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May 8, 2006 Article 1. This set of Measures has been formulated for the purposes of regulating the issuance of securities by listed companies, protecting the lawful rights and interests of investors and the interests of the general public, pursuant to the Securities Law and the Corporation Law. Article 2. This set of Measures shall apply in the issuance of securities within the Chinese borders by listed companies. The term securities as stated in this set of Measures shall refer to the following assortment of securities: 1. Shares; 2. Convertible corporate bonds; 3. Other kinds of securities as recognised by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the CSRC). Article 3. Listed companies, when issuing securities, may do so publicly to non-specified objects and non-publicly to specified objects. Article 4. Listed companies, when issuing securities, shall disclose or provide information in an authentic, accurate, complete, timely and fair manner without any false records, misleading statements or major omissions. Article 5. CSRC approval for issuance of securities by a listed company neither constitutes material judgment nor guarantee of the investment value of the security or investor yields. Investment risks engendered by changes in the performance of the listed company and in yields shall be borne by the investors who subscribe to the security themselves.
Section I. General Provisions Article 6. The listed company shall have a complete and well-operated organisation and operate soundly and meet the following requirements: 1. Having a lawful and valid articles of association; a general assembly of shareholders, a board of directors, a board of supervisors, and a complete and well-operated regime of independent directors, who can fulfil their duties effectively and in accordance with the law; 2. Having a complete and well-operated internal control regime, which can effectively ensure the efficiency, legality, regularity of corporate operations and the reliability of financial statements; the absence of major flaws in the entirety, rationality and efficiency of the internal control regime; 3. The incumbent board members, supervisors and senior managers shall have the qualification for assuming such posts, can faithfully and diligently perform their duties, have not engaged in any acts in violation of Articles 148 and 149 of the Corporation Law, have not been administratively disciplined by the CSRC within the previous 36 months, and have received no public censure of any stock exchange in the latest 12 months; 4. The personnel, assets and financial affairs of the listed company and of the controlling shareholder or the actual controller shall be separated with institutional and operational independence and the ability to operate and manage independently; and 5. There has been no act of illicitly providing foreign guarantees in the latest 12 months. Article 7. The listed company shall have continuity in its profitability and meet the following provisions: 1. Being profitable in the latest three consecutive fiscal years. The net profits before or after deducting non-current profits and losses, whichever is lower, shall serve as the basis of calculation; 2. The sources of business and profits shall be relatively stable without any circumstance of major dependence on the controlling shareholder(s) or the actual controller(s); 3. The current principal business or investment orientation are sustainable with a prudent operational method and investment programme, good market prospects for key products and services, and without any real or foreseeable major adverse changes in the industry's business environment and market demand; 4. There is stability in senior mangers and core technical staff, without any major adverse changes in the latest 12 months; 5. The company's key assets, core technology and other major equities have been secured legally and can be employed continuously without any real or foreseeable major adverse changes; 6. There are no guarantees, litigations, arbitrations or other major matters with possible major adverse effects on the company; and 7. There has been no incidence of annual business profit dropping more than 50 percent from that of the previous year where securities are publicly offered in the latest 24 months. Article 8. The listed company shall have a sound financial status and meet the following provisions: 1. Its fundamental accounting work is up to the standards and in strict compliance with the state's uniform accounting rules; 2. Certified public accountants have not issued a qualified opinion, an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion in their auditing reports in the latest three consecutive years and on the latest financial statement. Where explanatory paragraphs are attached in unqualified auditing reports, the matters covered in the explanatory paragraphs shall have no major adverse effects on the issuer, or the major adverse effects have been removed before the issuance; 3. The quality of the assets shall be sound. The non-performing assets shall be such that they do not result in major adverse effects on the financial status of the company; 4. The business achievements shall be truthful and the cash flow shall be normal. The confirmation of business revenue and costs and expenses shall be in strict compliance with provisions of relevant state accounting rules, and impairment provisions incurred in the latest three years shall be sufficient