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{{a|pb|}}Notwithstanding all the [[Event of Default|apocalyptic rights]] I have given myself in our {{pbprov|prime brokerage agreement}}, I agree not to increase my [[initial margin]] requirements on any product or boost any of my [[interest rate|financing rates]] with out X days notice, or any of the apocalyptic events I mention in this here [[margin lock-up]] — let’s call these {{pbprov|Lockup termination event}}s — have come about.
{{a|pb|}}Notwithstanding all the [[Event of Default|apocalyptic rights]] I have given myself in our {{pbprov|prime brokerage agreement}}, I agree not to increase my [[initial margin]] requirements on any product or boost any of my [[interest rate|financing rates]] with out X days notice, or any of the apocalyptic events I mention in this here [[margin lock-up]] — let’s call these [[lockup termination event]]s — have come about.
===Lockup termination events===
===Lockup termination events===
{{pbprov|Lockup termination event}}s should be more sensitive than outright EODs and ATEs under the ISDA and PB docs. In practice, currently, they tend not to be.  
[[Lockup termination event]]s should be more sensitive than outright EODs and ATEs under the ISDA and PB docs. In practice, currently, they tend not to be.  


Seeing as outright [[Event of default|default]] justifies total [[close-out]] of the whole relationship; terminating a lockup — which is just really un-suspending legal rights you previously suspended — should be a far less drastic option: an intermediate step which becomes available well ahead of (and in part to help avoid) the “nuclear option” of deep-sixing the entire relationship.   
Seeing as outright [[Event of default|default]] justifies total [[close-out]] of the whole relationship; terminating a lockup — which is just really un-suspending legal rights you previously suspended — should be a far less drastic option: an intermediate step which becomes available well ahead of (and in part to help avoid) the “nuclear option” of deep-sixing the entire relationship.