This guide summarises certain key provisions of the Code with a focus on issues that are likely to be of particular concern to a bidder. Although reference is made to other statutory and regulatory instruments and regimes, this guide does not consider in any detail instruments or regimes other than the Code. In particular, the Companies Acts 1985 and 2006, the UK Market Abuse Regime, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the Financial Services Act 2012, the UK Listing Rules, the UK Prospectus Rules, the Criminal Justice Act 1993 and the relevant competition and national security and investment legislation in the UK or elsewhere, all of which may be relevant in the context of a UK takeover, are not addressed in detail.