ES - End of the obligation for listed companies to publish quarterly financial information

11/09/2021

On 20 April 2021, the Comicion Nacional del Mercado del valores (CNMV) announced the end of the obligation for companies listed on regulated markets to publish quarterly financial information.

Spanish Law 5/2021, of 12 April, which formalizes this removal, entered into force on 3 May 2021. This law amends the Recast Text of the Spanish Corporate Enterprises Act, approved by Spanish Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010, of 2 July, and other financial regulations, about fostering the long-term involvement of listed company shareholders. Article 6(14) of such regulation, repealing Article 120 of the Spanish Securities Market Act, stipulates that issuers whose shares are admitted to trading on a Spanish regulated market or on another regulated market domiciled in the European Union, where Spain is their Home Member State, shall no longer be obliged, as from such date, 3 May, to submit to the CNMV or publish their interim management statements or quarterly financial reports. However, as from the aforementioned date, issuers may continue to publish quarterly information, on a voluntary basis, but as it is not regulated information.