Calculation Agent Adjustment (Merger Events) - Equity Derivatives Provision

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12.2(d)Calculation Agent Adjustment”, then, on or after the relevant Merger Date, the Calculation Agent shall either
(i)
(A) make such adjustment to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such Merger Event (provided that no adjustments will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or to the Transaction), which may, but need not, be determined by reference to the adjustment(s) made in respect of such Merger Event by an options exchange to options on the relevant Shares traded on such options exchange and
(B) determine the effective date of that adjustment, or
(ii) if the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustment that it could make under (i) will produce a commercially reasonable result, notify the parties that the relevant consequence shall be the termination of the Transaction, in which case “Cancellation and Payment” will be deemed to apply and any payment to be made by one party to the other shall be calculated in accordance with Section 12.7, and in respect of an Option Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall determine the amount of such payment as if “Calculation Agent Determination” applied to the Option Transaction;

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12.2(d) in a Nutshell (Equity Derivatives edition)

12.2(d)Calculation Agent Adjustment”, the Calculation Agent must either:
(i) adjust the Transaction to account for the economic effect of the Merger Event (excluding changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity of the Shares or the Transaction), or
(ii) if it considers that that could not produce a commercially reasonable result, notify the parties that the Transaction will be terminated, in which case Cancellation and Payment will apply and any necessary payments will be calculated under Section 12.7 (and for Option Transactions, the Calculation Agent must determine the payment as if “Calculation Agent Determination” applied);

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