AMF France v. A and X (misleading prospectus information, 2007)
Judgment entered
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On 29 November 2007 the Commission des sanctions found that a listed property company and its chairman had misled investors about one aim of a free issue of share warrants, namely to increase the free float, and fined them EUR 50,000 and EUR 100,000. Several other allegations were rejected.
The record
| Agency | AMF (France) |
|---|---|
| Release number | SAN-2008-07 |
| Date filed | 2007-11-29 |
| Date resolved | 2007-11-29 |
| Court | Commission des sanctions (AMF, France) |
| Status | judgment |
| Asset class | equities |
| Venue | Euronext Paris |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Defendants | A ; X |
| Techniques | Misleading issuer disclosure |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
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- Disgorgement
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- Prejudgment interest
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- Total relief
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- Alleged gain
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- Penalty as published
- €150k
What is alleged to have happened
The second section of the Commission des sanctions decided this matter on 29 November 2007, after notifications of grievances sent on 5 December 2006 to listed property company X, its chairman A and two auditors. The facts concern a free issue of share warrants in September 2003, made partly so the company could qualify for the French listed property investment regime.
The notifications alleged that the prospectus misdescribed the aim of increasing the free float, that notes to the 2003 accounts said too little about the route the warrants had taken and the resulting loss of about EUR 9.4 million, and that A had failed to declare a threshold crossing in another group company.
The Commission found that the stated aim of raising the free float was not achieved and the prospectus statement misled investors about one of the objectives of the operation. It found the accounts note gave enough indication of how the warrants moved, and rejected the threshold allegation because the one-third threshold was not then covered by the rules. It rejected the requests to annul the procedure.
It fined X EUR 50,000 and A EUR 100,000 and cleared the two auditors.
This record does not show any trading allegation, and no appeal outcome.
This library tags the matter as misleading issuer disclosure. The tagging is ours, not the regulator’s.
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Timeline
- 2007-11-29 Commission des sanctions decision
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