FAQs

Questions

1. What are share certificates?
2. What happens if I lose my share certificate?
3. What is my share account number?
4. What do I do if my personal details change?
5. What are the procedures if a shareholder has died?
6. I hold shares that refer to Leptis Magna Plc. Are these still valid?
7. Why does my Telephonetics plc share certificate refer to 0.1p?
8. What is CREST?
9. How do I buy or sell Telephonetics plc shares?
10. How do I transfer Telephonetics plc shares?
11. What is a Registrar?
12. What Company information will I receive?
13. What Company meetings am I invited to?
14. Does the Company pay a dividend?
15. Where can I get a copy of the Telephonetics plc's Annual Report & Accounts?

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Answers

1. What are share certificates?
   Share certificates record your share ownership. Your share certificate has your account number on it, which should be quoted during any correspondence with Telephonetics plc. It also displays the certificate number and the number of shares covered by the certificate.
   
2. What happens if I lose my share certificate?
   The Registrar has a record of your personal details along with the number of shares you own. If you lose your certificate then the Registrar can arrange for a duplicate certificate to be issued. There may be a charge for this depending on the value of the shares represented by the lost certificate. Please visit our Shareholder Services section for Registrar’s contact details.
3. What is my share account number?
   When you first buy shares in Telephonetics plc you are given a unique eleven-digit Investor Code. This is shown at the bottom middle of share certificates and should be quoted in all correspondence. We recommend that you keep a separate record of your share account number.
4. What do I do if my personal details change?
   If you move house then you should write to the Registrar with details of your old and new addresses and your Telephonetics plc account number.
   
   If you have changed your name then you should notify the Registrar by sending a copy of your marriage certificate or change of name deed.
   
   Please visit our Shareholder Services section for the Registrar’s contact details.
5. What are the procedures if a shareholder has died?
   The documentation required to register the death of a shareholder is dependant on the type of shareholding.
   
   Please write to Telephonetics plc's Registrars stating the Company’s name and the full name of the shareholder, as shown on their share certificate and enclose one of the following:
   
   - If the account is held solely in the name of the Deceased: the Sealed copy Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration. For Scottish residents the equivalent document is a Certificate of Confirmation Share certificate(s) representing total holding.
   
   - Alternatively if Probate (or the equivalent) is not being sought due to the small value of the estate, you can apply to use our Small Estate Procedure, providing the total value of the UK estate is under £20,000 and the total value within the estate of shares is under £10,000. If you require the Small Estates forms for completion, please contact our Registrars.
   
   - If the account was held jointly with another person then enclose: the Death Certificate and the Share certificate(s) for amendment.
6. I hold shares that refer to Leptis Magna Plc. Are these still valid?
   No. The Company was renamed Telephonetics plc on 7 July 2005 and new share certificates were printed and posted to shareholders at that time.
7. Why does my Telephonetics plc share certificate refer to 0.1p?
   The face value or ‘nominal value’ of the share is 0.1p, which is the minimum value the Company may issue shares. However, the actual value of each Telephonetics plc share at any particular time is the price at which it can be sold in the market.
8. What is CREST?
   CREST is an electronic system for settling the sale and purchase of shares. Membership is voluntary and is typically used by institutions, and by individual investors who have a large share portfolio or who buy and sell shares frequently.
   
   CREST enables shareholders to hold and transfer their shareholdings in electronic form rather than using paper.
   
   For further information on CREST please write to CRESTCo Limited, Trinity Tower, 9 Thomas More Street, London E1 9YN.
9. How do I buy or sell Telephonetics plc shares?
   Investors normally use a stockbroker, bank or building society to buy or sell shares on the open market. The commissions charged for buying and selling shares vary between the different organisations. If you do not know a stockbroker, you can contact The Association of Private Client Managers and Stockbrokers on 020 7247 7080 or at www.apcims.co.uk for details of stockbrokers all over the UK who deal with private investors.
10. How do I transfer Telephonetics plc shares?
    You do not always need to use a bank or stockbroker to buy and sell shares. If the buyer and seller agree between themselves, they can transfer shares ‘off market’ by using a stock transfer form, which must be sent to the Registrar, together with the share certificates. This method is frequently used in cases where no stamp duty is payable, such as gifts of shares (perhaps to relatives or charities) or on the distribution of an estate. Where stamp duty is payable, the completed transfer form must be sent to an Inland Revenue Stamp Office and the duty paid before the form can be forwarded to the Registrar.
11. What is a Registrar?
    Your shareholding in Telephonetics plc is recorded on a register of shareholders. The register is a list of the names and addresses of all Telephonetics plc ordinary shareholders and the number of shares each owns. The register is maintained on behalf of the company by Capita Registrars (‘the Registrar’). Telephonetics plc's Registrar updates the register when your personal circumstances or shareholding change, and also sends out any dividend cheques and share certificates.
    
    By law, the register is a public document, which the Registrar must make available for inspection. However, Telephonetics plc will not provide details of any individual shareholder to third parties.
    
    Please visit our Shareholder Services section for Registrar’s contact details.
12. What Company information will I receive?
    You will receive a copy of Telephonetics plc Annual Report each year at the same time; you will also receive notice of the company’s Annual General Meeting and a voting form.
    
    Although Telephonetics plc announces financial results each half year, we do not send copies of the interim or preliminary result statements to all shareholders for reasons of costs savings and environmental concerns.
    
    The Company does release the interim and preliminary results via the London Stock Exchange’s Regulatory News Service and you can view the interim results on the Investor Relations section of the Telephonetics plc website.
13. What Company meetings am I invited to?
    Every year, you will be invited to attend Telephonetics plc's Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’). If there is a particularly important matter to decide that cannot wait until the next AGM, shareholders may be invited to an Extraordinary General Meeting (‘EGM’).
    
    The notice calling the meeting will invite you to attend and vote on important matters such as the election of directors and auditors. Shareholders have the opportunity to hear about the company’s performance and prospects for the future, and ask questions about the company and its activities.
    
    If you cannot attend, you can participate in the meeting by appointing someone to attend and vote on your behalf – this person is known as your ‘proxy’. Your proxy can be the chairman of the meeting, or any other person you choose. You can instruct your proxy to cast your vote according to your specific instructions, or at his or her discretion. You can appoint a proxy by completing and returning the form that will be sent to you before the meeting.
    
    Resolutions are usually decided on a show of hands, meaning that each shareholder, present in person (but not by proxy), has one vote. A poll may be demanded by the Chairman; by five or more shareholders (or their proxies); by one ore more shareholder (or their proxies) with at least 10% of the paid up share capital of the Company; by one or more shareholder (or their proxies) with at least 10% of the voting rights of the company. If a resolution is decided by a poll than each shareholder, present in person or in proxy, has one vote per share owned. The proxy votes and those cast in person at the meeting are counted by the Registrar. The results of all the meetings will be published within the News section of this website.
14. Does the Company pay a dividend?
    The Company is initially seeking to achieve capital growth for its Shareholders and accordingly the Board do not currently envisage paying a dividend in the short term. However, if sufficient distributable reserves become available, the Board, will consider the appropriateness of this policy.
15. Where can I get a copy of the Telephonetics plc's Annual Report & Accounts?
    A copy of the Annual Report & Accounts can be found on the Reports & Results Page. For a hard copy please write to: Finance Director, Telephonetics plc, Hamilton House, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1BB.