On 20 June 2022, GE BaFin fined CEWE Stiftung & Co. €600,000 for breach. Ge BaFin announced CEWE Stiftung and Co. €600,000 fine, imposed on 1 June 2022. Company did not publish the total number of voting rights within the required time. Breached section 41(2) in conjunction with section 1 of German securities trading act.…
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Japan – Trust Voting Rights Proposals
On 21 October 2021, JPN Trust published reform proposals on voting rights. JPN Trust published proposals made regarding regulatory and administrative reforms. Follows JPN GVT 13 August 2021 invitation to the public to make reform suggestions. Proposals Include review of rules on holding voting rights re trust accounts within the antimonopoly act; relaxation of procedures…
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Germany – BaFin Company Voting Rights
On 9 March 2020, BaFin proposed rules on company voting rights. BaFin introducing mandatory electronic transmission of voting rights notifications. Notification of Voting Rights Draft regulation issued proposing to amend the voting rights notification ordinance and thereby introduce the electronic transmission of voting rights notifications to BaFin. Note that FAQs will be published on the…
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Germany – BaFin Goldman Sachs Fined
On 6 September 2019, GE BaFin fined Goldman €800k for voting rights. BaFin imposed a fine of 800,000 euros against Goldman Sachs on 12 August 2019. The sanction was based on a violation of German Federal Administrative Offenses Act section 130(1), in conjunction with German Securities Trading Act section 25(1). Goldman Sachs International had not…
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France – AMF Takeover Bid Trigger
On 27 June 2019, FR AMF announced amendments to general regulation. A decree of 19 June 2019, published in Official Journal of 21 June 2019, makes amendments to book II of general regulation on takeover bids and squeeze-out. Made pursuant to Article 75 I of Law No. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on growth and…
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