Regulatory AlertsDOC-2015-09 Communication by Companies to Promote Their Securities to Individual Investors
The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) recommends that issuers promoting their securities to individual investors explicitly draw public attention to risk factors found in the reference document or annual financial report. The regulator further advises issuers to explain their corporate strategy in a pedagogical and balanced manner. This guidance stems from the AMF's 2015 study on communication devices directed at individual shareholders.
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I - Issuers and Financial Information I. 7 - Corporate Governance and General Meetings I. 7.1. General Meetings
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Communication by Companies to Promote Their Securities to Individual Investors
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Applicable as of November 26, 2015 Recommendation DOC-2015-09
Download Viewed Version Summary Following its work on shareholder relations mechanisms, the AMF recommends that issuers promoting their securities to individual investors draw public attention to the risk factors presented in the reference document or, failing that, in the annual financial report. The AMF also recommends that issuers explain their strategy in a pedagogical and balanced manner.
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Article 223-1 of the AMF General Regulation
2015 Study on the communication devices of listed companies directed at their individual shareholders Legal notices: Publisher: The Director of the AMF Communication Department. Contact: Communication Department, Autorité des marchés financiers - 17, place de la Bourse - 75082 Paris Cedex 02