Guidance

Notification Thresholds under the Short Selling Regulation

Published 15 December 2020

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Following the end of the Transition Period, HM Treasury intends to lay an SI under the Short Selling Regulation (SSR) [footnote 1], amending the initial notification threshold under Article 5(2) for the reporting of net short positions to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in relation to the issued share capital of a company that has shares admitted to trading on a trading venue, from 0.2% to 0.1%. This change will come into force on 1 February 2021. The FCA will provide information to reporting persons with respect to notifications in the interim period.

  1. Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps, as amended by the Short Selling (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1321) ↩

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