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2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions
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12.1(l) in a Nutshell™
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12.1(l) in all its glory
- 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.
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Overview
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”
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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