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The Management Board of Eurex Deutschland and the Executive Board of Eurex Zürich AG decided to adjust the handling of corporate actions in
- futures contracts on shares
- futures contracts on the dividends of shares
- options contracts and Low Exercise Price Options on shares.
The adjustments will come into effect on 7 October 2014.
Among other things, the adjustments include a supplemental description of the adjustment methods used (R-factor method, basket method, fair value method) for the processing of corporate actions in the affected Eurex product. These methods can be used separately or in a combined manner.
Please refer to the attachment of the updated sections of the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts at Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich for the exact wording.
As before, please refer to respective dedicated Eurex circulars for the detailed adjustment procedure that is applied for Eurex derivatives in each particular case.
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