Approval of the Listing Act – Developments relevant to capital market transactions

On 24 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted a package of regulations (collectively, the “Listing Act”), the main objective of which is to increase the attractiveness and accessibility of European capital markets for companies. This is intended both to reduce the bureaucratic burdens and costs incurred by issuers already listed and to facilitate and encourage initial access to these markets to issuers, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”).

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