Opening your Templeton
Securities Online Account
Online Share Dealing
Is it possible to combine really low share dealing commission charges with a highly efficient yet personal service? The answer’s Yes.
Templeton Securities Online is designed to take the hassle out of trading for active investors by offering you a one-stop service for your investments needs. There is a low – cost fixed commission fee of just £9.99 per trade flat rate, no matter how large or small the trade.
We aim to provide a hassle free trading environment, whereby Templeton Securities Online will take care of all the paperwork for you, leaving you free to concentrate on your trading strategy whilst only sending you notifications on matters affecting your portfolio – thus enabling you to keep ahead of the game.
Our nominee service is FREE with no activity fees and on request, dividends and tax credits can also be distributed free of charge each quarter.
The benefits include:
• A low-cost fixed commission fee of just £9.99 per trade.
• A consistent point of contact for all your buying and selling.
• Hassle free trading.
• Notification on matters affecting your portfolio. • FREE nominee service and no inactivity fees. • On request dividends and tax credits
distributed free of charge each quarter. • View up to the minute valuations, cash
balances and statements on-line.
Dealing procedures
When buying or selling securities through your Templeton Securities Online account, please have the following information to hand:
• Your Account Number, the name of the company or specific security that you wish to trade and whether you are buying or selling; • The number of shares you would like to buy or sell or the amount in cash that you wish to raise or invest.
We will then provide you with a price quote and you can decide whether you want to proceed. Orders accepted outside market hours will be dealt with after the market opens the next working day. Certificated trades may be executed using your Templeton Securities Online account but you must be in possession of a valid certificate before a sale will be dealt – if in doubt please check with the relevant company registrar.
Account Opening
Individuals, joint applicants, companies or investment clubs can open a Templeton Securities Online Account by completing and returning the attached application form(s).
• When your application is received, you will be notified of your Account Number. By registering on the ‘secure log in’ section of our website, non certificated accounts will also be able to trade online.
• Dealing hours are those when the relevant market or facility is open for orders. For the main market, this is between 8.00 am and 4.30 pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays).
• Instructions can be made online or email. Whichever method you use, the commission is only £9.99 regardless of the size or value of your trade.
We understand that it’s important for you to be in control and therefore we provide you with up to the minute valuations, cash balances and statements on-line.
An exciting innovative account that
offers an extremely competitive
fixed commission of just £9.99 for
all your nominee share transactions.
Investor Protection for clients of
Templeton Securities Limited
Communications
You will receive a contract note for every deal placed (either over the internet or by telephone),
You may request a copy of the Annual Report and Accounts of any company within your Templeton One of our most important responsibilities to all our clients is to ensure the safety and security of the assets entrusted to us. With this in mind, our settlement agent, Jarvis Investment Management Plc (“Jarvis”), has put in place Insurance policies with major third party insurers specifically to provide protection for our clients’ assets. These policies provide substantial protection in addition to that offered by the Financial Conduct Authority’s FSCS scheme.
In general, as a client of Templeton Securities you would enjoy the following protection of your assets:
Regulatory Protection - The Financial Services Compensation Scheme provides clients of Templeton Securities and other organisations regulated by the FCA, compensation of up to £50,000 per investor for cash or UK securities. Additional Protection - In addition to their regulatory protection, clients of Templeton Securities enjoy further substantial protection in the event of negligence, fraud or misappropriation through the professional indemnity policy put in place by Jarvis. This provides further cover in excess of £2.5million.
Cash and your Templeton
Securities Online account
Corporate Actions & Rights Issues
Your Details
All sale proceeds and dividend income earned on your holdings will be retained within your Templeton Securities Online account. Purchase costs and other charges will be taken from your Templeton Securities Online account at the point the trade is placed.
Interest on your cash is paid monthly at the prevailing rate set for the Templeton Securities Online account. You can obtain the current interest rate by contacting Online Client Services. You must have sufficient proceeds in your Templeton Securities Online account before you place a deal or you must have authorised a Debit Card payment.
You may withdraw cash by a BACs or cheque. Cheques will be issued to the account holder on
the same day by first class post if your instruction is received before 3 pm. Requests after this time will be sent the following day by first class post. You may only withdraw cash from your Templeton Securities Online account if the balance exceeds any amount required to meet outstanding purchases or charges.
Cash may be added to your account by sending a cheque to Templeton Securities made payable to Jarvis Investment Management Plc, clearly displaying your Templeton Securities Online account number or by calling Online Client Services and making a payment by Debit Card. To settle purchases using a Debit Card payment, authorisation will be required from you for each payment.
Where a holding in your Templeton Securities Online account is subject to a corporate action or rights issue, we will contact you with the details to obtain your further instructions.
Should your personal or bank details change, please contact the Online Client Services immediately to enable us to keep your Templeton Securities Online account up to date.
Should you wish to close your Templeton Securities Online account, you should write to Online Client Services.
You may opt to sell all your holdings and receive the balance of your account (net of outstanding charges) by cheque, re-register your shares into your own name or transfer your shareholdings to another broker or plan manager.
Certificating or transferring shares will incur a charge, please refer to our commission charges sheet for full details.
RISK WARNING All investments are speculative and will fluctuate in value.
It should not be assumed that the value of investments will always rise. Past performance will not necessarily be repeated and is no guarantee of future success. Please see our full ‘Risk Disclosure Notice’.
