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23/03/2011 2011/36 Public statement- Framework for third country prospectuses under Article 20 of the Prospectus Directive Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure Statement PDF
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23/03/2011 2011/37 Public statement- ESMA statement on Israeli laws and regulations on prospectuses Prospectus, Corporate Disclosure Statement PDF
187.46 KB
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
189.46 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.
19/02/2013 2013/84 Feedback statement on the consultation regarding the role of the proxy advisory industry Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance Statement PDF
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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.
27/07/2021 ESMA31-62-1258 Q&As on the Prospectus Regulation Prospectus Q&A PDF
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30/09/2020 ESMA31-62-1491 Public statement QA update Prospectus Prospectus Statement PDF
93.84 KB
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
09/11/2020 ESMA31-67-127 Question and answers on Transparency Directive (TD) Brexit, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Finance, Supervisory convergence, Transparency Q&A PDF
352.79 KB
27/03/2020 ESMA31-67-742 Public statement on publication deadlines under the Transparency Directive COVID-19, Transparency Statement PDF
88.72 KB
15/07/2021 ESMA32-384-5209 ESMA Public Statement SPACs MiFID - Investor Protection, Prospectus Statement PDF
151.59 KB
19/11/2021 ESMA33-128-563 Questions and answers on the Securitisation Regulation Securitisation Q&A PDF
1.39 MB
11/01/2019 ESMA33-128-577 Statement on Securitisation implementation Securitisation Statement PDF
324.46 KB
13/03/2018 ESMA70-143-30 First meeting of the Euro Risk Free Rate Working Group – Steven Maijoor concluding remarks Benchmarks Statement PDF
154.5 KB
23/06/2022 ESMA70-145-114 Q&A on the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) Benchmarks, Supervisory convergence Q&A PDF
568.37 KB
07/10/2019 ESMA70-155-8500 Impact of no-deal Brexit on the application of MiFID II/MiFIR and the Benchmark Regulation (BMR) Benchmarks, Brexit, MiFID - Secondary Markets Statement PDF
140.47 KB
28/02/2022 ESMA70-1861941480-52 Q&A on EMIR implementation Post Trading, Trade Repositories Q&A PDF
1.46 MB
07/11/2018 ESMA71-99-1058 ESMA new SC chairs Fund Management, MiFID - Investor Protection, Risk Analysis & Economics - Markets Infrastructure Investors Statement PDF
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06/05/2020 ESMA71-99-1321 ESMA registers SFTR TRs Press Releases, Securities Financing Transactions, Trade Repositories Statement PDF
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