ATHEXCSD

Registry Services 

for Participants 

Our Services in Detail

Provision of Information

Such information includes:  

  • Details of the Share of the Own Participant in the DSS
  • Status and/or activity of the Accounts of the Share of the Own Participant in the DSS (from 29/03/1999 onwards)  
  • Statement of cash distributions  
  • Weighting status  
  • Historic balances for certified auditors  

The service is provided upon submission of the Information Request: AIT007.  

Charges:

  • € 6.20 (incl. VAT) for e-mail or JIRA Service Desk response  
  • € 7.70 (incl. VAT) for sending the reply by post

 

Inheritance Transfers

ATHEXCSD also manages the legalization of heirs of a deceased beneficiary-client of the Participant. 

Participants, after completing the legalization of heirs of their deceased beneficiary-client, notify ATHEXCSD in order to carry out the transfer of securities from the Share of their deceased beneficiary-client to the Shares of his heirs in the DSS. For this purpose, they submit to ATHEXCSD the following documents:

  • Letter of legalization of heirs and distribution of securities (see relevant template here)
  • Certificate of article 105 of Law 2961/2001 or Inheritance Tax Declaration, accompanied by a Solemn Declaration of article 8 of Law 1599/1986 (Government Gazette 75A) with a genuine signature of the applicant by an administrative authority (gov.gr), stating that "the data resulting from the Inheritance Tax Declaration have not changed and no tax is due"  

Charges: see here (ΚΑΑ504)

 

Freezing and Releasing of Securities

Freezing of securities is carried out by Participants and concerns the following:  

  • Declaration of Intention to Transfer or Creation of Weight  
  • Exercise of pre-emption rights  
  • Exercise of minority rights  
  • Foreclosure

Releasing securities by ATHEXCSD requires the following:  

  • Declaration of Intention to Transfer or Constitute a Burden  
  • Exercise of pre-emption rights  

To carry out the above decommitments, beneficiaries submit a relevant AIT012 application to ATHEXCSD. In case the release of Securities concerns KEM, the application is signed by the first co-beneficiary.  

The release of Securities relating to the exercise of minority interests and seizure is carried out directly by the Participants.  

Charges:  

  • Securities Commitment: € 12.40 (incl. VAT) per security  
  • Securities Release: € 6.20 (incl. VAT) per security 

 

Changes in Data or Category of Beneficiary Share 

This process regards updating the data of the Securities Accounts Share in the DSS in terms of the Name/Name or the category of the Securities Accounts Share from "Client's Share" to "Own Participant's Share" or "Capital Share" or "Public Body's Share".   

The service is provided upon submission of the Application for Change of Share Data & Securities Account in the DSS. APP004 and the corresponding supporting documents specified in the application.

Charges:  

  • Change of Share Details: free of charge
  • Change of Securities Account Share category: € 124 (incl. VAT)

 

Creation of a Category of Special Tax

This process concerns the following cases:

  • Foreign beneficiaries who benefit from special tax treatment due to the Double Taxation Treaty (DTT)  
  • Legal Entities
  • Subsidiaries/parent companies
  • Supranational organisations  

The Participant applies to ATHEXCSD for the creation of a special tax category for the payment of dividend, interim dividend and interest on borrowed products. The linking of the beneficiary's Securities Account Account to a special tax category is carried out by the Participant and it is valid until the end of the calendar year. The above connection must be completed by the Participant before the record date of beneficiaries of cash distribution, in order to correctly calculate the corresponding tax.  

The service is free of charge.

 

 

Requests are sent electronically via  JIRA Service Desk/Registry services. Applications containing personal data require confirmation of the beneficiary’s signature authenticity in accordance with the applicable procedure.

 

Service fees are provided in accordance with Resolution 18 of ATHEXCSD BoD. For more information click here.