2017-01-11
The Jordan Securities Commission’s Board of Commissioners issued these instructions to standardize the procedures for selling securities in response to decisions by competent courts and official entities. The framework mandates the Amman Stock Exchange to coordinate with the Securities Deposite Center and relevant companies to verify ownership restrictions, deposit securities, and direct brokers to execute sales. Upon completion, sale proceeds are transferred to the requesting entity after deducting administrative costs, while the Commission retains authority to enforce compliance and resolve unaddressed matters.
Article (1) These instructions shall be cited as (Instructions of Regulating the Operations of Selling Securities in Implementation of Decisions of Competent Courts and Official Entities for the Year 2015), and shall come into effect as of 24/11/2015. Article (2) The Following words and expressions shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Law, and the regulations, instructions and decisions issued pursuant thereto. Article (3) The Provisions of these instructions shall apply to regulate the selling operations of traded securities in implementation to decisions of competent courts and official entities. Article(4) A- The Stock Exchange shall implement the operations of selling securities traded in any of the Stock Exchange markets in implementation of the order of any of the entities described in Article (3) of these instructions. B-The stock Exchange Board of Directors shall regulate the operation of distributing the sales referred to in item (A) of this
Article to the brokers operating in the Stock Exchange under a decision issued for this purpose. Article (5) The sale order issued by the entities specified in Article (3) of these instructions and addressed to the Stock Exchange shall include the following information and data; A. Name of the holder of the securities to be sold in accordance with the following details:
Article (7) A. In accordance with the letter of the (SDC) mentioned in item( B) of Article 6 of these instructions, the ASE shall correspondence the company some of which its securities were required for selling in one of the following cases:
Article (10) A. The concerned broker shall after the completion of the sale operation supply securities sale proceeds to ASE under a certified check. B. The ASE shall after receiving sale proceeds in accordance with the provisions of item (A) of this article correspondence the entity in charge of selling to be informed ASE about sold securities and supply it with the sale proceeds and to be informed about ownership restriction existed on these securities as received by ASE from the Center and or the companies. General provisions Article (11) A. The ASE shall inform the company by correspondences issued in accordance with these instructions on the address based on the ASE and if this is not possible the ASE shall deposit these correspondences via registered mail to the company address and or publishing and advertisement in a daily local newspaper for the purpose of informing the company with the mentioned correspondences. This informing letter shall be considered as a logical notification for all set topics in these instructions . B. The ASE shall contact the concerned broker for deducing the cost that would be entailed by the advertisement from the selling proceeds prior to sending it to the selling entity. C. After being informed in accordance with the provisions of item(A) of this Article (7) of these instructions, the ASE shall inform the entity in charge of selling about the condition. Maybe and being unable to complete the sale procedures of the nondeposited securities.
Article (12) The Commission's Board of Commissioners may, in accordance with the authorities granted in the Securities Law, take actions it deems proper against the parties concerned with the implementation of these instructions in case they violate the provisions of these instructions. Article (13) The Commission's Board of Commissioners may decide on any issue not mentioned in these instructions. Article (14) The Instructions of Regulating the Operations of Selling Securities in Implementation of Decisions of Competent Courts and Official Entities issued by the Commission's Board of Commissioners in its meeting of 17/3/2010 shall be revoked.