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Consolidation of fundraising instruments and guidance

Important notice:ÌýFundraising and corporate finance documents are now lodged with ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþthrough theÌý. For more information, seeÌýHow you lodge fundraising and corporate finance documents.

Applications for relief should also be submitted through the ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþRegulatory Portal. Fees will apply to an application and details about payment options are provided in the portal. For more information see, how you apply for relief.

In March 2016 we consolidated 7 regulatory guides about disclosure documents into one new regulatory guide: Regulatory Guide 254 Offering securities under a disclosure document (RG 254).

We also moved our existing guidance in Superseded RG 213 Facilitating debt raising (SRG 213) – on the on-sale of quoted securities that are issued on the conversion of convertible notes issued to wholesale investors or otherwise without prospectus disclosure – into Regulatory Guide 173 Disclosure for on-sale of securities and other financial products (), and revoked SRG 213.

We also consolidated 26 sunsetting class orders into 13 new legislative instruments and repealed 5 class orders.

This page sets out cross-references to:

RG 254 Offering securities under a disclosure document

Section of RG 254 Topic of guidance Previous guidance
Section A Why we have disclosure document New guidance
Section A When a disclosure document isÌýrequired New guidance
Section A The various types of disclosure documents New guidance
Section A ASIC’s role New guidance
Section A Scope of this guide and summary of topics covered New guidance
Section A Other guidance issuers may need to consider New guidance
Section B Prospectuses SRG 56 and new guidance
Section B Short-form prospectuses New guidance
Section C Rationale for transaction-specific disclosure RG 66
Section C When transaction-specificÌýdisclosure can be used RG 66
Section C Effect of suspensions from quotation and trading halts RG 66
Section C Content requirements forÌýtransaction-specific prospectus RG 66
Section C ASIC’s exclusion powers—section 713(6) RG 66
Section C Relief from enhanced disclosureÌýprovisions RG 66
Section C Individual relief to use a transaction-specific prospectus RG 66
Section D Rationale for offer informationÌýstatements New guidance
Section D Content requirements for offer information statements New guidance
Section D Financial reports for offerÌýinformation statements SRG 157
Section D Relief for financial reports prepared for offerÌýinformation statements SRG 157
Section E Profile statements New guidance
Section E Two-part simple corporate bonds prospectus New guidance and SRG 213
Section F How to lodge a disclosureÌýdocument New guidance
Section F Our approach to withdrawing an offer under a disclosureÌýdocument New guidance
Section F Changes to disclosure documentsÌýfollowing lodgement SRG 23 and SRGÌý152
Section F Lodging electronic disclosure documents RG 107
Section F Application forms SRG 56 and SRGÌý152
Section F Relief for application forms SRG 56 and new guidance
Section G Exposure period requirements SRG 152 and new guidance
Section G Access to disclosure documents SRG 152
Section G What we will do to facilitateÌýaccess to disclosure documents SRG 152 and new guidance
Section G Where we will extend the exposure period SRG 152
Section G Relief from the exposure period SRG 152
Section G Applications for securities during the exposure period SRG 152
Section H When a supplementary orÌýreplacement disclosure document is required SRG 23 and new guidance
Section H Form, content and procedure requirements SRG 23 and new guidance
Section H Consequences of lodging aÌýsupplementary or replacement disclosure document New guidance
Section H Relief to consolidate supplementary disclosure documents SRG 23 and new guidance
Section I Quotation condition SRG 99 and new guidance
Section I Minimum subscription condition RG 228 and new guidance
Section I Relief for calculating timeÌýperiods New guidance
Section I Consequences of the minimum subscription condition and/orÌýquotation condition not being satisfied New guidance
Section I Relief to provide refreshÌýdocuments New guidance
Section J General prohibition on advertising and publicity SRG 158
Section J Relief for advertising andÌýpublicity SRG 158
Section J How we monitor compliance with the advertisingÌýprohibitions SRG 158
Section K Debenture prospectuses SRG 155
Section L Pre-lodgement review of disclosure documents SRG 152 and RGÌý228
Section L Post-lodgement review ofÌýdisclosure documents SRG 152 and new guidance
Section L What we look for when reviewing a disclosure document RG 228
Section L What we do when there areÌýdisclosure concerns RG 228

RG 173 Disclosure for on-sale of securities and other financial products

Section of RG 173 Topic of guidance Previous guidance
Section B Relief to facilitate offers of convertible notes madeÌýwithout prospectus disclosure SRG 213
Section B Relief for offers of bankÌýhybrids New guidance

