The Uncertificated Securities Regulations 1992

Interests in units of a security

93.—(1) This regulation shall apply so as to enable the transfer of an interest in a security or securities, and the recording of the holders of such an interest, where such an interest has been created or issued under the terms of any arrangement, provided that, under the terms of the arrangement, the holders of the interests created or issued thereunder are required to be entered in a register. In this regulation:

(a) “security” includes a security issued by a company wherever incorporated; and

(b) “interest in a security” includes any legal or equitable interest in a security, including an absolute or contingent right to acquire securities created, allotted or issued or to be created, allotted or issued under the terms of an arrangement and the beneficial interest of a person for whom securities are held on trust by a custodian or depository.

(2) Such an interest in a security under such an arrangement shall, once admitted into the system, be transferable in accordance with the procedures set out in these Regulations as if it itself were a unit of an uncertificated security, with any necessary modifications, but subject to any provision that may be made in the terms of issue of the interest or of the arrangement.

In particular (subject to any provision to the contrary in the terms of issue of the interest or of the arrangement) they shall apply as if references to:

(a) the “appropriate register” were to the register of holders of the interests under the terms of the arrangement;

(b) the “company” were to the person who, under the terms of the arrangement, is required to maintain the register of .holders of the interests;

(c) a “security” were to the totality of the interests issued or created under the arrangement;

(d) the directors of the company were to the person referred to in (b) or (if applicable) those officers or employees of that person who are responsible for the effecting of entries on the register of holders of the interest;

(e) the “title” to a unit of a security were to the right conferred by registration as the holder of the interest;

(f) a “unit of a security” were to a single example of the interest (for example the conditional right to have a single share allotted to a person where the arrangement is a rights issue); and

(g) voting rights or other rights attached to a unit were references to any right constituted by the interest or arising under the terms of the arrangement or given to holders of the interest by any other agreement or instrument.

(3) This regulation shall not be construed as applying to an interest or arrangement within its terms any provision of these Regulations which is expressed to be applicable to a particular kind of security only (for example which is expressed to be applicable only in respect of shares).