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This checklist sets out what a company listed in the equity shares (commercial companies) category must announce to a regulatory information service (RIS) in relation to a significant transaction under UKLR 7.3 of the UK Listing Rules. Under the UKLR, a significant transaction is one where any percentage ratio reaches 25% or more. Initial disclosure requirements—UKLR 7.3.1R The following must be notified to a RIS as soon as the terms of a significant transaction are agreed: UKLR 7.3.1R (2)(a): A statement setting out why the transaction is notifiable under UKLR 7. UKLR 7.2.13G (4): If the notice concerns aggregated transactions, an explanation of the basis for aggregation, with reference to whether UKLR 7.2.11R (1)(a), (1)(b) or (1)(c) applies. UKLR 7.3.1R (2)(b): A summary of the transaction and the company’s rationale for undertaking it, including the items below. UKLR 7 Annex 2, 1.1 R (1): Full particulars of the transaction, including the name of the counterparty. UKLR 7 Annex 2, 1.1 R...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is no longer maintained. This tracker outlines the consultation papers issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2022, together with the release of any follow-on rules and guidance. For FCA consultation papers from other years, see: FCA consultation paper trackers. For material from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) from 2017 and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) from 2008 to 2013, see: PRA consultation paper tracker [Archived] FSA consultation paper tracker [Archived] Risk management and controls CP22/28 (PRA CP 15/22): Remuneration: Ratio between fixed and variable components of total remuneration The FCA and PRA are jointly consulting on removing the current limits on the ratio between fixed and variable elements of total pay (the ‘bonus cap’). The proposals in this consultation paper (CP) would take effect on the next calendar day after the final policy is published-expected in Q2 2023-and would apply to firms’ performance year commencing after that. Responses to PRA...

Treadwell v Barton Turns Development Ltd [2024] EAT 137 What are the practical implications of this decision? The practical effect is that uncertainty endures as to whether a claimant can contend both that a co-worker imposed the detriment of dismissal and that the employer bears vicarious responsibility for that misconduct, even though the employer could not itself be personally liable for the detriment of dismissal. Pursuing such a formulation assists the claimant owing to the approach to causation, and because compensation for injury to feelings is available on a detriment claim but not for an unfair dismissal claim issued directly against the employer. In this appeal, HHJ Barklem indicates adherence to the unambiguous language of paragraph 91 in Osipov, which points to vicarious liability being capable of arising in these circumstances. That conclusion directly clashes with Bourne J’s judgment in Wicked Vision, which reached the reverse view on the footing that paragraph 91 did not form part of Osipov’s ratio. The consequence is a continuing lack of clarity pending...

In this issue Prudential requirements Financial crime and sanctions Consumer protection Investigations, enforcement and discipline Ex-Barclays executive loses appeal over FCA ban on senior job Regulation of capital markets Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management Regulation of insurance Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Prudential requirements EBA updates systemic importance indicators for G-SIIs. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has refreshed the set of 13 systemic importance indicators, together with the underlying data, for the EU’s 33 largest institutions whose leverage ratio exposure measure exceeds EUR 200 bn. The release also provides revised figures and data items reflecting recognition of the Banking Union and of institutions within the Single Resolution Mechanism. This dataset is updated on an annual cycle. See: LNB News 27/08/2024 20. Financial crime and sanctions IEA publishes discussion paper on...

In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Prudential requirements Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Complaints, compensation and claims management Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of derivatives Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals UK MiFID II Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Regulation of insurance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Dates for your diary Financial Services Enforcement Database New and updated content Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts LexTalk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community UK, EU and international regulators and bodies FSCS confirms unchanged levy for 2025/26 and provides early forecast for 2026/27 The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has issued its latest Outlook levy update for 2025/26, stating the levy will hold at £356m—as projected in May 2025—with no further levy anticipated for firms across the rest of this financial year. A preliminary view for...

