Equity Express Securities Exchange (Pty) Limited (EESE) has been established to create an infrastructure in which both companies and investors are able to achieve their objectives in an appropriately regulated environment.

The main function of EESE will be to ensure fair and transparent execution, as well as efficient dissemination of price information for any securities trading on the potential EESE exchange.

The benefits to ISSUERS:

• Gives companies that want to impose restrictions on the nature of the investors and/or size of holding an efficient platform to guarantee pre-trade eligibility of investors.
• Provides companies with a means to provide liquidity to its investors.
• Offers companies an OTC solution, within a regulated framework, that allows them to focus on their core business.
• Reduced listing and compliance costs.
• Allows companies to manage their listings more efficiently.

The benefits to INVESTORS:

• Provides persons that are currently excluded from the investing public an accessible facility to invest in securities.
• Creates a transparent and efficient market.
• Offers a secure, reliable, tried-and-tested trading platform.
• Significantly reduce settlement risk through pre-funding.
• Direct market access by investors through online trading.