Absolutely. You do not need to set up an Orchestra account if you do not want to. However, you may miss out on important investor information and updates.
Some of the benefits of signing up include:
Access to a downloadable statement of holding.
Ability to review the individual share transactions that make up your shareholding.
Access to company documents such as the company constitution or shareholders agreement.
Read shareholder communications, including past communications.
Update your own shareholder residential address when you move house. One entity address change updates all company share registers that you have a holding in.
Update your own shareholder email address.
Access to downloadable dividend statements.
View the vesting status of your options.
Model the value of your options.
Ability to exercise your options.
View your shareholder loan balance.
See any share prices that the company has shared with shareholders, to gauge the value of your shares.