Template:Isda 6(e)(ii) summ

Where the close-out follows a Termination Event, we are generally in “well, it’s just one of those things; terribly sorry it had to end like this” territory rather than the apocalyptic collapse into insolvency or turpitude one expects in an Event of Default, and accompanying high-dudgeon, so the path to resolution is a little more genteel, and winding. Secondly — unless it affects all outstanding Transactions, which by no means all Termination Events do — the upshot is not necessarily a final reckoning, but rather the retirement of only those problematic Affected Transactions. The rest sail serenely on. (To remind you all, the customised Additional Termination Events that the parties have imposed on each other tend to look and behave more like Events of Default. Pre-printed Termination Events have more to do with mergers, taxes and law changes that were neither party’s fault as such).

So first, who is the Affected Party, to whom the event has happened? If there is only one then the Affected Transaction termination process that upon an Event of Default and the Non-Affected Party will have the option whether or not to call the event at all, and will generally be in the driving seat if it does. If, however, the Termination Event in question is an Illegality or Force Majeure Event, there’s a further softening and the Non-Affected Party must use a mid-market levels derived from quotations which disregard the value of the Non-Affected Party’s creditworthiness or credit support — again, the reason being, “look, this is just one of those things, man”. It isn’t about you.

If both sides are Affected Parties (likely upon an Illegality or Tax Event and, to a lesser extent, a Tax Event Upon Merger each side works out its own Close-out Amounts and they split the difference.