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Article 25 - Bulletin board

Article 25

Bulletin board

1.   Crowdfunding service providers may operate a bulletin board on which they allow their clients to advertise interest in buying and selling loans, transferable securities or admitted instruments for crowdfunding purposes that were originally offered on their crowdfunding platforms.

2.   The bulletin board referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be used to bring together buying and selling interests by means of the crowdfunding service provider’s protocols or internal operating procedures in a way that results in a contract. The bulletin board shall therefore not consist of an internal matching system that executes client orders on a multilateral basis.

3.   Crowdfunding service providers that allow the advertisement of interest referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

they are to inform their clients about the nature of the bulletin board in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2;

(b)

they are to require their clients advertising a sale of a loan, security or instrument referred to in paragraph 1 to make available the key investment information sheet;

(c)

they are to provide clients intending to buy loans advertised on the bulletin board with information on the performance of loans facilitated by the crowdfunding service provider;

(d)

they are to ensure that their clients advertising an interest to purchase a loan, security or instrument referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and qualifying as non-sophisticated investors receive the information referred to in Article 19(2) and the risk warning referred to in Article 21(4).

4.   Crowdfunding service providers that allow the advertisement of interest referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and that provide asset safekeeping services in accordance with Article 10(1) shall require their investors advertising such interest to notify them of any changes in ownership for the purposes of conducting ownership verification and record-keeping.

5.   Crowdfunding service providers that suggest a reference price for the buying and selling referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall inform their clients that the suggested reference price is non-binding and substantiate the suggested reference price, and shall disclose key elements of the methodology in line with Article 19(6).