Securities and Futures Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · Market Conduct
215. Information generally available
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For the purposes of this Division, information is generally available if —
it consists of readily observable matter;
without limiting paragraph (a) —
it has been made known in a manner that would, or would be likely to, bring it to the attention of any of the following classes of persons:
persons who commonly invest in securities of a kind of which the price or value might be affected by the information;
securities
“securities” means —(a)shares, units in a business trust or any instrument conferring or representing a legal or beneficial ownership interest in a corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership;(b)debentures; or(c)any other product or class of products as may be prescribed,but does not include —(d)any unit of a collective investment scheme;(e)any bill of exchange;(f)any certificate of deposit issued by a bank or finance company, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere; or(g)such other product or class of products as may be prescribed;
persons who commonly invest in securities‑based derivatives contracts of a kind of which the price or value might be affected by the information;
persons who commonly invest in CIS units of a kind of which the price or value might be affected by the information; and
since it was so made known, a reasonable period for it to be disseminated among such persons has elapsed; or
it consists of deductions, conclusions or inferences made or drawn from either or both of the following:
information referred to in paragraph (a);
information made known as referred to in paragraph (b)(i).