These Guidelines have been drawn up by the GC100 Listing Rules Working Group led by Peter Maynard, Group Legal Services Director at Prudential plc and Rosemary Martin company secretary and general counsel at Reuters.
The GC100 wishes to express many thanks to all those GC100 member companies who contributed to these Guidelines particularly all those who participated in the Listing Rules Working Group. Particular thanks go to William Underhill at Slaughter and May. Many thanks also to Vanessa Knapp at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and James Palmer, Caroline Goodall and Stephanie Maguire at Herbert Smith.
The Guidelines are divided into three sections:
The version in black has been seen by the FSA which has agreed to add the following wording: "The FSA has seen this material in draft and recognises these Guidelines as a useful contribution to a difficult area."
The blue mark-up reflects recent changes in the law which have been added to the Guidelines by the PLC Corporate service. These have not been seen by the FSA.