Migrating one of the UK’s Largest Food Retailers

After four decades with its former transfer agent, Sainsbury's made the switch to Equiniti

In March 2017, Sainsbury’s, one of the United Kingdom’s largest food retailers, transferred its shareholder and share plan services to Equiniti after four decades with its former transfer agent. The migration included share plans covering 30,700 Save-As-You-Earn (SAYE) participants, 9,500 Share Incentive Plans (SIP) participants, 2,500 Discretionary Share Plan participants and more than 330,000 active and historic shareholders’ share registers.