Article 2 Transactions not contributing to the price discovery process (Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014)

A transaction in shares does not contribute to the price discovery process where any of the following circumstances apply:

1. (a)

   the transaction is executed by reference to a price that is calculated over multiple time instances according to a given benchmark, including transactions executed by reference to a volume-weighted average price or a time-weighted average price;

2. (b)

   the transaction is part of a portfolio trade;

3. (c)

   the transaction is contingent on the purchase, sale, creation or redemption of a derivative contract or other financial instrument where all the components of the trade are to be executed only as a single lot;

4. (d)

   the transaction is executed by a management company as defined in section 237(2) of FSMA, or a UK AIFM as defined in the AIFM Regulations, which transfers the beneficial ownership of shares from one collective investment undertaking to another and where no investment firm is a party to the transaction;

5. (e)

   the transaction is a give-up transaction or a give-in transaction;

6. (f)

   the purpose of the transaction is to transfer shares as collateral in bilateral transactions or in the context of central counterparty (CCP) margin or collateral requirements or as part of the default management process of a CCP;

7. (g)

   the transaction results in the delivery of shares in the context of the exercise of convertible bonds, options, covered warrants or other similar derivatives;

8. (h)

   the transaction is a securities financing transaction;

9. (i)

   the transaction is carried out under the rules or procedures of a trading venue, a CCP or a central securities depository to effect a buy-in of unsettled transactions in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 (or a similar third country law for the same type of transactions, where applicable).