but reasonable, without any circumstances of manipulating business achievements; and 5. Profits distributed accumulatively in the latest three years in cash or stocks shall be no less than 20 percent of annual distributive profits of the latest three years. Article 9. The listed company's financial statements shall contain no false records in the latest 36 months, and there shall be no major illicit acts as listed below: 1. Violation of laws, administrative rules and regulations on securities that have been subjected to administrative penalties or criminal penalties; 2. Violation of laws, administrative rules and regulations on industry and commerce, taxation, land, environmental protection and customs that have been subjected to administrative penalties and that the circumstances have been serious, or have been subjected to criminal penalties; and 3. Violation of other laws, administrative rules and regulations and that the circumstances have been serious. Article 10. The amount and uses of funds raised by listed companies shall meet the following provisions: 1. The amount of funds raised shall not exceed what is needed for the proposed projects; 2. The funds raised shall be used for purposes that comply with national industrial policies and provisions of laws and administrative rules concerning environmental protection and land administration; 3. Except for financial enterprises, the current funds raised cannot be used as held for trading financial assets or available for sale of financial assets, for lending to others, for entrusted investment and other financial investments; they cannot be invested directly or indirectly in companies that are mainly engaged in the trading of securities; 4. The investment project, when implemented, will not result in trade competition against the controlling shareholder(s) or the actual controller(s), nor affect the independence of the production and operation of the company; and 5. A special reserve regime must be established for the funds raised, which should be deposited under special accounts as decided by the company's board of directors. Article 11. A listed company shall be barred from publicly offering securities under any of the following circumstances: 1. There are false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the current application documents; 2. The uses for the funds raised in the previous public offer of securities have been altered without authorisation and the act has not been redressed; 3. The listed company has been subjected to public censure of a stock exchange within the latest 12 months; 4. The listed company and its controlling shareholder(s) or actual controller(s) have engaged in acts that fail to honour pledges made to investors within the latest 12 months; 5. The listed company, or its incumbent director(s), senior manager(s) have been subjected to investigation by the judicial authorities for suspected criminal offences or to investigations by the CSRC for suspected violations of laws or regulations; and 6. Other circumstances where the lawful rights and interests of the investors and the public interests of the society are seriously infringed upon. Section II. Issuance of Securities Article 12. Share placement to existing shareholders (hereinafter referred to as "share placements"), in addition to compliance with the provisions stipulated herein in Section I of this Chapter, must also comply with the following provisions: 1. The number of shares to be placed shall not exceed 30 percent of the total amount of capital stock before the current placement; 2. The controlling shareholder(s) shall publicly pledge the number of shares to which it/they will subscribe before the convening of the general assembly of shareholders; and 3. They should be sold by proxy as stipulated by the Securities Law. Where the controlling shareholder(s) fail to honour its/their pledge of share subscription, or where the term of proxy sale expires but the amount of shares subscribed to by existing shareholders fails to reach 70 percent of shares to be placed, the issuer shall refund the shareholders who have already subscribed according to the issuing price plus interest as calculated at the bank deposit rate for the corresponding period of time. Article 13. In a public offer of shares to unspecified objects (hereinafter referred to as "additional issuance"), in addition to the provisions stipulated in Section I of this Chapter, the following provisions must also be complied with: 1. The average annual weighted net return on assets in the latest three fiscal years shall be no less than 6 percent. The net profits before or after deducting non-current profits and losses, whichever is lower, shall serve as the basis for calculating average weighted net return on assets; 2. Except for financial enterprises, there shall be no major amount held for trading financial assets or available for sale of financial assets, assets for lending to others, entrusted investment and other financial investments at the end of the latest accounting period; and 3. The issuing price shall be no lower than the average price of the company's shares in the 20 trading days before the publication of the offer prospectus or than the average price of the previous trading day. Section III Issuance of Convertible Corporate Bonds Article 14. In the public offer of convertible corporate bonds, the issuing company, in addition to provisions stipulated in Section I of this Chapter, should also comply with the following provisions: 1. The