S.I. No. 100/2010 - Companies (Recognised Stock Exchanges) Regulations 2010.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Companies (Recognised Stock Exchanges) Regulations 2010.

2. In these Regulations “Act of 2009” means the

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009

(No. 45 of 2009).

3. Each of the following is prescribed for the purposes of sections 212 (amended by section 3(

d

) of the Act of 2009) and 226A (inserted by section 3(

g

) of the Act of 2009) of the

Companies Act 1990

(No. 33 of 1990)

(

a

) the London Stock Exchange — Regulated Market;

(

b

) the New York Stock Exchange; and

(

c

) the market known as Nasdaq operated by Nasdaq Stock Market, Incorporated.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

10 March 2010.

MARY COUGHLAN,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations prescribe the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and the market known as NASDAQ operated by Nasdaq Stock Market incorporated for the purposes of

section 212

of the

Companies Act 1990

(No. 33 of 1990) to permit Irish public companies to make overseas market purchases on a recognised stock exchange.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

12

th March

, 2010.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (2) (amended by section 3(

a

) of the

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009

(No. 45 of 2009)) and (3) of

section 3

of the

Companies Act 1990

(No. 33 of 1990) (as adapted by the Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (

S.I. No. 305 of 1997

)), hereby make the following regulations