PLUS Market Notice - Broker Dealer Membership

With effect from 10 July 2006 (“the effective date”), Ofex plc is stream-lining the membership structure of its market. Under these changes, a single category of broker dealer membership is being introduced, to which specific trading permissions will be attached in relation to the particular classes of security the firm is eligible to trade.

Consequently, Ofex plc confirms that from the effective date, the firms listed below have been approved as broker dealer members of its market and are eligible to effect on-market transactions on behalf of their clients, as defined in the trading rules.

Ofex plc provides a range of trading services to its broker dealer members. These include the ability to trade the following securities:

• the securities of issuers admitted to its primary market facilities (currently known as Ofex securities); and
• the listed and unlisted securities of issuers with an existing quotation elsewhere in London (currently known as the PLUS service).

The above securities are referred to in this notice as “PLUS-quoted” and “PLUS-traded” securities, respectively.

A member firm which is ticked in both columns below is eligible to trade the full range of securities admitted to the market. A member which is ticked in the first column only is eligible to trade PLUS-quoted (Ofex) securities and, subject to systems and compliance readiness, may apply for additional permission to trade PLUS-traded securities. Ofex plc is currently liaising with a number of firms in relation to the steps necessary to enlarge their trading permissions.

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