Applicable to Market Data End-User Licence Agreement

Effective: 1 December 2012

Notes:

 1.   An application is deemed to have been formally lodged with HKEX when the applicant formally submitted a Form E3.  A letter of acknowledgement (“Letter E3”) of the submission of Form E3 will be issued.  Applicant has to provide all information required under Form E3, normally within a period of 1 month from the date of Letter E3.  HKEX-IS may grant an extension of no longer than 1 months on the merit of individual cases at the request of the applicants.  Otherwise, the application will be considered withdrawn.  The submission of the same application or similar application within 3 months from the date of withdrawal will be subject to application fee of HK$1,000.

2.    After the Form E3 is considered duly completed, the application will be presented to the management for approval within 1 week.  Updated Schedule 4 - Memorandum of Permitted Purpose (MOPP) of the Market Data End-User Licence Agreement will be issued to the EU when the application is approved, normally within 2 weeks after the completion of the Form E3.