Art. 16

(Art. 120 paras. 1 and 4, 123 para. 1 FinMIA)

1. A notification duty applies in particular when one of the thresholds under Article 120 paragraph 1 FinMIA is achieved, exceeded or fallen below of:
   1. due to an increase, decrease or restructuring of share capital;
   2. due to the acquisition or disposal of proprietary equity securities by a company;
   3. ¹ due to the acquisition and disposal of equity securities for in-house funds in accordance with Article 71 of the Financial Services Act of 15 June 2018²(FinSA);
   4. through the proportion of voting rights in the acquisition positions in accordance with Article 14 paragraph 1 letter a 1, alone, whether exercisable or not and regardless of whether the total proportion of voting rights including equity derivatives under Article 15 reaches, exceeds or falls below a threshold;
   5. when transferring equity securities by virtue of the law or following a court or authority ruling.
2. Changes in information under Article 22 paragraphs 1 letters d and e, 2 letters c, d and f and 3 again trigger a notification duty.