Hedge definition

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

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

Examples of Hedge in a sentence

• Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements 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 request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

• Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to the Credit Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

• The Borrower shall be permitted to enter into interest rate hedging agreements with respect to its Fixed Rate Obligations; provided that (i) the notional amount of such hedging arrangements may not exceed the outstanding principal amount of the related Collateral Obligations and (ii) the counterparty with respect to such hedging agreement is a qualified Hedge Counterparty.

• The Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Guaranteed Obligations arising under Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements and Guaranteed Hedge Agreements in the case of a Facility Termination Date.

• Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.

More Definitions of Hedge

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 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).

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.

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 to make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a short sale of or the purpose of which is to offset the loss which results from a decline in the market price of, any Lock-Up Shares, or otherwise establish or increase, directly or indirectly, a put equivalent position, as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or enter into any derivative transactions with linked financing, with respect to any Lock-Up Shares.

Hedge means number of shrubs or trees (often similar species) planted closely together in the line. A hedge may be pruned to shape or allowed to grow to assume its natural shape.