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{{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}} is a beast of a definition. But when you boil it down, it's pretty straightforward. It applies when terminating a transaction following an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Event}} or an {{eqderivprov|Additional Disruption Event}}.
{{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}} is a beast of a definition. But when you boil it down, it's pretty straightforward. It applies when terminating a transaction following an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Event}} or an {{eqderivprov|Additional Disruption Event}}.


If it's a beast under 2002, it's worse under the (ill fated) [[ISDA 2011 Equity Derivative Definitions]]. Quoth [[Clifford Chance]]:
If it's a beast under 2002, it's worse under the (ill fated) [[2011 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions]]. Quoth [[Clifford Chance]]:


:“This provision has been amended heavily and now runs to over 10 pages. It sets out different optional methods of calculating the transaction value, rather than following a purely replacement value approach (as under the 2002 Definitions) which was considered not to be appropriate in all cases. Greater detail is also provided as to how and when the {{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}} is to be determined, what data is to be taken into account and how losses/gains resulting from hedge close-outs are allocated.”
:“This provision has been amended heavily and now runs to over 10 pages. It sets out different optional methods of calculating the transaction value, rather than following a purely replacement value approach (as under the 2002 Definitions) which was considered not to be appropriate in all cases. Greater detail is also provided as to how and when the {{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}} is to be determined, what data is to be taken into account and how losses/gains resulting from hedge close-outs are allocated.”