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Exhibit 10.13
FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND OPTIONS
MASTER AGREEMENT
(FEOMA)
MASTER AGREEMENT dated as of November 28, 2007, by and between
Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and the
entities listed in
Exhibit I to the Schedule of this Agreement (as amended or
supplemented from
time to time), severally and not jointly, (each, a commodity
pool limited
partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware) and
Demeter
Management Corporation, not individually by solely as General
Partner and/or
Trading Manager for each entity listed in Exhibit I.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms
shall have
the following meanings in the Agreement:
"Agreement" has the meaning given to it in Section 2.2.
"American Style Option" means an Option which may be exercised
on any
Business Day up to and including the Expiration Time.
"Base Currency", as to a Party, means the Currency agreed to as
such in
relation to it in Part VII of the Schedule.
"Business Day" means for purposes of: (i) Section 3.2, a day
which is a
Local Banking Day for the applicable Designated Office of the
Buyer; (ii)
Section 5.1 and the definition of American Style Option, a day
which is a Local
Banking Day for the applicable Designated Office of the Seller;
(iii) clauses
(i), (viii) and (xii) of the definition of Event of Default, a
day which is a
Local Banking Day for the Non-Defaulting Party; (iv) solely in
relation to
delivery of a Currency, a day which is a Local Banking Day in
relation to that
Currency; and (v) any other provision of the Agreement, a day
which is a Local
Banking Day for the applicable Designated Offices of both
Parties; provided,
however, that neither Saturday nor Sunday shall be considered a
Business Day for
any purpose.
"Buyer" means the owner of an Option.
"Call" means an Option entitling, but not obligating (except
upon
exercise), the Buyer to purchase from the Seller at the Strike
Price a specified
quantity of the Call Currency.
"Call Currency" means the Currency agreed to as such at the time
an Option
is entered into, as evidenced in a Confirmation.
"Close-Out Amount" has the meaning given to it in Section
8.1.
"Close-Out Date" means a day on which, pursuant to the
provisions of
Section 8.1, the Non-Defaulting Party closes out Currency
Obligations and/or
Options or such close-out occurs automatically.
"Closing Gain", as to the Non-Defaulting Party, means the
difference
described as such in relation to a particular Value Date under
the provisions of
Section 8.1.
"Closing Loss", as to the Non-Defaulting Party, means the
difference
described as such in relation to a particular Value Date under
the provisions of
Section 8.1.
"Confirmation" means a writing (including telex, facsimile or
other
electronic means from which it is possible to produce a hard
copy) evidencing an
FX Transaction or an Option, and specifying:
(A) in the case of an FX Transaction, the following
information:
(i) the Parties thereto and the Designated Offices through
which
they are respectively acting,
(ii) the amounts of the Currencies being bought or sold and
by
which Party,
(iii) the Value Date, and
(iv) any other term generally included in such a writing in
accordance with the practice of the relevant foreign
exchange market; and
(B) in the case of an Option, the following information:
(i) the Parties thereto and the Designated Offices through
which
they are respectively acting,
(ii) whether the Option is a Call or a Put,
(iii) the Call Currency and the Put Currency that are the
subject
of the Option and their respective quantities,
(iv) which Party is the Seller and which is the Buyer,
(v) the Strike Price,
(vi) the Premium and the Premium Payment Date,
(vii) the Expiration Date,
(viii) the Expiration Time,
(ix) whether the Option is an American Style Option or a
European
Style Option, and
(x) such other matters, if any, as the Parties may agree.
"Credit Support" has the meaning given to it in Section 8.2.
"Credit Support Document", as to a Party (the "first Party"),
means a
guaranty, hypothecation agreement, margin or security agreement
or document, or
any other document containing an obligation of a third party
("Credit Support
Provider") or of the first Party in favor of the other Party
supporting any
obligations of the first Party under the Agreement.
"Credit Support Provider" has the meaning given to it in the
definition of
Credit Support Document.
"Currency" means money denominated in the lawful currency of any
country
or the Ecu.
"Currency Obligation" means any obligation of a Party to deliver
a
Currency pursuant to an FX Transaction, the application of
Section 6.3(a) or
(b), or an exercised Option (except, for the purposes of Section
8.1 only, one
that is to be settled at its In-the-Money Amount under Section
5.5).
"Currency Pair" means the two Currencies which potentially may
be
exchanged in connection with an FX Transaction or upon the
exercise of an
Option, one of which shall be the Put Currency and the other the
Call Currency.
"Custodian" has the meaning given to it in the definition of
Insolvency
Proceeding.
"Defaulting Party" has the meaning given to it in the definition
of Event
of Default.
"Designated Office(s)", as to a Party, means the office or
offices
specified in Part II of the Schedule.
