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  • Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Takeovers-Related Amendments Take Effect

    Date 23/03/2012

    The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that the following amendments (Note 1) to the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases (Codes) will take immediate effect:

    • Property valuation requirements now only apply to offers when the offeror is an interested party (Note 2).
    • Regarding confirmations of independence of placees in placing and top-up transactions, it is the responsibility of the financial adviser, placing agent and acquirer of the voting rights to confirm the independence of placees.
    • The prescribed period for payment of acceptance of an offer is no longer 10 days but seven business days.

  • Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Changes Of Trading Margins And Price Fluctuation Limits During 2012 Qingming Holiday Break

    Date 23/03/2012

    Base on the provisions of Article 9 of the Measures for Risk Management of Dalian Commodity Exchange and after studies, DCE has decided to make changes of trading margins as well as upper and lower price fluctuation limits on various futures varieties around the 2012 Qingming Holiday break period as follows:

    Starting from the settlement time of March 29, 2012 (Thursday) on, the minimum trading margins will increase to 8 percent for contracts of No. 1 soybeans, No.2 soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, RBD palm olein, PE, PVC and coke, and the upper and lower price fluctuation limits for these contracts will be expanded to 6 percent.

  • Shanghai Stock Exchange Market Closure Schedule For 2012 Tomb Sweeping Day

    Date 23/03/2012

    The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) hereby announces the market closure schedule for 2012 Tomb Sweeping Day according to the "SSE Holiday Schedule for 2012" (Shang Zheng Jiao Zi [2011] No. 52). The SSE will close from April 2 (Monday) to April 4 (Wednesday) and open for trading on April 5 (Thursday). It will also close on the weekends on March 31 (Saturday) and April 1 (Sunday). Please make relevant arrangements according to the notice.

  • BATS Global Markets, Inc. Announces Pricing Of Its Initial Public Offering

    Date 23/03/2012

    BATS Global Markets, Inc. (“BATS”), a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6,296,829 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $16 per share. The shares offered are being sold by certain BATS stockholders. In addition, one of the company’s selling stockholders has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 944,524 shares. BATS will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any shares by the selling stockholders. The offering is expected to close on March 28, 2012, subject to certain closing conditions. The shares of Class A common stock will trade on the BATS Exchange under the symbol “BATS.

  • Osaka Securities Exchange: Revocation Of Market Maker For Nikkei 225 Mini Serial Contract Months: ABN AMRO Clearing Tokyo Co., Ltd.

    Date 23/03/2012

    OSE revoked the Transaction Participants as a Market Maker for Nikkei 225 mini pursuant to Rule 8-2, Paragraph 5 of the Enforcement Regulations for the Special Rules of the Business Regulations and Brokerage Agreement Standards relating to Index Futures Trading as follows.