Circular of Shanghai Stock Exchange on Promulgating the Transaction Regulations of Shanghai Stock Exchange
All the member entities: The Transaction Regulations of Shanghai Stock Exchange upon approval of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is herby promulgated Shanghai Stock Exchange May 15, 2006 Transaction Regulations of Shanghai Stock Exchange 1.1 In order to regulate the transactions in the securities market, maintain the order of the securities market, and protect the lawful 1.2 The transactions in respect of the listed securities and their derivatives (hereinafter referred to as securities uniformly) of Shanghai 1.3 The securities transactions shall follow the principles of openness, fairness and equity. 1.4 The securities transactions shall comply with the laws, administrative regulations, ministerial regulations and the related business 1.5 The securities transactions shall employ the paperless centralized transactions and other methods upon the approval of CSRC. Chapter II Trading Market Section 1 Trading Places 2.1.1 This Exchange will offer trading places and facilities for the securities transactions, such as the exchange server, trading hall, 2.1.2 This Exchange sets up the trading hall. The members of this Exchange (hereinafter referred to as the member) may make declarations Except the special approval of this Exchange, those who allowed to enter into the trading hall shall be limited to the persons as (1) The registered traders; and (2) The personnel in the hall for supervision. Section 2 Trading Participants and Trading Rights. 2.2.1 If a member or institution upon approval of this Exchange wants to enter into the market of this Exchange for the securities trading, A trading participant shall do the securities trading through the Participant Business Unit opened upon application in this Exchange. 2.2.2 The “Participant Business Unit” refers to such a basic unit that a trading participant can take part in the securities trading of 2.2.3 The detailed Regulations for the management of Participant Business Unit and the limits of trading rights shall be respectively instituted Section 3 Trading Varieties 2.3.1 The securities as follows may be listed in this Exchange: (1) Stocks; (2) Funds; (3) Bonds; (4) Treasury bonds repurchase (T-bond repurchase) ; (5) Warrants; and (6) Other trading varieties upon approval of the CSRC. Section 4 Trading Hours 2.4.1 The trading days of this Exchange are from Monday to Friday every week. On State legal holidays and the rest days announced by this Exchange this Exchange will rest. 2.4.2 Where the securities are traded by means of competitive bidding, 9:15 to 9:25 in every trading day shall be the time for the aggregate As approved by the CSRC and in accordance with the demands of the market development, the trading hours may be modulated by this Exchange. 2.4.3 In case the trading is suspended because of some reason within the trading hours, the trading hours will not be put off. Chapter III Purchase and Sales of Securities Section 1 General Provisions 3.1.1 Accepting the entrustment of purchase and sales from an investor, any member shall make declaration to this Exchange in accordance If any member accepts the entrustment of purchase and sales from an investor and the transaction is completed, the investor shall 3.1.2 A member shall send out declaration orders of purchase or sales to the exchange server of this Exchange by the Participant Business 3.1.3 The entrustment and declaration records shall be properly kept by a member in accordance with the related provisions. 3.1.4 The securities purchased by any investor shall not be sold out before the delivery thereof, except that a turnaround transaction The “securities turnaround transaction” refers to the securities which are purchased by an investor and will be totally or partly 3.1.5 Same-day turnaround transactions will be carried out for the bonds and warrants repurchase, and the next-trading-day turnaround transactions 3.1.6 This Exchange may carry out the system of primary dealers in accordance with the demands of the market, and the concrete measures Section 2 Designated Transactions 3.2.1 A system of all-around designated transactions shall be carried out for the securities trading in the market of this Exchange, except 3.2.2 The “all-around designated transactions” means that an investor taking part in the securities sales in the market of this Exchange 3.2.3 An agreement on designated transactions shall be reached between the member of designated transactions and an investor and in which 3.2.4 This Exchange will accept the declaration orders for designated transactions during the period of opening, and these orders will 3.2.5 If changing any designated transaction, an investor shall apply for cancellation to the designated member, and the member will make 3.2.6 A new declaration for designated transactions may be made after the designated transactions are cancelled. 3.2.7 Other matters concerning designated transactions shall be carried out in accordance with the related provisions of this Exchange. Section 3 Entrustment 3.3.1 When an investor buys or sells the securities, a securities account and a capital account shall be opened, and an entrustment agreement Investors shall deal with the opening of securities accounts in accordance with the provisions of the registration and clearing institutions 3.3.2 A client may entrust a member to buy or sell the securities by the self-help entrustment methods such as letters, phone calls, self-help 3.3.3 If a client taking part in the purchase or sales of securities by any self-help entrustment method, the member shall sign a self-help 3.3.4 Except otherwise herein provided for by this Exchange, an entrustment instruction of any client shall consist of: (1) The number of the securities account; (2) The code of the securities; (3) The direction of the deal; (4) The entrustment quantity; (5) The entrustment price; and (6) Other contents required by this Exchange and the member. 