Template:Nutshell Equity Derivatives 1.45

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1.45. Knock-out Event.

(a) If “Knock-out Event” applies, a party’s right to exercise an Option under a Transaction will be conditional upon the Knock-out Event not having occurred on any Knock-out Determination Day as of the time of such exercise, and the parties’ respective rights and obligations will be altered from the occurrence of the Knock-out Event as specified in the Confirmation.
(b) “Knock-out Event” must be specified in the Confirmation. If it is not, but the Confirmation specifies a Knock-out Price for a Knock-out Reference Security that is also the specified Index, Share or Basket for that Transaction, the Knock-out Event will occur:
(i) If the Knock-out Price on the Trade Date was higher than the initial level set for the Transaction: when the level of the Knock-out Reference Security at the Knock-out Valuation Time on any Knock-out Determination Day is at least equal to the Knock-out Price; and
(ii) If the Knock-out Price on the Trade Date was lower than the initial level set for the Transaction: when the level of the Knock-out Reference Security at the Knock-out Valuation Time on any Knock-out Determination Day is equal to or lower than the Knock-out Price.
If the parties cannot agree whether a Knock-out Event has occurred, the Calculation Agent will decide.