Dean Foods Company · Bankruptcy · 2019 · 6.500% Senior Notes due 2023
Does the instrument meet the Not Bearer characteristic?
Verified answer
Basis. The obligation is in registered form, not bearer form.
Source clauses
How it was checked · 2 checks
- Rule re-applied. The Not Bearer rule (v1.0), re-applied to the stored facts, gives the same result as the code-only Mastermind v3 run of 2026-09-25 (deterministic extraction, no model).
- Quote verified. The clause quoted for the form of the notes appears verbatim in the cited section.
Not Bearer
The obligation must not be a bearer instrument, unless interests in it are cleared via Euroclear, Clearstream or another internationally recognised clearing system.
These checks are CDSBench's provisional reading of the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, not legal advice.
Instrument: 6.500% Senior Notes due 2023
Source documents
The case record. Sections behind the verified answer are marked.
- DOC-1 Dean Foods 8-K filed 2019-11-12, Item 1.03 Bankruptcy (and Item 2.04), petition 2019-11-12excerpts
- DOC-2 Indenture dated February 25, 2015, 6.500% Senior Notes due 2023 (EX-4.1)excerpts
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- #7 Does the instrument meet the Transferable characteristic?Yes
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