On 1 February 2024 SIX’s amended directive on the disclosure of management transactions (DMT) and related changes to the SIX Listing Rules entered into force. Besides a number of procedural and formal changes, the amendments to the DMT focus primarily on related party transactions and introduced a new obligation to report certain follow-on transactions made by related parties. In connection with these amendments to the DMT, SIX Exchange Regulation also published a revised version of its guidelines on management transaction disclosures, setting out its practice and expectations as regards the disclosure of management transactions. SIX listed issuers were only given a short period of time to update their internal regulations and to provide a refresher training to their board members and senior management.

By Daniel Raun / Patrick Schärli (Reference: CapLaw-2024-04)