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SCHEDULES

[F1SCHEDULE 10AU.K.LIABILITY OF ISSUERS IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLISHED INFORMATION

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 10A inserted (1.10.2010 with effect in accordance with reg. 3(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Liability of Issuers) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1192), reg. 2(3), Sch.

PART 1U.K.SCOPE OF THIS SCHEDULE

Securities to which this Schedule appliesU.K.

1(1)This Schedule applies to securities that are, with the consent of the issuer, admitted to trading on a securities market, where—

(a)the market is situated or operating in the United Kingdom, or

(b)the United Kingdom is the issuer's home State.

(2)For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a)an issuer of securities is not taken to have consented to the securities being admitted to trading on a securities market by reason only of having consented to their admission to trading on another market as a result of which they are admitted to trading on the first-mentioned market;

(b)an issuer who has accepted responsibility (to any extent) for any document prepared for the purposes of the admission of the securities to trading on a securities market (such as a prospectus or listing particulars) is taken to have consented to their admission to trading on that market.

(3)For the purposes of this Schedule the United Kingdom is the home State of an issuer—

(a)in the case of securities in relation to which the transparency obligations directive applies, if the United Kingdom is the home Member State for the purposes of that directive (see Article 2.1 of the directive);

(b)in any other case, if the issuer has its registered office (or, if it does not have a registered office, its head office) in the United Kingdom.]