MEASURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES BY LISTED COMPANIES
Order of the China Securities Regulatory Commission
No. 30 The Measures for the Administration of the Issuance of Securities by Listed Companies, which were deliberated and adopted at the 178th Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, Shang Fulin May 6, 2006 Measures for the Administration of the Issuance of Securities by Listed Companies ArticleArticle 1 These Measures are formulated pursuant to the Securities Law and Company Law with a view to regulating the issuance of securities Article 2 The listed companies which apply for issuing securities within the territory of China shall be governed by these Measures. The securities as mentioned in these Measures shall refer to the following types of securities: (1) Stocks; (2) Convertible corporate bonds; and (3) Other types as recognized by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the CSRC). Article 3 A listed company may make a public issuance of securities towards unspecified objects or may make a private issuance of securities Article 4 When issuing securities, a listed company shall disclose or provide the genuine, accurate and complete information timely and fairly, Article 5 The fact that the CSRC approves the issuance of securities of a listed company does not mean that the CSRC makes any substantial Chapter II Conditions for the Public Issuance of Securities Section 1 General Provisions Article 6 A listed company which satisfies the following provisions shall be deemed that it has a sound and well-operated organizational structure: (1) The Articles of association are lawful and effective, and there are sound bylaws for the shareholders assembly, the board of directors, (2) The company has sound internal control system, which can ensure the operating efficiency, lawfulness and regulation compliance of (3) The incumbent directors, supervisors and senior management members are qualified for their posts and can faithfully and diligently (4) The listed company separates its personnel, assets and financial affairs from those of the controlling shareholder or the actual (5) The listed company has not provided any guaranty to any outsider illegally within the latest 12 months. Article 7 A listed company which meets the following provisions shall be deemed that it has a sustainable profit-making ability: (1) It has favorable earnings for the latest 3 consecutive fiscal years. Comparing the net profits after deducting the non-regular profits (2) It has relatively stable sources of business and profits and it does not excessively rely on its controlling shareholder or actual (3) Its present primary business or investment direction can develop in a sustainable manner. It has a sound business operation mode (4) The senior management members and the core technicians are stable and there is no seriously unfavorable change in the latest 12 months; (5) The important assets, core technologies or other important rights and interests are lawfully obtained and can be continuously utilized, (6) There is no guaranty, lawsuit, arbitration or any other important matter that is likely to seriously affect the sustainable business (7) Where it has ever issued any securities publicly within the latest 24 months, and no such circumstance ever occurs in which the business Article 8 A listed company which satisfies the following provisions shall be deemed that it has a good financial status: (1) Its basic accounting work is standardized and it strictly complies with the uniform accounting system of the state; (2) With regard to the financial statements of the latest three years and the recent 1 period, there is no audit report with reserved (3) The quality of its assets is good. The non-performing assets cannot result in any major unfavorable effect on the financial status (4) Its business outcomes are real and the cash flows are normal. The recognition of its business incomes, costs and expenses strictly (5) The profits that it has distributed accumulatively in cash or in stocks in the latest 3 years are not less than 20% of the average Article 9 A listed company has no false record in its financial and accounting documents within the latest 36 months and has not committed (1) Being subject to any administrative punishment of the CSRC or given any criminal punishment due to the violation of any securities (2) Being subject to any administrative punishment with serious consequences, or any criminal punishment due to violating any law, administrative (3) Other acts in violation of other laws or administrative regulations of the state with serious consequences. Article 10 The amount and utilization of the funds raised by a listed company shall satisfy the following provisions: (1) The amount of funds raised shall not exceed the amount required by the project; (2) The utilization of the fund raised complies with the industrial policies of the state as well as the laws and administrative regulations (3) Except for a financial enterprise, the fund raised at the time shall not be used on such projects as financial investments such as (4) The implementation of the investment project will not result in inter-industry competition between the listed company and the controlling (5) It shall formulate rules on the special deposit of the funds raised and shall deposit the funds raised in the special account as Article 11 Where a listed company is under any of the following circumstances, it shall not issue any securities publicly: (1) The application documents for the issuance at the time have any false record, misleading statement or major omission; (2) It illegally changes the usage of the funds raised in the previous public issuance of securities and fails to make a correction; (3) It has ever been publicly condemned by the stock exchange within the latest 12 months; (4) It and its controlling shareholder or actual controller fail to perform their public commitments to the investors within the latest (5) It or any of its incumbent directors, senior management members is investigated by the judicial organ due to any suspected crime (6) Other circumstances under which it severely impaired the legitimate rights and interests of the investors, and the social and public Section 2 Issuance of