qualifying public offer
(as defined in article 25DB of the Regulated Activities Order) an offer of relevant securities to the public in the United Kingdom that meets the following conditions:
(a) ‘Condition A’ is that, if paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations (which exempts offers made by means of a regulated platform) were disregarded, the offer would be prohibited by regulation 12(1) of those Regulations;
(b) ‘Condition B’ is that the relevant securities:
(i) fall within regulation 5(1)(a) of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations (which defines ‘relevant securities’ for the purposes of those Regulations) and are investments of a kind specified by Part 3 of the Regulated Activities Order; or
(ii) fall within regulation 5(1)(b) of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations as a result of being investments of the kind specified by article 77 of the Regulated Activities Order; and
- (c) ‘Condition C’ is that the relevant securities are not issued or to be issued by the POP operator.
