COLL 4.8 Notifications for UCITS master-feeder arrangements

This section applies to an ICVC, an authorised fund manager of an AUT, ACS or ICVC and any other director of an ICVC where, in each case, the AUT, ACS or ICVC is a UCITS scheme.

1. (1)

    An authorised fund manager of a UCITS scheme that has been approved by the FCA to operate as a feeder UCITS, including as a feeder UCITS of a different master UCITS, must provide the following information to its unitholders at least 30 calendar days before the date when the feeder UCITS is to start to invest in units of the master UCITS or, if it has already invested in them, the date when its investment will exceed the limit applicable under COLL 5.2.11R (9) (Spread: general):

   1. (a)

       a statement that the FCA has approved the investment of the feeder UCITS in units of that master UCITS;

   2. (b)

       a product summary for the feeder UCITS and the master UCITS;

   3. (c)

       the date when the feeder UCITS is to start to invest in units of the master UCITS or, if it has already invested in them, the date when its investment will exceed the limit applicable under COLL 5.2.11R (9);

   4. (d)

       a statement that the unitholders have the right, for 30 calendar days from the moment this information is provided, to request the repurchase or redemption of their units without any charges other than those retained by the UCITS scheme to cover disinvestment costs.

2. (2)

    Where a UCITS marketing notification was made in relation to a feeder UCITS before IP completion day, the authorised fund manager of the feeder UCITS must ensure that an accurate translation of the information in (1) is provided to unitholders in:

   1. (a)

       the official language, or one of the official languages, of the EEA state where the UCITS marketing notification was made; or

   2. (b)

       a language approved by the overseas regulator in the EEA state where the UCITS marketing notification was made.

The authorised fund manager of the feeder UCITS must provide to unitholders the information required under COLL 4.8.3 R in a durable medium.