{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-853E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-853E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/853E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "853E",
  "heading": "Duty to notify trading status of shares",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a company having a share capital makes a confirmation statement.\n(2) The company must deliver to the registrar a statement dealing with the matters mentioned in subsection (4) at the same time as it delivers the confirmation statement.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if and to the extent that the last statement delivered to the registrar under this section applies equally to the confirmation period concerned.\n(4) The matters are—\n(a) whether any of the company's shares were, at any time during the confirmation period concerned, shares admitted to trading on a relevant market or on any other market which is outside the United Kingdom, and\n(b) if so, whether both of the conditions mentioned in subsection (5) were satisfied throughout the confirmation period concerned.\n(5) The conditions are that—\n(a) there were shares of the company which were shares admitted to trading on a relevant market;\n(b) the company was a DTR5 issuer.\n(6) In this Part—\n“DTR5 issuer” means an issuer to which Chapter 5 of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules sourcebook made by the Financial Conduct Authority (as amended or replaced from time to time) applies;\n“relevant market” means—\n(a)a recognised investment exchange, as defined in section 285(1)(a) (exemption for recognised exemption exchanges and clearance houses) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”); and\n(b)any other market which is a UK regulated market or an EU regulated market,\nbut not an overseas investment exchange, as defined by section 313 (interpretation of Part 18) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 24 substituted (1.5.2016 for specified purposes, otherwise 30.6.2016) by Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), ss. 92, 164(1); S.I. 2016/321, regs. 5, 6(a) (with Sch. para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 853E(6) substituted (29.6.2017 for specified purposes, 3.7.2017 for specified purposes, 31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/701), reg. 1(2)(3)(4)(6), Sch. 4 para. 9(6) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 853E(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 13; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 853A-853G applied by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 13(1) (as substituted (30.6.2016) by The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Requirements) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/599), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2 (with reg. 4(2)-(5)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 853A-853L excluded (1.5.2016 for specified purposes, 30.6.2016 in so far as not already in force) by The NRAM plc (formerly Northern Rock plc) Consequential and Supplementary Provisions Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/114), arts. 1(2), 7(1)(3), Sch. para. 1(q) (see S.I. 2016/321, regs. 5, 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 853A-853H applied (with modifications) (18.11.2025) by S.I. 2009/2436, Sch. 1 para. 13 (as amended by The Companies Authorised to Register, Unregistered Companies and Overseas Companies (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/761), regs. 1(3), 3(7) (with regs. 5, 6))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/853E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}