Announcement Date - Equity Derivatives Provision

2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions A Jolly Contrarian owner’s manual™ Resources and navigation 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 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 Index: Click ᐅ to expand: Equity Derivatives - Premium Synthetic Prime Brokerage Section 12.1(l) in a Nutshell™ Use at your own risk, campers! 12.1(l) “Announcement Date” means, in respect of an Extraordinary Event, (i) for a Merger Event, the date when a firm intention to merge is first publicly announced, (ii) for a Tender Offer, the date when a firm intention to purchase the requisite number of voting shares that leads to the Tender Offer is first publicly announced, (iii) for an Index Disruption or Index Cancellation, the date when the Index Sponsor publicly announces any adjustment or cancellation causing an Index Disruption or Index Cancellation and in the case of an Index Modification, the Exchange Business Day before the Index Modificationis effective, (iv) for a Nationalization, when the proposed Nationalization is first publicly announced, (v) for an Insolvency, when institution of insolvency proceedings, presentation of an insolvency petition or similar action that leads to the Insolvency is publicly announced; and (vi) for a Delisting, when the Exchange first publicly announces that the Shares will cease to be listed as contrampled in Section 12.6(a)(iii). If any Extraordinary Event (other than an Index Disruption) is announced after the actual closing time for the ordinary regular trading session on Exchange, the Announcement Date will be the next Scheduled Trading Day. view template Full text of Section 12.1(l) 12.1(l) “Announcement Date” means, in respect of an Extraordinary Event, (i) in the case of a Merger Event, the date of the first public announcement of a firm intention to engage in a transaction (whether or not subsequently amended) that leads to the Merger Event, (ii) in the case of a Tender Offer, the date of the first public announcement of a firm intention to purchase or otherwise obtain the requisite number of voting shares (whether or not subsequently amended) that leads to the Tender Offer, (iii) in the case of an Index Disruption or Index Cancellation, the date of the first public announcement by the Index Sponsor of any adjustment or cancellation as described in Section 11.1(b) that leads to the Index Disruption or Index Cancellation and in the case of an Index Modification, the Exchange Business Day immediately prior to the effective date of the Index Modification, (iv) in the case of a Nationalization, the date of the first public announcement to nationalize (whether or not subsequently amended) that leads to the Nationalization, (v) in the case of an Insolvency, the date of the first public announcement of the institution of a proceeding or presentation of a petition or passing of a resolution (or other analogous procedure in any jurisdiction) that leads to the Insolvency and (vi) in the case of a Delisting, the date of the first public announcement by the Exchange that the Shares will cease to be listed, traded or publicly quoted in the manner described in Section 12.6(a)(iii). In respect of any Extraordinary Event other than an Index Disruption, if the announcement of such Extraordinary Event is made after the actual closing time for the regular trading session on the relevant Exchange, without regard to any after hours or any other trading outside of such regular trading session hours, the Announcement Date shall be deemed to be the next following Scheduled Trading Day. view template Tell me more Sign up for our newsletter — or just get in touch: for ½ a weekly 🍺 you get to consult JC. Ask about it here.

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Section 12.1. General Provisions Relating to Extraordinary Events

12.1(a). “Extraordinary Event”

12.1(b). “Merger Event”

12.1(c). “Merger Date”

12.1(d). “Tender Offer”

12.1(e). “Tender Offer Date”

12.1(f). “Share-for-Share”

12.1(g). “Share-for-Other”

12.1(h). “Share-for-Combined”

12.1(i). “New Shares”

12.1(j). “Other Consideration”

12.1(k). “Combined Consideration”

12.1(l). “Announcement Date”

12.1(m). “Implied Volatility”

12.1(n). “Affected Shares”

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Summary

The date that one of the Additional Disruption Events becomes a thing, such that the parties to the Transaction have to do something about it.

This is something of an analogue to the “Notice of Publicly Available Information” concept in the credit derivatives world: the point at which an event, whether or not it eventually happens, becomes public knowledge is the event horizon from a help-the-credit-department-is-running-around-with-its-hair-on-fire perspective, hence all that slightly cute talk of “a firm intention to engage in a transaction (whether or not subsequently amended) that leads to ...” and so on. That, and ISDA’s crack drafting squad™’s congenital inability to write plain, elegant sentences that say what they mean, of course.

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See also

• Extraordinary Events
• Additional Disruption Events

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