stabilisation

Uses as of 09/04/2010

Definitions over time (1)

23/12/2003 – 03/07/2016 applies on 09/04/2010 Article 2, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to those laid down in Directive 2003/6/EC:

"stabilisation" means any purchase or offer to purchase relevant securities, or any transaction in associated instruments equivalent thereto, by investment firms or credit institutions, which is undertaken in the context of a significant distribution of such relevant securities exclusively for supporting the market price of these relevant securities for a predetermined period of time, due to a selling pressure in such securities;