Topic Information obligations for issuers Addressees of the publication and transmission requirements
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.