Friday January 8 2021
News Source: Global Disclosures
Focus: Short Selling
Type: General
Country: UK
On 6th January 2021, the Treasury published the Short Selling (Notification Thresholds) Regulations 2021 No. 5 (the Regulations) to amend the notification threshold under Article 5(2) of the Short Selling Regulation from 0.2% to 0.1% of the issued share capital of an issuer. This change will come into force on 1 February 2021.
This means that from 1 February 2021 the notification threshold for issued share capital of a company that has shares admitted to trading on a UK trading venue (UK Regulated Market and UK MTF) will be 0.1%.
Amendment of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012
In Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14th March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps, for “0,2%” substitute “0,1%”.
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