The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has amended its rules to reduce the number of hard copies of documents which issuers are required to provide to the Exchange from 1 September this year.
Drafts of the amendments were included in the Exchange's Combined Consult
The amendments are the same as the draft amendments in the Combined Consult
1. |
a further reduction in the hard copies of documents which issuers are required to provide to the Exchange under the Listing Rules, which resulted from Exchange's ongoing review of its internal working procedures and hard copy requirements now th |
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minor drafting changes, including those to address comments received from respondents. |
The requirements from 1 September are summarised in table below.
Document |
Hard copies required to be provided to |
Listed issuer's announcement or notice |
Nil |
New applicant's announcement or notice |
1 |
Listed issuer's certified copy of a resolution |
Nil (unless specifically requested) |
New applicant's certified copy of a resolution |
1 |
Listed equity issuer's circular or listing document (including applic |
Nil |
Listed equity issuer's financial report |
1 |
IPO listing document (including applic |
4 (in addition to copies submitted for registr |
"In keeping with the spirit of these amendments we encourage early adoption of the new hard copy requirements," HKEx's Head of Listing,
The amendments can be viewed on the HKEx website under "Listing Rule Upd