"Effective Date" means the date of this Master Agreement.
"European Style Option" means an Option for which Notice of
Exercise may
be given only on the Option's Expiration Date up to and
including the Expiration
Time, unless otherwise agreed.
"Event of Default" means the occurrence of any of the following
with
respect to a Party (the "Defaulting Party", the other Party
being the
"Non-Defaulting Party"):
(i) the Defaulting Party shall (A) default in any payment when
due under
the Agreement (including, but not limited to, a Premium payment)
to the
Non-Defaulting Party with respect to any Currency Obligation or
Option and such
failure shall continue for two (2) Business Days after the
Non-Defaulting Party
has given the Defaulting Party written notice of non-payment, or
(B) fail to
perform or comply with any other obligation assumed by it under
the Agreement
and such failure is continuing thirty (30) days after the
Non-Defaulting Party
has given the Defaulting Party written notice thereof;
(ii) the Defaulting Party shall commence a voluntary Insolvency
Proceeding
or shall take any corporate action to authorize any such
Insolvency Proceeding;
(iii) a governmental authority or self-regulatory organization
having
jurisdiction over either the Defaulting Party or its assets in
the country of
its organization or principal office (A) shall commence an
Insolvency Proceeding
with respect to the Defaulting Party or its assets or (B) shall
take any action
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or any
banking, insurance
or similar law or regulation governing the operation of the
Defaulting Party
which may prevent the Defaulting Party from performing its
obligations under the
Agreement as and when due;
(iv) an involuntary Insolvency Proceeding shall be commenced
with respect
to the Defaulting Party or its assets by a person other than a
governmental
authority or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction
over either the
Defaulting Party or its assets in the country of its
organization or principal
office and such Insolvency Proceeding (A) results in the
appointment of a
Custodian or a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry
of an order for
winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar relief,
or (B) is not
dismissed within five (5) days of its institution or
presentation;
(v) the Defaulting Party is bankrupt or insolvent, as defined
under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law applicable to it;
(vi) the Defaulting Party fails, or shall otherwise be unable,
to pay its
debts as they become due;
(vii) the Defaulting Party or any Custodian acting on behalf of
the
Defaulting Party shall disaffirm, disclaim or repudiate any
Currency Obligation
or Option;
(viii) any representation or warranty made or given or deemed
made or
given by the Defaulting Party pursuant to the Agreement or any
Credit Support
Document shall prove to have been false or misleading in any
material respect as
at the time it was made or given or deemed made or given and one
(1) Business
Day has elapsed after the Non-Defaulting Party has given the
Defaulting Party
written notice thereof;
(ix) the Defaulting Party consolidates or amalgamates with or
merges into
or transfers all or substantially all its assets to another
entity and (A) the
creditworthiness of the resulting, surviving or transferee
entity is materially
weaker than that of the Defaulting Party prior to such action,
or (B) at the
time of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer the
resulting,
surviving or transferee entity fails to assume all the
obligations of the
Defaulting Party under the Agreement by operation of law or
pursuant to an
agreement satisfactory to the Non-Defaulting Party;
(x) by reason of any default, or event of default or other
similar
condition or event, any Specified Indebtedness (being Specified
Indebtedness of
an amount which, when expressed in the Currency of the Threshold
Amount, is in
aggregate equal to or in excess of the Threshold Amount) of the
Defaulting Party
or any Credit Support Provider in relation to it: (A) is not
paid on the due
date therefor and remains unpaid after any applicable grace
period has elapsed,
or (B) becomes, or becomes capable at any time of being
declared, due and
payable under agreements or instruments evidencing such
Specified Indebtedness
before it would otherwise have been due and payable;
(xi) the Defaulting Party is in breach of or default under any
Specified
Transaction and any applicable grace period has elapsed, and
there occurs any
liquidation or early termination of, or acceleration of
obligations under, that
Specified Transaction or the Defaulting Party (or any Custodian
on its behalf)
disaffirms, disclaims or repudiates the whole or any part of a
Specified
Transaction;
(xii) (A) any Credit Support Provider of the Defaulting Party or
the
Defaulting Party itself fails to comply with or perform any
agreement or
obligation to be complied with or performed by it in accordance
with the
applicable Credit Support Document and such failure is
continuing after any
applicable grace period has elapsed; (B) any Credit Support
Document relating to
the Defaulting Party expires or ceases to be in full force and
effect prior to
the satisfaction of all obligations of the Defaulting Party
under the Agreement,
unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Non-Defaulting Party;
(C) the
Defaulting Party or any Credit Support Provider of the
Defaulting Party (or, in
either case, any Custodian acting on its behalf) disaffirms,
disclaims or
repudiates, in whole or in part, or challenges the validity of,
any Credit
Support Document; (D) any representation or warranty made or
given or deemed
made or given by any Credit Support Provider of the Defaulting
Party pursuant to
any Credit Support Document shall prove to have been false or
misleading in any
material respect as at the time it was made or given or deemed
made or given and
one (1) Business Day has elapsed after the Non-Defaulting Party
has given the
Defaulting Party written notice thereof; or (E) any event set
out in (ii) to
(vii) or (ix) to (xi) above occurs in respect of any Credit
Support Provider of
the Defaulting Party; or
(xiii) any other condition or event specified in Part IX of the
Schedule
or in Section 11.14 if made applicable to the Agreement in Part
XI of the
Schedule.
