The Exchange will normally decide on an application within three weeks of the date of submission of the application that is complete. Review of an issue in which a connected person has a material interest can be expected to take longer. It should be recognised that the time taken to review a particular application may be longer depending on the circumstances of the case.

Where it is essential that an issue of securities be admitted for trading by a certain date, the Exchange should be consulted at the earliest possible time to arrange a satisfactory time schedule. This is particularly important in the case of a rights issue.