3-Day Notification Requirements

To apply for additions or changes to the Corporate Licensed Entities, please visit the Licensee Portal and submit a ‘Corporate – Changes to Corporate Licence Entities’ application. (Fee: €1,500) The below documentation/information is required:

1. Current and post company structures signed by the applicant, showing all holding companies and the ultimate beneficial owners, and highlighting the new entities to be included as service entities (and eventually included in the Corporate licence);
2. Due diligence documentation for the new entity (EDFs) and its Directors (PDFs), unless already provided;
3. Description of the services to be offered by the new service entities;
4. Declaration regarding the retention of existing policies and procedures, as well as the relevant updated policies and procedures;
5. Declaration signed by Key Compliance stating that there will no changes to the Directors and Key Persons within the company, or PDFs for any new Key Persons.

Licensees are required to notify the Authority forthwith, and in any case no later than three (3) working days after any change in direct or indirect qualifying shareholding within the licensee. The Licensee has thirty (30) days after the change to submit the relevant documentation, through a completed ‘Corporate – Change in Approved Company Structure’ application via the LRMS. For notification to be considered valid and complete, the application needs to be submitted in full via the LRMS.

Please refer to this guidance note for more information.

Any changes in direct or indirect shareholding within the licensee’s corporate structure which do not affect qualifying interest should be notified to the Authority within thirty (30) days of the change.

The Licensee is required to submit the relevant documentation through a completed ‘Corporate – Change in Approved Company Structure’ application via the LRMS. For notification to be considered valid and complete, the application needs to be submitted in full via the LRMS.

Please refer to this guidance note for more information.

To notify the MGA of the following notifications by foreign jurisdictions, please visit the MGA portal and submit a ‘Corporate – Changes to Entity Details’ application.

A. In the case of the commencement, in whatever jurisdiction, of material litigation against the licensee, and the outcome thereof when known, the below is needed:

• Any documentation deemed relevant to the change.

B. In the case of a refusal by a foreign jurisdiction to issue a gaming licence to the licensee or a group company as defined in the Companies Act (Cap. 386 of the Laws of Malta), the below is needed:

• Any documentation deemed relevant to the change.

C. In the case of a suspension or cancellation by a foreign jurisdiction of a gaming licence to the licensee or a group company as defined in the Companies Act (Cap. 386 of the Laws of Malta), the below is needed:

• Any documentation deemed relevant to the change.

In cases where the Licensee wishes to surrender a land-based or online channel, please visit the Licensee Portal and submit a ‘Licence – Channel Surrender’. Any documents that shall require updating in view of the removal of the requested channel are required to be submitted.