"Exercise Date", in respect of any Option, means the day on
which a Notice
of Exercise received by the applicable Designated Office of the
Seller becomes
effective pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Expiration Date", in respect of any Option, means the date
agreed to as
such at the time the Option is entered into, as evidenced in a
Confirmation.
"Expiration Time", in respect of any Option, means the latest
time on the
Expiration Date on which the Seller must accept a Notice of
Exercise as agreed
to at the time the Option is entered into, as evidenced in a
Confirmation.
"FX Transaction" means any transaction between the Parties for
the
purchase by one Party of an agreed amount in one Currency
against the sale by it
to the other of an agreed amount in another Currency, both such
amounts either
being deliverable on the same Value Date or, if the Parties have
so agreed in
Part VI of the Schedule, being cash-settled in a single
Currency, which is or
shall become subject to the Agreement and in respect of which
transaction the
Parties have agreed (whether orally, electronically or in
writing): the
Currencies involved, the amounts of such Currencies to be
purchased and sold,
which Party will purchase which Currency and the Value Date.
"In-the-Money Amount" means (i) in the case of a Call, the
excess of the
Spot Price over the Strike Price, multiplied by the aggregate
amount of the Call
Currency to be purchased under the Call, where both prices are
quoted in terms
of the amount of the Put Currency to be paid for one unit of the
Call Currency;
and (ii) in the case of a Put, the excess of the Strike Price
over the Spot
Price, multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Put Currency to
be sold under
the Put, where both prices are quoted in terms of the amount of
the Call
Currency to be paid for one unit of the Put Currency.
"Insolvency Proceeding" means a case or proceeding seeking a
judgment of
or arrangement for insolvency, bankruptcy, composition,
rehabilitation,
reorganization, administration, winding-up, liquidation or other
similar relief
with respect to the Defaulting Party or its debts or assets, or
seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, conservator,
administrator,
custodian or other similar official (each, a "Custodian") of the
Defaulting
Party or any substantial part of its assets, under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law or any banking, insurance or similar law
governing the
operation of the Defaulting Party.
"LIBOR", with respect to any Currency and date, means the
average rate at
which deposits in the Currency for the relevant amount and time
period are
offered by major banks in the London interbank market as of
11:00 a.m. (London
time) on such date, or, if major banks do not offer deposits in
such Currency in
the London interbank market on such date, the average rate at
which deposits in
the Currency for the relevant amount and time period are offered
by major banks
in the relevant foreign exchange market at such time on such
date as may be
determined by the Party making the determination.
"Local Banking Day" means (i) for any Currency, a day on which
commercial
banks effect deliveries of that Currency in accordance with the
market practice
of the relevant foreign exchange market, and (ii) for any Party,
a day in the
location of the applicable Designated Office of such Party on
which commercial
banks in that location are not authorized or required by law to
close.
"Master Agreement" means the terms and conditions set forth in
this Master
Agreement, including the Schedule.
"Matched Pair Novation Netting Office(s)", in respect of a
Party, means
the Designated Office(s) specified in Part V of the
Schedule.
"Non-Defaulting Party" has the meaning given to it in the
definition of
Event of Default.
"Notice of Exercise" means telex, telephonic or other
electronic
notification (excluding facsimile transmission) providing
assurance of receipt,
given by the Buyer prior to or at the Expiration Time, of the
exercise of an
Option, which notification shall be irrevocable.
"Novation Netting Office(s)", in respect of a Party, means the
Designated
Office(s) specified in Part V of the Schedule.
"Option" means a currency option which is or shall become
subject to the
Agreement.
"Parties" means the parties to the Agreement, including their
successors
and permitted assigns (but without prejudice to the application
of clause (ix)
of the definition of Event of Default); and the term "Party"
shall mean
whichever of the Parties is appropriate in the context in which
such expression
may be used.
"Premium", in respect of any Option, means the purchase price of
the
Option as agreed upon by the Parties, and payable by the Buyer
to the Seller
thereof.
"Premium Payment Date", in respect of any Option, means the date
on which
the Premium is due and payable, as agreed to at the time the
Option is entered
into, as evidenced in a Confirmation.
