Article 6
Negotiated transactions subject to conditions other than the current market price
A negotiated transaction in shares, depositary receipts, ETFs, certificates and other similar financial instruments shall be subject to conditions other than the current market price of the financial instrument where any of the following circumstances applies:
(a)
the transaction is executed in 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;
(b)
the transaction is part of a portfolio trade;
(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 meant to be executed as a single lot;
(j)
any other transaction equivalent to one of those described in points (a) to (i) in that it is contingent on technical characteristics which are unrelated to the current market valuation of the financial instrument traded;
(k)
the transaction does not constitute a transaction for the purposes of Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 in accordance with Article 2(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/590.