Consultation response
Financial key event reporting: Reporting changes in ownership and interests: Consultation response
The consultation response on reporting changes in ownership and interests as a key event.
Contents
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Summary of responses
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- Proposal 1: Raising the reporting threshold for ‘operator status’ and ‘relevant persons and positions’ from 3 percent to 5 percent
- Proposal 2: Amendment to paragraph 2 of Licence Condition 15.2.1 to expand the application of ‘relevant persons’ to include shareholders, but also other entities with both direct and indirect interests in the licensee of 5 percent or more
- Proposal 3: Amendment to paragraph 3 of Licence Condition 15.2.1 to include the reporting of entering into financial agreements or arrangements with third parties and/or the receipt of financial assistance from a group company
- Proposal 4: Introduction of a new requirement for licensees to report to the Commission the details of individuals who acquire the equivalent of £50,000 or more worth of new shares in a rolling 12-month period
- Proposal 5: Amendment to the Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy Statement under the Gambling Act 2005 to raise the threshold of shareholders to be listed from 3 percent to 5 percent
- Equalities considerations
- Business impacts and implementation
- Annexes
Annexes
Contents
- Annex 1 – List of respondents who consented to publication of name and organisation Annex 1 to the Financial Key Event Reporting: Reporting changes in ownership and interests consultation.
- Annex 2 - Summary of proposed changes to Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice and the Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy Statement under the Gambling Act 2005. Annex 2 to the Financial Key Event Reporting: Reporting changes in ownership and interests consultation.
Summary of responses - Financial Key Event Reporting: Reporting changes in ownership and interests
Last updated: 18 December 2025
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