AMF Suspends Rapid Nutrition Shares, Warns of Manipulation

France AMF News Releases

Filed February 19th, 2026

Detected March 13th, 2026

Summary

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has suspended trading of Rapid Nutrition shares from February 19, 2026, to March 13, 2026, due to suspected price manipulation. The AMF is urging investors to be vigilant against 'pump and dump' schemes.

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The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has mandated the suspension of trading for Rapid Nutrition shares on Euronext from February 19, 2026, until March 13, 2026, or until further notice. This action is a direct response to indicators of possible price manipulation, specifically identifying 'pump and dump' practices. The AMF is issuing a strong warning to investors, advising extreme caution regarding recommendations that promise significant upside potential for securities.

Regulated entities and investors who may have purchased Rapid Nutrition shares due to aggressive sales pitches are advised to retain all supporting documentation, including screenshots and communication records. These should be forwarded to the AMF's Epargne Info Service platform for further investigation. The AMF's intervention aims to protect investors from market abuse and maintain market integrity.

What to do next

Retain all documentation related to Rapid Nutrition share purchases resulting from aggressive sales pitches.
Forward relevant documentation to the AMF's Epargne Info Service platform.
Exercise extreme vigilance regarding investment recommendations promising high returns.

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The AMF has required the suspension of RAPID NUTRITION shares and calls on investors to be vigilant

As part of its surveillance of stock market transactions, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has identified several indicators of possible price manipulation in the form of pump and dump practices on RAPID NUTRITION shares. It is urging investors to be extremely wary of recommendations to buy a security that promise strong upside potential.

In accordance with the regulations on financial markets and market abuse, the AMF asked Euronext to suspend trading in RAPID NUTRITION shares from the trading session of 19 February 2026 until 13 March 2026 inclusive, or until a new notice is published at an earlier date if market information allows trading to resume, due to suspicions of market abuse affecting the company's shares, as the AMF has noted several indicators of a possible ongoing “pump and dump” practice (see box).

The AMF, which will continue its analytical work, encourages investors who may have bought shares as a result of aggressive sales pitches to keep all the documents at their disposal (screenshots, email or private messaging exchanges) and to forward them to the AMF by contacting the Epargne Info Service platform online or by telephone on +33(0)1 5345 6200 from Monday to Friday, 9am to 12.30pm (price of a local call).

The "pump and dump" technique is a practice that consists of approaching investors and luring them with a promise that a share has strong upside potential, which they need to seize quickly. The purchases generated in this way boost the share price and trading volumes, and support the pitch of this person who generates further purchases, thereby maintaining buying pressure on the share. In addition to the fact that this person does not have any authorisation or approval to recommend these shares for purchase, they deliberately fail to point out to their contacts that they hold often large quantities of these shares, which they sell as the possibility arises, thereby making high capital gains. As soon as the sale is completed and the buying pressure ceases, the share price falls sharply, causing significant prejudice to investors, who find themselves with large positions bought at a high price.

About the AMF
The AMF is an independent public authority responsible for ensuring that savings invested in financial products are protected and that investors are provided with adequate information. The AMF also supervises the orderly operations of markets. Visit our website: https://www.amf-france.org/en