3.3.5 A member may be entrusted by a client to purchase or sell the securities by means of limit price order or market price order. The “limit order” means that a member shall be entrusted by the client to buy or sell the securities at the prescribed price, and The “market order” means that a member is entrusted by the client to buy or sell the securities at the market price. 3.3.6 Upon entrustment, a client may cancel the unconcluded transaction. 3.3.7 As to the entrustment cancelled or invalidated, upon confirmation, a member shall return the related capital or securities to the 3.3.8 A member providing the securities financing services through the securities sales for its clients shall act in accordance with the Section 4 Declaration 3.4.1 This Exchange will accept the declarations of competitive bidding of the members at 95 to 95, 90 to 110 and 130 to The exchange server of this Exchange will not accept the declarations for the cancellation of orders at 9:20 to 9:25 of the aggregate If it is considered to be necessary, this Exchange can make modulation on the time for accepting the declarations of the members. 3.4.2 Declarations shall be made in time by a member to this Exchange in accordance with the order by which it accepts the entrustments 3.4.3 This Exchange will accept the limit orders and market orders of the members. 3.4.4 In accordance with the demands of the market, this Exchange may accept the market orders of the types as follows: (1) The declaration of the conclusion of transactions at the best five prices and in real time and the cancellation of remaining orders, (2) The declaration of the conclusion of transactions at the best five prices and in real time and the change of the remaining transactions (3) Other types formulated by this Exchange. 3.4.5 The market orders shall only apply to the transactions of the securities with price limit during the course of continuous auction, 3.4.6 A limit order shall consist of the number of the securities account, the code of the seat, the code of the securities, the direction A market order shall consist of the type of the declaration, the number of the securities account, the code of the seat, the code A declaration order shall be transferred in the form prescribed by this Exchange. If it is considered to be necessary, this Exchange 3.4.7 As to the purchase of stocks, funds or warrants by means of competitive bidding, the declared quantity shall be 100 shares (units) When selling the stocks, funds or warrants, the sales of the part less than 100 shares (units) shall be declared once and for all. 3.4.8 In the competitive bidding, the quantity upon declaration of the bonds transactions shall be one lot or the integral number of times The 1,000 Yuan of par value of bonds in the bonds transactions or the buy-out repurchase of bonds shall be one lot, and the 1,000 3.4.9 The largest amount in a single declaration of stock, fund or warrant transactions shall be less than one million shares (units), In accordance with the demands of the market, this Exchange may make modulation on the largest amount in a single securities declaration. 3.4.10 Different units of account shall be employed for the trading of different securities: the “price per share” for the stocks, the “price 3.4.11 The minimum price variance unit for the transaction of A-shares, bonds or buy-out repurchase of bonds shall be 0.01 Yuan, 0.001 Yuan 3.4.12 In accordance with the demands of the market, this Exchange may make modulation on the minimum price variance unit of the price upon 3.4.13 The price limit to the transactions of stocks and funds shall be carried out by this Exchange, and the fluctuating proportion shall The formula for the fluctuating price of the shares and funds shall be as follows: Fluctuating Price = Previous Closing Price (1luctuating The calculation result shall be the minimum price variance unit in accordance with the principle of rounding (to the nearest whole If it meets any of the circumstances as follows, the price limit shall not be carried out on the first listing day of stocks: (1) The initial public offering of stocks or close-end funds; (2) The issuance of additional listed shares; (3) The resumption of trading after the suspending of trading; or (4) Other circumstances recognized by this Exchange . As approved by the CSRC, this Exchange may make modulation on the fluctuating proportion of the securities. 3.4.14 When buying or selling the securities with the price limit, the declaration during the price limit shall be valid, otherwise it shall 3.4.15 When buying or selling the securities without the price limit, the valid declared price at the stage of aggregate auction shall be (1) The declared price of stock transactions is between 200% and 50% of the previous closing price; and (2) The declared price for the fund or bond transactions is between 150% and 70% of the previous closing price. There is no price limit for the T-bond repurchase transactions at the stage of aggregate auction. 3.4.16 When buying or selling the securities without the price limit, the valid price upon declaration at the stage of continuous auction (1) The declared price is lower than 110% of the lowest selling price revealed in real time and higher than 90% of the highest buying (2) In case there is no declared buying price revealed in real time, the lower one of the lowest selling price and the latest transaction (3) In case there is no declared selling price revealed in real time, the higher one of the highest buying price and the latest transaction In case there is no transaction completed on the current day, the previous closing price shall be the latest transaction price. In accordance with the demands of the market, this Exchange may make modulation on the provisions on the declared price limit. 