(1)Subject to sections 42 and 43, the following persons shall be liable to pay compensation to all persons who acquire any securities on the faith of a prospectus for the loss or damage they may have sustained by reason of -
(a) any untrue statement included therein, or
(b) any omission of information required by EU prospectus law to be contained in the prospectus, namely -
(i) the issuer who has issued the prospectus or on whose behalf the prospectus has been issued,
(ii) the offeror of securities to which the prospectus relates,
(iii) every person who has sought the admission of the securities to which the prospectus relates to trading on a regulated market,
(iv) the guarantor of the issue of securities to which the prospectus relates,
(v) every person who is a director of the issuer at the time of the issue of the prospectus,
(vi) every person who has authorised himself or herself to be named and is named in the prospectus as a director of the issuer or as having agreed to beco