Hong Kong – SFC Updated Disclosure of Interest RE: Substantial Shareholding

Hong Kong – SFC Updated Disclosure of Interest RE: Substantial Shareholding

On 24 May 2024, the SFC published a new version of its Outline of Part XV of the SFO - Disclosure of Interests document.

  • related to substantial shareholding is paragraph 5.9 (Treasury Shares) of the Outline
  • confirms that treasury shares remain part of a listed corporation’s issued voting shares
  • must be included in the number of shares of the listed corporation of the same class in issue for the purposes of calculating the percentage figure of substantial shareholding