CHAPTER 2U.K. REGISTRATION

SECTION 2 U.K. Ownership structure

Article 8U.K.Owners 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.