The definitions (such as those published by ISDA) that will define the terms of the novation transaction.

A contractual supplement (such as those published by ISDA) that will apply to the trade.

This element should be specified if one or more of either a Credit Event Notice, Notice of Publicly Available Information, Notice of Physical Settlement or Notice of Intended Physical Settlement, as applicable, has been delivered by or to the Transferor or the Remaining Party. The type of notice or notices that have been delivered should be indicated by setting the relevant boolean element value(s) to true. The absence of the element means that no Credit Event Notice, Notice of Publicly Available Information, Notice of Physical Settlement or Notice of Intended Physical Settlement, as applicable, has been delivered by or to the Transferor or the Remaining Party.

Element that is used to be able to make sense of the “new transaction” without requiring reference back to the “old transaction”. In the case of interest rate products there are potentially 2 “first period start dates” to reference – one with respect to each party to the new transaction. For Credit Default Swaps there is just the one with respect to the party that is the fixed rate payer.

This element corresponds to the applicability of the Full First Calculation Period as defined in the 2004 ISDA Novation Definitions, section 1.20.

This element corresponds to the non-Reliance section in the 2004 ISDA Novation Definitions, section 2.1 (c) (i). The element appears in the instance document when non-Reliance is applicable.