Article 3
Additional information relating to the proposed acquirer that is a legal person
1. In addition to the information referred to in Article 1(2), the proposed acquirer that is a legal person shall also provide to the competent authority of the target entity all of the following:
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the information referred to in:
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(b) |
a description of financial interests and non-financial interests or relationships of the proposed acquirer, or, where applicable, the group to which the proposed acquirer belongs, and the persons that effectively direct its business with:
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(c) |
to the extent any conflict of interest arises from the relationships referred to in point (b), proposed methods for managing such conflicts; |
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information on any other interests or activities of the proposed acquirer that may be in conflict with interests or activities of the target entity and possible solutions for managing those conflicts of interest; |
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the shareholding structure of the proposed acquirer, with the identity of all shareholders exerting significant influence and their respective share of capital and voting rights including information on any shareholders agreements; |
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where the proposed acquirer is part of a group, as a subsidiary or as a parent company, a detailed organisational chart of the group structure and information on the share of capital and voting rights of shareholders with significant influence of the entities of the group and on the activities currently performed by the entities of the group; |
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where the proposed acquirer is part of a group as a subsidiary or as the parent company, information on the relationships between the financial and the non-financial entities of the group; |
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identification of any credit institution, payment institution or e-money institution, assurance, insurance or re-insurance undertaking, collective investment undertakings and their managers or investment firm within the group, and the names of the relevant supervisory authorities; |
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annual financial statements, at individual level and, where applicable, at consolidated and sub-consolidated levels, for the last 3 financial years, where the legal person has been in operation for that period, or such shorter period for which the legal person has been in operation and financial statements were prepared. |
For the purposes of point (b), credit operations, guarantees and security interests, whether granted or received, including relating to crypto-assets or other digital assets, shall be deemed to be part of financial interests, whereas family or close relationships shall be deemed to be part of non-financial interests.
2. The proposed acquirer shall submit annual financial statements referred to in paragraph 1, point (i), including each of the following items, and where applicable approved by the statutory auditor or audit firm within the meaning of Article 2, points (2) and (3), respectively, of Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (9):
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the balance sheet; |
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the profit and loss accounts or income statements; |
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the annual reports and financial annexes and any other documents registered with the registry or competent authority of the legal person; |
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where the proposed acquirer is a newly set-up legal person or entity, in the absence of any financial statements, an updated summary as close as possible to the date of notification, of the financial situation of the proposed acquirer, as well as the financial forecasts for the next 3 years, and the planning assumptions used in base case and stress scenario. |
3. The proposed acquirer that is a legal person and has its head office in a third country shall, in addition to the information referred to in paragraph 1, provide to the competent authority of the target entity all of the following information:
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where the legal person is supervised by an authority of a third country in the financial services sector:
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general information about the regulatory regime of that third country as applicable to the legal person, including information on the extent to which the third country’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime is consistent with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force. |
(9) Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive 84/253/EEC (OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 87, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/43/oj).