3.4.17 A declaration shall be valid on the current day. If each competitive transaction declared can not be completed once and for all, Section 5 Auctions 3.5.1 The ways of aggregate auction and continuous auction shall be employed for the competitive securities transactions. The “aggregate auction” refers to such a competitive method that the sales declarations as accepted during a certain period shall The “continuous auction” refers to such a competitive method that the sales declarations shall be continuously matched item by item. 3.5.2 The sales declarations that are not completed during the period for the aggregate auction shall automatically carry out the continuous Section 6 Conclusion of Transactions 3.6.1 The securities competitive bidding shall be matched by the principle of price and time priority as follows. The principle of price priority at the time of transaction conclusion shall be: the declaration for the purchase at a higher price The principle of time priority at the time of transaction conclusion shall be: if the direction of the deal and the price are the 3.6.2 As to aggregate auction, the principle of determination of the transaction price shall be: (1) The price at which the maximum trading volume can be realized; (2) The price at which the declarations for the purchase at the price higher than the aforesaid price and the declarations for the sales (3) The price at which all the transactions of either the buyer or the seller with the price identical with the aforesaid one shall all In case there are more than two prices upon declaration meeting the aforesaid conditions, the price upon declaration that makes the All the transactions under aggregate auction shall be completed at the same price. 3.6.3 As to continuous auction, the principle of determination of the transaction price shall be: (1) In case the highest price upon declaration for the purchase is the same as the lowest price upon declaration for the sales, the aforesaid (2) In case the price upon declaration for the purchase is higher than the lowest price upon declaration for the sales revealed in real (3) in case the price upon declaration for the sales is lower than the highest price upon declaration for the purchase revealed in real 3.6.4 In case the price reached in accordance with the principle of concluded transactions is not under the scope of minimum price variance 3.6.5 After the sales declarations are matched by the exchange server, the transactions are completed. A transaction goes into effect when In case a transaction is seriously affected by the force majeure, accident or illegal invasion into the trading system, this Exchange As confirmed by this Exchange and approved by the council thereof, proper measures may be employed for the clearly unfair transactions, As to the transactions that are against these Regulations and will seriously destroy the normal operation of the securities market, 3.6.6 As to the transactions completed in accordance with these Regulations, the trading results shall be determined based on the trading 3.6.7 The liquidation and delivery concerning the securities transactions shall be conducted by the registration and clearing institution Section 7 Block Trades 3.7.1 The method of block trades may be employed for the securities sales implemented in this Exchange and meeting the conditions as follows: (1) The declared quantity of A-shares in a single transaction thereof is more than 500,000 shares, or the trading amount is more than (2) The declared quantity of B-shares in a single transaction thereof is more than 500,000 shares, or the trading amount is more than (3) The declared quantity of funds in a single block transaction is more than 3 million shares, or the trading amount is more than 3 million (4) The declared quantity of government bonds or the T-bond repurchase in a single block transaction thereof is more than 10,000 lots, (5) The declared quantity of other bonds in a single transaction thereof is more than 1,000 lots, or the trading amount is more than 1 In accordance with the demands in the market, this Exchange may make modulation on the minimum quota of block trades. 3.7.2 This Exchange will accept the declarations for block trades at 9:30 to 11:30 and 13:00 to 15:30 every trading day. 3.7.3 The declarations for block trades shall consist of the declarations of intent and the declarations of transaction that has been completed. A declaration of intent shall consist of the number of the securities account, the code of the securities and the direction of the A declaration of transaction that has been completed shall consist of the number of the securities account, the code of the securities, 3.7.4 A declaration of intent shall be true and valid. If the price of the declaring party is unclear, it shall be considered that it is 3.7.5 When the members accepting a declaration of intent (including the circumstance that any other member gives a more favorable price 3.7.6 The transaction price of the block trade of securities with the price limit shall be determined by both parties to the transaction The transaction price of the block trade of securities without the price limit shall be determined through the consultation of both 3.7.7 Both parties to the transaction shall, after signing an agreement, make a declaration of transaction that has been completed to the A declaration of transaction that has been completed shall not be changed or cancelled once it is confirmed by this Exchange, and 3.7.8 A member shall make sure that the participants in block trades actually own the securities or capital related to the declaration 3.7.9 The system of primary traders shall be carried out for the block trades of this Exchange concerning bonds. A member upon approval of this Exchange may act as a primary trader, and carry out the business of bonds bilateral quotation by the 3.7.10 A block trade shall not be calculated into the calculation of real-time market information and indices of this Exchange, as well 3.7.11 As concluded of block trades every trading day, for block trades concerning stock or funds, this Exchange will publish the names Section 8 Transactions of T-bond Repurchase 3.8.1 The methods of buy-out repurchase and pledge-type repurchase, etc. may be employed for the transactions of T-bond repurchase. 3.8.2 The “buy-out repurchase of bonds” refers to such a kind of transaction in which both parties to the transaction stipulate that the The “pledge-type repurchase of bonds” refers to such a kind of transaction in which both parties to the transaction stipulate to return 3.8
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