FRANCE: AMF publishes Q and A on France short selling

Friday February 18 2011

To address the main questions connected with the introduction of the new reporting regime, which requires any holder of a net France short selling position exceeding 0.2% of a company`s capital to report, the AMF has published a QA that will be updated as new questions arise. Topics covered include the scope of the new framework, how positions should be calculated, aggregation of positions, exemptions and the reporting procedure.

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