Amended Shareholders Directive

Short Reads - As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, companies face various legal issues related to the disease and its spread. These issues result in disruption to business, alongside the related regulatory and contractual implications. The crisis is severely affecting financial institutions and financial markets too. Both the Dutch and European financial regulators are closely monitoring the situation given the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial markets.

Short Reads - The developments with respect to COVID-19 raise a number of challenges for issuers of securities listed on a regulated market relating to – among other things – disclosure of information and periodic financial reporting.

Short Reads - Op 23 maart 2020 heeft het Nederlandse kabinet aanvullende overheidsmaatregelen genomen in het kader van de bestrijding van het coronavirus. Deze maatregelen zijn onder meer gericht op evenementen en samenkomsten. In een nieuwsbericht van het kabinet van 24 maart 2020 zijn deze maatregelen nader geduid (zie ook de Q&A die eveneens door het kabinet is gepubliceerd).

Short Reads - On 16 March 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) issued a decision which temporarily requires holders of net short positions in shares traded on European Union regulated markets to notify the relevant national competent authority (“NCA”) if the position reaches or exceeds 0.1% of the issued share capital (see link here).