Shareholders services

Share information

Your shareholding in Guinness Nigeria entitles you, as a part owner of the company, to certain rights. These include the right:

• to vote at general meetings, either in person or by proxy
• to receive dividends on your ordinary shares
• to receive certain company documents, for example the annual
• reports and accounts and the Annual General Meeting documents each year
• to attend and speak at general meetings.

If you do not have your name on the shareholder register because you hold your shares through a nominee, your nominee will receive any company documents sent to shareholders. You need to make arrangements with your nominee if you wish to receive such documents and to be able to attend and, on a poll, vote at general meetings.

Share certificates

Your Guinness Nigeria share certificate is evidence of your shareholding in the company and should be kept in a safe place. If you hold your Guinness Nigeria shares through a nominee account or through the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) you will not have a share certificate. The nominal or ‘par’ value of a company’s shares is shown on the share certificate. The current nominal value of Diageo’s ordinary shares is 50k each.

If you have a question about your certificate(s) (including the replacement of lost certificates or the consolidation of several certificates into one) or if you have a question on your shareholding, then please contact the Guinness Nigeria Registrars:

Veritas Registrars Limited
Plot 89A, Ajose Adeogun Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria

Shareholder queries

If you have any questions about your shareholding or if you require any other guidance (e.g. to notify a change of address or to give dividend instructions to a bank account), please contact our Registrars at the address shown above. All requests to amend account details must be made in writing to the Registrars.

Unclaimed dividends and share certificates

Guinness Nigeria Plc. hereby informs all our esteemed Shareholders and the general public that some dividend warrants and share certificates have been returned to the Registrar’s office because the addresses of the shareholders could not be traced.
Shareholders are hereby reminded to check the list of unclaimed dividends which can be accessed at the offices of our Registrars provided below. 

UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS 2023 (PDF 1MB)

VERITAS NEW E-DIVIDEND MANDATE FORM (PDF 38KB)

We also encourage all our Shareholders to opt for the e-dividend and e-bonus options available online - http://www.veritasregistrars.com/

For enquiries and support, please contact the Registrars of Guinness Nigeria Plc.:

Veritas Registrars Limited
Plot 89A, Ajose Adeogun Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria
Website: http://www.veritasregistrars.com/
Tel: 234-1-2708930-4
E-mail:
|: enquiry@veritasregistrars.com
|: Veritasregistrars@veritasregistrars.com

Thank you.

Notice issued on behalf of Guinness Nigeria Plc. by:

CHINWE ODIGBOEGWU
Legal Director

Changes in personal circumstances

You should advise the Registrars in writing of any of the following:

• Change of address
• Change of name
• Change in bank details if your dividends are mandated
• If a shareholder dies.