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''UK - HM Treasury''.
''London Stock Exchange''


(OFSI).
A Premium Listing on the London Stock Exchange is only available to equity shares issued by trading companies and closed and open-ended investment entities.  


The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation is responsible for helping to ensure that financial sanctions are properly understood, implemented and enforced in the UK.
Issuers with a Premium Listing are required to meet the UK’s super-equivalent rules, which are higher than the EU minimum requirements for a Standard Listing.


It is empowered to impose substantial penalties for serious breaches of financial sanctions.
A Premium Listing means the company is expected to meet the UK’s highest standards of regulation and corporate governance – and as a consequence may enjoy a lower cost of capital through greater transparency and through building investor confidence.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[HM Treasury]]
* [[Cost of capital]]
* [[OFAC]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Sanctions]]
* [[London Stock Exchange]]
* [[Sanctions screening]]
* [[Listing particulars]]
* [[Standard Listing]]
* [[UK Corporate Governance Code]]

Revision as of 14:37, 9 September 2017

London Stock Exchange

A Premium Listing on the London Stock Exchange is only available to equity shares issued by trading companies and closed and open-ended investment entities.

Issuers with a Premium Listing are required to meet the UK’s super-equivalent rules, which are higher than the EU minimum requirements for a Standard Listing.

A Premium Listing means the company is expected to meet the UK’s highest standards of regulation and corporate governance – and as a consequence may enjoy a lower cost of capital through greater transparency and through building investor confidence.


See also