Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

96B Persons discharging managerial responsibilities and connected persons U.K.

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a “person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer” means—

(a) a director of an issuer falling within section 96A(1)(c)(i) or (ii); or

(b) a senior executive of such an issuer who—

(i) has regular access to inside information relating, directly or indirectly, to the issuer, and

(ii) has power to make managerial decisions affecting the future development and business prospects of the issuer.

(2) A person “connected” with a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer means—

(a) a “connected person” within the meaning in section 346 of the Companies Act 1985 F1 (reading that section as if any reference to a director of a company were a reference to a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer);

(b) a relative of a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer, who, on the date of the transaction in question, has shared the same household as that person for at least 12 months;

(c) a body corporate in which—

(i) a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer, or

(ii) any person connected with him by virtue of subsection (a) or (b),

is a director or a senior executive who has the power to make management decisions affecting the future development and business prospects of that body corporate.

Textual Amendments

F1 1985 c. 6.