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Shareholder Information

Registrars

All administrative enquiries relating to shareholdings and requests to receive corporate documents by e-mail should, in the first instance, be directed to:

Capita Registrars
Northern House
Woodsome Park
Fenay Bridge
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD8 0LA

0871 664 0300 (calls cost 10 pence per minute plus network extras. Lines are open from 8:30am to 5:30pm Mon – Fri) from the UK and +44 20 8639 3399 from overseas.

shareholder.services@capitaregistrars.com

Shareholders who receive duplicate sets of company mailings because they have multiple accounts should write to Capita Registrars to have their accounts amalgamated.

Change of Address Form (21 Kb PDF)
Stock Transfer Form (155 Kb PDF)

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Shareholder portal

You will need your investor code, which can be found on your share certificate(s) to register for the shareholder portal.

Once you have registered, you can immediately:

  • Cast your proxy vote on-line.
  • Elect to receive shareholder communication electronically.

And, after you have activated your account, you can benefit from a number of other on-line services:

  • View your holding balance and indicative share price and valuation.
  • View transactions on your holding and dividend payments you have received.
  • Update your address or register a bank mandate instruction to have dividends paid directly to your bank account.
  • Access a wide range of shareholder information including downloadable forms.

www.capitashareportal.com

ShareGift

ShareGift is a charity share donation scheme for shareholders who may wish to dispose of a small number of shares where the market value makes it uneconomic to sell them on a commission basis. The scheme is administered by the Orr Mackintosh Foundation. For further information, please contact the foundation: 020 7930 3737.

www.sharegift.org

Paying tax on shares

Whether you’re liable to pay tax on your shares will depend on your tax position. If in doubt, please consult your personal financial advisor.

Paying tax on dividends

Some tax is automatically deducted on dividends. To ascertain whether you can claim this back or whether you’re paying the correct amount of tax, please consult your personal financial advisor.

Stamp duty on share transfers

Under normal circumstances, stamp duty is payable but please consult your personal financial advisor.

Unauthorised brokers (“boiler room” scams)

Shareholders are advised to be wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free company reports. These are typically from overseas based “brokers” who target UK shareholders offering to sell them what often turns out to be worthless or high risk shares in US or UK investments. These are commonly known as “boiler rooms”.

If you receive any unsolicited investment advice:

  • Make sure you get the correct name of the person and organisation.
  • Check that they are properly authorised by the FSA before getting involved. You can check at: www.fsa.gov.uk/register
  • Report the matter to the FSA either by calling 0845 606 1234 or visiting: www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk
  • If the calls persist, hang up.

Details of any share dealing facilities that Christie Group endorses will only be included in company mailings.

More detailed information can be found on the FSA website: www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk

Identity theft

Tips for protecting your shares in the Company:

  • Ensure all your certificates are kept in a safe place or hold your shares electronically in CREST via a nominee.
  • Keep correspondence from us and Capita in a safe place and destroy any unwanted correspondence by shredding.
  • If you change address, inform Capita in writing or update your address online via the shareholder portal. If you receive a letter from Capita regarding a change of address but have not moved, please contact them immediately.
  • Consider having your dividend paid directly into your bank. This will reduce the risk of the cheque being intercepted or lost in the post. If you change your bank account, inform Capita of the details of your new account. You can do this by post or on-line via the shareholder portal.
  • If you are buying or selling shares, only deal with brokers registered and authorised to carry out that type of business.
  • Be wary of phone calls or e-mails purporting to come from us or Capita asking you to confirm personal details or details of your investment in our shares. Neither we nor Capita will ever ask you to provide information in this way.