Corporate Watch

Mondaq Business Briefing, August, 2002

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Corporate communications - need for approval as financial promotions

SEC requires electronic filings by non US issuers

Corporate communications - need for approval as financial promotions

Following the UK Listing Authority's recent publication of its guidance on Financial Promotions and Related Activities (the Guidance), we have updated our analysis of whether certain types of corporate communication by London listed companies will require approval by an authorised person as a financial promotion before release or publication.

The Guidance, published in May 2002, is available from the UK Listing Authority.

The key changes we have made, which reflect some helpful analysis by the UK Listing Authority in the...