Eligible Financial Contract Regulations (Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act)

2 The following kinds of financial agreements are prescribed for the purpose of the definition eligible financial contract in section 2 of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act:

• (a) a derivatives agreement, whether settled by payment or delivery, that

  • (i) trades on a futures or options exchange or board, or other regulated market, or

  • (ii) is the subject of recurrent dealings in the derivatives markets or in the over-the-counter securities or commodities markets;

• (b) an agreement to

  • (i) borrow or lend securities or commodities, including an agreement to transfer securities or commodities under which the borrower may repay the loan with other securities or commodities, cash or cash equivalents,

  • (ii) clear or settle securities, futures, options or derivatives transactions, or

  • (iii) act as a depository for securities;

• (c) a repurchase, reverse repurchase or buy-sellback agreement with respect to securities or commodities;

• (d) a margin loan in so far as it is in respect of a securities account or futures account maintained by a financial intermediary;

• (e) any combination of agreements referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d);

• (f) a master agreement in so far as it is in respect of an agreement referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e);

• (g) a master agreement in so far as it is in respect of a master agreement referred to in paragraph (f);

• (h) a guarantee of, or an indemnity or reimbursement obligation with respect to, the liabilities under an agreement referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (g); and

• (i) an agreement relating to financial collateral, including any form of security or security interest in collateral and a title transfer credit support agreement, with respect to an agreement referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (h).