(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These regulations replace the European Communities (Stock Exchange) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 282 of 1984), as amended over the years, and include amendments arising on foot of the implementation into Irish law of Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market. These Regulations also repeal Sections 89 to 96 of the Companies Act 1990 as a consequence of Article 32(5) of Directive 2004/109/EC.