Hedge definition

Hedge or “hedging” means a strategy used to offset or reduce the risk associated with an investment or a group of investments.

Hedge means any future derivative, swap, collar, put, call, cap, option or other contract that is intended to benefit from, relate to, or reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in interest rates, basis risk or the price of commodities, including Hydrocarbons.

Hedge means an interest rate, currency or commodity exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor or similar agreements entered into by any Credit Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Credit Party and/or its respective Subsidiaries of changes in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

Examples of Hedge in a sentence

• Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Performance Letters of Credit shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or PLOC Bank, as the case may be.

• Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.

• The security interests of Buyer granted herein shall be, and Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer and all other Affiliated Hedge Counterparties that it is, a first priority perfected security interest.

• Seller shall take such actions as Buyer deems necessary to perfect the security interest granted in each Interest Rate Protection Agreement pursuant to Section 11.01, and shall assign to Buyer, which assignment shall be consented to in writing by each Hedge Counterparty, all of Seller’s rights (but none of the obligations) in, to and under each Interest Rate Protection Agreement.

• The security interests of the Other Facility Buyers granted herein shall be, and Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer and all other Affiliated Hedge Counterparties that it is, a perfected security interest subordinate in priority only to the security interests of Buyer.

More Definitions of Hedge

Hedge means any commodity hedging transaction pertaining to Hydrocarbons, whether in the form of (a) forward sales and options to acquire or dispose of a futures contract solely on an organized commodities exchange, (b) derivative agreements for a swap, cap, collar or floor of the commodity price, or (c) similar types of financial transactions classified as “notional principal contracts” pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.988-1(a)(2)(iii)(B)(2).

Hedge or ‘Hedging’ shall mean any trade which is executed and has the intent or effect of reducing the risk of adverse price moments in another trade.

Hedge means the purchase or sale of a security by a person to offset, in whole or in part, the risk assumed on a prior purchase or sale or to be assumed on a subsequent purchase or sale of that security or a related security.

Hedge means, with respect to any or all of the Mortgage Loans, any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or similar arrangements providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies, entered into by Seller, and reasonably acceptable to the Buyer.

Hedge mean a derivative transaction within the coverage of SFAS No. 133, including any swap transaction, option, warrant, forward purchase or sale transaction, futures transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction or collar transaction relating to one or more currencies, commodities, bonds, equity securities, loans, interest rates, credit-related events or conditions or any indexes, or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or combination of any of these transactions, including collateralized mortgage obligations or other similar instruments or any debt or equity instruments evidencing or embedding any such types of transactions, and any related credit support, collateral, transportation or other similar arrangements related to such transactions.

Hedge means any future derivative, swap, collar, put, call, cap, option or other contract that is intended to benefit from, relate to, or reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in interest rates, basis risk or the price of commodities, including Hydrocarbons or securities.

Hedge means a contract entered into by the Issuer or the Conduit Borrower primarily to modify the Issuer’s or the Conduit Borrower’s risk of interest rate changes with respect to an obligation (e.g., an interest rate swap, an interest rate cap, a futures contract, a forward contract or an option).