Sell, Transfer or Donate the Shares

Whilst the shares remain in the name of the late Shareholder, you can sell the shares using our Postal Share Dealing service.

Alternatively, if you wish to sell the shares online or over the phone, the shares must be transferred into the new owners name. Find out how to transfer the shares in the 'Transfer' section on this page.

Once the shares have been transferred into the new owner's name, you can use any of Equiniti's sharedealing services to sell them.

How to sell your shares

Please note: If the shares are held in Paper Share Certificates, you are not limited to using one of our services.

If a Grant of Representation has been provided

Once you have provided formal documentation as described in Step 2, and you haven't already instructed us to do so, you can transfer the ownership of the shares.

The process of how to transfer the ownership depends on the type of shares held. Please follow the relevant link to find out more. ​

If you are using the small estates service

When completing the small estates form you will be asked to confirm that you want to transfer the shares and who to. Once we have this instruction, we'll be able to complete your request.

Donate the shares to charity​

We work closely with ShareGift, a charity that helps shareholders or their legal representatives move on small amounts of shares that would otherwise be uneconomic to sell or transfer.

If you wish to donate the shares to charity, please complete the relevant Sharegift Transfer form.

• If the shares are held in a Paper share certificate – Please complete the Share Gift Transfer form & guidance notes


• If the shares are held digitally (in a Corporate Sponsored Nominee) - Please complete the CSN Share Gift Transfer form & guidance notes

For further assistance please visit www.sharegift.org