X1103Interpretation of this Part

• “disclosure rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;

• “inside information” has the meaning given in section 118C;

• “listed securities” means anything which has been admitted to the official list;

• “listing” has the meaning given in section 74(5);

• “listing particulars” has the meaning given in section 79(2);

• “listing rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;

• “market operator” means a person who manages or operates the business of a regulated market;

• “offer of transferable securities to the public” has the meaning given in section 102B;

• “the official list” means the list maintained by the competent authority as that list has effect for the time being;

• “Part 6 rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;

• “the prospectus directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading;

• “prospectus rules” has the meaning given in section 73A;

• “regulated market” has the meaning given in F1Article 4.1(14) of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments;

• “supplementary prospectus” has the meaning given in section 87G;

• F2“the transparency obligations directive” means Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market;

• F3“transparency rules” has the meaning given by section 89A(5);

• “voteholder information” has the meaning given by section 89B(3);

• “working day” means any day other that a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in any part of the United Kingdom.