Superseded class orders

Superseded class order New legislative instrument CP 239 proposal
[CO 00/168] Relief from exposure period: quoted securities ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Exposure Period) Instrument 2016/74 C3
[CO 00/169] Relief from exposureÌýperiod: supplementary and replacement prospectuses ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Exposure Period) Instrument 2016/74 C3
[CO 00/172] Offer information statements: relief inÌýrelation to financial statements ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Offer Information Statements)ÌýInstrument 2016/73 C5
[CO 00/173] Debenture Ìý prospectuses: incorporation of information on application forms ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Debenture Ìý Prospectuses) Instrument 2016/75 C4
[CO 00/174] Debenture prospectuses: updating of interest rate and term information ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Debenture Prospectuses) Instrument 2016/75 C4
[CO 00/175] Pre-prospectus Ìý roadshow presentations ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (MarketÌýResearch and Roadshows) Instrument 2016/79 C8
[CO 00/176] Pre-prospectus market research ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Market Research and Roadshows)ÌýInstrument 2016/79 C8
[CO 00/190] Substituting and Ìý consolidating supplementary disclosure documents ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Substituted Ìý Supplementary Disclosure Documents) Instrument 2016/78 C7
[CO 00/195] Offer of convertible securities under s713 ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Offers of Convertibles) Instrument 2016/83 C12
[CO 00/656] Announcements toÌýsecurities exchanges about offers by subsidiaries of the listed body ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (MarketÌýResearch and Roadshows) Instrument 2016/79 C8
[CO 00/843] Options over listed securities: exposureÌýperiod relief ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Exposure Period) Instrument 2016/74 C3
[CO 00/1092] Application form Ìý relief for bonus issues of options ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Options: Bonus Ìý Issues) Instrument 2016/77 C6
[CO 01/1455] Continuously quoted securities ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Disregarding Technical Relief)ÌýInstrument 2016/73 C2
[CO 02/138] Announcements toÌýfinancial markets by holding companies about financial products other than securities ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (MarketÌýResearch and Roadshows) Instrument 2016/79 C8
[CO 02/141] Experts: citing in Product DisclosureÌýStatements ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Consents to Statements) Instrument 2016/72 C1
[CO 02/143] Financial product Ìý market research ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (MarketÌýResearch and Roadshows) Instrument 2016/79 C8
[CO 02/145] Relief from exposure period: managed investment products able to be traded on a licensed financial market ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Exposure Period) Instrument 2016/74 C3
[CO 04/671] Disclosure forÌýon-sale of securities and other financial products ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Sale OffersÌýThat Do Not Need Disclosure) Instrument 2016/80 C9
[CO 04/672] Extension of on-sale exemption ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Disregarding Technical Relief)ÌýInstrument 2016/73 C2
[CO 07/428] Consent to quote: Ìý Citing credit ratings, trading data and geological reports in disclosureÌýdocuments and PDS ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Consents to Ìý Statements) Instrument 2016/72 C1
[CO 07/429] Consent to quote: Citing credit ratingsÌýagencies, trading data and geological reports in takeovers ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Consents to Statements) InstrumentÌý2016/72 C1
[CO 07/571] Disclosure exemptionÌýfor rights issues ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Disregarding Ìý Technical Relief) Instrument 2016/73 C2
[CO 08/25] Sale offers within 12 months after controllerÌýsales ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Sale Offers By Controllers) InstrumentÌý2016/81 C10
[CO 08/35] Disclosure relief for Ìý rights issues ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporationsÌý(Non-Traditional Rights Issues) Instrument 2016/84 C13
[CO 10/322] On-sale for convertible notes issued to Ìý wholesale investors ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Sale Offers: Securities Issued on Conversion of Convertible Notes) Instrument 2016/82 C11
[CO 13/523] Citation of experts Ìý and consent to quote ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþCorporations (Consents to Ìý Statements) Instrument 2016/72 C1

Repealed class orders

Superseded class order CP 239 proposal
[CO 00/167] Relief from exposure period: profile statement D1
[CO 00/177] FundraisingÌýexemption: NZ prospectuses D2
[CO 00/188] Solicitors mortgage investment companies D4
[CO 00/229] Solicitors mortgageÌýinvestment companies D5
[CO 00/238] Dividend reinvestment plans D5

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Last updated: 20/03/2024 01:54