Selling your Lloyds Banking Group shares
If you hold Lloyds Banking Group shares in a Shareholder Account, you can sell them real-time during market hours by calling us on 08457 22 55 25. You will need to have your Unique Reference Number to hand which you can find on your Shareholder Account Statement.
Unfortunately you are unable to purchase shares using a Shareholder Account. If you do wish to buy shares then you would need to open a Halifax Share Dealing Account.
To sell your Lloyds Banking Group shares held in a Lloyds Banking Group Shareholder Account, the following charges apply:
| Value of deal | You pay |
| Up to £15 | £0.50* |
| £15 up to £250 | £5* |
| £250 up to £2,500 | £15 |
| £2,500 up to £5,000 | £30 |
| £5,000 up to £10,000 | £40 |
| £10,000 up to £60,000 | £60 |
| Over £60,000 | 0.1% of the value of the deal |
*these commission rates apply to sales only.
Administration Charges (Effective 1st September 2009)
| Duplicate statement | £10 +VAT |
| Transfer out of service | £10 +VAT (although VAT is not payable if no change to beneficial owner) |
| Replacement cheque dividend | £10 +VAT |
If you sell any investments worth over £10,000 you pay a levy of £1.00 to the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (PTM).
The opening hours of the London Stock Exchange are from 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday excluding English Bank Holidays. If we accept instructions outside these hours we will carry out your deal as soon as is reasonably practical after the start of the next dealing period.
To sell Lloyds Banking Group shares held on certificate, please see our 'Selling share certificates' section.
Please remember the value of your investments and the income from them can go down as well as up. You may not get back the full amount you have invested. If you're in any doubt about the suitability of any of our products, or whether to buy or sell shares, you should consult an appropriate Financial Adviser.
Next Steps
To sell your Lloyds Banking Group shares held in a Lloyds Banking Group Shareholder Account, call now on 08457 22 55 25
