Nominee registration
Laws and regulations
Last published: 8 October 2024
Laws and regulations related to nominee registration.
- Central Securities Depositories Act, which also includes rules on the establishment of legal rights on nominee accounts
- The registration of nominees in the shareholder registers of public limited companies requires approval from Finanstilsynet pursuant to Section 4-10 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act
- Approval pursuant to this provision is also required for nominee registration in subscription rights registers (Section 4-11 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act (Norwegian only))
- Registers of owners of equity certificates issued by financial institutions (Section 10-12 of the Financial Institutions Act)
- Registers of shareholders for limited companies registered in a central securities depository (Section 4-4 of the Norwegian Limited Liability Companies Act (Norwegian only))
- Nominee registration in the unit holder register for mutual funds is regulated in Section 4-10 of the Securities Funds Act and Chapter 13 of the Securities Funds Regulations