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Chesapeake Energy Corporation · Bankruptcy · 2020 · 7.50% Senior Notes due 2026

Does the instrument meet the Maximum Maturity characteristic (30 years)?

Question 2 · Deliverable Obligation Characteristic
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Verified answer

Yes

Basis. Matures 2026-10-01: from any Delivery Date after the 2020-06-28 credit event, the remaining maturity is within the 30-year Maximum Maturity.

Source clauses

Ninth Supplemental Indenture of 2018-09-27

How it was checked · 2 checks
  • Rule re-applied. The Maximum Maturity rule (v1.0), re-applied to the stored facts, gives the same result as the Mastermind v3 run of 2026-09-26.
  • Quote verified. The clause quoted for the maturity date appears verbatim in the cited section.

Maximum Maturity

The obligation's remaining maturity, measured from the Delivery Date, must not exceed the Maximum Maturity (30 years by default). CDSBench measures it from the credit event date, which is conservative: any later Delivery Date only shortens the remaining maturity.

These checks are CDSBench's provisional reading of the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, not legal advice.

Instrument: 7.50% Senior Notes due 2026

Source documents

The case record. Sections behind the verified answer are marked.

  • DOC-1 Chesapeake 8-K filed 2020-06-29, Item 1.03 Bankruptcy (and Item 2.04), petition 2020-06-28excerpts
  • DOC-2 Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated September 27, 2018, $400,000,000 7.50% Senior Notes due 2026 (EX-4.3)excerpts
  • DOC-3 Base Indenture dated April 24, 2014 (EX-4.1)excerpts

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