PART VIExempt Communications: Certain Controlled Activities

Promotions in connection with admission to certain EEA markets68

1

The financial promotion restriction does not apply to any communication—

a

which is a non-real time communication or a solicited real time communication;

b

which a relevant EEA market requires to be communicated before an investment can be admitted to trading on that market;

c

which, if it were included in a prospectus issued in accordance with prospectus rules made under Part VI of the Act, would be required to be communicated by those rules; and

d

which is not accompanied by any information other than information which is required or permitted to be published by the rules of that market.

2

In this article “relevant EEA market” means any market on which investments can be traded or dealt in and which—

a

meets the criteria specified in Part I of Schedule 3; F1or

b

F1is specified in, or established under the rules of an exchange specified in, Part II of that Schedule.