Asset servicing – Sweden
Income collection
Debt securities
| Service offered | Remarks |
| Notification to clients | |
Standard Asset Servicing reporting via Swift MT56x, Xact Web Portal and Xact File Transfer. | See Section 8 “Asset servicing” of the Clients Handbook. See Connectivity manuals on the Clearstream website. |
| Payment of proceeds | |
Proceeds are calculated based on the positions recorded at the close of business on the record date and paid to the client's account upon successful receipt and reconciliation of funds. Proceeds will be paid with the value with which they are received. Funds under the Available for Cash Loan (ACL) concept, when applicable, are paid with good value. The payment method to be applied is reported via MT564 IPAR and Xact Web Portal IPAR. | For further details on entries qualified as ACL, please refer to the section “5.6 Financing: availability of funds” of the Client Handbook. |
Equities
| Service offered | Remarks |
| Notification to clients | |
Standard Asset Servicing reporting via Swift MT56x, Xact Web Portal and Xact File Transfer. | See Section 8 “Asset servicing” of the Client Handbook. See Connectivity manuals on the Clearstream website. |
| Payment of proceeds | |
Proceeds are calculated based on the positions recorded at the close of business on the record date and paid to the client's account upon successful receipt and reconciliation of funds. Proceeds will be paid with the value with which they are received. Funds under the Available for Cash Loan (ACL) concept, when applicable, are paid with good value. The payment method to be applied is reported via MT564 IPAR and Xact Web Portal IPAR. | For further details on entries qualified as ACL, please refer to the section “5.6 Financing: availability of funds” of the Client Handbook. |
Corporate actions
| Service offered | Remarks |
| Notification to clients | |
Standard reporting. | On voluntary and mandatory events, Clearstream Banking informs clients on an "as and if received" basis. |
| Instruction to Clearstream Banking | |
Clients may instruct Clearstream Banking to carry out options foreseen in the terms and conditions of the underlying type of security. These options include, but are not limited to, put options, conversions, exercises of warrants, exchanges, detachment of warrants etc. | Clients are requested to instruct within the deadlines and/or procedures specific to each type of event. In the absence of instructions from its client, Clearstream Banking will apply a "default option", which may differ for each type of event. |
Sale and purchase of rights
Please refer to the Client Handbook.
Note: Any instruction to sell or buy securities as part of a corporate action must result in a countervalue of at least SEK 300. Any instruction where the countervalue is less than SEK 300 will be rejected by the depository and clients will have to arrange for the trade separately.
Proxy voting procedures
Proxy voting services are available in Clearstream Banking for this market.
Clients that want to vote at general meetings (physically or by proxy) must instruct Clearstream Banking to temporarily register their shares in the name of the beneficial owner before the general meeting's record date as defined by the respective company. Once registered under its name, the beneficial owner must keep the securities over record date.
Clearstream Banking’s depository, SEB, offers the following registration services:
- Voting rights registration in the register of shareholders in all Swedish limited companies registered in the VPC system, provided that such registration is possible according to VPC's procedure for voting rights registration.
- Representation is also possible for all general meetings in Swedish limited companies that are held in Sweden.
These services have the following restrictions:
- Voting services are limited to Swedish Large Cap and Mid Cap companies listed in the Nasdaq Stockholm AB.
- Agenda and or representation to other meetings, such as Swedish Small Cap or First North companies listed on Nasdaq Stockholm AB, or companies listed on the Nordic Growth Market NGM AB, will be offered upon request and will entail an additional charge applied by Clearstream Banking’s depository.
For further details of the procedure for re-registration and voting, please refer to the Market Profile – Sweden.
For details about the proxy voting services offered by Clearstream Banking, please refer to the Clearstream Banking Client Handbook.
Entitlement compensation rules
Please refer to the Entitlement Compensation Rules – Sweden.