Withdrawn Guidance Notes

The following Guidance Note was withdrawn on 31 October 2025

• ESG Guidance Note PDF495.97 KB

The following Guidance Note was withdrawn on 31 January 2025

• Governance PDF477.41 KB

The following Guidance Note and Practice Notes were withdrawn on 10 December 2020.

• Trading Halts and Suspensions PDF360.32 KB
• Approval of Appraisers PDF425.51 KB
• Backdoor and Reverse Listings PDF511.27 KB
• Continuous Disclosure PDF722.86 KB
• Diversity Policies and Disclosure PDF438.27 KB
• Governance PDF418.31 KB
• Issuer Engagement PDF503.14 KB
• Major and Related Party Transactions PDF1021.68 KB
• NZX ESG Guidance PDF568.23 KB
• Spread PDF588.49 KB
• Trading Halts and Suspensions PDF708.36 KB
• Accelerated Entitlement Offers PDF188.81 KB
• Administrative Announcements PDF154.20 KB
• Announcements for Convertible Securities PDF156.82 KB
• Application for Quotation PDF137.52 KB
• Change of Balance Date PDF149.67 KB
• Changes to Indices PDF129.36 KB
• Changing or Replacing Bonds PDF138.40 KB
• Delisting PDF174.51 KB
• Effective Announcements PDF154.51 KB
• Foreign Exempt Issuers PDF157.75 KB
• Foreign Exempt Issuers - ASX Direct Listing Applicants PDF197.58 KB
  • Template - Application Form for Listing as a NZX Foreign Exempt Issuer Unknown105.90 KB
  • Template - Profile for Listing as an NZX Foreign Exempt Issuer Unknown52.49 KB
• Listing and Quotation of Debt Securities PDF192.55 KB
• Listing and Quotation of Fund Securities PDF193.09 KB
• Listing and Quotation of New Equity Securities PDF189.12 KB
• Listing Wholesale Debt PDF157.97 KB
• Notice of Meeting PDF221.32 KB
• Notifying Changes in Securities PDF134.68 KB
• Providing Information Required by Legislation PDF187.19 KB
• QFP Exemption PDF172.47 KB
• Rights Issue Requirements and Timetable PDF301.56 KB
• Redemption of Debt Securities PDF154.53 KB
• Shareholder Meeting Results PDF132.80 KB
• Trading Halts PDF184.68 KB
• Using Announcement Types PDF237.91 KB

The following Guidance Note and Practice Notes were withdrawn on 3 November 2020.

• Backdoor and Reverse Listings (1 January 2019) PDF477.34 KB
• Foreign Exempt Issuers (1 January 2019) PDF157.75 KB
• Listing and Quotation of New Equity Securities (1 January 2019) PDF193.50 KB

The following Guidance Note was withdrawn on 18 October 2020.

• Continuous Disclosure (1 January 2019) PDF676.13 KB

The following Guidance Notes were withdrawn on 1 July 2019.

• Continuous Disclosure (April 2017) PDF771.80 KB
• Diversity Policies and Disclosure (February 2015) PDF387.46 KB
• Spread (December 2014) PDF500.02 KB
• Approval of Appraisers (December 2014) PDF491.20 KB
• Trading Halts and Suspensions (December 2014) PDF469.84 KB
• Issuer Engagement with NZX Regulation (November 2014) PDF553.22 KB
• Reverse and Backdoor Listings (August 2008) PDF136.63 KB
• ESG Guidance Note (March 2018) PDF568.43 KB

The following Guidance Notes were withdrawn on 28 April 2017.

• Continuous Disclosure (December 2014) PDF395.54 KB

The following Guidance Notes were withdrawn on 19 December 2014.

• Continuous Disclosure (April 2011) PDF482.90 KB
• Trading Halts and the Public Release of Information by NZX (March 2005) PDF96.28 KB

The following guidance notes were withdrawn on 1 December 2014.

• Guidance Note – Approval of Persons to Provide Appraisal Reports PDF121.98 KB
• Process for amending NZX conduct rules (12 April 2005) PDF80.34 KB
• Policy Statements (22 September 2005) PDF72.36 KB
• The Impact of NZIFRS on Continuous Disclosure (16 December 2005) PDF66.97 KB
• Guidance Note - Waivers and Rulings (20 December 2005) PDF85.18 KB
• Guidance note - Hybrid Securities (01 March 2007) PDF70.33 KB
• Guidance note - Share Purchase Plans (01 May 2007) PDF92.34 KB
• Guidance note - Spread (01 May 2007) PDF60.69 KB
• Guidance note - Allotments (January 2012) PDF334.35 KB
• NZDX Debt Market Conventions note PDF80.23 KB
• Debt Security Issues Guidance note - (17 December 2007) PDF49.46 KB

Withdrawn Practice Notes

The following Practice Notes were withdrawn on 1 July 2019.

