RE: MM shares / Mr25026 Aug 2021 00:42
Oddly, I was looking into the FCA requirements of non UK issuers regarding the acquisition or disposal of significant shareholdings for a different share the other day.
This was why I mentioned the 5% threshold. As section 5.1 of the handbook says....
' (or in the case of a non-UK issuer on the basis of thresholds at 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% and 75%) as a result of an acquisition or disposal of shares or financial instruments falling within DTR 5.3.1 R; or
(2) reaches, exceeds or falls below an applicable threshold in (1) as a result of events changing the breakdown of voting rights and on the basis of information disclosed by the issuer in accordance with DTR 5.6.1 Rand DTR 5.6.1A R;'
So I was/am of the view that if their position crosses below the threshold of 5%, then it's notifiable, even though non UK.
The recent block listing RNS stated 1,112,264,097 is the share figure that may be used by shareholders as the denominator or the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company, under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Strangely MM isn't actually listed as a significant shareholder on ARCMs website under the AIM rule 26 disclosures. However Ella referenced he has 67.4 million shares detailed within the accounts reported last year. On this basis that represents 6.05% of the notifiable shares in issue.
Long and geeky story short....
I'm not sure under what exemption within the framework that this is not notifiable.Their are several exclusions from the notification requirements detailed within the FCA handbook around non UK issuers, trading book exemptions and exemptions for certain collective investment type vehicles. However I can't see anything obvious that would preclude this.
In light of my (potentially sleep inducing) info above I'd be interested in the reasons you understand that the position falling below the 5% threshold isn't notifiable?
I genuinely don't understand why they wouldn't have to notify. In which case it would be great to try encourage this disclosure, or one could assume they've a lot to sell still.
Thanks