Share Certificate

A professional share certificate with execution options for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, plus an issue checklist and a lost certificate indemnity.

Editable Word document
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10pages
Guidance notes included
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Company secretarial

Share Certificate

About this document

What it’s for

The certificate a company issues to a shareholder showing the number and class of shares they hold. It is evidence of title to the shares and must be handed back to the company when the shares are transferred.

When to use it

  • When shares are allotted on incorporation or to a new investor
  • When a transfer of shares is registered (a new certificate for the buyer and a balance certificate for the seller if needed)
  • To replace a lost, damaged or destroyed certificate

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Statement
  2. Indemnity
  3. Governing law

Also included

  • Before preparing the certificate
  • Signing and issuing

How to complete it

  • Use the next certificate number in sequence from the register of certificates
  • Check the holder’s name, the number, class and nominal value of shares, and the amount paid against the register of members
  • Choose execution Option A or Option B (or use the company seal) and delete the other page
  • Issue within two months of the allotment or of the transfer being lodged

Key points to check

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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Written for UK businesses

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