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Announcement: the FMA imposes a sanction against a private person for the delayed notification of a proprietary trade

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The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has imposed a fine of EUR 6,000 on a management board member of an issuer. Proceedings were concluded under the accelerated conclusion of proceedings pursuant to Article 22 para. 2b of the Financial Market Authority Act (FMABG; Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehördengesetz). The penal order was issued for a breach against the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR, Regulation (EU) 596/2014). The member of the management board in questions had bought shares in the issuer on multiple occasions in the calendar year in question, but failed, having exceeded the threshold for reporting such transactions (EUR 20,000 within a calendar year) to make a mandatory notification about proprietary trading activities (Directors’ dealings notification) at latest three business days following the date of the trade to the FMA and the issuer respectively. The penal order is final.