Art. 18

32015R0760 → 02015R0760-20240110

Article 18 Redemption policy and life of units or shares of ELTIFs 1. Investors in an ELTIF shall not be able to request the redemption of their units or shares before the end of the life of the ELTIF. Redemptions to investors shall be possible as from the day following the date of the end of the life of the ELTIF. Rules The rules or instruments of incorporation of the ELTIF shall clearly indicate a specific date for the end of the life of the ELTIF and may provide for the right to extend temporarily the life of the ELTIF and the conditions for exercising such a right. Rules The rules or instruments of incorporation of the ELTIF and disclosures to investors shall lay down the procedures for the redemption of units or shares and the disposal of assets, and state clearly that redemptions to investors shall commence on be possible as from the day following the date of the end of life of the ELTIF. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, 1 of this Article, the rules or instruments of incorporation of the an ELTIF may provide for the possibility of redemptions before the end of during the life of the ELTIF, ELTIF provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) redemptions are not granted before the end of a minimum holding period or before the date specified in Article 17(1), point (a) of Article 17(1); (a); (b) at the time of authorisation and throughout the life of the ELTIF, the manager of the ELTIF is able to demonstrate to the competent authorities that an appropriate liquidity management system and effective procedures for monitoring the liquidity risk authority of the ELTIF are that the ELTIF has in place, which place an appropriate redemption policy and liquidity management tools that are compatible with the long-term investment strategy of the ELTIF and the proposed redemption policy; ELTIF; (c) the manager redemption policy of the ELTIF sets out a defined redemption policy, which clearly indicates the periods of time during which investors may request procedures and conditions for redemptions; (d) the redemption policy of the ELTIF ensures that the overall amount of redemptions within any given period is are limited to a percentage of those the assets of the ELTIF which are referred to in Article 9(1), point (b) of Article 9(1). This percentage shall be aligned to the liquidity management and investment strategy disclosed by the manager of the ELTIF; (b); (e) the redemption policy of the ELTIF ensures that investors are treated fairly and redemptions are granted on a pro rata basis if the total amount of requests for redemptions within any given period of time exceed the percentage referred to in point (d) of this paragraph. subparagraph. The condition of a minimum holding period referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph shall not apply to feeder ELTIFs investing in their master ELTIFs. 3. The life of an ELTIF shall be consistent with the long-term nature of the ELTIF and shall be sufficient in length to cover compatible with the life-cycle life-cycles of each of the individual assets of the ELTIF, measured according to the illiquidity profile and economic life-cycle of the asset and the stated investment objective of the ELTIF. 4. Investors may request the winding down of an ELTIF if their redemption requests, made in accordance with the ELTIF's redemption policy, have not been satisfied within one year from the date on which they were made. 5. Investors shall always have the option to be repaid in cash. 6. 5. Repayment in kind out of an ELTIF's ELTIF’s assets shall be possible only where all of the following conditions are met: (a) the rules or instruments of incorporation of the ELTIF provide for this offer that possibility, provided that all investors are treated fairly; (b) the investor asks in writing to be repaid through a share of the assets of the ELTIF; (c) no specific rules restrict the transfer of those assets. 7. 6. ESMA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying the circumstances in which the life of an ELTIF is considered sufficient in length to cover compatible with the life-cycle life-cycles of each of the individual assets of the ELTIF, as referred to in paragraph 3. ESMA shall submit those also develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying the following: (a) the criteria to determine the minimum holding period referred to in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, point (a); (b) the minimum information to be provided to the competent authority of the ELTIF under paragraph 2, first subparagraph, point (b); (c) the requirements to be fulfilled by the ELTIF in relation to its redemption policy and liquidity management tools, referred to in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, points (b) and (c); and (d) the criteria to assess the percentage referred to in paragraph 2, first subparagraph, point (d), taking into account amongst others the ELTIF’s expected cash flows and liabilities. ESMA shall submit the draft regulatory technical standards referred to in the first and second subparagraphs to the Commission by 9 September 2015. 10 January 2024. Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt supplement this Regulation by adopting the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph and second subparagraphs in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.