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But we can take some solance that, however bad we may have found things, somewhere out in the multiverse there is alternative us; a world just like this one, only in which the market adopted the 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions instead of roundly ignoring them. In that accursed parallel universe, our mortal equivalents — people who otherwise resemble you and me, readers — who live, love and aspire to intellectual and moral fulfillment, just as we do — those poor souls endure this unending hardship. It falls to [[Clifford Chance]] — not without some hubris, we feel — to imagine what that experience might have been like, had it been visited upon us:
But we can take some solance that, however bad we may have found things, somewhere out in the multiverse there is alternative us; a world just like this one, only in which the market adopted the 2011 Equity Derivatives Definitions instead of roundly ignoring them. In that accursed parallel universe, our mortal equivalents — people who otherwise resemble you and me, readers — who live, love and aspire to intellectual and moral fulfillment, just as we do — those poor souls endure this unending hardship. It falls to [[Clifford Chance]] — not without some hubris, we feel — to imagine what that experience might have been like, had it been visited upon us:


:“[[12.8(a) - Equity Derivatives Provision|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.”
:“[[Cancellation Amount - Equity Derivatives Provision|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.”