Merger between companies with the same owner
Last updated: 5 August 2024.
Merger between companies with the same owner can be notified when both companies involved are owned by the same owner.
You need to report the merger in a two-step process, containing a decision to demerge and the implementation of the merger. Once we have approved notifications about mergers, we will send feedback and a certificate of registration in the post.
When you report merger online in the form Coordinated register notification in Altinn, there is one common form for all companies in the merger. If you are using the old paper form, you must submit a notification of the merger decision for each of the companies participating in the merger.
You have one month to notify the Register of Business Enterprises about this decision, as from the time when the participating companies approve the merger plan. The one month period starts at the point of time when the last company approves the merger plan.
If the notification is not sent to the Register of Business Enterprises within the deadline, the decision is annulled.
The following documents must be attached
The acquired company must attach
- minutes from the general meeting showing the approval of the merger plan
The acquiring company must attach
- minutes from the general meeting showing the approval of the merger plan
You can report the implementation of the merger when the creditor time limit of six weeks has expired. There is no time limit to notifying the Register of Business Enterprises of the implementation.
When the implementation of the merger is submitted via altinn.no you only have to send the form of the acquiring company.The implementation of this type of merger can be processed fully electronically the same day as The Register of Business Enterprises receives the notification.
The following documents must be attached
There are no attachment requirements to the notification that the acquiring company is to submit.
If you are applying the old paper form, you must also submit a notification from the company that is to be struck off.
For more information about merger between companies with the same owner, have a look at the Limited Liability Companies Act, section 13-24.