Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

75 Applications for listing. U.K.

(1) Admission to the official list may be granted only on an application made to the [F1 FCA] in such manner as may be required by listing rules.

(2) No application for listing may be entertained by the [F1 FCA] unless it is made by, or with the consent of, the issuer of the securities concerned.

(3) No application for listing may be entertained by the [F1 FCA] in respect of securities which are to be issued by a body of a prescribed kind.

(4) The [F1 FCA] may not grant an application for listing unless it is satisfied that—

(a) the requirements of listing rules (so far as they apply to the application), and

(b) any other requirements imposed by [F1 the FCA] in relation to the application,

are complied with.

(5) An application for listing may be refused if, for a reason relating to the issuer, the [F1 FCA] considers that granting it would be detrimental to the interests of investors.

(6) An application for listing securities which are already [F2 listed in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom] may be refused if the issuer has failed to comply with any obligations to which he is subject as a result of that listing.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in ss. 73A-84 substituted (24.1.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Financial Services Act 2012 (c. 21), ss. 16(2)(3)(a), 122(3) (with Sch. 20); S.I. 2013/113, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 3; S.I. 2013/423, art. 3, Sch.

F2 Words in s. 75(6) 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), 5 (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)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 75(1) extended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/2957, arts. 1, 4(2); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 75 wholly in force at 1.12.2001; s. 75 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 431(2); s. 75(3) in force for specified purposes at 25.2.2001 by S.I. 2001/516, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. 2; s. 75(1) in force for specified purposes at 18.6.2001 by S.I. 2001/1820, art. 2, Sch.; s. 75 in force in so far as not already in force at 1.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)