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Sep 30, 2011

Eurex

Equity Derivatives: Changes in Handling of Corporate Actions

With effect from October 4, 2011, the Management Boards of the Eurex Exchanges decided to adjust the handling of corporate actions for
· futures contracts on equities
· futures contracts on stock dividends and
· options contracts and Low Exercise Price Options on equities.
For further information please refer to the attachment of this Eurex circular. The exact adjustment procedure that is applied in the individual case will continue to be communicated by the Eurex circulars.

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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