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Corporate actions

What corporate actions can I take part in, how do corporate actions work?

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An intro to corporate actions

A corporate action is when a listed company makes an announcement or decision that directly affects their shareholders.
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Corporate actions—rights offers, share placements and share purchase plans

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Corporate actions—capital returns and share buyback offers

This is when a company effectively ‘buys back’ a proportion of shares from their existing shareholders for a set price per share.
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Corporate actions—Australian and US shares

For Australian and US shares, we support corporate actions that ‘happen to you’—like dividends, mergers, and share splits.
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Corporate actions and Kids Accounts

Kids Accounts can usually participate in corporate actions.
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Voting

You can take part in votes held by NZX-listed companies through Sharesies. We don’t yet offer access to Australian or US shareholder votes.
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Warrant offers

On Sharesies, you can occasionally participate in a warrant offer for companies listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX).
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Corporate actions—eligibility and T+2 settlement

A company may outline eligibility criteria when announcing a corporate action.
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Take part in corporate actions

Sharesies will touch base with eligible shareholders via email if a corporate action is taking place.
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Corporate actions—edit an application

If you want to update or cancel your application, you’ll need to contact the team at help@sharesies.co.nz. We’ll see what we can do!
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Corporate actions—oversubscription facility and scaling

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