Nigeria – SEC Large Share Disclosures

Nigeria – SEC Large Share Disclosures

On 3 December 2020, NGR SEC issued disclosures on large share transactions.

  • NGR SEC has asked dealers to comply with rules on disclosing big share transactions.
  • Rule 56(1&2)(c) states single trades of 500,000 units to be disclosed within 24 hours.
  • Dealers must say if they are making multiple deals for clients or for their own account.
  • NGR SEC has published a template that broker dealers can use to file their disclosures.
  • Broker dealers must send their reports to the NGR SE's email address in a CSV format.

Effectiveness

  • Implementation of the transaction report template will take effect from 2 January 2021.