Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
Regulation 16
Control of take-overs of licensees, etc.
Subregulation 1
No person shall enter into an agreement to acquire the shares of a person approved under section 5(2) of the Act as a commodity market, or a holder of a licence granted under section 14 of the Act, who is a body corporate, by virtue of which such first-mentioned person would, if the agreement is carried out, obtain effective control of the second-mentioned person or licensee, unless he has notified the Board of his intention to enter into the agreement and has obtained the approval of the Board in writing.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of this regulation —
a person shall be regarded as entering into an agreement by virtue of which he would obtain effective control of a body corporate if the person alone, or acting together with any connected person, would be in a position to control not less than 20% of the voting power in the body corporate concerned or would hold interests in not less than 20% of the issued shares of the body corporate concerned; and
a reference to the voting power in a body corporate is a reference to the total number of votes that might be cast in the general meeting of the body corporate.