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You would be forgiven for thinking this definition a little circular, especially if you haven't specified what an Extraordinary Dividend will be in the Confirmation. It boils down, as best as I can fathom, to “an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Dividend}} is whatever the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}} jolly well says it is.”
You would be forgiven for thinking this definition a little circular, especially if you haven't specified what an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Dividend}} will be in the {{isdaprov|Confirmation}}. It boils down, as best as I can fathom, to “an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Dividend}} is whatever the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}} jolly well says it is.”


Which, in its way, is fine, especially if you happen to be acting for the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}}, but if you ''are'' the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}} and the question before you is “is this really weird thing that’s just happened to the voting stock of some obscure trucking company in Panama an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Dividend}} or not?” you might feel anchored a little high up the beach as the tide goes out.
Which, in its way, is fine, especially if you happen to be acting for the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}}, but if you ''are'' the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}} and the question before you is “is this really weird thing that’s just happened to the voting stock of some obscure trucking company in Panama an {{eqderivprov|Extraordinary Dividend}} or not?” you might feel anchored a little high up the beach as the tide goes out.


Look, I don’t make the rules, folks.
Look, I don’t make the rules, folks.