Share Dealing Discussion Area

fuzzgun19

I have what may be a dumb question.

My husband bought 60 Northern Rock shares years and years ago. We since moved house and forgot to change the address with them.

Is it worth doing anything about these shares or are they worth nothing?

gt94sss2

fuzzgun19 wrote: »

I have what may be a dumb question.

My husband bought 60 Northern Rock shares years and years ago. We since moved house and forgot to change the address with them.

Is it worth doing anything about these shares or are they worth nothing?

I am afraid the shares are now worth nothing. The last Labour Government nationalised Northern Rock and (controversially) decided that its shareholders should not receive any compensation.

robertoegg

Noob Question:

I took part in a work share scheme which resulted in a certain balance of shares. I've since opted for redundancy which means I can no longer participate in that scheme. The options include keeping the shares but I need to set-up an account.

My intention is simply to "forget about" these shares; I do not want to actively trade.

From the article, I read that XO are the most no-frills and therefore least costly for an low activity account?

Your thoughts appreciated.

On the Instruction Form, the following text advises "A €60 fee will be charged for any <Company> custodian transfers....." Is there a way of avoiding this charge? eg-requesting the transfer from a different broker as opposed to instructing <Company> or have I misunderstood the implication there and the fee applies whenever a transfer is made out of the scheme?

EdGasket

Sounds like you are stuck with that fee.
If you want to forget about them, why not just sell them?
My Bro-in-law had masses of RBS shares from working there all his life and forgetting about them cost him tens of thousands as a result of the credit crunch and the decimation of the RBS share price.

Vortigern

robertoegg wrote: »

On the Instruction Form, the following text advises "A €60 fee will be charged for any <Company> custodian transfers....." Is there a way of avoiding this charge?

That could be the charge for moving from the current nominee account to a nominee of your choosing. What would they charge to issue you with a share certificate?

robertoegg

Vortigern wrote: »

That could be the charge for moving from the current nominee account to a nominee of your choosing. What would they charge to issue you with a share certificate?

I'm not sure - I'll give them a call, thanks

Sjbi

Hi, please please can you help, it's driving me mad. I have a small amount (110) of Australian Computershare Ordinary Shares (electronic) and I am a UK resident. Ive contacted many UK companies (Aus's Computershare Investor Services says it has to be a UK broker) to see if they could sell these shares. Many companies haven't responded & others have asked for a minimum amount (£thousands) to be deposited first (eg Saxo) before they'll allow an account to be set up to transfer & sell the shares. Please please can someone help?

sabretoothtigger

Maybe ask an Australian friend. I have great problems with Australian shares and I hope to never have to deal with them directly.
If the company dual lists on LSE thats ideal, or if they get taken over you get a cheque etc

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Sjbi

Thanks sabretoothtigger :-) for your reply.
I cannot see Computershare on the LSE :-( Does that mean is nigh impossible to sell them?

@sabretoothtigger Halifax & HSBC can't deal in Australian shares

Sjbi

@sabretoothtigger have you heard any reviews of tddirectinvesting.co.uk? they say they can sell australian shares.