CHAPTER 2REGISTRATION
SECTION 2 Ownership structure
Article 8Owners and parent undertaking of a credit rating agency
1.
A credit rating agency shall provide ESMA with:
(a)
a list of each person who directly or indirectly holds 5 % or more of the credit rating agency’s capital or of voting rights or whose holding makes it possible to exercise a significant influence over the management of the credit rating agency;
(b)
the information set out in points 1 and 2 of Annex III in relation to each such person.
2.
A credit rating agency shall also provide the following information to ESMA:
(a)
a list of any undertakings in which a person referred to in paragraph 1 holds 5 % or more of the capital or voting rights or over whose management that person exercises a significant influence;
(b)
an identification of their business activity referred to in point 3 of Annex III.
3.
Where a credit rating agency has a parent undertaking, it shall:
(a)
identify the country where the parent undertaking is established;
(b)
indicate whether the parent undertaking is authorised or registered and subject to supervision.