(a) the purchase of a security offered by a prospectus during the period of distribution; (b) the acquisition of an issuer's security pursuant to a distribution that is exempt from section 68 or 77, except as may be prescribed by regulation; (c) the acquisition or disposition of an issuer's security in connection with or pursuant to a takeover bid or issuer bid, except as may be prescribed by regulation; or (d) such other transactions or class of transactions as may be prescribed by regulation.

for all issuers of securities incorporated in a third country which are not mentioned in point (ii), the Member State where the securities are intended to be offered to the public for the first time after the date of entry into force of Directive 2013/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007 ...[+++]/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC (25) or where the first application for admission to trading on a regulated market is made, at the choice of the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for admission, as the case may be, subject to a subsequent election by issuers incorporated in a third country in the following circumstances:

| RO: subsector (x) (e): the securities (brokerage) company must be a Romanian legal entity set up as a joint-stock company under Romanian law and have as its exclusive business objective the intermediation of securities Subsector (xi): the securities company must be a Romanian legal entity set up as a joint-stock company under Romanian law and have as its exclusive business objective the intermediation of securities.

(28) It is necessary for the annual information to be provided by issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market to be appropriately monitored by Member States in accordance with their obligations under the provisions of Community and national law concerning the regulation of securities, issuers of securities and securities markets.

1. Issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall at least annually provide a document that contains or refers to all information that they have published or made available to the public over the preceding 12 months in one or more Member States and in third countries in compliance with their obligations under Community and national laws and rules dealing with the regulation of securities, issuers of securities and securities markets.

(13) Issuance of securities having a similar type and/or class in the case of non-equity securities issued on the basis of an offering programme, including warrants and certificates in any form, as well as the case of securities issued in a continuous or repeated manner, should be understood as covering not only identical securities but also securities that belong in general terms to one category.