# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/959 of 17 May 2016 laying down implementing technical standards for market soundings with regard to the systems and notification templates to be used by disclosing market participants and the format of the records in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Annex III: Template for recording the communication given in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 11(6) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 to inform the person having received the market sounding that the information disclosed has ceased to be inside information

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Item
Text field
i.
Identity of the disclosing market participant
Full names of the disclosing market participant and of the person within the disclosing market participant providing the information and the contact details used for the communication.
ii.
Identity of the person receiving the communication
Full name of the person receiving the communication and the contact details used for the communication.
iii.
Date and time of the communication
Date and time(s) of the communication specifying the time zone.
iv.
Identification of the transaction
Information to identify the transaction that was subject to the market sounding.
It may include information about the type of transaction, e.g. IPO, secondary offer, merger, block trade, private placement, share capital increase.
v.
Date and time of the market sounding
Information about the date and time when the inside information was disclosed as part of the market sounding.
vi.
Communication that the information has ceased to be inside information
Statement to inform the market sounding recipient of the fact that the information disclosed has ceased to be inside information.
vii.
Date when the information ceased to be inside information
The date when the information disclosed as part of the market sounding ceased to be inside information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/959/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-959/annex-III
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