21 October 2011
Dear Sirs,
Debt Issues for Professional Investors Only
We enclose reprinted pages of the GEM Listing Rules and the filing instructions. The reprinted pages incorporate amendments to implement proposals in the Consultation Conclusions on the Listing of Debt Issues to Professional Investors Only published on 21 October 2011.
The amendments:-
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Present the Rules in a more accessible language; |
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Align the definition of professional investor in the Rules with that in the Securities and Futures Ordinance; |
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Leave the existing issuer eligibility criteria broadly unchanged; |
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Simplify application and approval procedures; |
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Replace the current prescribed disclosures for listing documents with a requirement to include information that is customary for offers of debt securities to professionals; and |
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Remove continuing obligations on issuers that are not appropriate for offers that are only available to professionals. |
Coming into effect
The amendments will come into effect on 11 November 2011.
Please click HERE to see the amended Rules.