Hong Kong Exchange Requires Fewer Hard Copies Of Issuer Documents

Drafts of the amendments were included in the Exchange's Combined Consultation Paper on Proposed Changes to the Main Board Listing Rules and the Growth Enterprise Market Listing Rules (together, the Listing Rules) published in January this year for public exposure to solicit comments on whether the wording of the drafts might result in ambiguities or unintended consequences. The consultation period ended on 7 April.

The amendments are the same as the draft amendments in the Combined Consultation Paper, with the exception of the following:

1. a further reduction in the hard copies of documents which issuers are required to provide to the Exchange under the Listing Rules, which resulted from Exchange's ongoing review of its internal working procedures and hard copy requirements now that issuers' regulatory documents must be posted on the HKEx website; and

2. minor drafting changes, including those to address comments received from respondents. -- www.hkex.com.hk