Halifax Preference Shares

Floss26

I've just come across my certificate for 400 Halifax Pref Shares which were issued to me back in the 90s when I was a Birmingham Midshires customer.

Does anyone know whether they're still worth anything, and if so, how I go about cashing them in?

TIA

dzug1

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=23877565&postcount=3 may be of help - don't know if it's still curremt

Floss26

Thanks - the link to the claim form is no longer working unfortunately.

Annisele

I don't know whether they're worth anything, but if nobody comes along with a definite answer Equiniti will be able to tell you.

Halifax is now part of the Lloyds Banking Group, and Equiniti is the registrar for that group (contact details on the right hand side of this page).

talexuser

Halifax was taken over by Lloyds, every Halifax share got ~ 0.6 Lloyds shares

400 Halifax shares ~ 240 Lloyds shares

Lloyds now ~79p

Worth ~ £190

Write to Equiniti, the share registrar, to get your details changed and new certificate or much better crest register so you can sell cheaply online through XO.com for £6 or so, 3 to 5 times cheaper than selling through your bank.

opinions4u

talexuser wrote: »

Halifax was taken over by Lloyds, every Halifax share got ~ 0.6 Lloyds shares

400 Halifax shares ~ 240 Lloyds shares

Lloyds now ~79p

Worth ~ £190

This only applies to ordinary shares.

A bit more info here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/jessicainvestigates/10068572/HBOS-shares-went-missing-without-a-trace.html

Floss26

Thanks all. I've just checked my bank statements for the previous 12 months and it seems that I am still getting paid a small dividend on these shares - £12.95 twice yearly. So it probably makes sense to hang onto them.