[Finance] Shares question

[essbee1]

I wonder if the great and good of NSC can help here. My Dad left me a share with my brothers of some Royal Mail shares (~£300) before he sadly departed. We have
probate, so I am able to sell them now. But I have no share certificate or documentation about them. Does anybody know where to start on this? I've had a good look around and am none the wiser? I have an idea that DHL might be involved but may have just dreamt that. Ta very much.

 

[Bozza]

It looks like IDS, the parent company of Royal Mail, uses (Worthing-based) Equniti as their share registrar, so you'll need to go via them:

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[Brian Fantana]

It looks like IDS, the parent company of Royal Mail, uses (Worthing-based) Equniti as their share registrar, so you'll need to go via them:

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This.

I work for RM and was about to comment the same.

@essbee1 - if you run into any issues, feel free to PM me.

 

[essbee1]

Thank you so much Bozza and Brian. As usual - staggered by the extent of knowledge of people on here and their willingness to help.

Believe it or not - the money is irrelevant (sorry if that sounds arrogant). I just need closure on these types of thing.
Ta again.

 

[Doonhamer7]

Remember they (IDS - no longer called Royal Mail) are currently about to be bought by EP Group so shares will automatically be paid out

 

[dazzer6666]

Remember they (IDS - no longer called Royal Mail) are currently about to be bought by EP Group so shares will automatically be paid out

370p per share I think

 

[Bodian]

It looks like IDS, the parent company of Royal Mail, uses (Worthing-based) Equniti as their share registrar, so you'll need to go via them:

Help and Support - Equiniti

Find answers to questions we are asked here every day at Equiniti

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Lancing based, please!

My father-in-law up here in Cumbria played with shares for a while and had loads of correspondence from Lancing!

But going back to the OP - if there's no certificate and no documentation, are you sure he still had them? Sorting out my FIL's stuff I came across loads of references to things he no longer has*. It took a while.... Hopefully Equiniti can provide some assistance.

(*Whilst I applaud him for not keeping hold of his BAE shares and moving to more ethical investment - I'm not sure it was the wisest financial move... 250% increases foregone!)

 

[essbee1]

Thanks everyone. I rang up Equiniti's helpline and they really couldn't have been more helpful. So - well
on the way to being sorted. The power of NSC!