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New disclosure requirements create challenges for investors

Schoenherr
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Austria
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January 16 2013

The Stock Exchange Act has recently been amended to extend significantly disclosure obligations for shareholdings in listed companies

Amendments reform the prospectus and shareholding disclosure framework

Baker & McKenzie
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Austria
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November 15 2012

In July 2012 the Austrian Parliament adopted an amendment of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act and of the Austrian Capital Markets Act regarding the regimes for prospectuses for securities and investments and disclosure of major shareholdings

A basic primer to electricity and gas wholesale trading

Schoenherr
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Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland
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October 2 2012

We were prompted to put this material together as in the past year we have noticed an increased interest in the energy markets in the region, coming not only from the European utilities, but from international players as well

New thresholds and changes to notification requirements under the Austrian Stock Exchange Act

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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Austria
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September 20 2012

In this briefing we summarise the implications of recent amendments to the Austrian Stock Exchange Act regarding notification requirements for shares and derivative instruments

Tax efficient share incentives in Austria

Eversheds LLP
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Austria
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April 18 2012

Austrian incentive schemes for industrial engineering companies are typically aimed at senior employees at managerial level, such as members of the managing board (Vorstand) of a stock corporation and managing directors (Geschäftsführer) of companies with limited liability

Authority tightens insider rules in new compliance regulation

Schoenherr
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Austria
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March 6 2012

In light of its findings during on-site audits of issuers' compliance organisations, the Austrian Financial Market Authority has amended the 2007 Compliance Regulation for Issuers and published a circular providing practical guidelines for issuers on the implementation of efficient compliance organisations

Financial Market Authority tightens insider rules in new compliance regulation

Schoenherr
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Austria
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February 15 2012

On 31 January 2012, the Financial Market Authority (FMA) amended the compliance regulation (Amendment to the Emittenten-Compliance-Verordnung 2007, ECV 2007) introducing the concept of compliance-relevant information“

Application of long disclosure rules on derivatives

Schoenherr
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Austria
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September 12 2011

Under Section 91 of the Stock Exchange Act, persons that directly or indirectly acquire or sell the shares of an issuer whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated European Economic Area (EEA) market must immediately (or no more than two trading days later) inform the Austrian Financial Market Authority, the exchange operating company and the issuer of the share of voting rights held after the completion of the acquisition or sale if their proportion of voting rights reaches, exceeds or falls below 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 75 or 90