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Article from Issuer Guidelines published by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority

Any domestic issuer of shares within the meaning of section 2 (14) nos. 1 and 2 of the WpHG in conjunction with section 33 (4) of the WpHG is required to publish notifications and transmit them to the Company Register. This requirement extends to:

  • issuers whose home country is the Federal Republic of Germany and whose shares are admitted to trading on an organised market in Germany or in another EU member state or a signatory state to the EEA (exception: issuers whose shares are admitted to trading not in Germany, but only in another EU member state or a signatory state to the EEA are not classified as domestic issuers, subject to the further conditions of section 2 (14) no. 1 of the WpHG),
  • issuers whose home country is another EU member state or a signatory state to the EEA, but whose shares are only admitted to trading on an organised market in Germany.

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