• PN-01/2017 - Issuer Engagement with NZXR PDF34.29 KB
• PN-02/2017 - Timing and the NZX Rules PDF31.47 KB
• PN-03/2017 - Notifying changes in Securities PDF29.72 KB
• PN-04/2017 - Rights Issue requirements and timetable PDF149.26 KB
• PN-04/2017 - Rights Issue Calculator Unknown15.60 KB
• PN-05/2017 - Administrative Announcements PDF33.80 KB
• PN-06/2017 - Shareholder Meeting Results PDF126.81 KB
• PN-06/2017 - Shareholder Meeting Results Template DOCX67.69 KB
• PN-07/2017 - Notice of Meeting Checklist PDF77.25 KB
• PN-08/2017 - Changes to Indices PDF27.01 KB
• PN-09/2017 - Changing or replacing bonds PDF194.78 KB
• PN-09/2017 - Template for Specific Security Deed DOCX49.39 KB
• PN-09/2017 - Template for Bank Bond Unknown22.52 KB
• PN-10/2017 - Trading Halts PDF216.22 KB
• PN-10/2017 - Trading Halts template for Issuers Listed on the NZX Unknown67.58 KB
• PN-10/2017 - Trading Halts template for Issuers Listed on the NZX and ASX Unknown67.61 KB
• PN-11/2017 - Providing information, as required under legislation, to NZX (3rd party announcements) PDF219.74 KB
• PN-12/2017 - Using announcement types when releasing announcements PDF386.33 KB
• PN-13/2017 - Application for Quotation PDF174.88 KB
• PN-13/2017 - Application for Quotation - Template Letter Unknown71.08 KB
• PN-14/2017 - Accelerated Entitlement Offers PDF57.67 KB
• PN-15/2017 - Conversion of Securities PDF39.60 KB
• PN-16/2017 - Delisting Process for Equity Issuers PDF42.58 KB
• PN-17/2017 - Disclosure Practices PDF206.56 KB
• PN-18/2017 - QFP Applications and Cleansing Notices PDF196.01 KB
• PN-19/2017 - Change of Balance Date PDF214.00 KB
• PN-20/2017 - Redemption of Debt Securities PDF204.34 KB
• PN-21/2017 - Making Effective Announcements PDF200.58 KB
• PN-22/2018 - Application for Listing Template Unknown73.12 KB
• PN-23/2018 - Listing and Quotation of Debt Securities PDF56.40 KB

Withdrawn Class Rulings and Waivers

The following class Waivers and Rulings were withdrawn on the 20 December 2022;

• Class waiver for NZX Listing Rules 4.14.1(a) On-Market Buybacks PDF261.48 KB
• Class Ruling on NZX Listing Rule 4.11.1(e) - Issue of Discounted Equity Securities PDF289.55 KB
• Class Ruling on NZX Listing Rules 2.13.3 - Audit Committee PDF483.14 KB
• Class Ruling on NZX Listing Rule 7.1 - Notices of Meeting PDF1001.51 KB

The following Class Waivers and Rulings were withdrawn on 31 December 2020;

• Covid- 19 Relief - Class waiver for Periodic Reporting Requirements PDF446.55 KB

The following Class Waivers and Rulings were withdrawn on 30 September 2020;

• Class waiver and ruling in relation to Rule 4.1 and 4.4 - ANREO (expired 30 September 2020) PDF422.10 KB
• Class waiver for Equity Capital Raising Requirements (expired 30 September 2020) PDF1.02 MB

The following Class Rulings and Waivers were withdrawn on 1 July 2019 as they relate to the NZX Main Board/Debt Market Listing Rules prior to 1 January 2019.

• Class waiver and ruling for NZAX and NXT Market Migration PDF1.14 MB
• Class waiver and ruling for NZX Main Board and Debt Market Transition PDF1.12 MB
• Ruling on NZX Main Board Listing Rule 10.4.4 - Annual Reporting Updates PDF21.68 KB
• Ruling On Nzx Main Board Debt Market Listing Rule 6.2.6(B) Nzax Listing Rule 6.2.5(B) Nxt Market Listing Rule 65 PDF327.24 KB
• Ruling on NZX Main Board Listing Rule 10.4.5(i) - Corporate Governance Reporting PDF120.77 KB
• Waiver and Ruling on NZX Debt Market Rules 3.2.1(d) and (e) PDF339.48 KB
• Ruling on NZX Main Board Listing Rule 10.4.5(j) - Gender Diversity Reporting PDF345.68 KB
• Ruling on NZX Debt Market Listing Rule 5.2.3 - Debt Spread Requirements PDF212.21 KB
• Waiver from NZX Main Board and Debt Market Independent Director Requirements PDF1.65 MB
• Ruling on NZX Main Board/Debt Market Listing Rule 10.6.1(e) and NZX Listing Rule 10.7.1(e) PDF402.44 KB
• Waiver from NZX Main Board Listing Rules for Accelerated Offers PDF396.52 KB