Legal Proceedings and Repossessions During the third quarter of 2013, legal proceedings were issued to enforce the debt/security on a PDH mortgage in 1,830 cases. Court proceedings concluded in 361 cases during the quarter, and in 89 of these cases the Courts granted an order for repossession or sale of the property. There were 1,002 properties in the banks’ possession at the beginning of the quarter. A total of 209 properties were taken into possession by lenders during the quarter, of which 76 were repossessed on foot of a Court Order, while the remaining 133 were voluntarily surrendered or abandoned. During the quarter 158 properties were disposed of. As a result, lenders were in possession of 1,050 PDH properties at end-September 2013.