says its nothing to worry about and the bond will be sorted!
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I'm starting to wonder if Shugs is someone from here on the windup.
I assumed he was just blindly loyal & following whatever their owners preached as gospel but I'm struggling to believe anyone on the planet is as naïve as this.

This meme was literally invented for him:

 
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shepardo01

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #115
Frostie said:
I'm starting to wonder if Shugs is someone from here on the windup.
I assumed he was just blindly loyal & following whatever their owners preached as gospel but I'm struggling to believe anyone on the planet is as naïve as this.

This meme was literally invented for him:

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It is so fitting!
But there seem to be so many Wasps fans that take everything that the club put out as fact/gospel!
One comment that still sticks in my mind, think it was when they were shafting the Henley sports clubs, was "its not very wasps like"!.... so pf course, they couldn't be doing anything even slightly untoward!!!
 
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MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #116
Colin Steins Smile said:
At what point will the bond holders decide they’ve waited long enough to realise some payment. Given the year on year losses they could decide that waiting another year or two would lead to even less money being paid.
I’ve seen no evidence that wasps business plan is working
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Their forum shows that a Number of them will take some convincing. I have put this elsewhere so apologies for duplication, but recompense for the delay in terms of interest payable ranges from 9 to 20% pa and period to redemption from 2 years down to 6 weeks! High level of distrust.
 

MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #117
shepardo01 said:
It is so fitting!
But there seem to be so many Wasps fans that take everything that the club put out as fact/gospel!
One comment that still sticks in my mind, think it was when they were shafting the Henley sports clubs, was "its not very wasps like"!.... so pf course, they couldn't be doing anything even slightly untoward!!!
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A lot of them have seemed very unconcerned, some recent posters are more worried.
 

Colin Steins Smile

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #118
MalcSB said:
Their forum shows that a Number of them will take some convincing. I have put this elsewhere so apologies for duplication, but recompense for the delay in terms of interest payable ranges from 9 to 20% pa and period to redemption from 2 years down to 6 weeks! High level of distrust.
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The interest rate reflects the added "risk". However, I would doubt that they would ever receive that interest payment
 

MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #119
Colin Steins Smile said:
The interest rate reflects the added "risk". However, I would doubt that they would ever receive that interest payment
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So do I, but I think it shows a level of frustration. They won’t get there money back in 6 weeks either. I have wondered whether Wasps are spinning them a line to delay the inevitable because the Impact on the team seems to depend on the timing of the insolvency event. From a quick look at the relevant rules a 35 point deduction is one possibility - not much impact ultimately when there is no formal demotion at the moment. But, dependant upon timing, a demotion like happened to Saracens could be / have been on the cards.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #120
Frostie said:
I'm starting to wonder if Shugs is someone from here on the windup.
I assumed he was just blindly loyal & following whatever their owners preached as gospel but I'm struggling to believe anyone on the planet is as naïve as this.

This meme was literally invented for him:

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We had RFC tbf, and they turned out to be genuine!
 

Irish Sky Blue

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #121
zuni said:
Might be something in this, I asked someone who states they have connections….his reply

Heard arena is, think rugby club is separate but not sure. Mate who knows says basically COVID has destroyed business plan and stadium repairs too much

then this

Mate says heard nothing but the owner has stopped two player signings in last two weeks and apparently season ticket sales are at 5,000 tops and other income streams from stadium complex like hotel, casino and conferences have dried up and they made huge part of business plan so little to no income due to Covid

shit for their fans tbh, they aren’t to blame
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Would Wasps sell 5k tickets? I’d have thought less than that?
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #122
Irish Sky Blue said:
Would Wasps sell 5k tickets? I’d have thought less than that?
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nowhere near
 

Irish Sky Blue

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #123
SHUNT31 said:
I would be very surprised if they had 5000 season ticket holders if I’m honest


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Snap!
 

Senior Vick from Alicante

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #124
The bond holders are looking to get the trustees to call the loan according to the latest. They believe they have the legal president to force Wasps into liquidation and for a sale of the stadium to recoup the non repayment of bonds. They believe that the trustee has first charge over the stadium as the default means that they are technically insolvent. Interesting times, they think something will happen by Monday at the latest.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #125
letsallsingtogether said:
No drove down from my appartment in Alcudia.
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I'm currently at my house in Pollenca.

Didn't realise we had a CCFC community up here!
 
