Equiniti are there to answer any queries about your shareholding and to help with the following matters:
Equiniti can be contacted online, by phone or by post. See contact details below.
Reuniting you with your shares and dividends - Sainsbury’s has instructed ProSearch, a specialist tracing company, to identify and communicate with shareholders who may be owed dividends or shares in Sainsbury’s.
If you have received a communication from ProSearch and think you may be due some dividends or shares in Sainsbury’s and would like further information, please contact ProSearch directly. You can call them on 0800 389 6479 (or +44 (0)121 415 0061 from outside the UK). The lines are open from 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday (excluding UK public holidays). More information can be found on their website www.prosearchassets.com
What should I do if I do not want to use the ProSearch service?
Visit Equiniti at www.shareview.co.uk to manage your shareholding online quickly, easily and securely:
To view your account you will need to set up a portfolio by registering at www.shareview.co.uk. Your new shareholder reference number will have been provided to you by our registrar, Equiniti.
To minimise our environmental impact, we encourage you to sign up to receive all shareholder communications electronically. To register for Electronic Shareholder Communications click here.
Equiniti Limited
Aspect House
Spencer Road
Lancing
West Sussex
BN99 6DA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 333 207 6557
*Lines are open between 08.30 and 17.30 GMT Monday to Friday (excluding UK public holidays in England and Wales)
A range of help is available at help.shareview.co.uk
For more information on understanding shares, read our Understanding Shares pdf.
Shareholders are advised to be very wary of any unsolicited advice, offers to buy shares at a discount or offers of free company annual reports. If you receive any unsolicited investment advice, whether over the telephone, through the post or by email:
make sure you get the name of the person and organisation;
check that they are properly authorised by the FCA before getting involved by visiting https://register.fca.org.uk/; and,
report the matter to the FCA either by calling 0800 111 6768 or by completing an online form at www.fca.org.uk/consumers/report-scam-unauthorised-firm
Details of any share dealing facilities that the Company endorses are below.
More detailed information on this or similar activity can be found on the FCA website www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart
To buy or sell your J Sainsbury plc ordinary shares, please visit your stockbroker or your bank who will usually be able to assist you. Alternatively, you may consider using Equiniti. Equiniti offers a telephone and online facility, which gives shareholders the opportunity to trade at a known price. The telephone service is available from 8.00am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays, on telephone number 0371 384 2030. The online share dealing service gives shareholders the option to submit instructions to trade online and more information can be found by visiting www.shareview.co.uk.
If a buyer and seller of shares agree, they can transfer shares off market by using a stock transfer form, rather than going to a bank or stockbroker. Please read the guidance notes carefully and if you need help completing this form you should contact an advisor.
If you have only a small number of shares which would cost more for you to sell than they are worth, you may wish to consider donating them to the charity ShareGift (Registered Charity 1052686) which specialises in accepting such shares as donations. The relevant stock transfer form may be obtained from Equiniti. There are no implications for Capital Gains Tax purposes (no gain or loss) on gifts of shares to charity. It is also possible to obtain income tax relief.
Further information about ShareGift may be obtained on 020 7930 3737 or from www.sharegift.org.