For a step by step overview have a look at our video on how to create a trust shareholder in Orchestra.

Under 'Who can be a shareholder', The New Zealand Companies Office states:

You can't register an unincorporated trust, for example, a family trust. Instead you must register each trustee as holding shares jointly. Some legislation — for example, the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 and the Maori Land Act 1993 — does allow for an exception to this rule. In this case, seek legal advice before registering a new shareholder.

Under 'What is a member?', the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) states:

Estates and trusts cannot hold shares in their own right – they must nominate an executor or a trustee.

When you select the stakeholder type for Trust you get access to enter the Direct parties to the shareholding (the trustees of the Trust) by scrolling to the bottom of the form.

Direct parties can be of the type "individual" or "company".

The fields required for each direct party are:

Use the 'Save' button to lock in the details of each Direct party you enter. The Stakeholder name will be automatically generated and populated as you save each Direct party. When you've finished completing the form (Entity registered address is a compulsory field) you will also need to 'Save'.

Below is an example of what a trust shareholding looks like on the New Zealand Companies Office. It is held in the names of the trustees of the trust.

Within Orchestra, the above entity would have the following structure.