average annual weighted net return on assets in the latest three fiscal year shall be no less than 6 percent. The net profits before or after deducting non-current profits and losses, whichever is lower, shall serve as the basis for calculating average weighted net return on assets; 2. The accumulated balance of corporate bonds after the latest offer shall not exceed 40 percent of the net assets posted at the end of the latest accounting period; and 3. The average annual distributive profits achieved in the latest three fiscal years shall be no less than the one-year interest on the corporate bonds. The convertible corporate bonds as stated in the previous paragraphs shall refer to corporate bonds offered legally by the issuing company which can be converted into shares within a certain period of time pursuant to agreed conditions. Article 15. The term of convertible corporate bonds shall be no shorter than one year and no longer than six years. Article 16. The par value of a convertible corporate bond shall be RMB100. The interest rates on convertible corporate bonds shall be determined through consultations between the issuing company and the main underwriters in compliance with the state's relevant regulations. Article 17. When publicly offering convertible corporate bonds, qualified rating agencies shall be entrusted to conduct credit rating and follow-up ratings. The rating agencies shall issue follow-up rating reports at least once a year. Article 18. The listed company shall complete proceedings on the repayment of principal and interest of the balance of the convertible corporate bonds within five working days following the maturity of the bonds. Article 19. When publicly offering convertible corporate bonds, arrangements shall be made on ways of ensuring the rights of bondholders, on their right to convene an assembly of bondholders, and on the procedures and conditions for validity of resolutions. An assembly of bondholders shall be convened under any of the following circumstances: 1. Changes are proposed to arrangements contained in the offer prospectus; 2. The issuer fails to repay principal and interest on schedule; 3. The issuer reduces capital, merges, separates, dissolves or applies for bankruptcy; 4. Major changes happen to the guarantor(s) or guaranty (guarantees); or 5. Other matters that affect the major rights and interests of bondholders. Article 20. When publicly offering convertible corporate bonds, guarantees must be secured except for companies with audited net assets of no less than RMB1.5 billion at end of the latest accounting period. Guarantees provided shall be full guarantees. The range of guarantee includes the bonds' principal and interest, default fine, damage awards and expenses for the realization of the creditors' rights. Guarantees provided through pledges shall be joint liability guarantees and the guarantor(s)'s audited net assets of the latest accounting period shall be no less than the accumulated sum of its/their guarantees. Except for listed commercial banks, securities companies or listed companies cannot serve as guarantors for the issuance of convertible bonds. Where mortgages or hypothecations are established, the valuation of the mortgaged or hypothecated properties shall be no less than the guaranteed sum. The valuation shall be established by qualified property assessment agencies. Article 21. Convertible corporate bonds cannot be converted into corporate stocks until six months after the date of the completion of the convertible corporate bonds' issuance. The term limit of stock conversion shall be determined by the company pursuant to the convertible corporate bonds' lifetime and with the company's financial situation. The bondholders are entitled to choose between converting and not converting into stocks; they shall become shareholders of the issuing company the day after the stock conversion (if they choose to convert). Article 22. The price of stock conversion shall not be lower than the average price of the company's stocks in the 20 trading days before the publication of the offer prospectus, or lower than the average price of the previous trading day. The stock conversion price as stated in the previous paragraph shall refer to the price paid for the conversion of each convertible corporate bond. Article 23. The offer prospectus may establish provisions on redemption, stipulating that the listed company may redeem convertible corporate bonds that have yet to be converted into shares pursuant to conditions and prices agreed in advance. Article 24. The offer prospectus may establish provisions on sell-back, stipulating that bondholders may sell the bonds they hold back to the listed company pursuant to condition and prices agreed in advance. The offer prospectus should stipulate that the bondholder is entitled to a one-off sell-back when the listed company alters the uses of funds raised as specified in the prospectus. Article 25. The offer prospectus shall stipulate the principles and methods for adjusting prices of stock conversions. Following the issuance of convertible corporate bonds, when changes happen to the stocks of the listed company due to stock placements, additional issuance, bonus shares, dividends, separations and other causes, the price of conversion shall be adjusted at the same time. Article 26. Where the offer prospectus stipulates provisions on downward adjustment of conversion prices, the following items shall be stipulated at the same time: 1. The scheme for conversion price