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
Summary of responses
Contents
- Proposal 1: Raising the reporting threshold for ‘operator status’ and ‘relevant persons and positions’ from 3 percent to 5 percent This response sets out our position in relation to raising the reporting threshold ‘operator status’ and ‘relevant persons and positions’.
- 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 Summary of the responses to Proposal 2 of the Financial Key Event Reporting consultation.
- 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 Summary of the responses to Proposal 3 of the Financial Key Event Reporting consultation.
- 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 Summary of the responses to Proposal 4 of the Financial Key Event Reporting consultation.
- 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 Summary of the responses to Proposal 5of the Financial Key Event Reporting consultation.
- Equalities considerations Summary of the responses to the equalities considerations of the Financial Key Event Reporting consultation.
- Business impacts and implementation Summary of the responses to the business impacts and implementation questions of the Financial Key Event Reporting consultation.
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Last updated: 18 December 2025
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