Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland
2:00 pm
Mr. Richie Boucher:
We get criticised for our policy but it is consistent. We seek to maximise recoveries. There are certain situations where there is limited liability. In a personal situation if someone goes bankrupt, whether court-enforced or through a liquidation process, there is no money and nothing to collect, so the entity itself is gone. In other instances, we will convert a portion of our debt to equity. Indeed, when we were recapitalising the bank, some of the bondholders converted some of their bonds to equity in the bank.
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