company's shareholder register

Company's shareholder register

Inspecting the register
By law anyone can inspect a company’s shareholder register that has names, addresses and the size of each person’s shareholding. But they can only contact you or send you material if it is relevant to your holding or to your rights as a shareholder.

This helps shareholders stay informed. Imagine there's takeover offer for your company. If management controlled access to the shareholder register then they could prevent another company from informing shareholders of the price they are willing to pay for their shares. Or imagine shareholders are unhappy with the current directors. Shareholders may want to write to each other to discuss issues related to the company, even if the current directors disapprove.