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Colin Steins Smile

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #126
MalcSB said:
So do I, but I think it shows a level of frustration. They won’t get there money back in 6 weeks either. I have wondered whether Wasps are spinning them a line to delay the inevitable because the Impact on the team seems to depend on the timing of the insolvency event. From a quick look at the relevant rules a 35 point deduction is one possibility - not much impact ultimately when there is no formal demotion at the moment. But, dependant upon timing, a demotion like happened to Saracens could be / have been on the cards.
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Thanks MarcSB, I wonder if they are spinning a line so they can start the season. However, if they go into administration prior to the start of the season.... there is a possibility that the players could find themselves "new employers".
 

Colin Steins Smile

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #127
Given Wasps holdings end of year was 30 June. It'll be interesting to see the accounts for 2022. They'll make grim reading and any bond holder will surely know the business is not sustainable.
 
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Deleted member 2477

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #128

'What an absolute binfire': Ex-employee's brutal Wasps verdict

A former long-serving Wasps employee has labelled the Gallagher Premiership club “an absolute binfire” in a bruising tweet posted on Twitter.
www.rugbypass.com
 
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jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #129
bin fire......sweet.
 

ccfcchris

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #130
Another reply from the former Wasps stadium announcer read: “I wouldn’t be trusting them with a full season’s worth of ticket money right now… It’s such a shame. It’s not the club it used to be. You can still support the players, though. Pick your games. Go to away matches.”

People will think like this. Brilliant.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #131
ccfcchris said:
Another reply from the former Wasps stadium announcer read: “I wouldn’t be trusting them with a full season’s worth of ticket money right now… It’s such a shame. It’s not the club it used to be. You can still support the players, though. Pick your games. Go to away matches.”

People will think like this. Brilliant.
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NOPM
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #132
Guess it’s just time to sit back and enjoy the collapse?
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #133
Tommo1993 said:
Guess it’s just time to sit back and enjoy the collapse?
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It’s going to be more protracted than that I’m afraid
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #134
Grendel said:
It’s going to be more protracted than that I’m afraid
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But are they going to collapse? Like can we enjoy the slow gradual realisation from wasps fans that the team is going under?

enjoy the likes of Jan and the trust sliming back?
 
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djr8369

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #135
Grendel said:
It’s going to be more protracted than that I’m afraid
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If you had to take a guess how do you think it will play out?
 

Philosoraptor

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #136
Grendel said:
It’s going to be more protracted than that I’m afraid
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It's like mud wrestling. No one cares for the result, as long as it goes the distance.
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #137
djr8369 said:
If you had to take a guess how do you think it will play out?
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It’s impossible to say but no one knows really why the set up is what it is and what Richardson thinks as he never speaks

Logically he’d have looked to flog the lease and keep the rugby club there. Has he tried and no one wants it?

No one understands the bond thing really in terms of default but it seems all bond holders have to act independently to register any decision on a cvs

Is Richardson’s debts also in the cva? Are some big bond holders invested into Richardson?

If it’s raised on the face of it it’s a problem but then why would he do it?

From a finance manipulation angle I’ve always thought they are one step ahead of Sisu in truth. However his reputation is being ruined with all this nonsense

Also if they collapse no one knows then what happens - both organisations are small really and can’t run and don’t need a complex of this size.

It’s a complete catastrophe - we will never own it and I’d be amazed if they cling on for another 3 years but who knows from that really

Ideally the council and the WMA should look to try and work with the clubs and find a buyer for the stadium with a long lease for both clubs - never happening though is it
 
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ccfcchris

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #138
It makes you wonder if it could have been all so different if he'd got on the phone to Joy asking if there was milage in both clubs working together instead of sealing deals with the council on the quiet.

Too much water under the bridge now and an absolute non-starter.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #139
ccfcchris said:
It makes you wonder if it could have been all so different if he'd got on the phone to Joy asking if there was milage in both clubs working together instead of sealing deals with the council on the quiet.

Too much water under the bridge now and an absolute non-starter.
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Or if Joy had played her hand better, or in fact at all. Then Wasps would never have had the chance.
 
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SHUNT31

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  • Aug 11, 2022
  • #140
Colin Steins Smile said:
Given Wasps holdings end of year was 30 June. It'll be interesting to see the accounts for 2022. They'll make grim reading and any bond holder will surely know the business is not sustainable.
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They haven’t filed their 30 June 2021 accounts yet have they? I’m sure they’re overdue


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