Examples

Standard tariff:

Your dealing charges will be related directly to the amount you invest, or the proceeds of a sale, as shown below. When you choose batch dealing, purchases start from £2.50 and sales from £7.50, and realtime sales and purchases online start from £7.50.

Let's say you want to buy some shares in ABC plc. The shares can be bought for 100p each, and you want to invest £500, inclusive of dealing charges and stamp duty.

Stamp duty is 0.5% of the purchase value and dealing commission on the standard tariff is 1%, minimum £2.50.

Cost of shares	£492.00	(492 shares at 100p each)
Stamp duty	£2.46	(£492 x 0.5%)
Commission	£4.92	(£492 x 1.0%)
Total Cost	£499.38

Trader option:

Let's say you want to buy some shares in XYZ plc. The shares can be bought for 100p each, and you want to invest £5,000 inclusive of dealing charges and stamp duty.

Stamp duty is 0.5% of the purchase value and dealing commission is £7.50 fixed.

Cost of shares	£4,967.00	(4967 shares at 100p each)
Stamp duty	£24.84	(£4967 x 0.5%)
Commission	£7.50
Total Cost	£4,999.34

Had you bought these shares under the standard tariff, dealing commission would have been £49.25 and you'd only have bought 4,925 shares. So even if this was your only transaction in that quarter, your £20.00 fee (+ VAT) would still have saved you £18.25.

What this fee covers

for you:

• A 6-monthly statement of your account by email or post
• Safe keeping of your investments, so you don't face potential costs and delays because of lost certificates
• Email price alerts
• Twice yearly copies of our magazine, The Shareholder.

behind the scenes:

• Handling of Rights Issues and other Corporate Actions that affect your shares
• Monitoring your price limits, stop-loss and tracking stop-loss limits for up to 365 days.