New legislation has granted new rights to shareholders who hold their shares through a nominee.

If you hold shares in a listed company in any account with The Share Centre, and have "opted in" for shareholder information rights, you can now elect to receive, direct from the company:

• annual reports and accounts and/or summary financial statements
• non-personalised corporate action documents
• notices of general meetings and circulars
• shareholder mailings of information leaflets

These nominee shareholder rights were enacted in the Companies Act 2006 as a direct result of The Share Centre's pressure for change on behalf of shareowners and apply to all nominee based investors, including those with Share Accounts, CTFs, ISAs, and SIPPs.