Share Certificate

Share Certificate Forms in a “Download Now” PDF format, to enable you to print as many share certificates as your company needs.

It is very important that you provide share certificates for individual shareholders. A share certificate provides proof of the ownership of a share(s) in the company. You can use this downloadable Share Certificate Form to print as many share certificates as your company needs.

This Share Certificate Form is suitable for use by a company limited by shares, a company limited by guarantee with a share capital, or an unlimited company with a share capital.
This Share Certificate is suitable for use with a company registered in England and Wales or Scotland and includes the following elements:

• Certificate number, if appropriate
• Company name
• Location of registered office
• Company registration number
• Shareholder details
• Shareholding details
• Signatures
  

Share Certificate Legal Notes:
A share certificate should be issued to a shareholder within two months of the issue or transfer of the relevant shares.
If the company has more than one class of shares, this share certificate is suitable for use in connection with all the different classes, but a separate share certificate should be issued for each class.

This share certificate is valid for use under the Companies Act 2006, and under the previous regime.