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 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

• A person is a Hedge Counterparty and is entitled to share in any Transaction Security and the Guarantees in respect of any Hedging Obligations only if the person is a financial institution selected by the Issuer, provided that that financial institution delivers to the Security Agent a duly completed and signed Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking and the Security Agent executes such Creditor/Agent Accession Undertaking.

• Noticed Hedge: Secured Bank Product Obligations arising under a Hedging Agreement.

• Each Representative, the Hedge Counterparties, the Shareholder Creditors, the Subordinated Creditors and the Intercompany Creditors will on written request by any of the others or the Security Agent from time to time notify the others and the Security Agent in writing of details of the amount of its outstanding Debt.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.