Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998
To: The applicants listed in Schedule 1 (the applicants) Since:
B. I am satisfied it is in the national interest for the applicants to hold a 100% stake in Sovereign and SKKR,
I, Sharyn Reichstein, a delegate of the Treasurer, under paragraph 14(1)(a) of the Act, approve the applicants to hold a 100% stake in Sovereign and SKKR, subject to the condition imposed under subsection 16(1) of the Act set out in Schedule 2.
This approval commences on the day it is made and remains in force indefinitely subject to the condition set out in Schedule 2.
Date: 12 December 2022
Sharyn Reichstein General Manager Insurance Division
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Interpretation
Act means the Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998.
financial sector company has the meaning given in section 3 of the Act.
stake in relation to a company, has the meaning given in clause 10 of Schedule 1 to the Act.
Notes
Note 1 Under section 14 of the Act, the Treasurer must give written notice of the approval to the applicant and financial sector company concerned and this instrument will be registered on the Federal Register of Legislation as a notifiable instrument.
Note 2 Section 19 of the Act provides for flow-on approvals. If an approval has been granted for the holding of a stake in a financial sector company and the financial sector company is a holding company for an authorised deposit-taking institution or an authorised insurance company, then an approval is taken to exist for the holding of a stake of equal value in each financial sector company that is a 100% subsidiary of the holding company.
The proposed restructure, as set out in the application dated 5 December 2022 must occur by no later than 30 June 2023.