"Proceedings" means any suit, action or other proceedings
relating to the
Agreement, any FX Transaction or any Option.
"Put" means an Option entitling, but not obligating (except
upon
exercise), the Buyer to sell to the Seller at the Strike Price a
specified
quantity of the Put Currency.
"Put Currency" means the Currency agreed to as such at the time
an Option
is entered into, as evidenced in a Confirmation.
"Schedule" means the Schedule attached to and part of this
Master
Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time by agreement
of the Parties.
"Seller" means the Party granting an Option.
"Settlement Date" means, in respect of: (i) an American Style
Option, the
Spot Date of the Currency Pair on the Exercise Date of such
Option, and (ii) a
European Style Option, the Spot Date of the Currency Pair on the
Expiration Date
of such Option; and, where market practice in the relevant
foreign exchange
market in relation to the two Currencies involved provides for
delivery of one
Currency on one date which is a Local Banking Day in relation to
that Currency
but not to the other Currency and for delivery of the other
Currency on the next
Local Banking Day in relation to that other Currency,
"Settlement Date" means
such two (2) Local Banking Days.
"Settlement Netting Office(s)", in respect of a Party, means
the
Designated Office(s) specified in Part V of the Schedule.
"Specified Indebtedness" means any obligation (whether present
or future,
contingent or otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise) in
respect of
borrowed money, other than in respect of deposits received.
"Specified Transaction" means any transaction (including an
agreement with
respect thereto) between one Party to the Agreement (or any
Credit Support
Provider of such Party) and the other Party to the Agreement (or
any Credit
Support Provider of such Party) which is a rate swap
transaction, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option,
equity or equity
linked swap, equity or equity index option, bond option,
interest rate option,
foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar
transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap
transaction,
currency option or any other similar transaction (including any
option with
respect to any of these transactions) or any combination of any
of the
foregoing.
"Spot Date" means the spot delivery day for the relevant
Currency Pair as
generally used by the relevant foreign exchange market.
"Spot Price" means the rate of exchange at the time at which
such price is
to be determined for foreign exchange transactions in the
relevant Currency Pair
for value on the Spot Date, as determined in good faith: (i) by
the Seller, for
purposes of Section 5, and (ii) by the Non-Defaulting Party, for
purposes of
Section 8.
"Strike Price", in respect of any Option, means the price at
which the
Currency Pair may be exchanged, as agreed to at the time the
Option is entered
into, as evidenced in a Confirmation.
"Threshold Amount" means the amount specified as such for each
Party in
Part VIII of the Schedule.
"Value Date" means, with respect to any FX Transaction, the
Business Day
(or where market practice in the relevant foreign exchange
market in relation to
the two Currencies involved provides for delivery of one
Currency on one date
which is a Local Banking Day in relation to that Currency but
not to the other
Currency and for delivery of the other Currency on the next
Local Banking Day in
relation to that other Currency ("Split Settlement") the two (2)
Local Banking
Days in accordance with that market practice) agreed by the
Parties for delivery
of the Currencies to be purchased and sold pursuant to such FX
Transaction, and,
with respect to any Currency Obligation, the Business Day (or,
in the case of
Split Settlement, Local Banking Day) upon which the obligation
to deliver
Currency pursuant to such Currency Obligation is to be
performed.
SECTION 2. FX TRANSACTIONS AND OPTIONS
2.1 Scope of the Agreement. The Parties (through their
respective
Designated Offices) may enter into (i) FX Transactions, for such
quantities of
such Currencies, as may be agreed subject to the terms of the
Agreement, and
(ii) Options, for such Premiums, with such Expiration Dates, at
such Strike
Prices and for the purchase or sale of such quantities of such
Currencies, as
may be agreed subject to the terms of the Agreement; provided
that neither Party
shall be required to enter into any FX Transaction or Option
with the other
Party (other than in connection with an exercised Option).
Unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the Parties, each FX Transaction and Option
entered into
between Designated Offices of the Parties on or after the
Effective Date shall
be governed by the Agreement. Each FX Transaction and Option
between any two
Designated Offices of the Parties outstanding on the Effective
Date which is
identified in Part I of the Schedule shall also be governed by
the Agreement.
2.2 Single Agreement. This Master Agreement, the terms agreed
between the
Parties with respect to each FX Transaction and Option (and, to
the extent
recorded in a Confirmation, each such Confirmation), and all
amendments to any
of such items shall together form the agreement between the
Parties (the
"Agreement") and shall together constitute a single agreement
between the
Parties. The Parties acknowledge that all FX Transactions and
Options are
entered into in reliance upon such fact, it being understood
that the Parties
would not otherwise enter into any FX Transaction or Option.
