How do you sell a small holding in shares?

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A friend (yes a friend not me) has 20 BOI shares currently quoted at about €260.
She wants to sell them but it appears she has to open a stockbroker account and the admin fees will then wipe out the value. Is there any way around this?
 
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Selling BOI shares

I have 134 Bank of Ireland shares which are valued at approx 1300 euro. Computershare won't sell them and I was advised to contact Goodbodys or Davys. This is the response from Goodbodys 'Unfortunately, Goodbody cannot facilitate the opening of accounts that do not meet the minimum initial...
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Good point @Cervelo. Perhaps the original poster or their friend are mistakenly looking at the original nominal price on the shares rather than the current market price?

Just to note, as mentioned several times in the other thread that I linked to, BOI shareholdings are all now electronic and any paper share certificates still knocking around are of no value/use/relevance since dematerialisation of BOI shareholdings at the start of 2025.
 
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Cervelo said:
Think I read somewhere that BOI are considering a "buy back" for legacy shares, so I'd probably wait a while and see if it transpires
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It's mentioned in the thread that I linked to above.

Selling BOI shares

but if you can get the paper stock certs You can't. See my earlier post. https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/selling-boi-shares.239644/post-1926268
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faolteam said:
they have been saying that for some time now about buying back
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From this year's AGM in May.
Q. B: SHAREHOLDER LOOKING TO SELL THEIR SHARES

Some Shareholders asked if the Bank would be repurchasing small Shareholders shares as some peers have done in an ‘Oddlot’ offer.

It was noted that this is not something being considered at present but being kept under review. Such an offer would require Shareholder approval at a General Meeting.

Also, some Shareholders asked how they may sell their Shares in an economical manner. Currently they should contact a stockbroker directly. The Bank is currently reviewing options on this matter.
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www.independent.ie

Bank of Ireland plans to exit London stock market and offers to mop up smaller shareholders

Bank of Ireland shareholders will be asked to vote on a proposal to cancel its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), as well as a plan to buy up very small stakes held by some long-time shareholders.
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looks like you are in luck BOI are offering to buy up small lot shareholders.

Also they are looking to exit the London stock exchange because of very low trading volumes they said. Thats a bit peculiar though why would there be very low trading volumes for BOI in London but not for other irish stocks like Irish continental group or DCC ?
 

Bank of Ireland to offer to buy out small shareholders

https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/05/29/bank-of-ireland-odd-lot-offer-will-give-locked-in-shareholders-an-exit-at-a-cost/ Bank of Ireland says that about 26,000 investors hold 30 or fewer shares in the bank – of which roughly 90 per cent hold between 20 and 30 shares. They account for...
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