Mixed Media Offer

March 23, 2011

By Raymond Li

As part of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limiteds (the Stock Exchange) environmental friendly initiative to reduce the requirement for printed materials within the confines of the existing regulatory framework, on 25 November 2010 the Stock Exchange and the Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) jointly published their consultation conclusions to allow, among other things, issuers of equity securities and debentures to issue paper application forms in public offers without being accompanied by paper listing documents if they comply with the relevant class exemption conditions under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (CO), otherwise known as the Mixed Media Offer or MMO.

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