17.1 Definitions

CDP Depository Rules

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Term	Meaning
A
Account Holder	has the same meaning as defined in the Act.
Act	means the Companies Act (Chapter 50) and any amendment, modification and re-enactment thereof and where the context permits, includes any subsidiary legislation or regulations made pursuant thereto.
B
business day	means a day on which the Depository is open for business.
Board	means the board of directors of CDP.
C
CDP or Depository	means The Central Depository (Pte) Limited and, where the context requires, shall include its nominees.
CDP Clearing Rules	means the CDP Clearing Rules applying to all dealings in securities which are cleared through CDP, as the same may be varied, amended or supplemented from time to time.
CDP Rules	means the rules as set out herein as the same may be varied, amended or supplemented from time to time.
Circulars	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 1.2.2.
Clearing Member	means an entity approved as a Clearing Member of CDP.
D
Deposited Securities	means the securities deposited with the Depository by a Depositor.
Depositor	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Act.
Depository Agent	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Act.
Depository Agent Agreement	means the agreement entered into between the Depository and an applicant whose application to become a Depository Agent has been approved by the Depository, as the same may be varied, amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the application form submitted by the applicant to become a Depository Agent.
Directive	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 1.2.2.
E
Eligible Securities	means securities accepted or designated by the Depository or its nominee for deposit, custody, clearing or book-entry settlement.
Exchange Trade	means: (1) a trade transacted on or through any electronic trading system maintained by SGX-ST for the automatic matching and execution of trades in securities listed and/or quoted on the SGX-ST pursuant to the SGX-ST Rules; or (2) a trade reported to SGX-ST pursuant to the SGX-ST Rules, including but not limited to married transactions; or (3) a trade reported by a Clearing Member to CDP, which CDP accepts for clearing in Inter-Broker Settlement; or (4) a trade (including, without limitation, trades in securities, commodities, options, derivatives or other financial instruments) transacted on such exchange (other than SGX-ST) with which CDP may have direct or indirect clearing arrangements from time to time, or in relation to which trade CDP has clearing arrangements in place; with the exception of such trades as CDP may from time to time stipulate as not being "Exchange Trades" falling under the CDP Clearing Rules
F
Foreign Securities	means securities issued by an issuer, which are deposited with a foreign depository, sub-custodian or custodian, for the purpose of the clearance and/or settlement of transactions of such securities on SGX-ST or a foreign stock exchange, or for the purpose of custody.
I
Indemnified Persons	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 14.1.
Inter-Broker Settlement	means the system and process of settlement of Exchange Trades between the Clearing Members and CDP.
Issuer	means a company or any other person whose securities have been accepted or designated by the Depository as Eligible Securities.
M
MAS	means the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
P
Practice Note	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 1.2.2.
Proceedings	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 14.1.3
R
Record Date	means the date fixed by the Issuer for the purposes of determining entitlements to dividends or other distributions to or rights of holders of its securities.
S
securities	has the same meaning as defined in the Act.
Securities Account	means the securities account maintained by a Depositor with the Depository (but does not include Sub-Accounts) and shall include the deemed securities account maintained by a Depository Agent with the Depository (as referred to in Rule 4.7).
Securities and Futures Act	means the Securities and Futures Act (Cap 289) and any amendment, modification and re-enactment thereof and where the context permits, includes any subsidiary legislation or regulations made pursuant thereto.
SGX-ST	means Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
SGX-ST Rules	means the SGX-ST Rules as the same may be varied, amended or supplemented from time to time.
Sub-Account Holder	shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Act.
Sub-Accounts	means the securities sub-accounts maintained by each Depository Agent for its own account and for the account of its clients.
T
Terms and Conditions	means the terms and conditions governing Securities Accounts, as the same may be varied, amended or supplemented from time to time.
Trading Member	means a person who is not a Clearing Member and whose Exchange Trades have been qualified by a Clearing Member in accordance with the CDP Clearing Rules.