(50)The simplified disclosure regime for secondary issuances should only be available for use after a minimum period has elapsed since the initial admission to trading on a regulated market or an SME growth market of a class of securities of an issuer. A delay of 18 months should ensure that the issuer has complied at least once with its obligation to publish an annual financial report under Directive 2004/109/EC or under the rules of the market operator of an SME growth market.