Royal Bank of Scotland shares

ERICS_MUM

Unfortunately I held some when the SHTF in 2008 and did not sell in time. Still have them !! :rotfl::mad::mad:

I'm trying to work out how much I've lost on them since I acquired them but because they have been through several changes I've lost track. For instance at one time prior to 2008 each share was split (into 3 I think). Then later they were bundled together again in a different ratio. There might be other changes.

So does anyone know where I can find details of all the "iterations" the shares have gone through since RBS acquired NWB (I had NWB shares, converted to RBS and I have info about that).

Thanks

Linda xx

gadgetmind

If you don't get an answer here, try the MF Banking Sector board.

http://boards.fool.co.uk/banking-sector-50033.aspx

BillJones

Their high, in 2007, was 6026, they are now at 358. In 2008 they dropped from 3,000 to about the current price.

This is the price "as they are now", i.e. the one to show how much they have dropped.

gadgetmind

My guess is that the OP needs to calculate their per share purchase price for CGT purposes so they can claim a capital loss. This does require that their understand all splits etc. along the way.

sabretoothtigger

Goto the FT.com market graphs and it'll take a start and end date and calc your gains for you


simple answer is 200 is 20p old money. So its 300p now and in 2008 that would given you a 30p buy price for the same shares

BillJones

gadgetmind wrote: »

My guess is that the OP needs to calculate their per share purchase price for CGT purposes so they can claim a capital loss. This does require that their understand all splits etc. along the way.

Well, just a trade date would do it. There's only been the one split anyway, a 1 for 10 on the 6th June 2012.

bowlhead99

The easy answer for most companies is to go to the investors section of their website.

So in this case http://www.investors.rbs.com. Then go through to "shareholder centre". Then there's another link to "Corporate Actions" for historic corporate activity.

On this page you'll find details of the 2007 bonus issue (when investors ended up with 3 shares for their 1, as mentioned by the OP), the share sub-division and consolidation in 2012, as mentioned by BillJones, the rights issue in 2008 and so forth.

If you get lost, the registrars of a plc are usually pretty good at telling you what a particular holding on a particular date of some old paper shares you found, would have turned into if you haven't taken up any optional rights etc.

I mention this as a workable solution for lots of plc holdings as the question seems to come up pretty often and advice to look at FT graphs etc is often only a partial answer.

ERICS_MUM

bowlhead99 wrote: »

The easy answer for most companies is to go to the investors section of their website.

So in this case http://www.investors.rbs.com. Then go through to "shareholder centre". Then there's another link to "Corporate Actions" for historic corporate activity.

On this page you'll find details of the 2007 bonus issue (when investors ended up with 3 shares for their 1, as mentioned by the OP), the share sub-division and consolidation in 2012, as mentioned by BillJones, the rights issue in 2008 and so forth.

If you get lost, the registrars of a plc are usually pretty good at telling you what a particular holding on a particular date of some old paper shares you found, would have turned into if you haven't taken up any optional rights etc.

I mention this as a workable solution for lots of plc holdings as the question seems to come up pretty often and advice to look at FT graphs etc is often only a partial answer.

thank you so much, why didn't I think that for myself ! I will force myself to face the ugly truth later tonight when I calculate what remains of my 2001 staff BAYE scheme - sob.

gadgetmind

BillJones wrote: »

Well, just a trade date would do it. There's only been the one split anyway, a 1 for 10 on the 6th June 2012.

And a consolidation and rights issue, plus some people might have added to their holding at various points meaning they need to allow for section 104 holdings.

I try and keep track of these things as I go along because of the difficulties when you try and do it retrospectively.