Shareholders are continuing to discover the benefits of holding their shares electronically. Our Corporate Sponsored Nominee service has been developed to offer your shareholders all the advantages of having a dematerialised shareholding whilst retaining their beneficial ownership rights.

What are the benefits?

A Corporate Sponsored Nominee offers benefits to both the sponsoring company and the shareholder.

Benefits to the company?

• An extension of shareholder/employee benefits, promoting shareholder loyalty.
• Maintaining shareholder records off the public share register, increasing employee security.
• Flexibility in application of shareholder rights.
• Cost efficiencies in shareholder communications.

Benefits to the shareholder?

• Access to more competitive dealing rates and accelerated settlement in CREST.
• Easy route to uncertificated holding for private individuals with ancillary service benefits e.g. no charges for indemnities (particularly useful where the company offers a DRIP).
• Regular statements, making for simplified personal records.
• Anonymity, shareholder details taken off the main register.
• Smooth transition from employee scheme to share ownership.
• Reassurance of regulation by the Financial Services Authority.

How does it work?

The Corporate Sponsored Nominee works by removing investors names from the main register and holding them together with that of other investors in the Nominee Company - Equiniti Corporate Nominees Limited. We maintain a separate register of the individual investors ‘behind the scenes’ and this separate listing is not normally available to the public. Shareholders maintain beneficial ownership of the shares and retain their right to receive dividend payments and financial information, they can also attend and vote on matters put to general meetings.

Share Dealing

Share Dealing is made available to participants through our innovative and market leading real time internet and telephone service, Shareview Dealing. Shareview Dealing complements the principal benefit of the Nominee Service giving your shareholders quick and easy settlement when selling their shares. In addition we can support a ‘panel’ of one or more brokers appointed by you.

Your next step

For more information on these services, either speak to your Relationship Manager or contact our Business Development Team.