SDR indehaves udelukkende af of ficielle organer, som regel centralbanker, og kan overdrages til andre deltagere i IMF's SDR-afdeling og andre af IMF udpegede indehavere (andre centralbanker og visse internationale organisationer).
SDRs are held exclusively by official holders, which are nor mally central banks, and are transferable among participants in the IMF's Special Draw ing Rights Department and other holders designated by the IMF (other central banks and certain international agencies).