Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

[F1 PART 1 U.K. SCOPE OF THIS SCHEDULE

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 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.

Securities to which this Schedule applies U.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.

[F2 (3) For the purposes of this Schedule the United Kingdom is the home State of an issuer if—

(a) the transparency rules impose requirements on the issuer in relation to the securities, or

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

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 10A para. 1(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/707), regs. 1(2), 37(2) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(3), 29(2))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Published information to which this Schedule applies U.K.

2 (1) This Schedule applies to information published by the issuer of securities to which this Schedule applies—

(a) by recognised means, or

(b) by other means where the availability of the information has been announced by the issuer by recognised means.

(2) It is immaterial whether the information is required to be published (by recognised means or otherwise).

(3) The following are “recognised means”—

(a) a recognised information service;

(b) other means required or authorised to be used to communicate information to the market in question, or to the public, when a recognised information service is unavailable.

(4) A “recognised information service” means—

(a) in relation to a securities market situated or operating in the [F3 United Kingdom], a service used for the dissemination of information in accordance with [F4 transparency rules];

(b) in relation to a securities market situated or operating outside the [F5 United Kingdom], a service used for the dissemination of information corresponding to that required to be disclosed under [F6 transparency rules]; or

(c) in relation to any securities market, any other service used by issuers of securities for the dissemination of information required to be disclosed by the rules of the market.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 10A para. 2(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/707), regs. 1(2), 37(3)(a)(i) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(3), 29(2))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Sch. 10A para. 2(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/707), regs. 1(2), 37(3)(a)(ii) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(3), 29(2))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Sch. 10A para. 2(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/707), regs. 1(2), 37(3)(b)(i) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(3), 29(2))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Sch. 10A para. 2(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Official Listing of Securities, Prospectus and Transparency (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/707), regs. 1(2), 37(3)(b)(ii) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11 (as amended by S.I. 2019/1234, regs. 1(3), 29(2))); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)