Debt Capital Markets · glossary

Common Safekeeper

The bank that keeps the global note for both clearing systems. Valkenrade’s global note went to it on the issue date. Each interest payment is made to its order, and from that moment Valkenrade has paid. Prospectus, Global Form · Chapter 9 · see Global note

Explained in Chapter 9, Bookbuilding, the Subscription Agreement and Closing through Euroclear and Clearstream, of Debt Capital Markets.

How it comes up, in Chapter 9
The Common Safekeeper keeps the global note for both clearing systems. Each investor’s holding is an entry in its clearing system account. Settlement is delivery against payment: an investor’s cash leaves its account only as its holding arrives. So neither side can hand over its part and get nothing back.
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