ISDA EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee:
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. Governmental Intervention and Restructuring Credit Events
LONDON, August 4, 2017 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee (DC) resolved that a governmental intervention credit event (for the purposes of trades entered into using the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions and referencing a subordinated obligation) and a restructuring credit event (for the purposes of trades entered into using the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions as supplemented and referencing either a senior or subordinated obligation) have occurred in respect of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.
The DC also resolved to hold an auction in respect of the relevant outstanding credit default swap (CDS) transactions entered into using the 2014 Definitions. The DC additionally resolved to potentially hold one or more auctions in respect of the relevant outstanding CDS transactions entered into using the 2003 Definitions (being those transactions that are subject to the Small Bang Protocol or that otherwise incorporate the 2009 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees, Auction Settlement and Restructuring Supplement).
ISDA will publish further information regarding the auction on its website, www.isda.org/credit, in due course.
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Nick Sawyer, ISDA London, +44 203 808 9740, nsawyer@isda.org
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Michael Milner-Watt, ISDA London, +44 203 808 9727, mmilner-watt@isda.org
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About the Determinations Committees
The ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees each comprise 10 sell-side and five buy-side voting firms, alongside up to three consultative firms and central counterparty observer members. Their role is to apply the terms of market-standard credit derivatives contracts to specific cases, and make factual determinations on Credit Events, Successor Reference Entities and other issues, based on information provided to the DCs by CDS market participants. The DCs are also responsible for determining whether a CDS Auction should be held following a Credit Event. The determinations are governed by the Determinations Committee Rules. ISDA acts as a non-voting secretary to each DC, and endeavors to co-ordinate this process in a transparent and operationally efficient manner.
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