Pub. L. 109-8, tit. IX, sec. 910

DAMAGE MEASURE.

EnactedYear: 2005Length: 438 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 910. DAMAGE MEASURE.(a) In General.—Title 11, United States Code, is amended—(1) by inserting after section 561, as added by section 907, the following:“§ 562. Timing of damage measurement in connection with swap agreements, securities contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agreements, and master netting agreements“(a) If the trustee rejects a swap agreement, securities contract (as defined in section 741), forward contract, commodity contract (as defined in section 761), repurchase agreement, or master netting agreement pursuant to section 365(a), or if a forward contract merchant, stockbroker, financial institution, securities clearing agency, repo participant, financial participant, master netting agreement participant, or swap participant liquidates, terminates, or accelerates such contract or agreement, damages shall be measured as of the earlier of—“(1) the date of such rejection; or“(2) the date or dates of such liquidation, termination, or acceleration.“(b) If there are not any commercially reasonable determinants of value as of any date referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), damages shall be measured as of the earliest subsequent date or dates on which there are commercially reasonable determinants of value.“(c) For the purposes of subsection (b), if damages are not measured as of the date or dates of rejection, liquidation, termination, or acceleration, and the forward contract merchant, stockbroker, financial institution, securities clearing agency, repo participant, financial participant, master netting agreement participant, or swap participant or the trustee objects to the timing of the measurement of damages—“(1) the trustee, in the case of an objection by a forward contract merchant, stockbroker, financial institution, securities clearing agency, repo participant, financial participant, master netting agreement participant, or swap participant; or“(2) the forward contract merchant, stockbroker, financial institution, securities clearing agency, repo participant, financial participant, master netting agreement participant, or swap participant, in the case of an objection by the trustee,has the burden of proving that there were no commercially reasonable determinants of value as of such date or dates.” ; and (2) in the table of sections for chapter 5, by inserting after the item relating to section 561 (as added by section 907) the following new item: “562. Timing of damage measure in connection with swap agreements, securities contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agreements, or master netting agreements.”. (b) Claims Arising From Rejection.—Section 502(g) of title 11, United States Code, is amended—119 STAT. 185(1) by inserting “(1)” after “(g)”; and(2) by adding at the end the following:“(2) A claim for damages calculated in accordance with section 562 shall be allowed under subsection (a), (b), or (c), or disallowed under subsection (d) or (e), as if such claim had arisen before the date of the filing of the petition.”.
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