Euronext Launches Unified European Prospectus to Streamline Equity Listings Across the Continent

Euronext Launches Unified European Prospectus to Streamline Equity Listings Across the Continent

(IN BRIEF) Euronext has launched the European Common Prospectus, a unified and streamlined template for equity listings across its seven EU markets, designed to reduce complexity for issuers and enhance transparency for investors. Compliant with current EU rules and adaptable to the upcoming Listing Act, the template simplifies listings into an 11-section format, encourages use of English to support cross-border accessibility, and strengthens Europe’s competitiveness by promoting consistent, investor-friendly disclosures. The initiative is available for immediate use and reflects Euronext’s long-term commitment to capital market integration and IPO growth.

(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS/DUBLIN/LISBON/MILAN/OSLO/PARIS, 25-Apr-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Euronext has introduced the European Common Prospectus, a standardised template for equity issuances aimed at simplifying listings and enhancing cross-border investment across Europe. Unveiled on 25 April 2025, this new prospectus is designed to comply fully with current EU regulations while remaining adaptable to the forthcoming Listing Act, expected to take effect in June 2026.

The new template reduces complexity for issuers by consolidating the existing 21-section prospectus into an intuitive 11-section format, accelerating the listing process while promoting transparency. English is used as the standard language to ease drafting and bolster accessibility across Euronext’s seven markets: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo, and Paris.

Investors also benefit from the harmonised structure, which allows easier comparison of IPOs across jurisdictions, ultimately boosting confidence and cross-border participation. The template has been developed with broad input from stakeholders—including bankers, lawyers, auditors, and investors—and shared with the Euronext College of Regulators.

While optional, Euronext strongly encourages issuers to adopt the European Common Prospectus to maximise efficiency and visibility. Existing EU formats such as the Growth Prospectus and Follow-on Prospectus remain available for use when appropriate.

“Europe must act now to ensure competitiveness,” said Stéphane Boujnah, CEO of Euronext. “This bottom-up industry initiative provides a tangible step towards deeper capital market integration and faster IPO pathways.”

The Common Prospectus is available immediately for equity listings on all Euronext platforms.

About Euronext
Euronext is the leading European capital market infrastructure, covering the entire capital markets value chain, from listing, trading, clearing, settlement and custody, to solutions for issuers and investors. Euronext runs MTS, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets, and Nord Pool, the European power market. Euronext also provides clearing and settlement services through Euronext Clearing and its Euronext Securities CSDs in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Portugal. As of March 2025, Euronext’s regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal host nearly 1,800 listed issuers with around €6.3 trillion in market capitalisation, a strong blue-chip franchise and the largest global centre for debt and fund listings. With a diverse domestic and international client base, Euronext handles 25% of European lit equity trading. Its products include equities, FX, ETFs, bonds, derivatives, commodities and indices.
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