I am thinking a little different to you on this I think. If there is any truth to the statement in the AFR article who knows.
A directive would be a legal request, I am guessing through some sort of ASIC certified document. However, what if ASIC made a request through a phone call or email and ASX acted on it.
could this explain the statement in the AFR article?
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