adjustments shall be submitted to voting at the general assembly of shareholders and must be approved by more than two-thirds of shareholders present at the assembly. When the voting is being taken at the shareholders' assembly, those shareholders who hold the company's convertible bonds shall withdraw; 2. The price after adjustment shall not be lower than the average transaction price of the 20 trading days before the convening of the general assembly of shareholders as stipulated in the previous paragraph or lower than the average price of the previous trading day. Article 27. A listed company may publicly offer convertible corporate bonds where the stock option and bonds may be traded separately (referred to hereinafter as "separate transaction convertible corporate bonds"). The issuance of separate transaction convertible corporate bonds must comply with the following provisions, in addition to those stipulated in Section I of this Chapter: 1. The company's audited net assets at the end of the latest accounting period shall be no less than RMB1.5 billion; 2. The average annual distributive profits achieved in the latest three fiscal years shall be no less than the one-year interests on the corporate bonds; 3. The net cash flow incurred in the latest three fiscal years shall on average be no less than the one-year interest on the corporate bonds except for companies specified in item 1, Article 14 of this set of Measures; and 4. The accumulated balance of corporate bonds after the latest offer shall not exceed 40 percent of the net assets posted at the end of the latest accounting period, and the expected total funds raised after the full exercise of the affiliated options shall not exceed the sum of corporate bonds to be issued. Article 28. Applications shall be filed for separate transaction convertible corporate bonds to be traded in the stock exchange where the stock of the listed company is listed. The corporate bonds and options in separate transaction convertible corporate bonds, if they meet respective requirements for listing on stock markets, shall be listed and traded separately. Article 29. The maturity of separate transaction convertible corporate bonds shall be no shorter than one year. Provisions stipulated in Articles 16 through 19 of this set of Measures shall apply to the bonds' par value, interest rate, credit rating, principal and interest repayment, and creditor protection. Article 30. Provisions stipulated in Paragraphs 2 through 4 of Article 20 of this set of Measures shall apply where the issuer provides guarantees for the issuance of separate transaction convertible corporate bonds. Article 31. Where stock warrants are listed for trading, the factors contracted for the warrants shall include exercise price, lifetime, exercise period or date, and exercise ratio. Article 32. The stock warrants' exercise price shall be no lower than the average price of the last 20 trading days before the publication of the offer prospectus, nor lower than the average price of the previous trading day. Article 33. The lifetime of the stock warrant shall exceed the maturity of the corporate bond by no fewer than six months as of the date of the completion of the issuance. The lifetime of the stock warrant as published in the offer prospectus shall not be adjusted. Article 34. The stock warrants cannot be exercised until at least six months as of the date of the completion of issuance, and the exercise period shall be the period before the expiry of the lifetime, or specific exercise date(s) within the lifetime. Article 35. The
offer prospectus of the separate transaction convertible corporate bonds
should stipulate that the bondholder is entitled to a one-off sell-back
when the listed company alters the uses of funds raised as specified in
the prospectus. Article 37. Specified objects to whom non-public offer of securities are targeted shall comply with the following provisions: 1. The specified objects shall meet the requirements as stipulated in the resolution of the general assembly of shareholders; and 2. The number of specified objects shall not exceed ten. Where the objects of issuance are overseas strategic investors, prior approval shall be secured from relevant departments of the State Council. Article 38. The non-public offer of securities by a listed company shall meet the following provisions: 1. The price of issuance shall be no lower than 90 percent of the average price of the stock of the company of the 20 trading days prior to the benchmark pricing date; 2. The shares issued this time cannot be transferred within 12 months of the completion of issuance; shares subscribed by the controlling shareholder(s), actual controller(s) and the enterprise(s) under its/their control cannot be transferred within 36 months of the completion of issuance; 3. The uses of the funds raised shall be in compliance with the provisions of Article 10 of this set of Measures; and 4. Other CSRC rules shall be accorded with where the current issuance will result in changes in the listed company's controlling position. Article 39. Where any of the following circumstances apply to a listed company, a non-public offer of securities must not proceed: 1. There are false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the application documents of the current issuance; 2. The rights and interests of the listed company have been severely infringed upon by the controlling shareholder(s) or actual controller(s) and such damage has not been removed; and 3. The