2.3 Confirmations. FX Transactions and Options shall be promptly
confirmed
by the Parties by Confirmations exchanged by mail, telex,
facsimile or other
electronic means from which it is possible to produce a hard
copy. The failure
by a Party to issue a Confirmation shall not prejudice or
invalidate the terms
of any FX Transaction or Option.
2.4 Inconsistencies. In the event of any inconsistency between
the
provisions of the Schedule and the other provisions of the
Agreement, the
Schedule will prevail. In the event of any inconsistency between
the terms of a
Confirmation and the other provisions of the Agreement, (i) in
the case of an FX
Transaction, the other provisions of the Agreement shall
prevail, and the
Confirmation shall not modify the other terms of the Agreement
and (ii) in the
case of an Option, the terms of the Confirmation shall prevail,
and the other
terms of the Agreement shall be deemed modified with respect to
such Option,
except for the manner of confirmation under Section 2.3 and, if
applicable,
discharge of Options under Section 4.
SECTION 3. OPTION PREMIUM
3.1 Payment of Premium. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by
the Parties,
the Buyer shall be obligated to pay the Premium related to an
Option no later
than its Premium Payment Date.
3.2 Late Payment or Non-Payment of Premium. If any Premium is
not received
on or before the Premium Payment Date, the Seller may elect: (i)
to accept a
late payment of such Premium; (ii) to give written notice of
such non-payment
and, if such payment shall not be received within two (2)
Business Days of such
notice, treat the related Option as void; or (iii) to give
written notice of
such non-payment and, if such payment shall not be received
within two (2)
Business Days of such notice, treat such non-payment as an Event
of Default
under clause (i) of the definition of Event of Default. If the
Seller elects to
act under either clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence,
the Buyer shall
pay all out-of-pocket costs and actual damages incurred in
connection with such
unpaid or late Premium or void Option, including, without
limitation, interest
on such Premium from and including the Premium Payment Date to
but excluding the
late payment date in the same Currency as such Premium at
overnight LIBOR and
any other losses, costs or expenses incurred by the Seller in
connection with
such terminated Option, for the loss of its bargain, its cost of
funding, or the
loss incurred as a result of terminating, liquidating, obtaining
or
re-establishing a delta hedge or related trading position with
respect to such
Option.
SECTION 4. DISCHARGE AND TERMINATION OF OPTIONS; NETTING OF
OPTION PREMIUMS
4.1 Discharge and Termination. If agreed in Part V of the
Schedule, any
Call or any Put written by a Party will automatically be
discharged and
terminated, in whole or in part, as applicable, against a Call
or a Put,
respectively, written by the other Party, such discharge and
termination to
occur automatically upon the payment in full of the last Premium
payable in
respect of such Options; provided that such discharge and
termination may only
occur in respect of Options:
(i) each being with respect to the same Put Currency and the
same Call Currency;
(ii) each having the same Expiration Date and Expiration
Time;
(iii) each being of the same style, i.e. either both being
American Style Options or both being European Style Options;
(iv) each having the same Strike Price;
(v) each being transacted by the same pair of Designated
Offices
of Buyer and Seller; and
(vi) neither of which shall have been exercised by delivery of
a
Notice of Exercise;
and, upon the occurrence of such discharge and termination,
neither Party shall
have any further obligation to the other Party in respect of the
relevant
Options or, as the case may be, parts thereof so discharged and
terminated. Such
discharge and termination shall be effective notwithstanding
that either Party
may fail to record such discharge and termination in its books.
In the case of a
partial discharge and termination (i.e., where the relevant
Options are for
different amounts of the Currency Pair), the remaining portion
of the Option
which is partially discharged and terminated shall continue to
be an Option for
all purposes of the Agreement, including this Section 4.1.
4.2 Netting of Option Premiums. If agreed in Part V of the
Schedule and
if, on any date, Premiums would otherwise be payable under the
Agreement in the
same Currency between the same respective Designated Offices of
the Parties,
then, on such date, each Party's obligation to make payment of
any such Premium
will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the
aggregate Premium(s)
that would otherwise have been payable by such Designated Office
of one Party
exceeds the aggregate Premium(s) that would otherwise have been
payable by such
Designated Office of the other Party, replaced by an obligation
upon the Party
by whom the larger aggregate Premium(s) would have been payable
to pay the other
Party the excess of the larger aggregate Premium(s) over the
smaller aggregate
Premium(s) and, if the aggregate Premiums are equal, no payment
shall be made.
