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What are share options

Published in Shares and shareholders on May 12, 2020 by Philip Newman

Share options granted by a company give the holder the right to buy shares from that company at some date in the future. Companies will often grant options to employees as part of their overall remuneration package as a way to…

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Tags: Option holders, Options, Share options, shares

Inform Direct product update – March 2020

Published in Inform Direct news on March 31, 2020 by Ben Robinson

Following its January release, we’ve had good feedback about the addition of the approval workflow to the share allotment, transfer and dividend processes. This update extends this by adding the approval workflow to the…

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How to transfer shares – a step by step guide

Published in Shares and shareholders on March 5, 2020 by Johnathan Korchak

The transfer of shares in a UK company to a new shareholder, whether by sale or gift, is very common. Although private companies may expect transfers in their company’s shares to be rare, various circumstances can lead to a…

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Tags: share transfers, shares, stock transfer forms

Inform Direct product update – February

Published in Inform Direct news on February 24, 2020 by Ben Robinson

Following quickly after our second January update, our February update contains some great improvements, some of which have been suggested by you, our customers. Some of the highlights being:…

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Tags: confirmation statement, incorporation, Inform Direct, shares

What are treasury shares?

Published in Shares and shareholders on December 16, 2019 by Philip Newman

Treasury shares are the company’s own shares that it has bought back from an existing shareholder where those shares have not been immediately cancelled. This means that these shares still exist and, therefore, the company’s…

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Tags: purchase of own shares, share buyback, share transfers, shareholders, shares, Treasury shares

How to replace a lost share certificate

Published in Shares and shareholders on July 12, 2019 by Henry Catchpole

Everyone loses things, and shareholders will sometimes lose their share certificates. By lose, we mean anything ranging from damaging or misplacing share certificates right through to having them stolen.…

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Tags: share certificates, share transfers, shareholders, shares