編號 RMD/CCRM/022/2014 Ref. No.: 日期 2014 年 8 月 11 日 Date: 11 August 2014 香港中央結算有限公司 (香港交易及結算所有限公司全資附屬公司) Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited) 通告 CIRCULAR 致 To: CCASS Participants 事項 Subject: Arrangement to Discontinue Accepting Bank Guarantees as Collateral - Reminder 查詢 Enquiry: Hotline 2979 7111 or Grace Yiu 2211 6970 Reference is made to the circular “Update on Arrangement to Discontinue Accepting Bank Guarantees as Collateral” issued on 13 December 2013 (Ref. No.: RMD/CCRM/027/2013). Clearing Participants (CPs) are reminded that HKSCC will discontinue accepting bank guarantees (BGs) from CPs as an approved type of collateral for any purpose starting from Monday, 1 September 2014. CPs currently providing BGs to HKSCC shall deposit eligible collateral to replace the BGs, if necessary, on or before Friday, 29 August 2014. HKSCC will arrange the return of the BGs to the CPs. Please refer to the circular “Amendments to General Rules of CCASS and CCASS Operational Procedures” issued on 7 August 2014 (Ref No.: LSD/37/2014) for relevant rules amendments. Should you have any enquiries in relation to the above, please contact our hotline at 2979 7111 or Grace Yiu at 2211 6970. Terry Leung Vice President Cash Clearing Risk Management 香港中環港景街一號國際金融中心一期 1 2 樓 12/F, One International Finance Centre, 1 Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong 電話 Tel: + 852 2522 1122 傳真 Fax: +852 2295 3106 網址 Website: www.hkex.com.hk 電郵 E-mail: [email protected] Page 1 of 1