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M&A in a Regulated Environment - Random MCQ
Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the (mostly French and European) regulation of M&A transactions and financial markets? Good luck!
All these MCQ were first written by Oprhée Grosjean and Eloy Genest.
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1. According to Art.4(1)(8) MiFID, which of the following elements is NOT a defining characteristic of "portfolio management"?
The manager acts in accordance with mandates given by clients
None of the other options
Portfolios must include more than one financial instrument
The service is provided on a discretionnary, client-by-client basis
2. Which of the following is NOT a cumulative condition to being allowed to delay disclosure of inside information?
No risk of misleading the public if disclosure is delayed
Disclosure would infrige the issuer's legitimate interest
Information to be disclosed would have an impact on the issuer's stock price
Keeping information confidential is possible
3. Whic of the following is NOT a mission of the French Stock Exchange Regulator (AMF)?
Promoting informational efficiency in markets and transactions
Carrying out investigations and inspections on financial markets participants
Ensuring the efficient functionning of financial markets
Protecting investors against the loss of value of their savings
4. Which of the following situation triggers an obligation to file a public offer?
All the other options
A controlling shareholder implementing a substantial change in the target (significant amendments to the articles of association, carve-out of key assets, change in business strategy, etc.), if so required required by the French Financial Market Authority
A shareholder exceeding the permitted rate of acquisition ("speeding" of acquisitions) of the target's securities in certain circumstances
A shareholder crossing the 30% threshold in the target
5. Under tge equality principle in tender offers, when is the involvement of an independant expert mandatory according to the course?
When company management and/or employees request it
Whenever the offer is hostile or unsolicited
Whenever the offer is not made on 100% of the shares not held by the bidder
When there is a dispute or a conflict of interest within the target's board
6. Which of the following factors is NOT taken into consideration by the AMF and the Court of Appeal when assessing the existence or absence of concert?
Relationships that may have existed between the persons concerned
The conclusion of a shareholders' agreement
The possibility of appointing members of governance bodies
The nationality or corporate form of the shareholders involved in the transaction
7. A person challenging a decision of the French Financial Markets Authority in the context of a public offer must bring the action before...
The Paris Court of Appeal
The Cour de cassation
The Conseil d'Etat
The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal
8. Which of the following is NOT a tool available to activist shareholders in France?
Asking written questions to the Board of Directors
Requesting the appointment of an independant expert to investigate management decisions
Putting some resolutions on the agenda of shareholder's meetings
Requesting meetings with the company's statutory auditors
9. What governance body does AMF Position 2015-05 recommend involving prior to the decision of the CEO to dispose of significant assets amounting to at least half of total assets and by which mean?
Decision of the CEO after approval of the ordinary general meeting
Decision of the CEO after information of the audit committee
Decision of the CEO after consultation of the ordinary general meeting
Decision of the CEO after approval of its board of directors
10. Which of the following is NOT an objective of internal control?
Compliance with laws and regulations
Reliability of financial information
Enforcement of the instructions and guidelines set by the management
Review of company's financial and non-financial objectives
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