ESDS provides a range of services to help companies and their employees when buying and selling shares from a company share plan or shares held in the employees’ own name.

“The complexities and costs of regulation, as well as complicated taxation issues, mean that companies and their executives have often struggled when executives wanted to exercise their share options. Our new service will significantly improve issues relating to custody as well as making it easier for senior executives to buy and sell shares. The ESDS team will ensure that the executives receive the ... best available price, at the same time as making sure that orders are worked into the market place without detriment to the company or the share price,” said Mark Taylor, director of investment services at Equiniti.