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In the limited circumstance of default, this section modifies the arrangement for who pays {{isdaprov|Stamp Tax}} as set out in Section {{isdaprov|4(e)}} (which says it is the person whose tax residence precipitates it).
In the limited circumstance of default, this section modifies the arrangement for who pays {{isdaprov|Stamp Tax}} as set out in Section {{isdaprov|4(e)}} (which says it is the person whose tax residence precipitates it).
===Applies to {{isdaprov|Events of Default}}, ''not'' {{isdaprov|Termination Events}}===
===Applies to {{isdaprov|Events of Default}}, ''not'' {{isdaprov|Termination Events}}===
This section applies only following an {{isdaprov|Event of Default}}, and not on a termination following an Termination Event. There is some cognitive dissonance there: while Events of Default in the main are meant to be more worthy of outrage than Termination Events — thereby justifying stentorian measures to recover losses and costs as a result — some {{isdaprov|Termination Events}}, and most {{isdaprov|Additional Termination Events}} — are credit- and solvency-related, thus equally deserving of the kind of opprobrium that would warrant on on-slapping of an [[indemnity]].
This section applies only following an {{isdaprov|Event of Default}}, and not on a termination following an Termination Event. There is some [[cognitive dissonance]] there: while Events of Default in the main are meant to be more worthy of outrage than Termination Events — thereby justifying stentorian measures to recover losses and costs as a result — some {{isdaprov|Termination Events}}, and most {{isdaprov|Additional Termination Events}} — are credit- and solvency-related, thus equally deserving of the kind of opprobrium that would warrant on on-slapping of an [[indemnity]].
 
===An [[indemnity]] is all very well ...===
===An [[indemnity]] is all very well ...===
Bear in mind, also, that your operating theory here is that your counterparty is a Defaulting Party — i.e., it is broke. So while it's a fine thing, this [[indemnity]] might not be of much practical use.
Bear in mind, also, that your operating theory here is that your counterparty is a Defaulting Party — i.e., it is broke. So while it's a fine thing, this [[indemnity]] might not be of much practical use.