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'''{{eqderivprov|Hedging Party}} and {{eqderivprov|Determining Party}}''': The Determining Party and Hedging Party are, by contrast, parties (not necessarily counterparties to the actual {{eqderivprov|Transaction}}, though usually) overtly acting with regard to their own position, being the hedge transaction, not the equity swap itself — though in every case, required to do so in [[good faith]] and using [[commercially reasonable]] procedures.
'''{{eqderivprov|Hedging Party}} and {{eqderivprov|Determining Party}}''': The Determining Party and Hedging Party are, by contrast, parties (not necessarily counterparties to the actual {{eqderivprov|Transaction}}, though usually) overtly acting with regard to their own position, being the hedge transaction, not the equity swap itself — though in every case, required to do so in [[good faith]] and using [[commercially reasonable]] procedures.


===Good faith and commercial reasonableness standard===
===“Good faith and commercial reasonableness” standard===
At first blush it looks like only the Calculation Agent is subject to the “{{gfcrm}}” standard, but this is really just the way {{icds}} decided to express themselves. Whereas the performance standard is baked into the definition of Calculation Agent in Section 1.40, for determining Party it is set out separately in Section {{eqderivprov|12.8(b)}}: “Any {{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}} will be determined by the {{eqderivprov|Determining Party}} (or its [[agent]]), which will act in [[good faith]] and use [[commercially reasonable]] procedures in order to produce a [[commercially reasonable]] result.”
At first blush it looks like only the {{eqderivprov|Calculation Agent}} is subject to the “{{gfcrm}}” standard, but this is really just the way {{icds}} decided to express themselves. Whereas the performance standard is baked into the definition of Calculation Agent in Section 1.40, for determining Party it is set out separately in Section {{eqderivprov|12.8(b)}}: “Any {{eqderivprov|Cancellation Amount}} will be determined by the {{eqderivprov|Determining Party}} (or its [[agent]]), which will act in [[good faith]] and use [[commercially reasonable]] procedures in order to produce a [[commercially reasonable]] result.”

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