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Calculation Agent

The party that turns each fixing into payment figures and sends the statements. Here it is the bank, which is normal. Atlas accepted that because Part 4 of the Schedule lets it dispute any figure within one Local Business Day. Schedule, Part 4.3 · Chapter 2 · Chapter 7

Explained in Chapter 2, The Swap, Line by Line, of Derivatives.

How it comes up, in Chapter 2
Pellhaven owes the larger amount, because the fixing is above the fixed rate. So at the end of the quarter Pellhaven pays Atlas €62,500, and that is the only payment. Pellhaven works out each quarter's figures as Calculation Agent and sends a notice. Each quarter, check that notice against the fixing and the two legs.
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