Who gets the new shares?

The decision says. Shareholders have a right to subscribe in proportion to what they hold, unless the decision or the bolagsordning says otherwise (13 kap. 1 §). The register records who was allotted shares, not who was offered them.

Which share numbers do they get?

The next free ones after the highest number that has been used. The review shows them before you confirm.

Do the new shares carry hembud?

They take the förbehåll their class has in the bolagsordning.

Can new shares be sold before the issue is registered?

Not in aktiebok.io: shares of an issue that is not registered yet cannot be transferred, cancelled or split. Fill in the registration first.

We entered the wrong number of shares.

Reverse the entry from History and enter it again; the history keeps both. A wrong date, basis or price is corrected on the entry itself.

Does my AI know this?

Yes. A connected AI reads the same rules before it drafts an issue, asks for the registration date instead of assuming one, and its draft opens in aktiebok.io for you to review.

Guide

Issuing new shares, from the decision to the registration.

What a nyemission is, the order things happen in, and what goes into the share register at each step.

In short

A nyemission creates new shares. The company receives money or something else of value, the subscribers receive shares, and everyone who does not take part owns a smaller part of the company than before.

Two days matter, and they are not the same day. The new shares go into the share register the day the board allots them (ABL 13 kap. 18 §). The share capital rises the day Bolagsverket registers the issue (13 kap. 29 §). Between the two, the register holds shares that the share capital does not yet count.

The shares can be paid for in three ways, and the register treats them alike: in money, by setting off a debt the company owes the subscriber (a kvittningsemission), or with property (an apportemission). A bonus issue (fondemission) is a different thing and is covered further down.

Step by step

What happensWhat you do in aktiebok.io

What happensThe general meeting decides on the issue: how many shares, of which class, at what price, who may subscribe and by when. The board may decide instead, if the meeting has authorised it beforehand or approves it afterwards.

In aktiebok.ioNothing yet. Simulate shows the price and what the issue does to every holder before anything is decided.

What happensThe shares are subscribed for, on a subscription list or in the minutes, and paid for.

In aktiebok.ioNothing yet. Money in the bank is not an entry.

What happensThe board allots the shares to the subscribers.

In aktiebok.ioAdd entry, then Issue, one for each subscriber in the same draft: the day of the allotment, the class, the subscriber and the number of shares, the price per share, and the basis: the decision and its date. The form keeps the document, the class and the price for the next subscriber. The shares take the next free numbers, and each entry is marked Not registered.

What happensThe board files the issue with Bolagsverket, within six months of the decision (13 kap. 27 §).

In aktiebok.ioNothing. aktiebok.io files nothing; you file as before. The form and the papers are in Filing with Bolagsverket.

What happensBolagsverket registers the issue and sends a registreringsbevis.

In aktiebok.ioIn History, click Not registered on the entry and give the registration date and the share capital from the certificate. That completes the entry; no new one is made.

One exception to step 3. When the board has decided the issue on the condition that the general meeting approves it afterwards, the shares may be subscribed, allotted and paid, but they do not go into the register until the meeting has approved (13 kap. 32 §). Enter the issue on the day of that approval.

aktiebok.io · Review and confirm

Open draftIssue12 000 B shares · 84 kr · Styrelsebeslut 2026-09-14

HolderShares% of capital

Astrid Lindqvist40 000 → 40 00044,44 % → 39,22 %

Johan Berg30 000 → 30 00033,33 % → 29,41 %

Sara Nyström20 000 → 20 00022,22 % → 19,61 %

Granliden Kapital AB0 → 12 0000,00 % → 11,76 %

Nothing changes until you confirm.DiscardConfirm

An example

An example · Blåsippan Robotics AB

90 000 A shares and a share capital of 45 000 kr; the bolagsordning allows A and B shares. On 14 September 2026 the board, authorised by the annual meeting, decides on an issue of 12 000 B shares at 84 kr per share to Granliden Kapital AB and allots them the same day.

The company receives 1 008 000 kr.
From 14 September the register holds 102 000 shares. The new ones are numbers 90 001 to 102 000, in Granliden's name.
Astrid Lindqvist still has 40 000 shares. They were 44,44 % of the company and are now 39,22 %.
The share capital stays at 45 000 kr until Bolagsverket registers the issue on 2 October 2026, and is 51 000 kr from that day.

After the allotment

aktiebok.io · Blåsippan Robotics AB

Cap tableRegisterHistory

No.DateEntryWhat it did

32026-09-14Issue12 000 B to Granliden Kapital ABNot registered

22025-06-02Issue20 000 A to Sara Nyström

12024-03-12Formation70 000 A to two founders

3 entries. Share capital 45 000,00 kr until the issue is registered.

After the registration

aktiebok.io · Blåsippan Robotics AB

Cap tableRegisterHistory

No.DateEntryWhat it did

32026-09-14Issue12 000 B to Granliden Kapital AB

22025-06-02Issue20 000 A to Sara Nyström

12024-03-12Formation70 000 A to two founders

3 entries. Share capital 51 000,00 kr, registered 2026-10-02.

When it does not go through

An issue that is not filed in time, or that Bolagsverket refuses to register, lapses (13 kap. 30 §). The shares were in the register, so they have to come out of it again. Bolagsverket can still register an issue filed late when every subscriber consents in writing and the filing arrives within two years of the decision; its page on filing a new issue has the conditions.

In aktiebok.io that is a Void entry on the issue. The issue and its void both stay in History, as everything does: the register shows that the shares were entered and why they are gone.

A bonus issue (fondemission)

In a bonus issue, a fondemission, nobody pays: the company moves its own equity into the share capital, with or without new shares. New shares from it go into the register only after Bolagsverket has registered the decision (12 kap. 10 §). So it is entered once, dated on the registration day: an Issue at a price of 0 when it gives new shares, a Capital change when it gives none.

Questions that come up

Who gets the new shares?: The decision says. Shareholders have a right to subscribe in proportion to what they hold, unless the decision or the bolagsordning says otherwise (13 kap. 1 §). The register records who was allotted shares, not who was offered them.
Which share numbers do they get?: The next free ones after the highest number that has been used. The review shows them before you confirm.
Do the new shares carry hembud?: They take the förbehåll their class has in the bolagsordning.
Can new shares be sold before the issue is registered?: Not in aktiebok.io: shares of an issue that is not registered yet cannot be transferred, cancelled or split. Fill in the registration first.
We entered the wrong number of shares.: Reverse the entry from History and enter it again; the history keeps both. A wrong date, basis or price is corrected on the entry itself.
Does my AI know this?: Yes. A connected AI reads the same rules before it drafts an issue, asks for the registration date instead of assuming one, and its draft opens in aktiebok.io for you to review.

This page is guidance on keeping the register right, following aktiebolagslagen (2005:551) as amended through SFS 2026:783. It is not legal or tax advice.

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