Regulation 21 Exclusion of large debt securities issuer from definition of "UK-traded third country company"
(1) A large debt securities issuer is excluded from the definition of "UK-traded third country company" for the purposes of Part 42 of the Act.
(2) In paragraph (1) "large debt securities issuer" means a body corporate whose only issued transferable securities admitted to trading on a UK regulated market are debt securities, the denomination per unit of which is not less than -
(a) 50,000 euros or an equivalent amount, in the case of securities admitted to trading on a UK regulated market before 31st December 2010,
(b) 100,000 euros or an equivalent amount, in the case of securities admitted to trading on a UK regulated market on or after 31st December 2010.
(3) In paragraph (2) -
"an equivalent amount" means an amount of a currency other than euros which at the date the security was issued was equivalent to the relevant amount of euros; and
"debt securities" has the same meaning as in Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/43/EC.