Certificated Share Dealing

A share certificate verifies a shareholding in a company on a physical paper certificate. The certificate will show the shareholder’s name, the company in which the shares are owned and the number of shares held.

Buy and sell share certificates

Shareview Dealing allows you to buy and sell share certificates for a one-off fee in all companies where Equiniti is the registrar. This applies to companies for which we maintain their share register. Here is a list of companies you can trade with us. You can access real time pricing on your shares and then choose to buy, sell or hold.

Why do investors sell share certificates?

• To avoid the worry of losing paper certificates, and the hassle and cost of replacing them
• To realise the current value of the shares
• To avoid paying ongoing fees – only pay a one-time charge, and at a competitive rate
• To act ahead of the deadline set to make paper share certificates obsolete (date yet to be determined)

Shareview is part of Equiniti, a FTSE 250, listed company that is fully authorised and regulated by the FCA.

Over 50% of FTSE 100 companies trust us to manage their share register and we work with 28 million shareholders and pensioners across the UK.

1. Place your online trade

You can trade shares in any UK company that Equiniti maintains the share register for. Before you place your trade please check the list of companies you can trade with us.

Please have your share certificate and NI number available to place your trade. The share certificate will need to be in your name otherwise, see transfer certificated shares.

Trading by telephone

Our colleagues continue to work from home to safeguard their wellbeing due to COVID-19. To help ease pressure on them, we are asking customers to place their trades online where possible. By switching to online trading, you’ll also save money and can avoid longer wait times which you may experience on the phone.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding over this challenging period.

To place a trade by phone, please call 03456 037 037. Lines are open 08:00 to 16:30, Monday to Friday.

For any queries, please try our help page or email sharedealing@equiniti.com and we will respond to you as soon as we can.

2. Send share certificate & CREST Transfer form

Please send your share certificate(s) and a signed CREST Transfer form to finalise the sale. You will be sent a pre-filled CREST Transfer form in the post once you have placed the trade, or simply download the form below to get started.

We recommend sending the certificate and contract note via registered post for enhanced security.
Send your documents to: Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, BN99 6DA, United Kingdom

3. Payment

Once we have received your documents and finalised the trade, the money will be sent to you by your choice of BACS or a cheque. If your bank details cannot be validated, then you will be issued a cheque.
BACS usually takes three working days to show in your account, from the day the payment is released.

Step-by-step sale timeline

This timeline provides an indication of the earliest possible time that each part of the sale process may be completed.

• Day 1 – The sale is placed, you have entered into an agreement with Shareview Dealing to sell your shares on the UK stock market.
• Day 1 to 2 – A contract note confirming the sale and pre-filled CREST Transfer form will be sent to you via first class post.
• Day 2 to 3 – Your contract note and CREST Transfer form should have arrived by post. By returning the signed form and your share certificates quickly, you’ll be able to receive the money from the sale at the earliest opportunity.
• Day 3 The sale of shares will be settled. If you have already sent your documents, you can now expect the money to be transferred to you.
• Day 8 and 16 – A chaser letter will be sent to you if you have not sent in your documents.
• Day 23 - Unfortunately if we do not receive your documents by day 23, we have to buy back the shares. You will still be charged the trading commission, additional charges (duties and levies), as well as paying for any change in the share price.

Online

Telephone

Stamp duty reserve tax

PTM levy

Additional charges

Sell share certificates from a deceased’s estate

To sell shares following a bereavement you have two options:

• You can transfer shares from a deceased’s estate into Beneficiary’s name to sell these through our share certificate trading service. Please see Manage an estate to register the death and make the transfer.

 

• You can sell share certificates in the name of a deceased individual, by using our postal share dealing service.

 

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