How to make an election on a corporate action
Before making your election, please make sure you check your corporate action notification carefully as different types of corporate action require different types of responses.
You can make an election on a corporate action using your online account.
- Select Portfolio > Corporate actions to view your current corporate actions.
- Under Action Outstanding, you can see whether an election is required if it says Response Required.
- Click on the relevant Event Details link to see the terms of the corporate action taking place.
You can also click on the items listed in the Corporate Action Type column to read an explanation of the event. Please read these details and your corporate action notification carefully before making your election. - Then click on the Response Required box.
- You will then be presented with a page which shows the event type, a brief description of the event terms and the response deadline.
- Enter your election. Then click Next followed by Continue to confirm.
- To check what your response was click on the Response Received box in the Action Outstanding column.
If you cannot see the details of a corporate action which you wish to participate online, please call us.
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