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CHAPTER I KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

SECTION 1 Content of the key financial information in the prospectus summary

Article 1 Minimum content of the key financial information in the summary of a prospectus

  1. (1)

    The key financial information in the summary of a prospectus shall be made up of the financial information laid down in the Annexes to Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/980.

  2. (2)

    Where any information referred to in the relevant tables set out in Annexes I to VI to this Regulation is not included in the financial statements of the issuer, the issuer shall disclose a corresponding item from its financial statements instead.

  3. (3)

    The issuer may include additional line items or alternative performance measures in the summary of a prospectus where these are key financial information on the issuer or on the securities being offered or admitted to trading on a regulated market. For the purposes of the first sentence, alternative performance measures shall be financial measures of historical or future financial performance, financial position or cash flows, other than financial measures defined in the applicable financial reporting framework.

  4. (4)

    Issuers who do not fall under any of the types of issuers identified in Articles 2 to 8 shall present the key financial information referred to in the tables that they consider correspond most closely to the type of securities issued.

  5. (5)

    The key financial information shall be presented for the number of years required by Delegated Regulation 2019/980 for the type of issuance and the type of securities being issued.

Article 2 Key financial information for non-financial entities issuing equity securities

Where the issuer is a non-financial entity issuing equity securities, the summary of a prospectus shall contain the key financial information referred to in the tables set out in Annex I.

Article 3 Key financial information for non-financial entities issuing non-equity securities

Where the issuer is a non-financial entity issuing non-equity securities, the summary of a prospectus shall contain the key financial information referred to in the tables set out in Annex II.

Article 4 Key financial information for credit institutions

Where the issuer is a credit institution, the summary of a prospectus shall contain the key financial information referred to in the tables set out in Annex III.

Article 5 Key financial information for insurance companies

Where the issuer is an insurance company, the summary of a prospectus shall contain the key financial information referred to in the tables set out in Annex IV.

Article 6 Key financial information for special purpose vehicles issuing asset backed securities

Where the issuer is a special purpose vehicle issuing asset backed securities, the prospectus summary shall contain the key financial information referred to in the tables set out in Annex V.

Article 7 Key financial information for closed end funds

Where the issuer is a closed end fund, the summary of a prospectus shall contain the key financial information referred to in the tables set out in Annex VI.

Article 8 Key financial information for guarantors

Where a guarantee is attached to the securities, the key financial information on the guarantor shall be presented as if the guarantor were the issuer of the same type of security that is the subject of the guarantee using the tables set out in Annexes I to VI. Where the guarantee is given for asset-backed securities, the key financial information on the guarantor shall be presented as if the guarantor were the issuer of the underlying securities.