Corporate Sponsored Nominee

If a company that you invest in offers a Corporate Sponsored Nominee service, you can enjoy the convenience and reassurance of holding your shares electronically.

This spares you having to look after paper certificates but still lets the company offer you shareholder benefits.

If the company in which you hold shares offers a Corporate Sponsored Nominee you can:

access competitive dealing rates and faster settlement
forget about looking after paper share certificates
simplify your personal records with regular share statements
increase your privacy as your shareholder details are taken off the public share register
benefit from the reassurance of regulation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA)

How does it work?

The Corporate Sponsored Nominee works by removing investors names from the main register and holding them together with other investors in the nominee company. A separate register of underlying individual investors is maintained behind the scenes by the nominee.

You will still enjoy the benefits of owning shares, retain the right to receive dividend payments and the company will generally make available financial information and arrange for you to attend and vote on matters put to general meetings of the company.

Does my company offer a Corporate Sponsored Nominee?

To see if the company you hold shares in, or wish to hold shares in, offers a corporate sponsored nominee service, please review the CSN company page.

Corporate Sponsored Nominee companies

How to join

If you already have a shareholding in one of the companies listed on the Corporate Sponsored Nominee company page, you can open an account by transferring shares in the CSN.

To do this please call 0871 384 2030 to obtain a copy of the terms and conditions and an application form.

Calls to this number are charged at 8p per minute from a BT landline. Other telephony provider costs may vary.

Completed forms should be returned, together with your share certificate(s) to:

Equiniti
Aspect House
Spencer Road
Lancing
West Sussex
BN99 6DA

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