Malta Stock Exchange plc application for designation as a Designated Offshore Securities Market

3rd July 2013
Mr Paul Dudek
Office of International Corporate Finance
Room 3628
US Securities & Exchange Commission
100F Street NE
Washington DC 20549 USA
Dear Mr Dudek
Re: Malta Stock Exchange [“MSE”] - !pplication in respect of designation as a “Designated Offshore Securities Market” In accordance with SEC Rule 902(B)(2) of Regulation S issued in terms of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, the MSE hereby submits its formal application in respect of designation as a ”Designated Offshore Securities Market”/ In this respect, please find hereunder detailed information regarding the MSE in compliance with the criteria set out in the above-mentioned Rule.
1.0 Organisation under Foreign Law
The MSE was established in November 1990 by virtue of the Malta Stock Exchange Act [Chap. 345 of the Laws of Malta] as a ͞/.body corporate with a distinct legal personality /.͟. The MSE was, at that time, set up as both regulator and operator of the local capital market as well as also being designated as the Listing Authority. Furthermore, the MSE also operated the post-trading infrastructure, that is, a Central Securities Depository [CSD] including clearing and settlement functions. SEC Des Off SM – V.1 -100113