SECTION 5. EXERCISE AND SETTLEMENT OF OPTIONS
5.1 Exercise of Options. The Buyer may exercise an Option by
delivery to
the Seller of a Notice of Exercise. Subject to Section 5.3, if a
Notice of
Exercise with respect to an Option has not been received by the
Seller prior to
or at the Expiration Time, the Option shall expire and become
void and of no
effect. Any Notice of Exercise shall (unless otherwise
agreed):
(i) in respect of an American Style Option, (A) if received at
or prior to
3:00 p.m. on a Business Day, be effective upon receipt thereof
by the Seller,
and (B) if received after 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day, be
effective only as of
the opening of business of the Seller on the first Business Day
subsequent to
its receipt; and
(ii) in respect of a European Style Option, if received on or,
if the
parties have so agreed, before the Expiration Date, prior to or
at the
Expiration Time, be effective upon receipt thereof by the
Seller.
5.2 No Partial Exercise. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties,
an Option
may be exercised only in whole.
5.3 Automatic Exercise. Unless otherwise agreed in Part VI of
the Schedule
or unless the Seller is otherwise instructed by the Buyer, if an
Option has an
In-the-Money Amount at its Expiration Time that equals or
exceeds the product of
(x) 1% of the Strike Price (or such other percentage or amount
as may have been
agreed by the Parties) and (y) the amount of the Call Currency
or Put Currency,
as appropriate, then the Option shall be deemed automatically
exercised. In such
case, the Seller may elect to settle such Option either in
accordance with
Section 5.4 or by payment to the Buyer on the Settlement Date
for such Option of
the In-the-Money Amount, as determined at the Expiration Time or
as soon
thereafter as practicable. In the latter case, the sole
obligations of the
Parties with respect to settlement of such Option shall be to
deliver or receive
the In-the-Money Amount of such Option on the Settlement Date.
The Seller shall
notify the Buyer of its election of the method of settlement of
an automatically
exercised Option as soon as practicable after the Expiration
Time.
5.4 Settlement of Exercised Options. An exercised Option shall
settle on
its Settlement Date. Subject to Section 5.3 and 5.5, on the
Settlement Date, the
Buyer shall pay the Put Currency to the Seller for value on the
Settlement Date
and the Seller shall pay the Call Currency to the Buyer for
value on the
Settlement Date. An exercised Option shall be treated as an FX
Transaction and a
Currency Obligation (except, for the purposes of Section 8.1
only, if it is to
be settled at its In-the-Money Amount), and for this purpose the
relevant
Settlement Date shall be treated as the Value Date of the FX
Transaction.
5.5 Settlement at In-the-Money Amount. An Option shall be
settled at its
In-the-Money Amount if so agreed by the Parties at the time such
Option is
entered into. In such case, the In-the-Money Amount shall be
determined based
upon the Spot Price at the time of exercise or as soon
thereafter as
practicable. The sole obligations of the Parties with respect to
settlement of
such Option shall be to deliver or receive the In-the-Money
Amount of such
Option on the Settlement Date.
SECTION 6. SETTLEMENT AND NETTING OF FX TRANSACTIONS
6.1 Settlement of FX Transactions. Subject to Sections 6.2 and
6.3, each
Party shall deliver to the other Party the amount of the
Currency to be
delivered by it under each Currency Obligation on the Value Date
for such
Currency Obligation.
6.2 Settlement Netting. If, on any date, more than one delivery
of a
particular Currency under Currency Obligations is to be made
between a pair of
Settlement Netting Offices, then each Party shall aggregate the
amounts of such
Currency deliverable by it and only the difference between these
aggregate
amounts shall be delivered by the Party owing the larger
aggregate amount to the
other Party, and, if the aggregate amounts are equal, no
delivery of the
Currency shall be made.
6.3 Novation Netting. (a) By Currency. If the Parties enter into
an FX
Transaction through a pair of Novation Netting Offices giving
rise to a Currency
Obligation for the same Value Date and in the same Currency as a
then existing
Currency Obligation between the same pair of Novation Netting
Offices, then
immediately upon entering into such FX Transaction, each such
Currency
Obligation shall automatically and without further action be
individually
canceled and simultaneously replaced by a new Currency
Obligation for such Value
Date determined as follows: the amounts of such Currency that
would otherwise
have been deliverable by each Party on such Value Date shall be
aggregated and
the Party with the larger aggregate amount shall have a new
Currency Obligation
to deliver to the other Party the amount of such Currency by
which its aggregate
amount exceeds the other Party's aggregate amount, provided that
if the
aggregate amounts are equal, no new Currency Obligation shall
arise. This
Section 6.3 shall not affect any other Currency Obligation of a
Party to deliver
any different Currency on the same Value Date.
(b) By Matched Pair. If the Parties enter into an FX Transaction
between a
pair of Matched Pair Novation Netting Offices then the
provisions of Section
6.3(a) shall apply only in respect of Currency Obligations
arising by virtue of
FX Transactions entered into between such pair of Matched Pair
Novation Netting
Offices and involving the same pair of Currencies and the same
Value Date.
