Financial Business Act.pdf
Financial Business Act.pdf
Financial Business Act.pdf
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While this translation was carried out by a professional translation agency, the text<br />
is to be regarded as an unofficial translation based on the latest official Consolidated<br />
<strong>Act</strong> no. 286 of 4 April 2006. Only the Danish document has legal validity.<br />
October 2006, GlobalDenmark Translations<br />
394.-(1) Section 48(4)-(6) shall apply to guarantee agreements entered into on or after 1<br />
July 2002.<br />
(2) Section 48(4)-(7) shall not apply to guarantee agreements entered into before 1 July<br />
2002. Section 48(1)-(3) shall only apply if the relevant services fall due after this <strong>Act</strong> enters<br />
into force.<br />
395. Guidelines agreed upon in pursuance of section 17 of the Marketing Practices <strong>Act</strong> before<br />
entry into force of this <strong>Act</strong> shall continue to apply for financial undertakings until they are<br />
repealed or replaced by regulations issued by the Minister for Economic and <strong>Business</strong> Affairs in<br />
pursuance of section 43(2) of this <strong>Act</strong>.<br />
396. Any provisions of the articles of association which were confirmed or brought into force<br />
before 18 December 1980 and which are not in accordance with the regulations of section 111<br />
of this <strong>Act</strong> or those of section 59(1)-(3) of the Public Companies <strong>Act</strong> shall remain valid.<br />
397. Mutual non-life assurance companies, which are covered by section 294(1) but which, on<br />
1 October 1981, were subject to supervision in pursuance of section 120(1) and (3) of the<br />
Insurance <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Act</strong>, cf. Consolidated <strong>Act</strong> no. 544 of 27 October 1975, shall not be<br />
exempted from supervision except as provided by the regulations of section 301(3) of this <strong>Act</strong>.<br />
398. Any provisions of the articles of association regarding the liquidity of the shares, which<br />
were in force before 1 October 1981, shall remain valid.<br />
399.-(1) Section 67(1) of the Public Companies <strong>Act</strong>, according to which all shares shall carry<br />
a voting right, shall not apply to shares subscribed before 1 October 1981 and to which no<br />
voting rights were attached at that time.<br />
(2) Section 67(1) of the Public Companies <strong>Act</strong> shall not apply to shares subscribed before 1<br />
October 1981 and having voting weights more than ten times the voting weights of any other<br />
share or any other nominal share value of the same size.<br />
400.-(1) Insurance companies that did not have a fully paid-up share capital on 1 October<br />
1981 may maintain this arrangement.<br />
(2) In insurance companies covered by subsection (1), a shareholder or guarantor shall not be<br />
liable for payment of shares or guarantee interests of an amount totalling more than 5 per<br />
cent of the share or guarantee capital or for amounts larger than DKK 50,000, unless collateral<br />
approved by the Danish FSA is provided for amounts in excess thereof.<br />
(3) The Danish FSA may grant exemption from the regulation set out in subsection (2).<br />
(4) In insurance companies covered by subsection (1), a share or guarantee interest that is<br />
not fully paid up may only be transferred with the approval of the board of directors. Such<br />
approval shall not be granted unless it is deemed that the transferee will be able to make the<br />
future payments or unless adequate collateral is provided. Where adequate collateral is<br />
provided, approval may not be denied unless the desired transfer is in contravention of other<br />
valid regulations restricting the transferability of the shares or guarantee interests.<br />
EXCLUDING MINOR AMENDMENTS<br />
(5) When the board of directors has approved the transfer and the transferee has issued a<br />
promissory note for the amount that has not been paid up, the obligations of the transferor<br />
shall cease.