Securities and Futures (Market Conduct) (Exemption for Stabilising Action in respect of Dealings in Notes) (No. 22) Regulations 2004

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Jun 2004

No. S 339

Securities and Futures Act

(Chapter 289)

Securities and Futures (Market Conduct) (Exemption for Stabilising Action in Respect of Dealings in Notes) (No. 22) Regulations 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 337(1) of the Securities and Futures Act, the Monetary Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Securities and Futures (Market Conduct) (Exemption for Stabilising Action in respect of Dealings in Notes) (No. 22) Regulations 2004 and shall come into operation on 15th June 2004.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Notes” means the fixed rate subordinated notes due January 2015 issued by Industrial Bank of Korea for a principal amount of up to US$300 million pursuant to the US$2 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme of Industrial Bank of Korea;

“stabilising action” means an action taken in Singapore or elsewhere by UBS Limited, or any of its related corporations, to buy, or to offer or agree to buy, any of the Notes in order to stabilise or maintain the market price of the Notes in Singapore or elsewhere.

Exemption

3. Sections 197 and 198 of the Act shall not apply to any stabilising action taken in respect of any of the Notes, within 30 days from the date of issue of the Notes, with —

(a)	a person referred to in section 274 of the Act; or
(b)	a sophisticated investor as defined in section 275(2) of the Act.

Made this 14th day of June 2004.

KOH YONG GUAN

Managing Director,
Monetary Authority of
Singapore.

[SFD CFD 014/99; AG/LEG/SL/289/2002/1 Vol. 6]

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