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UKLR 19.2 Continuing obligations

Application

UKLR 19.2.1 R

An issuer that has only miscellaneous securities listed is subject to the continuing obligations set out in this chapter.

UKLR 19.2.2 R

An issuer that has both miscellaneous securities and other securities listed is subject to the continuing obligations set out in this chapter and the continuing obligations that are applicable to the other securities so listed.

Admission to trading

UKLR 19.2.3 R
  1. (1)

    An issuer’s listed miscellaneous securities must be admitted to trading on a RIE’s market for listed securities at all times.

  2. (2)

    An issuer must inform the FCA in writing as soon as possible if it has:

    1. (a)

      requested a RIE to admit or re-admit any of its listed miscellaneous securities to trading;

    2. (b)

      requested a RIE to cancel or suspend trading of any of its listed miscellaneous securities; or

    3. (c)

      been informed by a RIE that the trading of any of its listed miscellaneous securities will be cancelled or suspended.

UKLR 19.2.4 R

An issuer with listed miscellaneous securities must comply with UKLR 3.2.12R at all times.

Disclosure requirements and transparency rules

UKLR 19.2.5 R

An issuer must comply with the obligations referred to under articles 17 and 18 of the Market Abuse Regulation as if it were an issuer for the purposes of those obligations and the transparency rules, subject to article 22 of the Market Abuse Regulation.

UKLR 19.2.6 G

An issuer whose miscellaneous securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market should consider its obligations under DTR 4 (Periodic Financial Reporting), DTR 5 (Vote Holder and Issuer Notification Rules), DTR 6 (Continuing obligations and access to information) and DTR 7 (Corporate governance).

UKLR 19.2.7 R

An issuer that is not already required to comply with the transparency rules must comply with DTR 6.3 as if it were an issuer for the purposes of the transparency rules.

Disclosure of rights attached to miscellaneous securities

UKLR 19.2.8 R

Unless exempted in UKLR 19.2.11R, an issuer must:

  1. (1)

    forward to the FCA for publication a copy of one or more of the following:

    1. (a)

      the approved prospectus or listing particulars for its listed miscellaneous securities;

    2. (b)

      the relevant agreement or document setting out the terms and conditions on which its listed miscellaneous securities were issued; or

    3. (c)

      a document describing:

      1. (i)

        the rights attached to its listed miscellaneous securities;

      2. (ii)

        limitations on such rights; and

      3. (iii)

        the procedure for the exercise of such rights,

      produced in accordance with the relevant Annex of the Prospectus Regulation that would have applied had the issuer been required to produce a prospectus for those listed miscellaneous securities; and

  2. (2)

    if the information in relation to the rights attached to its listed miscellaneous securities set out in the document previously forwarded in accordance with paragraph (1) is no longer accurate, forward to the FCA for publication a copy of either of the following:

    1. (a)

      a new document in accordance with paragraph (1); or

    2. (b)

      a document describing or setting out the changes which have occurred in relation to the rights attached to the issuer’s listed miscellaneous securities.

UKLR 19.2.9 R

The documents in UKLR 19.2.8R must be forwarded to the FCA for publication by uploading them to the national storage mechanism.

UKLR 19.2.10 G

The purpose of UKLR 19.2.8R is to require issuers to maintain publicly available information in relation to the rights attached to their listed miscellaneous securities so that investors can access such information.

UKLR 19.2.11 R

An issuer is exempt from UKLR 19.2.8R where:

  1. (1)

    it has previously forwarded to the FCA for publication, or otherwise filed with the FCA, a document specified in UKLR 19.2.8R(1);

  2. (2)

    if the information in relation to the rights attached to its listed miscellaneous securities set out in the document previously forwarded or filed in accordance with paragraph (1) is no longer accurate, it has forwarded to the FCA for publication, or otherwise filed with the FCA, a copy of either of the following:

    1. (a)

      one of the documents specified in UKLR 19.2.8R(1); or

    2. (b)

      a document describing or setting out the changes which have occurred in relation to the rights attached to the issuer’s listed miscellaneous securities; and

  3. (3)

    the documents in paragraphs (1) and (2) have been forwarded to the FCA for publication, or otherwise filed with the FCA, by:

    1. (a)

      forwarding them for publication on a location previously identified on the FCA website where the public can inspect documents referred to in the listing rules as being documents to be made available at the document viewing facility; or

    2. (b)

      uploading them to the national storage mechanism.

Documents of title

UKLR 19.2.12 R

An issuer must comply with the requirements in UKLR 9.4.18R (Temporary documents of title (including renounceable documents)) and UKLR 9.4.19R (Definitive documents of title) so far as relevant to miscellaneous securities.