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Marknadsmissbruksförordningens tillämplighet under noteringsprocessen

Anstrin, Isabell LU (2023) JURM02 20231
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
As a result of the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal’s judgment in case no. 4468-19 of 20 November 2020, the time for when an application for admission to trading shall be considered to have been submitted to the regulated market Nasdaq Stockholm, and thus when the market abuse regu-lation (“MAR”) becomes applicable in a listing process, has been decided to the time of submission of Nasdaq Stockholm’s Admission Form B. In practice, this means that MAR can become applicable in a listing process as early as several weeks prior to the first day of trading which, in some respects, is not unproblematic.
This thesis has identified and sought to clarify a number of issues arising from the established interpretation of when an application... (More)
As a result of the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal’s judgment in case no. 4468-19 of 20 November 2020, the time for when an application for admission to trading shall be considered to have been submitted to the regulated market Nasdaq Stockholm, and thus when the market abuse regu-lation (“MAR”) becomes applicable in a listing process, has been decided to the time of submission of Nasdaq Stockholm’s Admission Form B. In practice, this means that MAR can become applicable in a listing process as early as several weeks prior to the first day of trading which, in some respects, is not unproblematic.
This thesis has identified and sought to clarify a number of issues arising from the established interpretation of when an application for admission to trading is to be considered to have been made. The issues raised include, inter alia, whether inside information, as defined in MAR, can even occur if there is no financial instrument listed, and what happens if the planned listing itself is delayed or cancelled – would the obligation for the issuer to apply MAR still exist, and if not, when and how does that obligation cease to exist? Is market abuse as defined in MAR possible in the period before the financial instrument is admitted to trading? MAR is an important regu-lation for the stock market as it is intended to establish rules regarding market abuse and measures to prevent it as part of ensuring the integrity of the stock market and to improve the protection of investors as well as the trust in the stock market. It is thus also important that the objectives ex-pected to be achieved by MAR are taken into account when analysing the issues raised in this thesis.
In conclusion, even though several challenges arise from MAR becoming applicable during the listing process, that is how the Swedish Administra-tive Court of Appeal has ruled to interpret the application article in MAR, and thus what participants of the stock market must try to comply with. At least until there is a different regime to oblige to. Given that a system ac-cording to the Administrative Court of Appeal’s decision leads to MAR being difficult to apply, it is desirable that the legislator clarifies exactly what the rules are, how exactly to interpret not only the application article in MAR alone but also in combination with the articles regulating inside information and the various types of market abuse. Should those articles be considered applicable as early as during the listing process and, if so, how should an issuer assess, for example, when and how inside information occurs. However, it is in fact highly questionable whether market abuse can exist or inside information can arise in practice, in the period prior to the first day of trading, or at least in the period before there is a published prospectus or other price indication on which the assessment of whether inside information has arisen can be based. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Med anledning av kammarrättens dom i mål nr 4468-19 av den 20 novem-ber 2020 har tidpunkten för när en ansökan om upptagande till handel ska anses vara inlämnad på den reglerade marknaden Nasdaq Stockholm, och således när marknadsmissbruksförordnigen (”MAR”) blir tillämplig i en noteringsprocess, fastställts till tidpunkten för när Nasdaq Stockholms Admission Form B lämnas in. Detta innebär i praktiken att tidpunkten för när MAR blir tillämplig i en noteringsprocess kan infalla så tidigt som flertalet veckor före första dag för handel vilket i vissa sammanhang inte är helt oproblematiskt.
Denna uppsats har identifierat ett antal frågeställningar med anledning av den fastställda tolkningen för när en ansökan om upptagande till handel ska... (More)
Med anledning av kammarrättens dom i mål nr 4468-19 av den 20 novem-ber 2020 har tidpunkten för när en ansökan om upptagande till handel ska anses vara inlämnad på den reglerade marknaden Nasdaq Stockholm, och således när marknadsmissbruksförordnigen (”MAR”) blir tillämplig i en noteringsprocess, fastställts till tidpunkten för när Nasdaq Stockholms Admission Form B lämnas in. Detta innebär i praktiken att tidpunkten för när MAR blir tillämplig i en noteringsprocess kan infalla så tidigt som flertalet veckor före första dag för handel vilket i vissa sammanhang inte är helt oproblematiskt.
