On 30 April 2020, BUL FSC adopted EU shareholders rights directive. Consultation on ordinance to amend and supplement ordinance 48 of 20 March 2013 on requirements for remuneration and thereby transpose EU shareholders rights directive. Issued draft regulation and the reasons for it, as well as reference for EU compliance. Proposed amendments regarding management remuneration policy…
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Brazil – GVT Mergers and Acquisitions
On 30 April 2020, BRZ GVT issued rules on specific M&A assessments. Circular 4.013 of 28 April 2020 on BRZ CB assessment of certain concentration acts. Amended cir 3.590 of 2012 re analysis of mergers in the National Financial System. Key Aspects Specific concentration acts involving, directly or indirectly, financial institutions that must be submitted…
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France – Proposal to Change Shareholding Disclosure Threshold
On 28 April 2020, FR AMF issued proposed shareholder activism rules. The AMF has suggested several targeted measures regarding shareholder activism. Proposals Enhance transparency on stake-building by lowering the first legal notification threshold for substantial shareholding and making public any statutory threshold crossing reported to the company; Supplementing the reporting on net short positions by…
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Japan – GVT Foreign Direct Investment
On 24 April 2020, JPN GVT published feedback associated with the public consultation. It also published updated presentation on the matter in Japanese and English. Amended definition closely-related persons, so that a person who was a foreign investor's board member in the past year is excluded from the definition, if the nomination of the person…
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Rulefinder Alerts to Extended Short Selling Ban
On 28 April 2020, aosphere LLP's Rulefinder alerted clients to an extended short selling ban.
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U.A.E. – DFSA SMEs Listing Disclosure
On 22 April 2020, UAE DFSA issued market brief for SMEs on new DFSA listing regime. Market brief is not intended to be guidance as contemplated by Regulatory Law 2004. Discussed audited accounts covering minimum period of one year instead of 3 years. 12-month lock-in period on pre-listing shareholders of SME; website disclosures with information…
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