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25/11/2011 2011/397 Public statement on sovereign debt in IFRS financial statements Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance, IFRS Supervisory Convergence, Press Releases Statement PDF
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19/02/2013 2013/84 Feedback statement on the consultation regarding the role of the proxy advisory industry Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance Statement PDF
559.31 KB
12/11/2013 2013/1642 Information on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the Takeover Bids Directive Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance Statement PDF
321.63 KB		 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a statement on practices governed by the Takeover Bid Directive (TBD), focused on shareholder cooperation issues relating to acting in concert and the appointment of board members. The statement contains a White List of activities that shareholders can cooperate on without the presumption of acting in concert. It also contains information on how shareholders may cooperate in order to secure board member appointments by setting out factors that national authorities may take into account when considering whether shareholders are acting in concert. The statement is in response to a request by the European Commission for clarity on these issues, following its 2012 report on the application of the TBD. It is based on information collected about the TBD’s application and common practices across the European Economic Area (EEA). The statement was prepared by the Takeover Bids Network, a permanent working group, under ESMA’s auspices, that promotes the exchange of information on practices and application of the TBD across EEA.
18/12/2015 2015/1887 Follow-up report on the development of the Best Practice Principles for Providers of Shareholder Voting Research and Analysis Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance Final Report PDF
645.64 KB
18/12/2017 ESMA32-60-204 Final report on the RTS on the European Single Electronic Format European Single Electronic Format Final Report PDF
6.37 MB
11/04/2019 ESMA31-62-780 Q&A on Prospectus Related Topics Brexit, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Information, Prospectus, Supervisory convergence Q&A PDF
957.9 KB
07/06/2019 ESMA32-60-474 Draft RTS amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/815 on the updates of the taxonomy to be used for the ESEF Corporate Disclosure, European Single Electronic Format Final Report PDF
6.5 MB
06/02/2020 ESMA70-156-2274 Public statement- Ensuring a common supervisory approach to secure compliance with the MiFIR pre-trade transparency requirements in commodity derivatives Trading Statement PDF
114.58 KB
27/02/2020 ESMA/2014/677-REV Information on shareholder cooperation and acting in concert under the Takeover Bids Directive Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance Statement PDF
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an update to its statement on practices governed by the Takeover Bid Directive (TBD), focused on shareholder cooperation issues relating to acting in concert and the appointment of board members. The update concerns a change to the Croatian creep-in threshold and secondary threshold in Appendix B. The statement contains a White List of activities that shareholders can cooperate on without the presumption of acting in concert. It also contains information on how shareholders may cooperate in order to secure board member appointments by setting out factors that national authorities may take into account when considering whether shareholders are acting in concert.The statement is in response to a request by the European Commission for clarity on these issues, following its 2012 report on the application of the TBD. It is based on information collected about the TBD’s application and common practices across the European Economic Area (EEA). The statement was prepared by the Takeover Bids Network, a permanent working group, under ESMA’s auspices, that promotes the exchange of information on practices and application of the TBD across EEA.
30/03/2020 ESMA70-151-2919 Final Report EMIR RTS on Colleges for CCPs CCP Directorate, Post Trading, Supervisory convergence Final Report PDF
273.08 KB
31/03/2020 ESMA43-370-103 Final report on TA on EMIR 2.2 CCP fines CCP Directorate, Credit Rating Agencies, Post Trading, Trade Repositories Final Report PDF
478.11 KB
18/06/2020 ESMA32-60-607 Final report on draft RTS including 2020 update RTS on ESEF European Single Electronic Format Final Report PDF
6.21 MB
23/09/2020 ESMA70-155-10272 Final Report on Cum Ex and other multiple withholding tax reclaim schemes Market Abuse, Market Integrity, Trading Final Report PDF
906.57 KB
28/09/2020 ESMA77-99-1403 ESMA to recognise three UK CCPS from 1 January 2021 Brexit, CCP Directorate, Post Trading Statement PDF
93.94 KB
28/09/2020 ESMA70-156-3329 MiFID II MiFIR review report on the transparency regime for non-equity instruments Trading Final Report PDF
1.48 MB
01/10/2020 ESMA70-155-10962 Impact of Brexit on the application of MiFID II/MiFIR Brexit, MiFID - Secondary Markets, Trading Statement PDF
131.04 KB
21/01/2021 ESMA70-151-2924 Guidelines on written agreements between members of CCP colleges CCP Directorate Final Report PDF
347.58 KB