Article 68 Promotions in connection with admission to certain UK and EEA marketsF4

United Kingdom

(1)

The financial promotion restriction does not apply to any communication—

(a)

which is a non-real time communication or a solicited real time communication;

(b)

which a relevant F1UK market or relevant EEA market requires to be communicated before an investment can be admitted to trading on that market;

(c)

which, if it were included in a prospectus issued in accordance with F2regulated market admission rules, would be required to be communicated by those rules; and

(d)

which is not accompanied by any information other than information which is required or permitted to be published by the rules of that market.

(2)

In this article “relevant EEA market” means any market on which investments can be traded or dealt in and which—

(a)

meets the criteria specified in Part I of Schedule 3; F3...

(b)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 68(1)(b) inserted (18.10.2021) by The Markets in Financial Instruments, Benchmarks and Financial Promotions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1074), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(b)
F2: Words in art. 68(1)(c) substituted (30.1.2024 for specified purposes, 19.1.2026 in so far as not already in force) by The Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/105), reg. 2(2)(3), Sch. 3 para. 29 (with regs. 48-50); S.I. 2025/1078, reg. 5(b) (with reg. 12)
F3: Art. 68(2)(b) and preceding word omitted (1.4.2017 for specified purposes, 3.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/488), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 9(8)
F4: Words in art. 68 heading inserted (18.10.2021) by The Markets in Financial Instruments, Benchmarks and Financial Promotions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1074), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(a)