Mr. Russell Mancuso
Mr. Jay Mumford
August 11, 2005
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in our August 9 Letter for ease of reference. For purposes of this letter, we will use the term “DDi Europe Credit Agreement” to refer to the Facilities Agreement as modified by the Restatement Deed.
You have asked us to reconcile certain disclosures in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005 (the “Form 10-Q”) with the analysis in our August 9 Letter. Part II, Item 3 of the Form 10-Q states, in relevant part:
“On February 8, 2005, DDi Europe and certain of its operating subsidiaries received demands from the Bank of Scotland for immediate repayment of all amounts outstanding under the DDi Europe credit facilities. Pursuant to the demand notices, £21.5 million (approximately U.S.$39.8 million) which equals the unpaid principal amount under the DDi Europe credit facilities, plus accrued interest and applicable fees, became immediately due and payable.”
The disclosure in the 10-Q is consistent with the analysis in our August 9 Letter. Section 23.1.1 of the DDi Europe Credit Agreement provides that an “Event of Default” occurs upon “the failure by any Borrower to pay within three days of the due date for payment any amount payable under the terms of the Banking Documents.” Pursuant to the BOS February 8, 2005 Demand, DDi Europe’s indebtedness under the DDi Europe Credit Agreement became immediately due and payable. However, pursuant to Section 23.1.1, even though the indebtedness of DDi Europe became immediately due and payable upon the BOS February 8, 2005 Demand, an Event of Default for non-payment of the amounts due could not have occurred prior to February 11, 2005. For the reasons discussed in our August 9 Letter, no payment default occurred with respect to the BOS February 8, 2005 Demand, as a result of the consensual CVA and the administrator’s actions and BOS’ agreement and consent thereto pursuant to the CVA.
You have requested that we clarify our statement that at the time of the BOS February 8, 2005 Demand, DDi Europe was current on its debt service, had never failed to make regular interest or principal payments in a timely fashion and was not in default under the DDi Europe Credit Agreement. The BOS February 8, 2005 Demand was made pursuant to certain demand features of the DDi Europe Credit Agreement. The BOS February 8, 2005 Demand did not contain any notification that BOS was formally asserting that an Event of Default had occurred. To the Company’s knowledge, no monetary Event of Default had occurred when the BOS February 8, 2005 Demand was received. Any Event of Default that occurred, to the extent that any such Event of Default could have occurred, as a result of the appointment of the administrators occurredsubsequent to the BOS February 8, 2005 Demand.
You have also asked us to clarify the relationship between the Event of Default that may have occurred as a result of the appointment of the administrators for DDi Europe and