listed company and its subsidiary have provided guarantees in violation of regulations and that such guarantees have not been annulled; 4. Incumbent board member(s), senior manager(s) have been subjected to administrative penalties of the CSRC within the latest 36 months, or have been subjected to public censure of a stock exchange within the latest 12 months; 5. The listed company, or its incumbent board director(s) or senior manager(s) is/are under investigation by the judicial authorities due to suspected criminal offences or under investigation by the CSRC for suspected violation of laws or regulations; 6. Certified public accountants have issued a qualified opinion, an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion in their auditing reports in the latest year and on the latest financial statement, except when the major impact of the matters involved in the qualified opinion, the adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion have been removed, or that the current issuance involves major reorganisation; and 7. Other circumstances that seriously infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of the investors and the public interests of the society.
Article 40. For a listed company to apply for the issuance of stocks, the board of directors shall reach resolutions, in accordance with law, on the following matters and submit such resolutions to the general assembly of shareholders for approval: 1. The plan for the latest stock issuance; 2. The feasibility report on the uses of the funds raised in the current issuance; 3. A report on the uses of funds raised in the previous issuance; and 4. Other matters that must be defined. Article 41. Decisions made at the general assembly of shareholders on the stock issuance should at least include the following matters: 1. The varieties and volume of the latest stock issuance; 2. The methods of issuance, the objects of issuance, and arrangements on stock placement to existing shareholders; 3. Pricing methods and price range; 4. Uses for funds raised; 5. The resolutions' period of validity 6. Authorisation of the board of directors on specific matters concerning the current issuance; and 7. Other matters that must be defined. Article 42. Decisions made at the general assembly of shareholders on the issuance of convertible corporate bonds shall at least include the following items: 1. The matters stipulated in Article 41 of this set of Measures; 2. The interest rate of the bonds; 3. The lifetime of the bonds; 4. Guarantee matters; 5. Sell-back clauses; 6. Deadline and ways of principal and interest repayment; 7. Deadline for stock conversion; and 8. Determination and revision of conversion prices. Article 43. Decisions made by the general assembly of shareholders on the issuance of separate transaction convertible corporate bonds shall at least include the following items: 1. Matters stipulated in Article 41 and Items 2 through 6 of Article 42 of this set of Measures; 2. Exercise price of stock warrants; 3. Lifetime of stock warrants; and 4. The stock warrants' exercise period or date. Article 44. Resolutions adopted at the general assembly of shareholders on matters concerning stock issuance must be approved by a majority of more than two-thirds of participating shareholders with voting rights. Where shares are to be issued to company-designated shareholder(s) and any related person thereof, related shareholders shall withdraw from voting on the issuance plan at the general assembly of shareholders. The listed company shall provide online access or other means to facilitate shareholders' participation in the general assembly of shareholders convened on stock issuance plans. Article 45. A listed company that applies for the public issuance of stocks or non-public issuance of new stocks should be recommended by a recommender and reported to the CSRC. The recommender should compile, report and file issuance application documents in compliance with relevant provisions of the CSRC. Article 46. The CSRC examines, verifies applications for stock issuance pursuant to the following procedures: 1. A decision should be made on whether or not to accept within five working days of the receipt of application documents; 2. The CSRC conducts preliminary examination of the application upon acceptance; 3. The Issuance Examination and Verification Commission examines and verifies the application documents; and 4. The CSRC makes a decision to approve or reject. Article 47. The listed company must issue stocks within six months since the date of CSRC approval. The approval document shall become invalid where the issuance fails to take place within six months; issuance cannot proceed unless new approval is secured from the CSRC. Article 48. If a major event happens to a listed company before the stock issuance, the issuance shall be put on hold and a timely report made to the CSRC. Where such an event constitutes a major impact on the conditions for the current issuance, the application for stock issuance shall be approved anew by the CSRC. Article 49. When listed companies issue stocks, the stocks must be underwritten by securities companies; for a non-public offer of stocks, where the objects of issuance are the top 10 existing shareholders, the stocks may be sold at the listed company's own discretion. Article 50. A listed company whose issuance application fails to receive CSCR approval may file a stock issuance application once again within six months as of the date of the CSRC disapproval decision.
