Template:Nutshell Equity Derivatives Triple Cocktail

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The famous Triple Cocktail — a trilogy in five parts:

12.9(a)(ii)Change in Law” means either party determines that, due to a change in law or regulation:
(X) it becomes illegal to buy, sell or hold underlying Shares or;
(Y) it becomes materially more expensive to perform the Transaction.

12.9(a)(v)Hedging Disruption” means that the Hedging Party cannot reasonably acquire, hold, replace or unwind any transactions hedging its equity price risk, or realise, recover or pay the proceeds of any hedging transactions.

12.9(a)(vi)Increased Cost of Hedging” means that the Hedging Party would incur a materially increased cost under the Transaction to:
(A) hedge its equity price risk; or
(B) realise the proceeds of its hedge.
This excludes costs arising solely from the deterioration of its own creditworthiness.

12.9(a)(vii)Loss of Stock Borrow” means that, having used commercially reasonable efforts, the Hedging Party cannot borrow the Shares it needs to hedge the Transaction at a rate equal to or lower than the Maximum Stock Loan Rate;

12.9(a)(viii)Increased Cost of Stock Borrow”: the rate the Hedging Party incurs to borrow Shares for the Transaction exceeds the Initial Stock Loan Rate;