Economic Adjustment Programme for Cyprus be saved and transferred to Bank of Cyprus (BoC), while shareholder capital would be written off, and the uninsured deposits above €100,000 – along with other creditor claims – would be lost to the degree being decided by how much the receivership subsequently can recover from liquidation of the remaining bad assets. As an extra safety measure, uninsured deposits above €100,000 in BoC will also remain frozen until a recapitalisation has been implemented "(with a possible imposed haircut if this is later deemed needed to reach the requirement for a 9% tier 1 capital ratio)". The targeted closure of Laiki
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