RE: By the balls17 Apr 2024 10:45
Market maker Exclude if holding less than 10%.
Investment/fund manager Certain managers can disclose holdings in UK issuers at higher initial thresholds of 5% and 10% (and every 1% thereafter).
Conditions apply to all exemptions – refer to Memorandum.
Key aggregation
Parent undertaking Aggregate and disclose holdings of it and its controlled undertakings. Where parent discloses on an aggregate basis, subsidiary is not required to disclose. Disaggregation exemption for parents of some management companies / investment firms.
Investment manager Aggregate and disclose managed holdings where it has voting control.
How to disclose As soon as possible and by midnight within 2 trading days (UK issuers) or 4 trading days (non-UK issuers) of knowledge of disclosable event (i.e. generally trade date for on-exchange – refer to Memorandum for detail. To FCA (online via ESS portal – pre-registration required) and issuer. Use the standard form.
Articles UK incorporated issuers may impose lower/intermediate disclosure thresholds in their constitutional documents.
Additional local disclosure Foreign companies admitted on AIM may impose obligations on holders via constitutional documents.
Short selling
Restriction: Ban on naked short selling of shares. Covered short selling is permitted in prescribed ways.
Position disclosure: Disclose net short positions (NSPs) in shares, including synthetic positions e.g. via cash-settled derivatives.
Disclosure Thresholds:
0.2% and each 0.1% thereafter (0.3%, 0.4% etc) of issued share capital – private notification.
0.5% and each 0.1% thereafter of issued share capital – public disclosure.
Disclosure scope: NSPs in shares admitted to trading on a UK trading venue (regulated market or MTF), regardless of whether position is taken on a UK or non-UK venue.
Key exemptions: Shares whose principal trading venue is outside the UK (see FCA’s list). Market making activities. Stabilisation.
How to disclose: Calculate at midnight and notify by 15:30 on the following trading day. To FCA via ESS online portal (pre-registration required).
Separate restrictions apply to short selling of sovereign debt and sovereign CDS – refer to UK Short Selling Report and Memorandum.