Notification Requirements29 Nov 2025 10:48
📣 What notifications may be required — when you sell/ dispose of shares
If you sell (or otherwise dispose of) shares on Aquis, you may need to trigger certain notifications, depending on how large your holding is and what thresholds you cross. Key points:
Under DTR 5, a shareholder (or person holding financial instruments with voting rights) must notify the issuer (the company) — and in many cases the regulator (Financial Conduct Authority, FCA) — when their holding reaches, exceeds, or falls below certain thresholds of voting rights or share capital.
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For example, if after your sale your holdings fall below a threshold (say 5 %, 3 %, or others depending on the company’s schedule), that triggers a “major shareholding” disclosure obligation.
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To report the change, you (or applicable reporting entity) must complete a formal notification — commonly a TR‑1 Form — via the FCA’s “Major Shareholding Notification” portal (or email the issuer, depending on market) to declare the new level of voting rights post-sale.
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Once the issuer receives a valid notification, the issuer often must publicly announce it (or otherwise disclose updated shareholding / voting-rights data), so the market knows about the ownership change.
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⚠️ What triggers a “notification” when selling — and when it's not needed
You don’t always need to submit a notification when selling. Notification obligations only kick in when the sale causes your holding to cross a threshold requiring disclosure under DTR.
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Small disposals — that leave your holding above threshold or don’t shift you across a threshold — may not require a formal notification.
Also, depending on whether the company is on Aquis Main Market or Growth Market, and depending on the company’s incorporation/origin, some disclosure requirements may differ (or be exempt) under certain exemption rules.
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