The McClatchy Company · Bankruptcy · 2020 · 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Is the issuer of the instrument the Reference Entity?
Verified answer
Basis. Issuer "The McClatchy Company" matches the Reference Entity.
Source clauses
Indenture of 2018-07-16
How it was checked · 2 checks
- Rule re-applied. The Issuer matches Reference Entity rule (v1.2), re-applied to the stored facts, gives the same result as the Mastermind v3 run of 2026-09-29.
- Quote verified. The clause quoted for the issuer appears verbatim in the cited sections.
Issuer matches Reference Entity
The obligation must be an obligation of the Reference Entity: issued by it (alone, or as a co-issuer jointly and severally liable for the whole amount), or guaranteed by it under a Qualifying Guarantee. When the Reference Entity guarantees another issuer's obligation, this test is assisted review: CDSBench reports the guarantee findings (see Qualifying Guarantee) and leaves the decision to the reviewer. A successor needs separate analysis.
These checks are CDSBench's provisional reading of the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, not legal advice.
Instrument: 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Source documents
The case record. Sections behind the verified answer are marked.
- DOC-1 McClatchy 8-K filed 2020-02-13, Item 1.03 Bankruptcy, petition 2020-02-13excerpts
- DOC-2 Indenture dated July 16, 2018, 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (EX-10.4 to Form 10-Q filed 2018-08-09)excerpts
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