RG 253 Fundraising: Facilitating offers of CHESS Depository Interests
Issued 28 March 2025
This is a guide for foreign companies listed on Australian financial markets, their advisers, and other persons involved in offers of CHESS Depository Interests (CDIs) over securities of a foreign company.
It explains:
- how our relief in ASIC Corporations (Offers of CHESS Depository Interests) Instrument 2025/180 modifies the disclosure provisions in Ch 6D and gives relief from the licensing provisions in Pt 7.6 of the Corporations Act 2001 to facilitate offers of CDIs over underlying foreign securities;
- when we will consider granting individual relief to facilitate offers of CDIs; and
- how to provide effective disclosure for offers of CDIs.