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Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. · Corporate

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.: bankruptcy, 2020

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.: bankruptcy credit event on 2020-04-26, worked through from its SEC filings. The 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (CUSIP 25271CAP7) are a Deliverable Obligation: all 7 checks pass. Each result cites the clause behind it, or says when it rests on the absence of a clause.

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Verified answerDiamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. · Bankruptcy · 2020

Is the instrument a Deliverable Obligation for this credit event, on 7 checks: the issuer is the Reference Entity; the Maximum Maturity (30 years), Specified Currency, Not Subordinated, Not Bearer and Transferable characteristics; and Not Contingent?

Yes, deliverable

7.875% Senior Notes due 2025 pass all 7 checks, each tied to its clause.

7 of 7 checks pass
See the 7 checks

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Basis. All 7 checks pass on the record: the issuer is the Reference Entity, the instrument meets the Maximum Maturity, Specified Currency, Not Subordinated, Not Bearer and Transferable characteristics, and it is Not Contingent.

For 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025

Credit event
Bankruptcy · 2020-04-26
Entity type
Corporate

Instruments

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Questions and verified answers

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  1. #1 Is the instrument a Deliverable Obligation for this credit event, on 7 checks: the issuer is the Reference Entity; the Maximum Maturity (30 years), Specified Currency, Not Subordinated, Not Bearer and Transferable characteristics; and Not Contingent?
    Eligible
  2. #2 Does the instrument meet the Maximum Maturity characteristic (30 years)?
    Yes

    Ninth Supplemental Indenture of 2017-08-15

  3. #3 Does the instrument meet the Specified Currency characteristic (USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CHF, CAD)?
    Yes

    Ninth Supplemental Indenture of 2017-08-15

  4. #4 Does the instrument meet the Not Subordinated characteristic?
    Yes

    Ninth Supplemental Indenture of 2017-08-15

  5. #5 Does the instrument meet the Not Bearer characteristic?
    Yes

    Ninth Supplemental Indenture of 2017-08-15

  6. #6 Is the instrument Not Contingent (principal not reducible for a reason other than payment)?
    Yes
    None: no clause making principal contingent was found.
  7. #7 Does the instrument meet the Transferable characteristic?
    Yes
    None: no clause restricting transfer was found.
  8. #8 Is the issuer of the instrument the Reference Entity?
    Yes

    Ninth Supplemental Indenture of 2017-08-15

Documents

The case record. 9 sections support the verified answers.

  • DOC-1 Diamond Offshore 8-K filed 2020-04-27, Item 1.03 Bankruptcy, petition 2020-04-26excerpts
  • DOC-2 Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated August 15, 2017, 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (EX-4.2)excerpts

Timeline

  1. 2017-08-15Ninth Supplemental Indenture for the 7.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (filed as Exhibit 4.2).
  2. 2020-04-26Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. and certain subsidiaries file voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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