Article 51. When issuing stocks, the listed company shall compile a public offer prospectus or other information disclosure documents pursuant to the procedures, contents and formats stipulated by the CSRC, fulfilling its information disclosure obligations according to law. Article 52. The listed company shall ensure that the investors get information that should be disclosed according to law in a timely, sufficient and fair manner, and the language used in the information disclosure documents should be concise, natural and easy to understand. The contents stipulated by the CSRC are just the minimum requirements, and the listed company should fully disclose all information with a major impact on investment decisions of investors. Article 53. After the board of directors approves a stock issuance proposal by voting, it should be reported to the stock exchange and a notice on the convening of a general assembly of shareholders should be published within two working days. Where the funds raised will be used to acquire assets or equities, the basic facts, trading prices, pricing criteria of such assets or equities and whether the company's shareholder(s) or other related person thereof have any interest relationship shall also be disclosed alongside the notice that is published on the convening of a general assembly of shareholders. Article 54. The listed company should publish the resolution of the general assembly of shareholders within two working days of the date of the adoption by the assembly of the current issuance proposal. Article 55. Upon receipt of the following CSRC decisions on the current issuance application, the listed company should announce it on the next working day: 1. Rejection of acceptance or suspension of examination; and 2. Refusal or approval. When the listed company withdraws an issuance application, such withdrawal should be announced on the second working day after the withdrawal. Article 56. All directors, supervisors and senior managers of the listed company shall put their signatures on the public offer prospectus, guaranteeing against the presence of any false records, misleading statements or major omissions, and declaring separate or joint and several legal liabilities. Article 57. The recommending institution and recommendation representative(s) shall responsibly examine the contents of the public offer prospectus and sign it to certify the absence of any false records, misleading statements or major omissions, and declaring relevant legal liabilities. Article 58. The certified public accountants, asset evaluation personnel and credit rating personnel, lawyers and the institutions they work for that produce special documents for the stock issuance should do so in compliance with the generally accepted standards and moral codes of their trades, declaring responsibility for the authenticity, accuracy and integrity of the documents that they produce. Article 59. Audit reports, profitability forecast verification reports, asset rating reports, and credit rating reports quoted in the public offer prospectus shall be produced by qualified securities service institutions and signed by at least two persons with professional qualifications. The legal letter quoted in the public offer prospectus shall be produced by a law office and signed by at least two lawyers who processed the document. Article 60. The public offer prospectus shall be valid for six months as of the date of final signature. The public offer prospectus must not employ asset rating reports or credit rating report that are expired. Article 61. Within two to five working days before the public offer of stocks, the listed company should publish the summary of the offer prospectus or offer proposal as approved by the CSRC in at least one newspaper as designated by the CSRC, and at the same time publish their full texts on an Internet website as designated by the CSRC, and make them available for public reference at venues as designated by the CSRC. Article 62. After the non-public issuance of new stocks, the listed company shall publish the issuance report in at least one newspaper as designated by the CSRC, and publish it on an Internet website as designated by the CSRC, and make it available for public reference at venues designated by the CSRC. Article 63. The listed company may publish the full text of the public offer prospectus or summary thereof, and public notices on issuance on other websites and newspapers but not before the time as stipulated in Articles 61 and 62 for information disclosure.
