Flutter shares held by Computershare USA

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I want to sell shares I have in Flutter. These shares were transferred to Computershare in USA when dual listing took place in early 2024. Computershare say they can’t sell the shares for me and I need to transfer them to a broker in the UK somehow and the is proving impossible. From the little I can understand in their info, I need to fill in the E294UTR form and get something called a Medallion signature guarantee, so the shares can then be transferred to a registered “DTC Participant”. The form is very complicated and I may not have fully understood it. And then the W-8BEN which is by comparison not so difficult.

Apart from the medallion issues, DTC seems to be a list of huge US based corporate stockbrokers, none of whom would be interested in a small UK based retail investor. I have spoken to a number of UK stockbrokers and they all tell me they aren’t able to accept a share transfer like this. Most have never heard of DTC. So, I am unable to fill in the form as I don’t have a DTC number to quote.

Have any other Flutter shareholders got experience of this please?
 
I'm in a similar position and have been thinking about selling shares in CRH but Computershare US can't facilitate the sale.
I think the form for non US residents is 280UTR Form
But you still need the MSG and this has different rules depending on your country of residence - Medallion Guarantee
As an Irish resident I think I can phone the shareholder helpline and claim I've tried x and y and am getting nowhere so they might facilitate the sale through Computershare Ireland using an alternative 'Signature Validation Service' but I haven't explored this yet.
I'm interested to see how you get on. Good luck!
 
I have tried to contact Computershare. Their phone sends you back to the beginning with the options on offer, so you can't speak to anyone. If you email them, you get the same template answer, like it's a bot doing the reply. It really is useless and my shares are untradeable. I've tried the 280UTR form and the bot reply says it's a different form that requires the new broker to be part of American "DTC" settlement system, which no UK broker seems to know anything about.
 
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