Shareholder Rights

[Mark Bentley]

The table below show what services the major investment platforms offer clients for information and voting rights on their holdings.

Platform Name:	Can you ask the platform to notify you of upcoming general meetings for your shareholdings, or does the platform do this anyway?	Is there a charge for this service?	Can you ask the platform to automatically send you electronic copies of annual and interim reports, and circulars for your shareholdings?	Is there a charge for this service?	Can you ask the platform to automatically send you paper copies of annual and interim reports, and circulars for your shareholdings?	Is there a charge for this service?	Can you instruct the platform to vote on resolutions put to general meetings on your behalf?	Is there a charge for this service?	If voting is offered, is this through a simple electronic form, or is it more cumbersome to do so, e.g. by having to send a message with detailed voting instructions?	Will the platform issue letters of representation so that you can attend, speak and vote at general meetings?	Does the platform provide a standard electronic mechanism for requesting LoRs, or do specific messages have to be sent?	Is there a charge for providing a LoR?
AJ Bell YouInvest	no – sometimes   notified	no	no	na	no	na	yes	no	Unless   you wish to vote for all resolutions in the same manner, a message has to be   sent.	yes	a   message must be sent	no
Hargreaves Lansdown	no	na	no	no	no	no	yes	no	send an email -but it works   fine. And for capital raises etc, there is a specific form to be filled out   with detailed explanation	Yes, and they are (now) quite   efficient about it	in the email system, it is one   of the dropdown choices	no charge
HSBC	no	na	no	na	no	na	Don’t know	Don’t know		no	no	na
IG stockbrokers (direct client)	no	na	no	na	no	na	yes,   with difficulty	no	message   and begging	yes	no	£100
i-dealing	no	na	no	na	no	na	no	na		no	no	na
Interactive Brokers	no	na	no	na	no	na	no	na		no	no	na
Interactive Investors	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no	yes	no	electronic   form	yes	yes,   standard mechanism	no
Natwest Stockbrokers	no	na	no	na	no	na	by   special request only	possibly	special   request	yes	no   – special request	possibly
The Share Centre	not reliably	no	no	na	yes	no	yes	no	electronic   form	yes	yes   – but may not cover AIM companies	no

• This topic was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Mark Bentley.
• This topic was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Mark Bentley.
• This topic was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Mark Bentley.

[Mike Dennis]

Thanks Mark
The table looks good but the text is hard to read on the headers. Is it poss to change the contrast by lightening the background or making the text white rather than black.
Thanks
Mike

[Mark Bentley]

Hi Mike,

I’ve improved the backgrouond colour for the header row.

Best,
Mark

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