Identification of shareholders - KDPW

Identification of shareholders

KDPW takes actions related to disclosing shareholder identification to companies.

Actions taken by KDPW as part of this service provided to listed companies include:
  • accepting a shareholder identification request from the company and checking that the request has been issued by an authorised person,
  • transmitting the request to the direct participants in whose accounts the shares subject to the request are recorded (if the request contains such an instruction),
  • receiving from the direct participants and other intermediaries a response to the listed company’s request containing shareholder identification,
  • providing the shareholder identification to the company.
In the case of requests submitted to another central securities depository or to another first intermediary, KDPW forwards the request received from such intermediary to the direct participants and responds to such request to the extent of the accounts maintained by KDPW.

KDPW takes these actions pursuant to Article 68j of the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments of 29 July 2005 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018 laying down minimum requirements implementing the provisions of Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards shareholder identification, the transmission of information and the facilitation of the exercise of shareholders rights.

KDPW takes actions related to the disclosure of identification of shareholders of non-public companies pursuant to Article 328 13 of the Code of Commercial Companies.

Actions taken by KDPW as part of this service include:
  • accepting a shareholder identification request lodged by a non-public company pursuant to Article 328 13 of the Code of Commercial Companies or by shareholders of such company via the relevant direct participants,
  • transmitting the request to the direct participants in whose accounts the shares subject to the request are recorded,
  • receiving from the direct participants a response to the request containing identification of shareholders of non-public companies pursuant to Article 328 13 § 1 and § 2 of the Code of Commercial Companies,
  • providing the identification of shareholders of the non-public company to the authorised issuer of the request.