How To Subscribe To Rights Issues Online

I used to subscribe to Inari rights issues before in 2015. At that time I used a nominee account. So my broker helped me to do everything and I just needed to ensure that I had enough money in my account to pay for the rights shares.

Now I mostly use direct trading account. That means there is no one to help me and I have to do it all by myself.

As it's my first time subscribing for rights shares on my own (current Jaks rights issue), I contacted the investment bank and they were kind enough to give me the instruction on what I should do.

First, I have to wait for the rights shares subscription form which will be sent to my house's mail box. I have to fill up the form and then go to bank to get a banker cheque as payment. 

After that I have to go to post office to buy a RM10 setem hasil and paste it on the form. Finally I have to mail the form and banker cheque back via pos laju or other courier service. 

Travelling to 2 places (bank & post office) and queuing up during this very moment is both time-wasting and risky.

Until now (5 Nov 2020, 6pm), I still have not receive the subscription form, even though it should be sent to me on 30 Oct, which is 5 business days ago.

If I were to receive it tomorrow after work, then I can only send it back next Monday (9 Nov) which is very close to the last date of 12 Nov.

I can only go to bank or post office during my 1-hour lunch break and it's very possible that I can't get it done in a day even I skip my lunch. So most probably I can only send it back on 10 Nov.

If there is any delay by pos laju and I can't subscribe the rights shares on time, who is to blame?

Luckily I have all these done 2 days ago.

I am aware that application of rights issue can be done online through Tricor nowadays. So I decided to give it a try since it will save a lot of time and effort.

Now I have successfully subscribed to my rights online. It's as easy as ABC and can be done in 5 minutes, seriously.

You can do it irrespective of which investment banks you have your trading account with.

First, you have to sign up with Tricor Investor & Issuing House (TIIH Online) 

After signing up, you should be able to receive a verification email within one business day. You activate your Tricor account through that email, reset your password and then login.

Once you have logged in, choose the company from the drop-down list as shown below. In this case it's Jaks Resources Berhad.

If you are entitled to Jaks rights shares, the system will show your CDS account, how many Jaks mother shares you have on entitlement date and how many rights shares you are entitled to.

For example, if you have 10,000 Jaks shares on entitlement or ex-date, then you are entitled to 16,000 rights shares. You need to type in the amount of rights share you wish to subscribe, then click Next.

For "No. of Excess Securities to Apply", you can just leave it blank if you don't wish to apply more rights shares in case it is under-subscribed. 

After this, the system will show how much money you need to pay for the rights shares. On top of this, you have to pay a RM10 setem hasil and RM5 handling fee.

Then you choose the method of payment and follow the instruction. Payment can be done through FPX from any banks in Malaysia.

Just like all online transfer and payment, you will be guided to your internet banking page in which you have to key in your username and password, then mobile OTP.

Just make sure that your payment amount does not exceed the limit of your bank transfer.

After successful payment, you will receive an email informing you that the online payment is successful.

It's just that simple and the RM5 handling fee is well worth it.

If you have this Tricor account, you can also register for AGM/EGM and submit proxy forms online.

It definitely makes the world a lot easier for those who have direct share trading accounts!