What are regulations on information disclosure by internal actors and their affiliated persons in Vietnam?

1. What are regulations on information disclosure by internal actors and their affiliated persons in Vietnam?

Article 33 of Circular 96/2020/TT-BTC has regulations on information disclosure by internal actors and their affiliated persons as follows:

1. Internal actors of public companies, public securities investment companies, public funds (hereinafter referred to as “internal actors”) and affiliated persons of these internal actors (hereinafter referred to as “affiliated persons”) shall disclose information and submit reports to SSC and SE (regarding listed/registered shares, listed public fund certificates), public companies and securities investment fund management companies before and after their transactions in case the estimated value of transactions conducted during a day is at least VND 50 million or the estimated value of transactions conducted during a month determined according to the face value (of shares, convertible bonds or fund certificates) or the latest offering prices (of covered warrants) or the transfer price (of rights to buy shares or convertible bonds or fund certificates), including the case where a transfer is made not through the trading system of the SE (such as donation, inheritance or transfer of securities and other cases) is at least VND 200 million. To be specific:

a) At least 03 working days before the estimated transaction date, internal actors and their affiliated persons shall disclose information about their expected transactions according to the form in Appendix XIII or Appendix XIV enclosed herewith;

b) A transaction must be conducted within 30 days from the registration date. Internal actors and affiliated persons shall conduct transactions according to the time limit, volume and value disclosed by SE and conduct the first transaction on the transaction date following the date of information disclosed by SE;

c) In case of purchase in offerings of shares or fund certificates or tender offer, the disclosing entities prescribed in this Article shall be exempt from the obligation in Point b of this Clause and comply with regulations on offering, issuance and tender offer;

d) Internal actors and affiliated persons are not allowed to register or perform the purchase and sale of shares, rights to buy shares, convertible bonds, rights to buy convertible bonds, fund certificates, rights to buy fund certificates or covered warrants within the same registration/trading period, and shall only register or perform the next transaction after submitting reports on the previous transaction. Except fund management companies, branches of foreign fund management companies in Vietnam that are affiliated persons of internal actors shall register or perform the purchase and sale of securities for ETFs or making investment as designated by trustors provided that each trustor shall not register or perform the purchase and sale transactions within the same registration period;

dd) Within 05 working days from the transaction completion date (if the transaction is completed before the registered deadline) or from the end of the estimated transaction time limit, internal actors and their affiliated persons shall disclose information about trading results, made according to the form in Appendix XV or Appendix XVI enclosed herewith, and provide explanation about failure to conduct transaction or to trade in the entire trading volume as registered;

e) Internal actors and affiliated persons that are the disclosing entities prescribed in this Clause and also the disclosing entities prescribed in Article 31 of this Circular shall only disclose information as internal actors and affiliated persons.

2. Internal actors and affiliated persons that are neither the disclosing entities prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article nor the disclosing entities prescribed in Article 31 of this Circular shall only disclose information according to Article 31 of this Circular.

3. The regulations in Points a, b and d Clause 1 of this Article shall not apply to securities companies that make forced selling of shares of their clients that are internal actors of public companies, public securities investment companies, public funds or their affiliated persons.

4. After registration of transaction, if registered entities are no longer internal actors of public companies, public securities investment companies, public funds or their affiliated persons, they shall still report and disclose information as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

5. If securities companies are affiliated persons of internal actors of listed organizations, registered organizations or listed public funds, when fixing transaction errors in listed or registered shares or listed fund certificates, they must submit reports to SSC, SE, listed organizations, registered organizations or securities investment fund management companies within 24 hours from the completion of the fixing of transaction error.

6. When parent companies, political organizations, socio-political organizations (trade unions, youth unions, etc.), holders of other managerial positions as prescribed in Charters of public companies or public securities investment companies conduct transactions in securities of public companies or public securities investment companies, they shall disclose information as internal actors and their affiliated persons.

7. Within 03 working days from the receipt of reports on securities transactions from internal actors and their affiliated persons as prescribed in this Article, public companies and securities investment fund management companies shall disclose information on their websites.

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