Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522Show full title

Article 9 U.K. Characteristics of the trading during a closed period

The issuer shall have the right to permit the person discharging managerial responsibilities within the issuer to trade on its own account or for the account of a third party during a closed period, including but not limited to circumstances where that person discharging managerial responsibilities:

(a)

had been awarded or granted financial instruments under an employee scheme, provided that the following conditions are met:

(i)

the employee scheme and its terms have been previously approved by the issuer in accordance with national law and the terms of the employee scheme specify the timing of the award or the grant and the amount of financial instruments awarded or granted, or the basis on which such an amount is calculated and given that no discretion can be exercised;

(ii)

the person discharging managerial responsibilities does not have any discretion as to the acceptance of the financial instruments awarded or granted;

(b)

had been awarded or granted financial instruments under an employee scheme that takes place in the closed period provided that a pre-planned and organised approach is followed regarding the conditions, the periodicity, the time of the award, the group of entitled persons to whom the financial instruments are granted and the amount of financial instruments to be awarded, the award or grant of financial instruments takes place under a defined framework under which any inside information cannot influence the award or grant of financial instruments;

(c)

exercises options or warrants or conversion of convertible bonds assigned to him under an employee scheme when the expiration date of such options, warrants or convertible bonds falls within a closed period, as well as sales of the shares acquired pursuant to such exercise or conversion, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(i)

the person discharging managerial responsibilities notifies the issuer of its choice to exercise or convert at least four months before the expiration date;

(ii)

the decision of the person discharging managerial responsibilities is irrevocable;

(iii)

the person discharging managerial responsibilities has received the authorisation from the issuer prior to proceed;

(d)

acquires the issuer's financial instruments under an employee saving scheme, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(i)

the person discharging managerial responsibilities has entered into the scheme before the closed period, except when it cannot enter into the scheme at another time due to the date of commencement of employment;

(ii)

the person discharging managerial responsibilities does not alter the conditions of his participation into the scheme or cancel his participation into the scheme during the closed period;

(iii)

the purchase operations are clearly organised under the scheme terms and that the person discharging managerial responsibilities has no right or legal possibility to alter them during the closed period, or are planned under the scheme to intervene at a fixed date which falls in the closed period;

(e)

transfers or receives, directly or indirectly, financial instruments, provided that the financial instruments are transferred between two accounts of the person discharging managerial responsibilities and that such a transfer does not result in a change in price of financial instruments;

(f)

acquires qualification or entitlement of shares of the issuer and the final date for such an acquisition, under the issuer's statute or by-law falls during the closed period, provided that the person discharging managerial responsibilities submits evidence to the issuer of the reasons for the acquisition not taking place at another time, and the issuer is satisfied with the provided explanation.