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ARTICLE · 26 MAY 2012

Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012/13: Capital Markets - Part 3

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Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012/13: Capital Markets - Part 3

20. Do the continuing obligations apply to listed foreign companies and to issuers of depositary receipts?

An entity admitted as an ASX foreign exempt listing is not bound by most of the continuing obligations referred to in Question 19. However, it must:

  • Comply with the rules of its primary stock exchange.
  • Immediately provide to ASX in English all information that it is required to provide to its overseas exchange.

Foreign entities that have a full ASX listing must comply with all of the ASX Listing Rules in the same manner as an Australian company, subject to ASX's discretion to waive an individual company's compliance with an ASX Listing Rule. ASX occasionally exercises this waiver power for foreign companies to exempt them from compliance with particular ASX Listing Rules, where it is certain that the requirements of their overseas exchange are at least as stringent as those of ASX. For

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