Find out about changes to turnaround times for reviewing and processing listing transactions over the Christmas and New Year period.
This Christmas we are changing our standard turnaround times for reviewing documents and guidance cases, as well as the process for listing applications, so that service expectations are clear over the holiday period.
Service pause: we will not allocate documents or provide responses from Monday 21 December 2026 to Monday 4 January 2027 inclusive. These days will not count when calculating response times for documents and guidance requests. Normal allocation and response activity will resume on Tuesday 5 January 2027. We encourage advisers to contact us early about any time-critical matters.
The tables below show how the revised turnaround times work in practice.
| Initial submissions | First comments due on: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| received before 4pm on: | 10 day | 5 day | 4 day |
| Friday 4 December | Friday 18 December | Friday 11 December | Thursday 10 December |
| Monday 7 December | Tuesday 5 January | Monday 14 December | Friday 11 December |
| Tuesday 8 December | Wednesday 6 January | Tuesday 15 December | Monday 14 December |
| Wednesday 9 December | Thursday 7 January | Wednesday 16 December | Tuesday 15 December |
| Thursday 10 December | Friday 8 January | Thursday 17 December | Wednesday 16 December |
| Friday 11 December | Monday 11 January | Friday 18 December | Thursday 17 December |
| Monday 14 December | Tuesday 12 January | Tuesday 5 January | Friday 18 December |
| Tuesday 15 December | Wednesday 13 January | Wednesday 6 January | Tuesday 5 January |
| Wednesday 16 December | Thursday 14 January | Thursday 7 January | Wednesday 6 January |
| Thursday 17 December | Friday 15 January | Friday 8 January | Thursday 7 January |
| Friday 18 December | Monday 18 January | Monday 11 January | Friday 8 January |
| Monday 21 December | Tuesday 19 January | Tuesday 12 January | Monday 11 January |
| Monday 4 January | Tuesday 19 January | Tuesday 12 January | Monday 11 January |
| Tuesday 5 January | Tuesday 19 January | Tuesday 12 January | Monday 11 January |
| Wednesday 6 January | Wednesday 20 January | Wednesday 13 January | Tuesday 12 January |
| Subsequent submissions | Comments due on: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| received before 8am on: | 5 day | 3 day | 2 day |
| Monday 14 December | Friday 18 December | Wednesday 16 December | Tuesday 15 December |
| Tuesday 15 December | Tuesday 5 January | Thursday 17 December | Wednesday 16 December |
| Wednesday 16 December | Wednesday 6 January | Friday 18 December | Thursday 17 December |
| Thursday 17 December | Thursday 7 January | Tuesday 5 January | Friday 18 December |
| Friday 18 December | Friday 8 January | Wednesday 6 January | Tuesday 5 January |
| Monday 21 December | Monday 11 January | Thursday 7 January | Wednesday 6 January |
| Monday 4 January | Monday 11 January | Thursday 7 January | Wednesday 6 January |
| Tuesday 5 January | Monday 11 January | Thursday 7 January | Wednesday 6 January |
| Wednesday 6 January | Tuesday 12 January | Friday 8 January | Thursday 7 January |
Listing hearings and time-critical matters
We will not accept listing hearings from 21 December 2026 to 4 January 2027 inclusive. Requests for hearings from 5 January 2027 onwards should be submitted as early as possible through the usual route. In addition, Final Terms and Outstanding Conditions received on 24 and 31 December 2026 will need to be submitted and received by no later than 10:30am for admission the following business day. Any hearing requests for 5 January 2027 will need to be submitted via the ESS portal by no later than 10:30am on 31 December 2026. Any exceptional or time-critical matter should be raised with us before the service pause wherever possible.
We hope that giving notice of these arrangements will help advisers plan transactions accordingly. For live transactions, please speak to your readers. For upcoming cases not yet initiated, please contact Elisa Pederiva, Allocation Manager, on 020 7066 8336. For admission requests and related queries, call 020 7066 8352 (8am to 10am, then 3pm to 5pm) or email [email protected].
Potential exceptional cases may include:
- transactions subject to the Takeover Code
- rescue refinancing prospectuses
- situations where financial information in transaction documents risks becoming 'stale' under the applicable UK Listing Rules or Prospectus Regulation Rules after 31 December.
Any exception will be considered case by case. Advisers should contact us as early as possible and should not assume that allocation, a response or a hearing will be available during the service pause.
