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Replacement cost

What it would cost to replace a trade's remaining payments today. The Close-out Amount is a replacement cost, not a fine: Atlas paid the rest of the fixed rate it had agreed, collected in one sum. Clause 6.6 · Chapter 12

Explained in Chapter 12, Close-out: the Number, of Derivatives.

How it comes up, in Chapter 12
Atlas had promised to pay a fixed 3% on €15,000,000 for the rest of the loan's life, and to receive the floating rate back. Ending the swap leaves a gap in the bank's book. The Close-out Amount is what it costs to fill that gap. It is a replacement cost, measured against a standard in the clause…
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