In order to prevent an imbalance between redemption requests and the assets of a general-purpose professional fund or one of its sub-funds from preventing it from honouring redemption requests under conditions which protect the interests of unitholders and ensure that they are treated equally, the fund rules or articles of association may, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 214-146, set a ceiling on redemptions of units or shares under the following conditions:
1° The fund rules or articles of association shall set the threshold above which a cap on redemptions occurring on the same centralisation date may be imposed;
2° The threshold set at 1° must be justifiable in terms of the frequency with which the net asset value is calculated, the management strategy and the liquidity of the assets held by the fund.
This threshold corresponds to the ratio between :
– on the one hand, the difference recorded, on the same centralisation date, between the amount or number of units or shares of the fund or sub-fund in question for which redemption is requested and the amount or number of units or shares of the same fund or sub-fund for which subscription is requested ;
– the net assets or the total number of units or shares of the fund or sub-fund in question.
This threshold is determined on the basis of the last published net asset value or the last estimated value calculated by the management company or the number of units or shares in circulation recorded on the date on which it was established;
3° The regulations or the articles of association determine the terms under which the fund defers redemption orders exceeding the threshold mentioned in 1° to the next centralisation dates or cancels them.