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===Pernickety amendments===
Expect to see some amendments to this clause, chiefly to appease [[Mediocre lawyer|fastidious counsel]]. For example:
* You may see some tinkering with “transaction(s) or asset(s) it deems necessary to hedge the equity price risk of entering into and performing its obligations with respect to the relevant Transaction” — perhaps to refer to “{{eqderivprov|Hedge Positions}}” instead of “transaction(s) or asset(s)”<ref>It is always sad to see an {{tag|ISDA}} drafting committee pass up the opportunity to use [[and/or]], by the way.</ref>, and to broaden equity price risk to “market risk ([[including but not limited to]] equity price risk, [[foreign exchange]] risk and [[interest rate]] risk)”
*Some counsel may wish to add to limb (B) “convert into the {{eqderivprov|Settlement Currency}}” and upgrade “remit the proceeds of ''[[and/or]] collateral posted with respect to'' any such {{eqderivprov|Hedge Positions}}”, just in case it might be thought that collateral didn’t count as proceeds of a hedge.
*The {{eqderivprov|Hedging Party}} may only be allowed to terminate any {{eqderivprov|transaction}} ''[[pro rata]]'' with the actual {{eqderivprov|Hedging Disruption}}
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*{{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}}
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Latest revision as of 09:21, 13 October 2023

2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions

A Jolly Contrarian owner’s manual™

12.9(a)(v) in a Nutshell

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12.9(a)(v) in all its glory

12.9(a)(v)Hedging Disruption” means that the Hedging Party is unable, after using commercially reasonable efforts, to (A) acquire, establish, re-establish, substitute, maintain, unwind or dispose of any transaction(s) or asset(s) it deems necessary to hedge the equity price risk of entering into and performing its obligations with respect to the relevant Transaction, or (B) realize, recover or remit the proceeds of any such transaction(s) or asset(s);

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Resources About the Equity Derivatives Definitions | (full wikitext) | (nutshell wikitext) | Equity v credit derivatives showdown
Hot topics Synthetic Prime Brokerage Anatomy | The Triple Cocktail | Cancellation and Payment | Calculation Agent
TOC | 1 General Definitions | 2 Option Transactions | 3 Exercise of Options | 4 Forward Transactions | 5 Equity Swap Transactions | 6 Valuation | 7 Settlement | 8 Cash Settlement | 9 Physical Settlement | 10 Dividends | 11 Adjustments and Modifications | 12 Extraordinary Events · 12.8 Cancellation Amount · 12.9 Additional Disruption Events · 12.9 List of ADEs · 12.9(b) Consequences of ADEs | 13 Miscellaneous

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Overview

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This is what counts as a Hedging Disruption. To find out what happens when you have a Hedging Disruption, see the Consequences of Hedging Disruption at Section 12.9(b)(iii).

Summary

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It isn’t brilliantly worded, but the spirit is clear: it is not just that your particular hedge that you actually had on went kaput, but that you could find any reasonably suitable replacement for it. You can’t be picky. Okay, the equities market might be locked up, but what about futures? I grant you, if the underlying market is disrupted, it’s likely the listed futures market will be too, but you never know. How about ADRs or GDRs?

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See also

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