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Capita rip off
MollyDog_3
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Is there anyway of claiming my money for shares owned in a company that was taken over without using the Capita Tracing Solutions (rip off) service?
I had shares in Amstrad who were bought out by Sky TV, I dont recall getting the any paper work from Capita registrars about the take over but I was emmigrating to NZ at the time so it is quite possible I over looked it. Now even though I have my share certificate and Capita as registrars know I am entitled to the money and have my address they are telling me I have to put in a claim through their tracing division for which they are going to charge me 15%!
I find this quite unbelievable, is there any way around it?
I had shares in Amstrad who were bought out by Sky TV, I dont recall getting the any paper work from Capita registrars about the take over but I was emmigrating to NZ at the time so it is quite possible I over looked it. Now even though I have my share certificate and Capita as registrars know I am entitled to the money and have my address they are telling me I have to put in a claim through their tracing division for which they are going to charge me 15%!
I find this quite unbelievable, is there any way around it?
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Ignore their advice and ring up capita, (020 8639 3399 or 0800 408 1004)explain your situation and they will send you a form to complete the cash for shares offer
Dont agree to any offer to let capita tracing solutions to carry out this very simple transaction
I did this recently with BAA share offer and received a cheque withing five days of sending in my share certificate and signed offer acceptance form
Good luck0
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