9 May 2024
Financial Markets Conduct Abacus Storage King Exemption Notice 2024
The Financial Markets Conduct (Abacus Storage King) Exemption Notice 2024 (Notice) exempts Abacus Storage Operations Limited (ASOL) and Abacus Storage Property Trust (the Trust) (together the issuers), and Abacus Storage Funds Management Limited (ASFML) (as responsible entity for the Trust under Australian law) from compliance with the disclosure requirements in Part 3 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 Act (Act), and exempts the Trust and ASFML from compliance with the governance requirements for managed investment schemes in Part 4 of the Act. The exemptions apply only to offers of stapled securities (each consisting of a share in ASOL and a unit in the Trust) which are made under an employee security plan established by the issuers to certain eligible persons in New Zealand (Abacus Storage King ESP).