03 April 2019

Financial Markets Conduct (NZX Listing Rules) Approval of Rule Change Notice 2019 - Dividend Reinvestment Plan Timetable

Pursuant to section 332(1) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, the Financial Markets Authority gives the following notice.

Contents

1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 Approval of market rules


Notice

1 Title

This notice is the "Financial Markets Conduct (NZX Listing Rules) Approval of Rule Change Notice 2019 – Dividend Reinvestment Plan Timetable".

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 4 April 2019.

3 Interpretation

(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, -

Act means the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
NZX means NZX Limited
NZX Listing Rules means the NZX Main Board/Debt Market Listing Rules

(2) Any term or expression that is defined in the Act and used, but not defined, in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act.

4 Approval of Rules and Procedures

(1) Pursuant to section 331 of the Act, the Financial Markets Authority approves changes to the NZX Listing Rules provided by NZX to the FMA on 15 February 2019.

Dated at Auckland this 3rd day of April 2019

Liam Mason
Acting Co-Director of Capital Markets
Financial Markets Authority


Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice comes into force on 4 April 2019. The notice allows NZX to replace the following rules with the corresponding amended rules with effect from 1 January 2020 or as otherwise determined by NZX in accordance with Participant Rule 1.4.1:

  1. The NZX Issuer Rules dated 1 January 2019.