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operates the Unlisted prescribed exempt financial product market.
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prescribed exempt financial product market.
By accessing this website you agree to the terms and conditions set out below. We reserve the right to change these
terms and conditions at any time by placing a notice on this website at which time you will be deemed to be bound by
any changes.
Content Ownership
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copyright and other intellectual property rights in this website and all material contained on this website is
either owned by or has been licensed to USX. Any announcements posted on the website by companies with securities
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Content Use
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You may not copy, distribute or use in any way any of the materials contained on the website for any commercial
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Access from countries other than New Zealand
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of any other country.
If you access this website from a country other than New Zealand, you are responsible for compliance with laws of
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Content Disclaimer
The content of this website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of advice or
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currency of the materials contained on this website (except issuer announcements, as to which see below) but
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particular purpose of the material contained on this website. USX does not accept responsibility and will not be
liable for any claims, penalties, loss, damages or expenses arising from the use or the inability to use this
website or material on this website or from any unauthorised access or alteration to this website by any third
parties. USX does not warrant that this website is error free or that access to this website, or any part of this
website, will be uninterrupted.
Issuer Announcements Facility
Companies with securities quoted on USX have the ability to post company announcements and other information on
this website. USX accepts no responsibility for any such announcement or other information posted on this website.
In particular, USX does not give any representation or warranty as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of
such information. If you rely on any such information posted on this website, you do so at your own risk. You
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Exclusion of Liability
We are not liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the
access to or use of this website, the content (or any omission from content) of this website, any decision to trade
(or not to trade) in securities quoted on USX or any reliance on any information on this website. This exclusion
applies whatever the nature of loss or damage (including loss of profits, savings, revenue or business) and however
liability might arise (including for breach of contract or in tort, including negligence).
Indemnity
You must indemnify us against all liabilities, losses and costs, including legal costs, incurred by us arising out
of or in connection with you accessing or using the website, you relying on any of the content of this website or
you breaching any of these terms and conditions.
Status of USX
USX operates under an exemption from subpart 7 of Part 5 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (“the Act”)
and certain conditions specified in the Exemption Notice.
USX is a financial product market operated by Efficient Market Services Limited (“EMS”) primarily for
the trading of previously allotted securities of issuers (“USX Issuers”) by brokers, on behalf of their
clients.
Issuers wishing to allot new securities will need to comply with all securities law requirements (e.g. issue a
PDS). USX will not have any responsibility for ensuring compliance by USX Issuers with securities law. Trading in
securities quoted on USX can only be undertaken via brokers.
Investors trading in securities quoted on USX trade at their own risk. USX is not accompanied by the investor
protections which accompany a licensed financial product market. See below for more information on what this means
for investors. Before an investor may trade (via a broker) in securities quoted on USX, the investor's broker will
require the investor to sign the USX Investor Information and Disclaimer form. Click here to view this document.
We are not liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the
access to or use of this website, the content (or any omission from content) of this website, any decision to trade
(or not to trade) in securities quoted on USX or any reliance on any information on this website. This exclusion
applies whatever the nature of loss or damage (including loss of profits, savings, revenue or business) and however
liability might arise (including for breach of contract or in tort, including negligence).
What does the fact that USX is not a licensed financial product market mean?
USX is not subject to the same regulatory protections as a licensed financial product market.
Licensed financial product markets are required to have detailed rules relating to the governance and conduct of
the issuers listed on the licensed financial product market (Listed Issuers), and the conduct of participating
brokers. Compliance with those rules is monitored and enforced by the market operator. USX does not offer such
protections.
The rules of licensed financial product markets are vetted, and can be disallowed, by the Financial Markets
Authority (FMA). Licensed financial product markets are also subject to specific FMA monitoring. No such vetting or
monitoring applies to USX. Listed Issuers are subject to a number of requirements under the Act. Issuers quoted on
USX are NOT subject to these requirements. In particular:
(a) Insider trading: Trading by a person who, due to some connection with an issuer listed on a licensed
financial product market, has material information not generally available is an offence. This is not the case on
USX. Directors of USX Issuers are subject to the more limited insider trading restriction in the Companies Act.
(b) Market Manipulation: A person trading on a licensed financial product market is specifically prohibited
from creating a false or misleading appearance with respect to trading in quoted financial products on that market.
That is not the case for trading on USX, though fraud and misrepresentation are illegal, and Brokers who trade on
USX have separate obligations (as Authorised Financial Advisers and registered financial service providers) to
ensure fair dealing and no market manipulation.
(c) Continuous disclosure: Issuers listed on a licensed financial product market are required to inform
the market of events and developments relevant to the price of their securities as they occur. USX Issuers are not
subject to this requirement under the Act.
(d) Substantial holding disclosure: A person with an interest in 5% or more of the voting securities of an
issuer listed on a licensed financial product market must disclose that fact, and any 1% changes in their holding,
to the issuer and the licensed financial product market. This is intended to ensure disclosure of major interests
and thereby to prevent abuse in transactions entered into by such persons. USX Issuer substantial security-holders
and USX Issuers are not subject to this requirement under the Act.
(e) Director's and senior managers relevant interest disclosure: Directors and senior managers of
issuers listed on a licensed financial product market must promptly report their relevant interests in the issuer
and any changes in these. USX Issuers are not subject to this requirement, but subject to the disclosure of
interests obligations of the Companies Act.
