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Corporate Update July 2026 - Securities Markets

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LISTING ACT: AMENDMENTS TO EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION AND EU PROSPECTUS REGULATION TAKE EFFECT

Certain Listing Act amendments to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the EU Prospectus Regulation (EUPR) came into effect on 5 June 2026, including:

MAR: changes to the regime for the disclosure of inside information in relation to intermediate steps in a protracted process and the circumstances in which disclosure may be delayed. For more details, please see our briefing: EU MAR reforms: Key developments for listed companies. In connection with this, a new Commission Implementing Regulation containing the revised templates for insider lists has been published in the Official Journal of the EU and will apply from 5 July 2026. For more, please see our briefing: EU MAR reforms: New insider list format applies from 5 July 2026.

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