Stock Transfer Services Glossary

A stamp and signature provided by an approved financial institution that verifies the authenticity of a shareholder's si...

Non-Objecting Beneficial Owner — a beneficial owner who has consented to having their contact information disclosed to t...

Abbreviations for Non-Objecting Beneficial Owner (NOBO) and Objecting Beneficial Owner (OBO), designating whether a bene...

Objecting Beneficial Owner — a beneficial owner who has declined to permit the disclosure of their identity to the issue...

Optional Cash Purchase — a feature of some dividend reinvestment plans that allows enrolled shareholders to purchase add...

A holding of fewer than 100 shares (or the standard board lot size) of a security, typically associated with shareholder...

A written authorisation by which a shareholder delegates voting rights at a shareholder meeting to another person or ent...

A ballot document sent to shareholders that allows them to authorise another party to vote their shares at a shareholder...

A regulatory filing distributed to shareholders that provides information necessary to vote at a shareholder meeting, pr...

The process of changing the name or form of ownership in which shares are registered on the books of the transfer agent,...

The date established by a corporation on which a shareholder must be registered on the company's books to be entitled to...

A shareholder whose name appears directly on the books of the transfer agent or the issuing corporation as the owner of...

A shareholder whose name appears directly on an issuer's stock register, as maintained by the transfer agent, rather tha...

Securities acquired in unregistered, private transactions from an issuer that may not be resold without registration or...

A corporate action in which a company reduces its total number of outstanding shares by consolidating multiple existing...

A physical paper document issued by a transfer agent evidencing a shareholder's registered ownership of a specified numb...

The individual or entity whose name appears directly on a company's share register as the legal owner of shares on a spe...

A physical paper document issued by a company or its transfer agent as evidence of a shareholder's ownership of a specif...

A legal document, separate from a stock certificate, that authorises the transfer of ownership of shares from one party...

A corporate action in which a company increases its total number of outstanding shares by dividing existing shares into...

A form of securities ownership in which shares are held in the name of a broker-dealer or nominee on behalf of the benef...

A financial institution or trust company appointed by a corporation to maintain shareholder records, process share trans...

An IRS form used by US persons to certify their taxpayer identification number (TIN) and exempt status for backup withho...