Market practice statement for dividend adjustments corresponding to Intesa Sanpaolo and Carrefour corporate actions

Market Practice statement  with regard to the valuation of dividend amounts on trades referencing certain price return Stoxx indices (including, by way of example, SX5E), for which Intesa Sanpaolo and Carrefour are components, under Annex IDS to the European Dividend Swap Master Confirmation Agreement and Annex IIS to the 2009 European Interdealer Master Equity Derivatives Confirmation Agreement to account for dividend distributions made by Intesa Sanpaolo in relation to the cash dividend of €0.08 which went ex on May 26, 2011 and separately by Carrefour, in relation to its special dividend of DIA shares, which went ex on July 5, 2011.Click here to read the Market Practice Statement

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