Webinar on the HKEX Treasury Shares Regime and Proposed Company Re-domiciliation Regime in Hong Kong on 18 October 2024
Please join Julia Charlton for a webinar on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Treasury Shares Regime and Proposed Company Re-domiciliation Regime in Hong Kong at 5:00pm – 6:00pm HKT on 18 October 2024.
The webinar is accredited with 1 CPD point from The Law Society of Hong Kong.
About the Webinar
The webinar will cover the following topics and participants may enroll via the registration page:
Part I. Treasury Shares Regime
- Reasons for Introducing HKEX’s Treasury Shares Regime
- Removal of the requirement to cancel repurchased shares
- Resale of Treasury Shares treated as New Share Issue
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Mitigation of Market Manipulation and Insider Dealing:
- Moratorium on dealing
- Restrictions on on-Exchange dealings
- Requirements for New Listing Applicants
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Consequential Listing Rule Changes:
- Voting rights attached to treasury shares
- Excluding treasury shares from calculation of issued shares
- Issuers’ Disclosure of intention to hold treasury shares
- Resales of treasury shares through nominees
- Implications under Takeovers Code and Disclosure of Interests regime
Part II. Proposed Company Re-domiciliation Regime
- Policy framework
- Eligibility criteria
- Application process
- Tax arrangements
- Safeguarding national security
Enrolment limited – enrolments will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.
Please note that we accept no liability for any non-availability for any CPD Point(s) for any participants whatsoever.