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AIM company definition

What does AIM company mean? In practice, an aim company is a company that has one or more classes of its shares admitted to trading on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market for smaller, growing issuers. The term is widely used across corporate, capital markets and M&A work, and is also a defined term in the AIM Rules for Companies. Key features include: admission and continuing obligations under the AIM Rules for Companies; the requirement to appoint and maintain a nominated adviser (Nomad); and disclosure obligations (including inside information) under the applicable market abuse regime. An AIM company is not admitted...

UK Compliance Guide for AIM Company Directors: Duties, Disclosure, Transactions, Financial Reporting, Market Abuse, Financial Promotion, Governance and Takeover Code

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1 Introduction

1.1 This memorandum is produced for the Directors and proposed directors (the Directors) of the Company, to offer a high-level overview of the principal duties and obligations of a director of a company with Shares admitted, or to be admitted, to AIM, a market run by London Stock Exchange plc (LSE).

1.2 Once a company’s securities are admitted to trading on AIM, the company and its directors are subject to an additional layer of regulation. This includes obligations set out in the AIM Rules for Companies issued by the LSE (AIM Rules), the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules sourcebook (DTRs), the Prospectus Rules and the Market Abuse Regulation.

1.3 As a Director, you will be accountable, both individually and collectively with your fellow Directors, for the Company’s compliance with these requirements. The LSE has authority to impose fines or publicly censure an AIM company for breaches of the AIM Rules and may suspend or cancel the admission of the Company’s securities to AIM...

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