The corporate interest restriction (CIR) framework is extensive and intricate. This Practice Note concentrates on the elections a group can choose to make within its interest restriction return. Readers are also directed to: Practice Note: Corporate interest restriction—quick guide for a brief, high-level overview of the CIR and the background to its introduction Practice Note: Corporate interest restriction—glossary of key terms for the meanings of key terms and concepts used throughout the CIR legislation Practice Note: Corporate interest restriction—the main rules for a closer look at the principal operative provisions of the CIR Practice Note: Corporate interest restriction—administration for the more administrative aspects of the CIR, including the interest restriction return The CIR rules permit groups to make specific elections that change the computation of group-interest and other amounts that feed into the group ratio method. Group-interest (rather than tax-interest) is an accounts-based measure of interest and the central component in the calculations of NGIE, ANGIE and QNGIE. Each of the...

This Practice Note outlines high-level details of the prudential capital framework that applies to UK banks and building societies, as well as to large, systemically important investment firms designated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) under Article 3 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (PRA-regulated Activities) Order, SI 2013/556. The requirements are contained in: the onshored Capital Requirements Regulation, Retained Regulation (EU) 575/2013 (UK CRR), and associated technical standards—for information, see Practice Note: UK Capital Requirements Regulation (UK CRR)—technical standards [Archived] PRA Supervisory Statements (SSs), and the PRA Rulebook In the PRA Rulebook, banks, building societies and designated investment firms are collectively termed ‘CRR firms’. For information on the regulatory capital requirements applying to non-designated UK investment firms, see Practice Note: The UK investment firms prudential regime (IFPR). Significant upcoming changes to regulatory capital requirements Revocation of UK CRR under FSMA 2023 Sections 1 and 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA...

Overview This Practice Note outlines key characteristics of covenant loose and covenant lite financings and considers certain risks that investors in these facilities may encounter. It assumes a degree of familiarity with leveraged finance terminology and documentation. For introductory material on leveraged finance financial covenants, see Practice Note: Leveraged finance—financial covenants. For an introductory guide to acquisition finance, see Practice Note: Introductory guide to acquisition finance. The Glossary of acquisition finance terms and jargon may also be helpful... Terminology Traditional ‘covenanted’ facility European leveraged facility agreements have traditionally included a package of financial covenants designed to monitor the borrower‑group’s financial performance against a base case financial model. The full suite typically comprises the following covenants: Leverage — this is the ratio of the group’s total [net] indebtedness to its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation ( EBITDA ). The leverage ratio gauges the group’s indebtedness against its ordinary operating profit; the higher the ratio, the more indebted the group and the greater...

[ insert name of company ] plc (Registered in [ insert country of incorporation ] with number [ insert company number ]) [ insert description of rights issue, eg Proposed [ insert offer ratio, eg 5 for 8 ] rights issue of [ insert total number new shares to be issued ] new ordinary shares of [ insert nominal value ] each at [ insert offer price ] per ordinary share ] This notice is issued, in accordance with section 562(3) of the Companies Act 2006, to every person whose name appears on the register at the close of business on [ insert date ] (the Rights Issue Record Date) as a holder of ordinary shares of [ insert nominal value ] each (the Ordinary Shares) in [ insert name of company ] plc (the Company) who does not have a registered address in the UK or an EEA State and has...

Current ratio Date of calculations: [ insert date of calculations ] Formula: Current assets ÷ Current liabilities Calculation: Result: Result from previous month/year: % movement: If the ratio slips under 1.0, the firm lacks sufficient current assets to meet its current liabilities as they become due. Compare this outcome to the previous current ratio result. If the current ratio is declining and nearing 1.0, calculate the other ratios to gain a clearer view of why the firm is running out of money...

Cash and profitability ratio calculations Current ratio Formula: Current assets ÷ Current liabilities Calculation: 764,400 ÷ 534,200 Result: 1.43 Result from previous month/year: 1.39 % movement: 2.88% Should the ratio dip below 1.0, the business does not hold sufficient current assets to meet its current liabilities as they fall due. Set this figure against the earlier current ratio. If the current ratio is weakening and edging near 1.0, work out the other ratios to gain clearer insight into why the business is running out of money...