Article 64. The CSRC may order a listed company that violates provisions of this set of Measures to rectify; as to people in charge that are directly responsible or other personnel with direct responsibilities, administrative and supervisory measures such as supervisory interviews or being deemed as unfit will be taken and such measures shall be logged in good-faith records and publicised. Article 65. Where the listed company and person-in-charge and other persons are held directly liable for violations of laws, administrative regulations and provisions of this set of Measures they shall be subjected to administrative penalties, and relevant provisions shall be followed when meting out such penalties; where a criminal offence is suspected, they shall be transferred to judiciary authorities and subjected to criminal liabilities. Article 66. Where there are false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the application documents produced by the listed company, the CSRC may decide to terminate examination and accept no public offer applications filed by the said listed company within 36 months. Article 67. Where the listed company discloses its profit forecasts, when the realized profits fail to reach 80 percent of the forecast, except for force majeure, the company's legal representative and the certified public accountant who signed the profit forecast examination report shall explain and apologise publicly at the general assembly of shareholders and in newspapers and publications designated by the CSRC. The CSRC may give the legal representative a warning. Where the realized
profits fail to reach 50% of the forecast, except for force majeure, the
CSRC shall accept no public offer applications filed by the said company
within 36 months. Article 69. For securities trading service institutions and the relevant personnel that produce such documents as auditing reports, legal opinions, asset appraisal reports, credit rating reports and other special documents, where there are false records, misleading statements or major omissions in the special documents they produce, in addition to legal liabilities as stipulated in the Securities Law, the CSRC shall accept no securities issuance documents produced by such institutions within 12 months and accept no securities issuance documents produced by such personnel within 36 months. Article 70. When an underwriting institution underwrites non-publicly issued new stocks, where new stocks are rationed to objects in violation of provisions of Article 37 of this set of Measures, the CSRC may order it to rectify and not accept its participation in securities underwriting within 36 months. Article 71. Where a listed company, when issuing new shares non-publicly, violates the provisions of Article 49 of this set of Measures, the CSRC may order it to rectify and accept no public offer applications filed by the company within 36 months. Article 72. Where a specified object transfers securities that are restricted and have yet to mature without authorisation in violation of provisions of this set of Measures, the CSRC may order it to rectify and, if the circumstances are severe, have it banned from subscribing to securities as specified objects within 12 months. Article 73. Where a listed company, a recommending institution, an underwriter provides financial assistance or compensation to investors participating in stocks subscription, the CSRC may order them to rectify; where the circumstances are severe, they shall be subjected to warnings and/or fines.
Article 74. Measures on the issuance by a listed company of securities to be subscribed with foreign exchange and measures on the issuance by a listed company of incentive equities to staff members shall be prescribed by the CSRC separately. Article 75. This set of Measures shall come into force as of May 8, 2006. Measures for the Administration of Listed Companies Issuing New Shares (CSRC Decree No. 1), Notice on Doing a Good Job on the Issuance of News Shares by Listed Companies (CSRC Document [2001] No. 43), Notice on Relevant Requirements for Listed Companies to Issue New Shares (CSRC Document [2002] No. 55), Measures on the Implementation of Issuance by Listed Companies of Convertible Corporate Bonds (CSRC Decree No. 2) and Notice on Doing a Good Job on the Issuance of Convertible Corporate Bonds by Listed Companies (CSRC Document [2001] No. 115) shall be annulled at the same time. |
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