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Investors looking to sell their shares? SeedLegals makes share transfers a breeze Looking to sell or transfer shares to a new owner? Follow these simple steps to do it straight from your SeedLegals dashboard. - If you're looking to give equity to a co-founder or team member, and your company has not raised funding yet, it might be easier to [create new shares](https://help.seedlegals.com/en/2192158-how-to-give-shares-to-co-founders-and-team-members?hsLang=en) instead of transferring yours. If you still want to transfer shares, you've come to the right place, SeedLegals automates everything, here’s what to do: **1: Create a New Share Transfer** - Select **Shares** in the left menu, then click the **Share Transfers** tab - Select **New Share Transfer** ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-49-02-1859-PM.png) - The £290 share transfer cost is shown, but you can get started for free. - Only share transfers that need the documents below have a cost, if you just want to use the share transfer to update the cap table to reflect an existing transfer, or do a transfer that doesn't need any documents, it's completely free. ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-03-00-52-1560-PM.png) **2: Enter the Transfer Details** - Select the **Seller** (which needs to be an existing shareholder in the cap table) - Select the **Buyer** (or create them as a new user or company as needed) **3: Create your documents** SeedLegals will create all the needed documents for you:  - Share Purchase Agreement - Preemption Notice (needed if other shareholders have preemption rights) - Deed of Adherence - Board Resolution - J30 Form ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-54-19-7565-PM.png) *Note: If you've already completed documents off platform, and are only using the Share Transfer to update the cap table, skip to step 9.* **4: Do you need to offer preemption to existing shareholders?** If you have investors with [preemption rights](https://seedlegals.com/resources/uk-term-sheet-explained/), you will need to create a Pre-emption notice, and send this to each investor.  *If your round was completed on SeedLegals, and you are unsure - reach out to us. We'd be happy to let you know whether you need this!* **5: Create and Sign the Share Purchase Agreement** **![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-58-27-1748-PM.png)** **6: Create and Sign the Deed of Adherence** This document brings the new shareholder within the terms of your existing Shareholders Agreement. As this is a Deed, it will need to be witnessed, for more on this see [here](https://help.seedlegals.com/en/2048949-how-do-i-get-a-witness-to-sign-the-instant-investment-deed?hsLang=en) ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-58-53-0798-PM.png) **7: Create your Board Resolution** This document is the official company approval of the transfer. ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-59-14-0078-PM.png) **8: Create and Sign the J30** Note - the share transfer will be accounted for at the next Annual Confirmation Statement (CS01). There is no need to file any of these documents at this point in time.  ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-59-44-1779-PM.png) **9: Hit "Approve share transfer"** This will apply the Share Transfer to your cap table and list of shareholders.  *Make sure the documents above are all correct and signed prior to doing this!* *![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/image-png-Jul-27-2023-02-55-31-9495-PM.png)* **10: Sign and send the new Share Certificates** The share transfer will annul the transferor's original share certificate.  **11: Pay stamp duty, if needed** If the value of the share transfer was over £1000 then stamp duty is payable - see [this HMRC article](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pay-stamp-duty) for more. - Head to *Shares > Share Certificates* to see the new and updated certificates. - [Home](https://seedlegals.com/) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.seedlegals.com/hs-fs/hubfs/favicon.png?width=24&height=24&name=favicon.png "Chill listening crop-3")](https://seedlegals.com) SeedLegals Copyright © 2025, SeedLegals