Increased Cost of Stock Borrow - Equity Derivatives Provision

Equity Derivatives Anatomy™ →Go uptown 12.9(a)(viii) “Increased Cost of Stock Borrow” means that the Hedging Party would incur a rate to borrow Shares in respect of such Transaction that is greater than the Initial Stock Loan Rate; (view template) 12.9(b)(v) If “Increased Cost of Stock Borrow” is specified in the related Confirmation to be applicable to a Transaction, then upon the occurrence of such an event the Hedging Party will give prompt notice to the Non-Hedging Party that an Increased Cost of Stock Borrow has occurred and that a Price Adjustment will be made to the Transaction. The Non-Hedging Party shall, within two Scheduled Trading Days of receipt of the notice of Increased Cost of Stock Borrow and corresponding Price Adjustment, notify the Hedging Party that it elects to (A) agree to amend the relevant Transaction to take into account the Price Adjustment, (B) pay the Hedging Party an amount determined by the Calculation Agent that corresponds to the Price Adjustment or (C) terminate the Transaction as of that second Scheduled Trading Day. If such notice is not given by the end of that second Scheduled Trading Day, then the Hedging Party may give notice that it elects to terminate the Transaction, specifying the date of such termination, which may be the same day that the notice of termination is effective. If either party elects to terminate the Transaction, the Determining Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other. Within this period, the Non-Hedging Party may, in order to avoid a Price Adjustment or termination with respect to the Transaction, (X) lend the Hedging Party, subject to the conditions below, Shares in an amount equal to the Hedging Shares at a rate equal to or less than the Initial Stock Loan Rate or (Y) refer the Hedging Party to a Lending Party that lends the Hedging Party Shares in an amount equal to the Hedging Shares at a rate equal to or less than the Initial Stock Loan Rate. (view template) 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 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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12.9(b)(v) in a Nutshell™ _{(Equity Derivatives edition)}

12.9(b)(v) If “Increased Cost of Stock Borrow” applies, the Hedging Party may tell the Non-Hedging Party that an Increased Cost of Stock Borrow has happened and that it will make a Price Adjustment to the Transaction.

Within 2 Scheduled Trading Days of that notice the Non-Hedging Party must:

(A) amend the Transaction to make the Price Adjustment,

(B) pay the Hedging Party the Price Adjustment or

(C) terminate the Transaction as of that second Scheduled Trading Day.

Within this period, the Non-Hedging Party may lend the Hedging Party, the necessary Hedging Shares at no more than the Initial Stock Loan Rate.

Absent such an election the Hedging Party may terminate the Transaction. On any termination of the Transaction, the Determining Party will determine the Cancellation Amount.

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Summary: When the Hedging Party notifies an Increased Cost of Stock Borrow, specifiying a proposed Price Adjustment, the non-Hedging Party has three options:

1. Accept the Price Adjustment and the Transaction is amended accordingly;
2. Make a one-off payment of the determined Price Adjustment; or
3. Terminate the Transaction on the second Scheduled Trading Day.

Only if the Non-Hedging Party has failed to give any such election by the end of the second Scheduled Trading Day can the Hedging Party terminate the Transaction. The Non-Hedging Party can lend the Hedging Party the relevant Shares in the intervening period to mitigate its loss.

Compare and Contrast with Loss of Stock Borrow, where the Non-Hedging Party has a bit less flexibility in what it does: it either has to pony up (or procure) a stock borrow within 2 Scheduled Trading Days itself, or Hedging Party can terminate. Therefore Increased Cost of Stock Borrow is the "gentler" provision from the Non-Hedging Party's perspective.

Related Provisions

• Loss of Stock Borrow