2.07A
(1) Subject to the provisions set out in rule 2.07A(4), any requirement in these Exchange Listing Rules for a listed issuer to send, mail, dispatch, issue, publish or otherwise make available any corporate communication must, to the extent permitted under all applicable laws and regulations, be satisfied by the listed issuer (i) sending or otherwise making available the corporate communication to the relevant holders of its securities using electronic means or (ii) making the corporate communication available on its website and the Exchange’s website. The issuer must set out on its website the manner in which (i) and/or (ii) above is adopted for the dissemination of its corporate communications.
(2) [Repealed 31 December 2023]
(2A) [Repealed 31 December 2023]
(3) [Repealed 31 December 2023]
(4) Notwithstanding rule 2.07A(1),
(a) a listed issuer must send, mail, dispatch, issue, publish or otherwise make available corporate communications in printed form free of charge to a holder of its securities promptly upon the request of that holder and must disclose, on its website, the relevant arrangements for holders to request corporate communications in printed form; and
(b) a listed issuer must send actionable corporate communications to holders of its securities individually and cannot comply with a rule requirement to send, mail, dispatch, issue, publish or otherwise make available an actionable corporate communication, by making it available only on its website and the Exchange’s website.
Notes:
1. It is the sole responsibility of the listed issuer to ensure that any proposed arrangement is permitted under, and that the listed issuer will at all times comply with, all applicable laws and regulations and the listed issuer's own constitutional documents.
2. For the purpose of rule 2.07A(1), an issuer of debt securities may specify the manner in which corporate communications shall be disseminated in the terms and conditions of the relevant debt securities instead of disclosing such information on its website. Issuers of debt securities are not subject to rule 2.07A(4).
3. A listed issuer may, to the extent permitted by the laws and regulations comply with rule 2.07A(4)(b), by sending an actionable corporate communication to holders of its securities individually in electronic form. Notwithstanding rule 2.07A(1), where the listed issuer is unable to do so because it does not possess functional electronic contact details of a holder, the listed issuer must send the actionable corporate communication in printed form that includes a request for the holder’s functional electronic contact details for the purpose of the listed issuer’s future compliance with the rule.
4. Transitional arrangements for issuers listed on the Exchange before 31 December 2023 are as follows:
(i) for issuers who are not prohibited by applicable laws and regulations from complying with the requirements set out in this rule 2.07A, they would have until their first annual general meetings following 31 December 2023 to make amendments (if necessary) to their constitutional documents to facilitate their compliance with requirements set out in this rule 2.07A; and
(ii) for issuers who are unable to comply with the requirements set out in this rule 2.07A due to any restriction under any applicable laws and regulations: in the event that the relevant restrictions are removed from the applicable laws and regulations, such issuers would have until their first annual general meetings following the removal of such restrictions to make necessary amendments (if any) to their constitutional documents to facilitate their compliance with requirements set out in this rule 2.07A.