The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Recognition Requirements for Investment Exchanges , Clearing Houses and Central Securities Depositories ) Regulations 2001

[F1 Specific requirements for regulated markets: admission of financial instruments to trading U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. paras. 9ZA-9ZD and cross-headings inserted (29.6.2017 for specified purposes, 3.7.2017 for specified purposes, 31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/701), reg. 1(2)(3)(4)(6), Sch. 3 para. 1(15) (with reg. 7)

9ZB.— (1) The rules of the exchange must ensure that all— U.K.

(a) financial instruments admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it are capable of being traded in a fair, orderly and efficient manner;

(b) transferable securities admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it are freely negotiable; and

(c) contracts for derivatives admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it are designed so as to allow for their orderly pricing as well as for the existence of effective settlement conditions.

(2) The rules of the exchange must provide that where it, without obtaining the consent of the issuer, admits to trading on a regulated market operated by it a transferable security which has been admitted to trading on another regulated market the exchange—

(a) must inform the issuer of that security as soon as is reasonably practicable; and

(b) may not require the issuer of that security to demonstrate compliance with the disclosure obligations.

(3) The exchange must maintain effective arrangements to verify that issuers of transferable securities admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it comply with the disclosure obligations.

(4) The exchange must maintain arrangements to assist members of or participants in a regulated market operated by it to obtain access to information made public under the disclosure obligations.

(5) The exchange must maintain arrangements to review regularly whether financial instruments admitted to trading on a regulated market operated by it comply with the admission requirements for those instruments.

(6) In this paragraph—

“the disclosure obligations” are the initial, ongoing and ad hoc disclosure requirements contained in—

(a)

Articles 17, 18 and 19 of the market abuse regulation;

(b)

[F2 those provisions of Part 6 of the Act and Part 6 rules (within the meaning of section 73A of the Act) which were relied on by the United Kingdom before IP completion day to implement—

(i)

Articles 3, 5, 7, 8, 14 and 16 of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectuses to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading;

(ii)

Articles 4 to 6, 14 and 16 to 19 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market;

as they have effect on IP completion day in the case of Part 6 rules;

(c)

any EU regulation, originally made under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b)(i) and (b)(ii), which is [F3 assimilated direct] legislation;

(d)

any subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) made under any of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b)(i) and (b)(ii) on or after IP completion day.]

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Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. para. 9ZB(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Investment Exchanges, Clearing Houses and Central Securities Depositories (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/662), regs. 1(3), 20(11)(a) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 40(f)); and as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 37(g)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Sch. para. 9ZB(6) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 9 para. 2(b)

F4 Words in Sch. para. 9ZB(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Investment Exchanges, Clearing Houses and Central Securities Depositories (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/662), regs. 1(3), 20(11)(b) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1301, regs. 1, 3, Sch. para. 40(f))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)