Financial Participant (Bankruptcy) Law and Legal Definition
The term "financial participant" means--
(A) “an entity that, at the time it enters into a securities contract, commodity contract, swap agreement, repurchase agreement, or forward contract, or at the time of the date of the filing of the petition, has one or more agreements or transactions described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of section 561(a) with the debtor or any other entity (other than an affiliate) of a total gross dollar value of not less than $ 1,000,000,000 in notional or actual principal amount outstanding (aggregated across counterparties) at such time or on any day during the 15-month period preceding the date of the filing of the petition, or has gross mark-to-market positions of not less than $ 100,000,000 (aggregated across counterparties) in one or more such agreements or transactions with the debtor or any other entity (other than an affiliate) at such time or on any day during the 15-month period preceding the date of the filing of the petition; or
(B) a clearing organization (as defined in section 402 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991).” (11 USCS § 101)
[11 USCS § 561(1) (a) reads as follows:
§ 561. Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the exercise of any contractual right, because of a condition of the kind specified in section 365(e)(1) [11 USCS § 365(e)(1)], to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of or to offset or net termination values, payment amounts, or other transfer obligations arising under or in connection with one or more (or the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of one or more)--
(1) securities contracts, as defined in section 741(7) [11 USCS § 741(7)];
(2) commodity contracts, as defined in section 761(4) [11 USCS § 761(4)];
(3) forward contracts;
(4) repurchase agreements;
(5) swap agreements; or
(6) master netting agreements]
Legal Definition list
- Financial Participant (Bankruptcy)
- Financial Organization [Banks & Banking]
- Financial Management Service - FMS
- Financial Litigation Section of the Department of Justice
- Financial Intermediary
- Financial Plan
- Financial Planners
- Financial Power Of Attorney
- Financial Product or Service
- Financial Protection
- Financial Ratios
Related Legal Terms
- Academy of Financial Divorce Practitioners
- Accountant ( Bankruptcy)
- Act of Bankruptcy
- Adequate Protection [Bankruptcy]
- Affiliate ( Bankruptcy)
- After Notice and Hearing (Bankruptcy)
- Annual Statutory Financial Statement [Agriculture]
- Appropriate Federal Financial Supervisory Agency [Banks & Banking]
- Appropriate Financial Regulator [Banks & Banking]
- Arrangement With Creditors [Bankruptcy]
