CorpCast Episode 1: Sections, 204, 205 and In re Numoda
The long-awaited Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (the Regulations), the legislation replacing the UK Prospectus Regulation (the UKPR), came into effect on 29 January 2024 alongside an explanatory...more
Following on from the consultation earlier this year, the FCA has published feedback and detailed proposals which will transform the current listing regime. The FCA is proposing to create a single listing category for UK...more
Issuers of certain transferable securities listed in the UK should be aware of certain new regulatory requirements relating to the preparation and content of their financial statements....more
On 2 December 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") announced some material changes to the Listing Rules in its policy statement PS21/22; these are summarised below. The FCA has sought to strike a balance between...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published Policy Statement PS 21/22 (the “Policy Statement”) which follows up on its summer 2021 consultation paper CP 21/21 “Primary Markets Effectiveness Review” (“CP 21/21”)....more
On 22 June the FCA published two Consultation Papers setting out its proposals for climate-related disclosure obligations on the regulated sector. The first paper proposed extending the application of an existing Listing Rule...more
The FCA is consulting on extending its rules to standard listed issuers. On 22 June 2021, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP21/18) on extending the application of the existing climate-related disclosure...more
As part of the UK government’s roadmap towards mandatory climate-related disclosures across the entire UK economy by 2025, the FCA is proposing to extend the application of its new climate-related disclosure requirements to...more
The Financial Services Act 2021 (the “Act”) has received Royal Assent and is now law. What does this mean for issuers?...more
The FCA has recently completed a review of the way in which UK issuers disclose changes to their total voting rights to the market and the resulting effect on major shareholding notifications. ...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin No.33 (PMB No.33) featuring Brexit-related changes for EEA audit firms, details of their new online portal for submitting major shareholdings...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Primary Market Bulletin No.32 (PMB No.32) to remind issuers of the changes to market rules as a result of Brexit. Separately the QCA and UHY Hacker Young have published...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) conducted a review of Delayed Disclosure of Inside Information (DDII) notifications which identified a number of areas where it will be increasing its oversight in the future. This note...more
This edition of the Primary Market Bulletin includes an update on the implementation of the European Single Electronic Format, COVID temporary policy measures on corporate reporting and a reminder for issuers and their...more
Whilst Brexit formally happened when the UK left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020 (exit day), it has been treated as a Member State under Union law during the transition period established by the EU-UK Withdrawal...more
In this draft note the FCA confirms the well-established position that the issue of new securities pursuant to a scheme of arrangement (scheme) under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 does not constitute an offer of...more
New guidance for issuers and market participants on capital raising events and alternative working arrangements, and additional time allowed for filing half-yearly financial reports. On 27 May 2020, the FCA published its...more
With effect from 27 April 2020, the Listing Rules were amended to require issuers with equity and debt securities admitted to the Official List to ensure that a document is publicly available in the National Storage Mechanism...more
The FCA has published a special edition of its Primary Market Bulletin which provides key commentary for issuers and market participants in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing disclosure under the Market Abuse...more
The FCA expects firms to use flexibility to support consumers, has delayed new publications, and extended deadline for responses to published consultations to 1 October 2020. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has...more
In March 2020, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) released a consultation paper entitled: “Proposals to enhance climate-related disclosures by listed issuers and clarification of existing disclosure obligations”...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes To Expand “Test-the-Waters” Reforms to All Issuers - On February 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, which would permit any...more
In a series of votes on 29 January 2019, the parliament of the United Kingdom (the “UK”) rejected proposals aimed at preventing the UK from leaving the European Union (the “EU”) on 29 March 2019 without a Withdrawal Agreement...more
In July 2018, changes came into effect to improve the range, quality and timeliness of information available to the market and to remedy certain perceived conflicts of interest during the U.K. initial public offering (IPO)...more
The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a policy statement on 26 October 2017 setting out certain amendments to the Listing Rules ("LRs") and related technical notes ("Policy Statement"). The FCA...more