A corporate action - regardless of type, size or jurisdiction - is a potential minefield for all parties. With a company’s market value and future often on the line, there is increasing pressure to complete transactions with the least cost, risk, and impediments, whilst still deriving real value from the transaction.

Computershare provides the expertise and execution capabilities to cover a broad range of administrative, compliance and communication activities for your corporate action regardless of type, size or jurisdiction. The strategic alignment of our core services and that of our specialist company, Georgeson, work together to deliver maximum value and minimum risk facilitated through a single supplier.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

In a complex and often high-profile transaction such as a merger or acquisition, we ensure that your communication and compliance based administrative requirements are met. Our M&A offering includes Scheme meetings, project management, assistance in creating

the merged register, the design and distribution of documents and a range of communication services for investors and employees.

Demutualisations and demergers

Our complete outsourced solution simplifies your demutualisation or demerger, providing significant cost and time efficiencies. These may include registrable title creation, management of the Initial Public Offer (IPO) process, allocation of share entitlements and ongoing investor register management.

Paying Agent

Computershare can act as your paying agent throughout the world, ensuring that your investors receive payments in a timely fashion in their currency of choice.

IPOs, simultaneous multi-listings and capital raisings

Computershare’s unique global capital markets position, direct links to local custodians and relationships with leading investment and banking entities, offers companies the ability to simultaneously list on multiple exchanges. We offer you the certainty that all aspects of the IPO process will be managed through a single provider, creating more opportunities to generate greater interest and uptake, and minimise inherent risks.

Proxy solicitation and vote projection

As the only global proxy solicitation and strategic securityholder communications specialist, Georgeson can partner with you to identify, locate and communicate with your investors to secure their support and drive your corporate action across the line.

Georgeson can forecast stakeholder support levels for your transaction and benchmark voting intentions.  Other services include telephone canvassing, opinion-polling and helpline services.