Confirmation of entitlement to exercise shareholders rights in a general meeting
Article 5
1. For the purposes of facilitating the exercise of rights by the shareholder in a general meeting, including the right to participate and vote, as referred to in Article 3c(1) of Directive 2007/36/EC, the last intermediary shall confirm, upon request, to the shareholder or third party nominated by the shareholder, the entitled position appearing in its records. Where there is more than one intermediary in the chain of intermediaries, the last intermediary shall ensure that the entitled positions in its records are reconciled with those of the first intermediary. Such confirmation by the last intermediary to the shareholder shall not be required, if the entitled position is known by or will be transmitted to the issuer or the first intermediary, as applicable. 2. The minimum types of information and data elements that the confirmation of entitlement shall comprise, as relevant for the type of the transmission shall be as set out in Table 4 of the Annex. 3. The minimum types of information and data elements referred to in the second subparagraph shall also be applicable, to the extent necessary, to any updates and cancellations of confirmations of entitlements.