6.4 General (a) Inapplicability of Sections 6.2 and 6.3. The
provisions of
Sections 6.2 and 6.3 shall not apply if a Close-Out Date has
occurred or a
voluntary or involuntary Insolvency Proceeding or action of the
kind described
in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition of Event of
Default has occurred
without being dismissed in relation to either Party.
(b) Failure to Record. The provisions of Section 6.3 shall
apply
notwithstanding that either Party may fail to record the new
Currency Obligation
in its books.
(c) Cut-off Date and Time. The provisions of Section 6.3 are
subject to
any cut-off date and cut-off time agreed between the applicable
Novation Netting
Offices and Matched Pair Novation Netting Offices of the
Parties.
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
7.1 Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and
warrants to
the other Party as of the Effective Date and as of the date of
each FX
Transaction and each Option that: (i) it has authority to enter
into the
Agreement (including such FX Transaction or Option, as the case
may be); (ii)
the persons entering into the Agreement (including such FX
Transaction or
Option, as the case may be) on its behalf have been duly
authorized to do so;
(iii) the Agreement (including such FX Transaction or Option, as
the case may
be) is binding upon it and enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and
applicable principles of
equity) and does not and will not violate the terms of any
agreements to which
such Party is bound; (iv) no Event of Default, or event which,
with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, has
occurred and is
continuing with respect to it; (v) it acts as principal in
entering into each FX
Transaction and Option and exercising each and every Option; and
(vi) if the
Parties have so specified in Part XV of the Schedule, it makes
the
representations and warranties set forth in such Part XV.
7.2 Covenants. Each Party covenants to the other Party that: (i)
it will
at all times obtain and comply with the terms of and do all that
is necessary to
maintain in full force and effect all authorizations, approvals,
licenses and
consents required to enable it lawfully to perform its
obligations under the
Agreement; (ii) it will promptly notify the other Party of the
occurrence of any
Event of Default with respect to itself or any Credit Support
Provider in
relation to it; and (iii) if the Parties have set forth
additional covenants in
Part XVI of the Schedule, it makes the covenants set forth in
such Part XVI.
SECTION 8. CLOSE-OUT AND LIQUIDATION
8.1 Manner of Close-Out and Liquidation. (a) Close-Out. If an
Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, then the Non-Defaulting
Party shall have
the right to close out all, but not less than all, outstanding
Currency
Obligations (including any Currency Obligation which has not
been performed and
in respect of which the Value Date is on or precedes the
Close-Out Date) and
Options, except to the extent that in the good faith opinion of
the
Non-Defaulting Party certain of such Currency Obligations or
Options may not be
closed out under applicable law. Such close-out shall be
effective upon receipt
by the Defaulting Party of notice that the Non-Defaulting Party
is terminating
such Currency Obligations and Options. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, unless
otherwise agreed by the Parties in Part X of the Schedule, in
the case of an
Event of Default in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition
thereof with
respect to a Party and, if agreed by the Parties in Part IX of
the Schedule, in
the case of any other Event of Default specified and so agreed
in Part IX with
respect to a Party, close-out shall be automatic as to all
outstanding Currency
Obligations and Options, as of the time immediately preceding
the institution of
the relevant Insolvency Proceeding or action. The Non-Defaulting
Party shall
have the right to liquidate such closed-out Currency Obligations
and Options as
provided below.
(b) Liquidation of Currency Obligations. Liquidation of
Currency
Obligations terminated by close-out shall be effected as
follows:
(i) Calculating Closing Gain or Loss. The Non-Defaulting Party
shall
calculate in good faith, with respect to each such terminated
Currency
Obligation, except to the extent that in the good faith opinion
of the
Non-Defaulting Party certain of such Currency Obligations may
not be liquidated
as provided herein under applicable law, as of the Close-Out
Date or as soon
thereafter as reasonably practicable, the Closing Gain, or, as
appropriate, the
Closing Loss, as follows:
(A) for each Currency Obligation calculate a "Close-Out Amount"
as
follows:
(1) in the case of a Currency Obligation whose Value Date is
the same as or is later than the Close-Out Date, the amount of
such Currency
Obligation; or
(2) in the case of a Currency Obligation whose Value Date
precedes the Close-Out Date, the amount of such Currency
Obligation increased,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, by adding interest
thereto from and
including the Value Date to but excluding the Close-Out Date at
overnight LIBOR;
and
(3) for each such amount in a Currency other than the
Non-Defaulting Party's Base Currency, convert such amount into
the
Non-Defaulting Party's Base Currency at the rate of exchange at
which, at the
time of the calculation, the Non-Defaulting Party can buy such
Base Currency
with or against the Currency of the relevant Currency Obligation
for delivery
(x) if the Value Date of such Currency Obligation is on or after
the Spot Date
as of such time of calculation for the Base Currency, on the
Value Date of that
Currency Obligation or (y) if such Value Date precedes such Spot
Date, for
delivery on such Spot Date (or, in either case, if such rate of
exchange is not
available, conversion shall be accomplished by the
Non-Defaulting Party using
any commercially reasonable method); and
(B) determine in relation to each Value Date: (1) the sum of
all
Close-Out Amounts relating to Currency Obligations under which
the
Non-Defaulting Party would otherwise have been entitled to
receive the relevant
amount on that Value Date; and (2) the sum of all Close-Out
Amounts relating to
Currency Obligations under which the Non-Defaulting Party would
otherwise have
been obliged to deliver the relevant amount to the Defaulting
Party on that
Value Date; and
(C) if the sum determined under (B)(1) is greater than the
sum
determined under (B)(2), the difference shall be the Closing
Gain for such Value
Date; if the sum determined under (B)(1) is less than the sum
determined under
(B)(2), the difference shall be the Closing Loss for such Value
Date.
