FINAL NOTICE

To:

A G Taggart & Co Limited

1.
For the reasons set out in this Final Notice, the Authority hereby takes the following
action against AGTCL.

2.
The Authority issued to AGTCL the Decision Notice which notified it that for the
reasons given below and pursuant to section 55J of the Act, the Authority had
decided to cancel AGTCL’s permission.

3.
AGTCL has not referred the matter to the Tribunal within 28 days of the date on
which the Decision Notice was issued to it.

4.
Accordingly, the Authority has today cancelled AGTCL’s permission.

DEFINITIONS

5.
The definitions below are used in this Final Notice:

“the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

“AGTCL” means A G Taggart & Co Limited;

“AGTCL’s Part 4A permission” means the permission granted by the Authority to
AGTCL pursuant to Part 4A of the Act;


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“the Authority” means the Financial Conduct Authority;

“the Decision Notice” means the Decision Notice issued to AGTCL dated 26 March
2019;

“the Returns” means the CCR-Complaints, CCR001 (Financial Data) and CCR002
(Volumes) returns for the period ended 31 March 2018, which AGTCL was due to
submit to the Authority by 15 May 2018;

“the suitability Threshold Condition” means the threshold condition stated at
parapgraph 2E of Schedule 6 to the Act;

“the Threshold Conditions” means the threshold conditions set out in Schedule 6 to
the Act;

“the Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber); and

“the Warning Notice” means the Warning Notice issued to AGTCL dated 5 March

2019.

REASONS FOR ACTION

6.
On the basis of the facts and matters and conclusions described in the Warning
Notice issued to AGTCL and in the Decision Notice, it appears to the Authority that
AGTCL is failing to satisfy the suitability Threshold Condition, in that the Authority
is not satisfied that AGTCL is a fit and proper person having regard to all the
circumstances, including whether AGTCL managed its business in such a way as to
ensure that its affairs were conducted in a sound and prudent manner.

7.
This is because AGTCL has failed to comply with the regulatory requirement to
submit the Returns. AGTCL has not been open and co-operative in all its dealings
with the Authority, in that it has failed to respond adequately to the Authority's
repeated requests for it to submit the Returns, and has thereby failed to comply
with Principle 11 of the Authority's Principles for Businesses and to satisfy the
Authority that it is ready, willing and organised to comply with the requirements
and standards of the regulatory system.

8.
These failures, which are significant in the context of AGTCL’s suitability, lead the
Authority to conclude that AGTCL has failed to manage its business in such a way
as to ensure that its affairs are conducted in a sound and prudent manner, that it
is not a fit and proper person, and that it is therefore failing to satisfy the Threshold
Conditions in relation to the regulated activities for which AGTCL has had a
permission.

DECISION MAKER

9.
The decision which gave rise to the obligation to give this Final Notice was made
by the Regulatory Decisions Committee.

IMPORTANT

10.
This Final Notice is given to AGTCL in accordance with section 390(1) of the Act.

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Publicity

11.
The Authority must publish such information about the matter to which this Final
Notice relates as the Authority considers appropriate. The information may be
published in such manner as the Authority considers appropriate. However, the
Authority may not publish information if such publication would, in the opinion of
the Authority, be unfair to AGTCL or prejudicial to the interest of consumers.

12.
The Authority intends to publish such information about the matter to which this
Final Notice relates as it considers appropriate.

Authority Contact

13.
For more information concerning this matter generally, please contact Rachel
Fasanya at the Authority (direct line: 020 7066 3202).

Anna Couzens
Enforcement and Market Oversight Division