(1) In these Regulations -

"admission to official listing" means the admission of securities to the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange  and "official listing" shall be construed accordingly;

"Bank" means the Central Bank of Ireland;

"Council" means the Board of the Irish Stock Exchange;

"Directive" means Directive 2001/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2001 on the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing and on information to be published on those securities, as amended by Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC, and further amended by the Transparency (Regulated Markets) Directive;

"Irish Stock Exchange" means the Irish Stock Exchange plc (CRO Registration Number 539157);

"listing rules" means the rules of the Irish Stock Exchange relating to the admission to the Official List of the Irish Stock Exchange;