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For example: Paragraph {{gmsla2000prov|6.1}} says, of manufactured income: | For example: Paragraph {{gmsla2000prov|6.1}} says, of manufactured income: | ||
: | :“Where {{gmsla2000prov|Income}} is paid ''in relation to any {{gmsla2000prov|Loaned Securities}}'' [...] on or by reference to an {{gmsla2000prov|Income Payment Date}} ...” | ||
Say I hold {{gmsla2000prov|Securities}} on their {{gmsla2000prov|Income Payment Date}} (NB: this is {{2000gmsla}} speak for the {{gmslaprov|Income Record Date}}<ref>That this is sloppily expressed is another whole conversation — in any case it was (partially) fixed in the 2010 {{gmsla}}.</ref>), being the date by reference to which the Income was payable, but I redeliver | Say I hold {{gmsla2000prov|Securities}} on their {{gmsla2000prov|Income Payment Date}} (NB: this is {{2000gmsla}} speak for the {{gmslaprov|Income Record Date}}<ref>That this is sloppily expressed is another whole conversation — in any case it was (partially) fixed in the 2010 {{gmsla}}.</ref>), being the date ''by reference to which'' the {{gmsla2000prov|Income}} was payable, but then I artfully redeliver {{gmsla2000prov|Equivalent Securities}} back to you ''before the date on which the relevant {{gmsla2000prov|Income}} is actually paid'', then must I manufacture the dividend? | ||
A common sense economic analysis would say yes: the {{gmsla2000prov|Lender}} was not the holder of record on the record date, by reason of the {{gmsla2000prov|Borrower}} having borrowed the shares. So the {{gmsla2000prov|Borrower}} should manufacture the payment. | A common sense economic analysis would say yes: the {{gmsla2000prov|Lender}} was not the holder of record on the record date, by reason of the {{gmsla2000prov|Borrower}} having borrowed the shares. So the {{gmsla2000prov|Borrower}} should manufacture the payment. | ||
Also, | Also, any other view would be an easy end-run for a nefarious {{gmsla2000prov|Borrower}}: once the Income record date passes, it could redeliver the shares back to the Lender before the payment date, and avoid ever having to manufacture a dividend. that can’t be the intention, right? | ||
Well, on a literal reading, maybe: when the {{gmsla2000prov|Income}} is ''paid'', the {{gmsla2000prov|Securities}} are not “{{gmsla2000prov|Securities}} which are ...” — present tense — “... the subject of an outstanding {{gmsla2000prov|Loan}}.” | |||
The 2010 {{gmsla}} deals with this by using the same expression, {{gmslaprov|Loaned Securities}}<ref>Defined exactly the same way as Loaned Securities in the {{2000gmsla}}</ref> in a subtly different way in Paragraph {{gmslaprov|6.1}}: | The 2010 {{gmsla}} deals with this by using the same expression, {{gmslaprov|Loaned Securities}}<ref>Defined exactly the same way as Loaned Securities in the {{2000gmsla}}</ref> in a subtly different way in Paragraph {{gmslaprov|6.1}}: |