Securities Article 12 The allotment and sale of shares to the original shareholders (hereinafter referred to as allotment of shares) shall satisfy the (1) The amount of the shares to be allotted shall not exceed 30% of the total amount of capital stock prior to allotment of shares at (2) The controlling shareholder shall make a public commitment on the amount of shares it subscribes before the shareholders assembly; (3) The stocks shall be issued by way of proxy sale prescribed by the Securities Law. Where the controlling shareholder fails to perform its commitment to subscribe to the shares allotted to it, or the number of shares Article 13 To publicly raise shares towards against unspecified objects (i.e. to make additional issuance), a listed company shall meet the (1) The weighted average yield rates of net asset for the latest 3 years shall not be lower than 6%. Comparing the net profit deducting (2) Except for a financial enterprise, it does not hold any relatively large amount of transaction financial assets or financial asset (3) The issuance price shall not be lower than the average price of the companys stock prices during the 20 transaction days prior Section 3 Issuance of Convertible Corporate Bonds Article 14 To publicly issue convertible corporate bonds, a company shall meet the following provisions in addition to satisfying the provisions (1) The weighted average yield rates of net asset for the latest 3 years shall be not lower than 6%. Comparing the net profits after (2) After the present issuance, the balance of the accumulative corporate bonds shall not exceed 40% of the amount of net assets at the (3) The annual average amount of distributable profits realized in latest 3 years is not less than the annual amount of interests of The term “convertible corporate bonds” as mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall refer to the corporate bonds which are issued Article 15 The term of convertible corporate bonds shall be 1 year at least, and 6 years at most. Article 16 The par value of each convertible corporate bond shall be 100 Yuan. The interest rate of a convertible corporate bond shall be determined by the issuing company consulting with the opinion of the major Article 17 For issuing convertible corporate bonds publicly, a company shall entrust a qualified credit rating institution to make credit ratings A credit rating institution shall announce at least one follow-up rating report every year. Article 18 A listed company shall finish the matters on paying off the balance of principal and interest of the bonds within 5 working days Article 19 For issuing convertible corporate bonds publicly, a company shall stipulate measures on the protection of the rights of bond holders, A bondholders meeting shall be held in case any of the following events occurs: (1) The stipulations in the prospectus shall be changed; (2) The issuer is unable to pay the principals and the interests on schedule; (3) The issuer reduces its registered capital, or is merged, split up, dissolved or applies for bankruptcy; (4) There is any major change in the guarantor or guaranty; or (5) Any other event that may affect the major interests of the bondholders. Article 20 For issuing convertible corporate bonds publicly, the company shall provide a guaranty unless its unaudited net assets at the end Where a guaranty is required, a full amount guaranty shall be provided. The scope of guaranty shall include the principal and interest, Where a guaranty is provided by way of promise, it shall be a guaranty of joint and several liabilities and the amount of the unaudited When setting a mortgage or pledge, the estimated value of the mortgaged or pledged property shall not be lower than the guaranty amount. Article 21 The convertible corporate bonds shall not be converted into corporate stocks unless 6 months have lapsed as of the end date of the A bondholder shall have the options whether to convert the corporate bonds into stocks or not. It will become a shareholder of the Article 22 The conversion price shall not be lower than the average price of the transaction of companys stock in 20 transaction days prior The term “conversion price” as mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall refer to the price paid by per share converted from convertible Article 23 A prospectus may stipulate redemption clauses, which shall state that the listed company may redeem the convertible corporate bonds Article 24 A prospectus may stipulate the sell-back clauses, which shall state that the bondholders may sell the bonds back to the listed company The prospectus shall stipulate that the bondholders shall have the sell-back right for once in case that the listed company changes Article 25 A prospectus shall stipulate the principle and method for adjusting the conversion price. After the issuance of convertible corporate Article 26 Where a prospectus contains any clause on downward revision of the conversion price, it shall simultaneously stipulate: (1) The conversion price revision plan shall be submitted to the general assembly of shareholders of the company for voting and shall (2) The price after the revision shall not be lower than the average price of transaction of the companys stock prices 20 transaction Article 27 A listed company may publicly issue convertible corporate bonds for which the transaction of warrants is separated from the transaction To issue convertible corporate bonds with separate transactions, the listed company shall satisfy the following provisions in addition (1) The companys unaudited net assets at the end of the latest period amounts to 1.5 billion Yuan or more; (2) The average annual distributable profits realized in the latest 3 years is not less than the annual amount of interest of the corporate (3) The average annual net amount of the cash flows brought about by its business operations within the latest 3 accounting years is (4) After the present issuance, the balance of the accumulative corporate bonds shall not exceed 40% of the amount of the net assets Article 28 An application shall be filed with the stock exchange where the the listed company is listed, for listing and trading the convertible The corporate bonds and warrants in the convertible corporate bonds with separate transactions