Denna uppsats har identifierat ett antal frågeställningar med anledning av den fastställda tolkningen för när en ansökan om upptagande till handel ska anses vara inlämnad, samt försökt få klarhet i desamma. De frågor som behandlas inkluderar bland annat huruvida insiderinformation, så som in-siderinformation definieras i MAR, över huvud taget kan uppstå om det inte ännu finns något finansiellt instrument upptaget till handel, och vad händer om noteringen i sin helhet försenas eller avbryts – föreligger det alltjämt skyldighet för emittenten att tillämpa MAR och om inte; när och hur upphör den skyldigheten? Är marknadsmissbruk enligt respektive defi-nition i MAR möjligt i tiden före det att ett finansiellt instrument finns upptaget till handel? MAR är ett viktigt regelverk för aktiemarknaden ef-tersom MAR är ämnat att fastställa regler om marknadsmissbruk samt åt-gärder för att sådana ska förhindras som ett led i att säkerställa integriteten för aktiemarknaden samt förbättra investerarskyddet och förtroendet för aktiemarknaden. Det är således även viktigt att de syften som förväntas uppnås med MAR tas i beaktande vid en analys av de i denna uppsats upp-ställda frågeställningarna.
Sammanfattningsvis så är det trots allt så att även fastän många svårigheter uppkommer genom en ordning där MAR blir tillämplig under noterings-processen så är det såsom kammarrätten har avgjort att tillämpningsarti-keln i MAR ska tolkas, och således vad aktörerna på aktiemarknaden får försöka rätta sig efter. Åtminstone tills dess att annat besked ges. På grund av att en ordning enligt kammarrättens avgörande leder till att MAR blir svårtillämpad så är det eftersträvansvärt att lagstiftaren klargör exakt vad det är som ska gälla, hur exakt man ska tolka inte bara tillämplighetsarti-keln i MAR ensamt utan även bland annat i kombination med de artiklar som reglerar insiderinformation samt de olika typerna av marknadsmiss-bruk. Ska de artiklarna anses tillämpliga redan under noteringsprocessen och hur ska en emittent i så fall bedöma, exempelvis, när och hur insiderin-formation uppstår? Det är de facto dock högst tveksamt huruvida mark-nadsmissbruk kan finnas eller insiderinformation kan uppstå i praktiken, i tiden före första dag för handel, eller åtminstone i tiden före det finns ett offentliggjort prospekt eller annan prisindikation som bedömningen om huruvida insiderinformation har uppstått kan grundas på. (Less)
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Anstrin, Isabell LU
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organization
alternative title
Applicability of the Market Abuse Regulation during the listing process
course
JURM02 20231
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
förmögenhetsrätt, aktiemarknadsrätt, marknadsmissbruk
language
Swedish
id
9115801
date added to LUP
2023-06-19 09:21:16
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This thesis has identified and sought to clarify a number of issues arising from the established interpretation of when an application for admission to trading is to be considered to have been made. The issues raised include, inter alia, whether inside information, as defined in MAR, can even occur if there is no financial instrument listed, and what happens if the planned listing itself is delayed or cancelled – would the obligation for the issuer to apply MAR still exist, and if not, when and how does that obligation cease to exist? Is market abuse as defined in MAR possible in the period before the financial instrument is admitted to trading? MAR is an important regu-lation for the stock market as it is intended to establish rules regarding market abuse and measures to prevent it as part of ensuring the integrity of the stock market and to improve the protection of investors as well as the trust in the stock market. It is thus also important that the objectives ex-pected to be achieved by MAR are taken into account when analysing the issues raised in this thesis. 
In conclusion, even though several challenges arise from MAR becoming applicable during the listing process, that is how the Swedish Administra-tive Court of Appeal has ruled to interpret the application article in MAR, and thus what participants of the stock market must try to comply with. At least until there is a different regime to oblige to. Given that a system ac-cording to the Administrative Court of Appeal’s decision leads to MAR being difficult to apply, it is desirable that the legislator clarifies exactly what the rules are, how exactly to interpret not only the application article in MAR alone but also in combination with the articles regulating inside information and the various types of market abuse. Should those articles be considered applicable as early as during the listing process and, if so, how should an issuer assess, for example, when and how inside information occurs. However, it is in fact highly questionable whether market abuse can exist or inside information can arise in practice, in the period prior to the first day of trading, or at least in the period before there is a published prospectus or other price indication on which the assessment of whether inside information has arisen can be based.}},
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