(ii) Determining Present Value. To the extent permitted by
applicable law,
the Non-Defaulting Party shall adjust the Closing Gain or
Closing Loss for each
Value Date falling after the Close-Out Date to present value by
discounting the
Closing Gain or Closing Loss from and including the Value Date
to but excluding
the Close-Out Date, at LIBOR with respect to the Non-Defaulting
Party's Base
Currency as at the Close-Out Date or at such other rate as may
be prescribed by
applicable law.
(iii) Netting. The Non-Defaulting Party shall aggregate the
following
amounts so that all such amounts are netted into a single
liquidated amount
payable to or by the Non-Defaulting Party: (x) the sum of the
Closing Gains for
all Value Dates (discounted to present value, where appropriate,
in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.1(b)(ii)) (which for the
purposes of the
aggregation shall be a positive figure); and (y) the sum of the
Closing Losses
for all Value Dates (discounted to present value, where
appropriate, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(b)(ii)) (which for
the purposes of
the aggregation shall be a negative figure).
(c) Liquidation of Options. To liquidate unexercised Options and
exercised
Options to be settled at their In-the-Money Amounts that have
been terminated by
close-out, the Non-Defaulting Party shall:
(i) Calculating Settlement Amount. Calculate in good faith with
respect to
each such terminated Option, except to the extent that in the
good faith opinion
of the Non-Defaulting Party certain of such Options may not be
liquidated as
provided herein under applicable law, as of the Close-Out Date
or as soon as
reasonably practicable thereafter a settlement amount for each
Party equal to
the aggregate of:
(A) with respect to each Option purchased by such Party, and
which
the other Party has not elected to treat as void pursuant to
Section 3.2(ii) for
lack of payment of the Premium, the current market premium for
such Option;
(B) with respect to each Option sold by such Party and which
such
Party has not elected to treat as void pursuant to Section
3.2(ii) for lack of
payment of the Premium, any unpaid Premium, provided that, if
the Close-Out Date
occurs before the Premium Payment Date, such amount shall be
discounted from and
including the Premium Payment Date to but excluding the
Close-Out Date at a rate
equal to LIBOR on the Close-Out Date and, if the Close-Out Date
occurs after the
Premium Payment Date, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
the settlement
amount shall include interest on any unpaid Premium from and
including the
Premium Payment Date to but excluding the Close-Out Date in the
same Currency as
such Premium at overnight LIBOR;
(C) with respect to any exercised Option to be settled at
its
In-the-Money Amount (whether or not the Close-Out Date occurs
before the
Settlement Date for such Option), any unpaid amount due to such
Party in
settlement of such Option and, if the Close-Out Date occurs
after the Settlement
Date for such Option, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
interest
thereon from and including the applicable Settlement Date to but
excluding the
Close-Out Date at overnight LIBOR; and
(D) without duplication, the amount that the Non-Defaulting
Party
reasonably determines in good faith, as of the Close-Out Date or
as of the
earliest date thereafter that is reasonably practicable, to be
its additional
losses, costs and expenses in connection with such terminated
Option, for the
loss of its bargain, its cost of funding, or the loss incurred
as a result of
terminating, liquidating, obtaining or re-establishing a delta
hedge or related
trading position with respect to such Option;
(ii) Converting to Base Currency. Convert any settlement amount
calculated
in accordance with clause (i) above in a Currency other than the
Non-Defaulting
Party's Base Currency into such Base Currency at the Spot Price
at which, at the
time of the calculation, the Non-Defaulting Party could enter
into a contract in
the foreign exchange market
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