shall get listed for trading respectively Article 29 The term of convertible corporate bonds with separate transactions shall be one year at least. The provisions of Articles 16 through 19 of these Measures shall apply to the par value, interest rate, credit rating and repayment Article 30 Where the issuer provides a guaranty for the issuance of convertible corporate bonds with separate transactions, the provision of Article 31 Where any warrant is listed for trading, the elements it stipulates shall include the exercise price, existence period, exercise Article 32 The exercise price of the warrants shall not be lower than the average price of the companys stock prices in 20 transaction days Article 33 The existence period of warrants shall not exceed the term of corporate bonds. It shall not be less than 6 months as of the date No adjustment may be made to the existence period of warrants as announced in the prospectus. Article 34 No warrants may be exercised until at least 6 months after the end of its issuance. The exercise period shall be a period prior to Article 35 The prospectus of convertible corporate bonds with separate transactions shall stipulate that the bondholders shall have the sell-back Chapter III Conditions for Private Offering of Stocks Article 36 The term “private offering of stocks” as mentioned in these Measures shall refer to the offering of stocks to specified objects by Article 37 The specified objects of private offering of stocks shall meet the following provisions: (1) The specified objects meet the conditions as stipulated in the resolution of the shareholders assembly; (2) The offering number of specified objects shall not exceed 10. Where a specified object is an overseas strategic investor, it shall be subject to the approval of the relevant department of the Article 38 To make a private offering of stocks, a listed company shall meet the following provisions: (1) The offering price shall not be lower than 90% of the average price of the companys stocks in 20 transaction days prior to the (2) The shares presently offered shall not be transferred to others within 12 months as of the end of offering. The shares subscribed (3) The utilization of the fund raised funds shall conform to the provisions of Article 10 of these Measures; and (4) Where the present offering shall result in any change in the controlling power of the listed company, it shall conform to other provisions Article 39 Where any listed company is under any of the following circumstances, it shall not make any private offering of stocks: (1) The application documents for the present offering have any false record, misleading statement or major omission; (2) The rights and interests of the listed company are severely impaired by its controlling shareholder or actual controller and the (3) The listed company or its subsidiary company illegally provides any guaranty to others and the guaranty has not been cancelled; (4) Any of the incumbent directors or senior management members of the listed company has ever been given any administrative punishment (5) The listed company or any of its incumbent directors, senior management members is under investigation conducted by the judicial (6) The listed company has ever been issued audit report with reserved opinions, negative opinions or opinions that can not be expressed (7) Other circumstances under which the lawful rights and interests of the investors, and social and public interests are severely impaired. Chapter IV Issuance Procedures Article 40 Where a listed company applies for issuing securities, its board of directors shall make a resolution on the following matters and (1) A plan for the present issuance of securities; (2) A feasibility report on the purposes of uses of the funds to be raised by the present issuance; (3) A report on the purposes of uses of the funds raised by in the previous issuance; and (4) Other matters that must be specified. Article 41 The shareholders assembly shall make a resolution on the issuance of stocks, which shall include the following matters at least: (1) Type and amount of securities of the present issuance; (2) Issuance method, objects of the issuance and the arrangement about the allotment to the original shareholders; (3) Pricing method or the price range; (4) Purposes of use of the funds to be raised; (5) Valid period of the resolution; (6) Authorization to the board of directors to deal with specific issues relating to the present issuance; and (7) Other matters that must be specified. Article 42 The shareholders assembly shall make a resolution on the issuance of convertible corporate bonds, which shall include the following (1) Matters as prescribed in Article 41 of these Measures; (2) Interest rate of the bonds; (3) Term of the bonds; (4) Guaranty related matters; (5) Sell-back clauses; (6) Time limit and method for the repayment of principal and interest; (7) Conversion period; and (8) Determination and revision of the conversion price. Article 43 The shareholders assembly shall make a resolution on the issuance of convertible corporate bonds with separate transactions, which (1) Matters as prescribed in Articles 41 and items (2) through (6) of Article 42 of these Measures; (2) Exercise price of the warrants; (3) Existence period of the warrants; and (4) Exercise period or exercise date of the warrants. Article 44 A resolution made by the shareholders assembly regarding the issuance of securities shall be subject to the agreement by the 2/3 Where a listed company convenes a shareholders assembly with respect to the matters of issuance of securities, it shall make it Article 45 Where a listed company applies for the public issuance of securities or private offering of new shares, it shall be recommended by The recommender shall make and submit the application documents on issuance according to the relevant provisions of the CSRC. Article 46 The CSRC shall examine a securities issuance application in light of the following procedures: (1) It shall decide whether to accept the application documents or not within 5 working days after it receives them; (2) It shall conduct a preliminary examination over the application documents after it accepts them; (3) Its Issuanc |
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