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that the fisting options market deems to be suitable for spec- ifying as successor reference obligations. The option will cease trading on the confirmation date, and its expiration date will be accelerated. If no credit event is confirmed to have occurred within the covered period. the option will expire worthless. Adjustment of credit default basket options for a com- plete redemption. In the case of a single or multiple payout credit default basket option. if a complete redemption event occurs with respect to one of the reference entities in the basket and no credit event is confirmed. pursuant to the rules of the listing options market, to have occurred prior to the effective date of such redemption event, the options will be adjusted by removing the affected reference entity from the basket of reference entitles. When a reference entity is deleted from the basket of reference entities because of a redemption event the cash settlement amount of the option will be reduced by an amount reflecting the weight of the deleted reference entity in the basket. The relative weights of the other components in the basket will remain unchanged, although each will represent a proportionally larger percent- age of the adjusted cash settlement amount. EXAMPLE: Company XYZ is one of ten reference enti- ties for a class of multiple payout credit default option con- tracts and its 8% May 15.2022 bond issue is specified as its only reference obligation. Company XYZ was assigned a weight of 15% when the credit default option was opened for trading. During the life of the option• Company XYZ redeems the 8% May 15. 2022 bond issue. No reference obligations remain and the listing options market determines that there are no other outstanding debt obligations of the issuer suita- ble for specification as reference obligations. The basket component will be removed from the credit default basket, and the cash settlement amount will be reduced by t5%. Succession Event Adjustments. A succession event occurs when one or more new entities assume one or more reference obligations of a reference entity or become the obligor with respect to any obligation that is substituted for the original reference obligations. This may occur, for exam- ple, when a reference entity Is merged into a new entity or spins off a pert of its business into a new entity. If, as the result of a succession event, more than one entity is the obligor of the original reference obligations. or obligations that were substituted for the original reference obligations. all of those obligors• including, as the case may be, the original reference entity, are referred to as successor refer- ence entities. Adjustment of credit default options after a succession event. Where a succession event results in assumption of all reference obligations by a single entity, the listing options market will ordinarily adjust the option by substituting the entity that assumes the reference obligation(s) as the new reference entity. Where a succession event results in more than one successor reference entity, the credit default option may be adjusted by dividing it into two or more options. EXAMPLE: Company XYZ is the reference entity for a credit default option contract, and its 8% May 15, 2022 bond issue is the only reference obligation. During the life of the 118 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TODEIESCIMIRW879 P. 6(e) CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00184063 EFTA01353488