The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), is pleased to announce that the Main Board and GEM websites will be unified with effect from 28 May 2022, and the Websites Unification Rule Amendments will come into effect on the same day.

As stated in the Information Paper published on 22 April 2022¹ by the Exchange, the Main Board and GEM websites will be unified to align the corporate branding and optimise the technical infrastructure of HKEX, and the Listing Rules will be amended to reflect the websites unification (Websites Unification Rule Amendments)².

All material information on the current GEM website will be migrated and merged with the HKEX website and the HKEXnews website, except for information that is outdated. Upon completion of the websites unification, the HKEX website and the HKEXnews website will have designated GEM section(s) where the public may access, among other information, daily quotations of GEM listed issuers, new listing information of GEM new applicants and progress reports of GEM new listing applications. Corporate communications, disclosure of interest notices and other information previously published on the HKEXnews website in relation to GEM listed issuers and Application Proofs, PHIPs and related materials of GEM new applicants will continue to be available for public access at the same locations on the HKEXnews website.

GEM new applicants and GEM listed issuers (or their authorised representatives) shall submit materials through the Exchange’s e-Submission system (ESS) in the existing manner for publication on the HKEXnews website in compliance with relevant Listing Rule requirements after the websites unification.

The Websites Unification Rule Amendments will reflect the websites unification, including amending all references to the “GEM website” to the “Exchange’s website”³ in the GEM Listing Rules.

 

Notes:

1. The “Information Paper on Rule Amendments on Bookbuilding and Placing Activities in Equity Capital Market Transactions and Sponsor Coupling to Complement the SFC’s New Code of Conduct Provisions and Housekeeping Rule Amendments” published by the Exchange on 22 April 2022 (Information Paper).
2. See paragraphs 43 to 45 of the Information Paper for an overview of the Websites Unification Rule Amendments and Part A of Section 2 of Schedule C to the Information Paper for the full set of the Websites Unification Rule Amendments. The Websites Unification Rule Amendments are also set out in Part A of the housekeeping amendments to the GEM Listing Rules published by the Exchange on 22 April 2022.
3. Under the Websites Unification Rule Amendments, the “Exchange’s website” is defined as “the official website of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and/or the website “HKEXnews” which is used for publishing issuers’ regulatory information”, which is consistent with its current definition in the Main Board Listing Rules.

 

About HKEX

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is one of the world’s major exchange groups, and operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets. HKEX is the world’s leading IPO market and as Hong Kong’s only securities and derivatives exchange and sole operator of its clearing houses, it is uniquely placed to offer regional and international investors access to Asia’s most vibrant markets.

HKEX is also the global leader in metals trading, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear Limited. This commodity franchise was further enhanced with the launch of Qianhai Mercantile Exchange (QME), in China, in 2018.

HKEX launched the pioneering Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme in 2014, further expanded with the launch of Shenzhen Connect in 2016, and the launch of Bond Connect in 2017.

www.hkexgroup.com

 

 

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