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SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS - Norway

1 Founding Instrument(s) (with links if possible) Norwegian Companies Act, Financial Institutions Act and Norwegian covered-bond legislation and regulations; company Articles and licence. SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt was formed in 2005.
2 Any additional or subsequent mandate or governance statements (not included in the above). Its sole purpose is to provide stable wholesale funding to participating SpareBank 1 group banks by purchasing qualifying residential mortgages and issuing covered bonds. It is supervised as a specialised covered-bond credit institution.
3 Ownership Owned directly by participating SpareBank 1 Alliance banks. Ownership percentages are periodically rebalanced, generally in relation to the mortgages transferred and capital requirements.
4 Legal status Norwegian private limited company (aksjeselskap) and specialised regulated credit institution authorised to issue covered bonds.
5 Government accounting for stake No state ownership
6 Member bank accounting for stake Owner banks recognise direct equity investments and sell qualifying mortgages to the company under Transfer and Servicing Agreements. [Owner banks use partial consolidation for their equity investments. TBC]
7 Government guarantee No government guarantee. Shareholder and capital-support arrangements among the owner banks are contract based
8 Other Comments The company is a mortgage-purchase aggregator, not a secured lender to member banks

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