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Changes to Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance: Autumn 2011

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Summary

Norwegian public limited companies are governed by the Public Companies Act, which is, on important areas (e.g., information requirements, investor protection and accounting), supplemented by other mandatory laws such as the Securities Trading Act, the Stock Exchange Act and the Accounting Act. Companies listed in Oslo are also subject to the continuing obligations of listed companies as adopted by the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Issuer

Norway

Year

2011

Region

Europe

Issuer (type)

Norwegian Corporate Governance Board (Norsk utvalg for eierstyring og selskapsledelse) (Government)

Instrument type

Amendment

Disclosure instrument

Yes

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • Very High 1.69%
    • Very High 0.45%
    • G focus: audit
    • Finance, Management, Professional services