Template:Failure to pay procedure: Difference between revisions

The {{{{{1}}}|Non-defaulting Party}} must give the {{{{{1}}}|Defaulting Party}} notice of the failure. This is ''not'' a Section {{{{{1}}}|6(a)}} notice — calm, down, we will get to that in good time — but a Section 5(a)(i) notice of failure to pay or deliver. The sainted {{isdama}} does not directly prescribe the format for this notice, but Section {{{{{1}}}|12}} cautions that it may not be by {{isdaprov|e-mail}} or {{{{{1}}}|electronic messaging system}} or (if you have a {{1992ma}}, at any rate), by [[fax]]. The proper form is to have it hand-delivered by someone prepared to swear an affidavit as to when and where they delivered it to the {{isdaprov|Defaulting Party}}..<ref>Yes, it’s true: in ISDA’s alternative universe, [[Greenclose v National Westminster Bank plc|e-mail and electronic messaging systems are different things]].</ref>  

Thanks to Section {{{{{1}}}|12(a)}} ({{{{{1}}}|Notices}}), the Section {{{{{1}}}|5(a)(i)}} notice will only be effective on the following {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}: i.e.,  '''T+1'''. <ref>'''Spod’s note''': This notice requirement is key from a [[cross default]] perspective (if you have been indelicate enough to widen the scope of your [[cross default]] to include [[derivatives]], that is): if you don’t have it, ''any'' failure to pay under your {{isdama}}, however innocuous — even an operational oversight — automatically counts as an Event of Default, and gives a different person to the right to close ''their'' {{isdama}} with your Defaulting Party because of it defaulted to ''you'', even though (a) the Defaulting Party ''hasn’t'' defaulted to ''them'', and (b) you have decided not to take any action against the Defaulting Party yourself.</ref>  

===The [[grace period]] under Section {{{{{1}}}|5(a)(i)}} must expire===

At this point you have a {{{{{1}}}|Potential Event of Default}}, but not an ''actual'' one.  

 

The standard [[grace period]]s are set out in Section {{{{{1}}}|5(a)(i)}}. Be careful: under a {{2002ma}} the standard is '''''one''''' {{isdaprov|Local Business Day}}. Under the {{1992ma}} the standard is '''''three''''' {{isda92prov|Local Business Day}}s. ''But check the {{{{{1}}}|Schedule}}'' because in either case this is the sort of thing that counterparties adjust: {{2002ma}}s are often adjusted to conform to the {{1992ma}} standard of three {{{{{1}}}|LBD}}s, for example.  

At the expiry of this [[grace period]], you finally have a fully operational {{{{{1}}}|Event of Default}}. Now Section {{{{{1}}}|6(a)}} gives you the right, by ''not more than 20 days’ notice''<ref name="20days">See discussion on at Section {{{{{1}}}|6(a)}} about the silliness of that time limit.</ref> to designate an {{{{{1}}}|Early Termination Date}} for all outstanding {{isdaprov|Transaction}}s.  

So, at some point in the next twenty days<ref name="20days"/> there will be a final reckoning and one Party will pay the other the {{isdaprov|Early Termination Amount}}.<ref>By a striking oversight, not actually so named in the {{1992ma}}.</ref>But we have a ways to go before we even know what that amount will be. But observe: the payment date is now locked in. Time to get your skates on and start closing out {{{{{1}}}|Transactions}}.