rec_18

(18) In order to improve the efficiency of pre-emptive issues of equity securities and adequately to take account of the size of issuers, without prejudice to investor protection, a proportionate disclosure regime should be introduced for offers of shares to existing shareholders who can either subscribe those shares or sell the right to subscribe for the shares, for offers by SMEs and issuers with reduced market capitalisation (namely small companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market), and for offers of non-equity securities referred to in Article 1(2)(j) of Directive 2003/71/EC issued by credit institutions. Where such credit institutions issue securities below the limit laid down in that Article, but choose to opt into the regime of this Directive and, consequently, draw up a prospectus, they should be entitled to benefit from the relevant proportionate disclosure regime. The proportionate disclosure regime for pre-emptive issues should apply where the shares offered are of the same class as the shares of the issuer admitted to trading either on a regulated market or on a multilateral trading facility as defined in Article 4(1)(15) of Directive 2004/39/EC as long as the facility is subject to appropriate ongoing disclosure requirements and rules on market abuse. The European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority) should issue guidelines regarding these conditions in order to ensure a consistent approach by the competent authorities.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.