Listing Vehicles Factsheet

With companies listed on worldwide stock exchanges from London to New York, including 51 on the LSE Main Market and AIM, Jersey is a leading international finance centre for listing vehicles.

28 Apr 2026

Why Jersey for listing vehicles

A leading jurisdiction for listings on the FTSE 100 outside of the UK

16 companies listed on AIM (December 2025)

Among the leading jurisdictions for AIM companies registered outside the UK

36 companies listed on the Main Market of the LSE (March 2026)

Advantages of using Jersey holding companies as listing vehicles

0% corporation tax

Free of withholding tax on dividends, interest and royalties

Shares in Jersey incorporated Holding Companies are free of stamp duty in Jersey

Three CREST enabled share registrars

Ability to trade shares directly through CREST (the UK share settlement system)

Mind and management can be based on Island

Efficient management of share capital via treasury shares

A Jersey Public Holding Company is comparable to a UK PLC

Incorporated and Protected Cell Companies

Examples of Jersey holding companies as listing vehicles:

EJF Investments Limited

A closed-ended investment company investing in assets benefitting from regulatory and structural change in the financial services. Their objective is seeking to generate attractive risk adjusted returns for its shareholders by investing, through its subsidiary, in opportunities created by regulatory and structural changes impacting the financial services sector. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective by pursuing a policy of investing in a diversified portfolio of investments that are derived from the changing financial services landscape primarily through risk retention and related investments and specialty finance investments.

Rosebank Industries PLC

A Company which created significant shareholder value through its ‘Buy, Improve, Sell’ strategy, under the leadership of the Rosebank Co-founders. A highly successful pure-play aerospace group, positioned to deliver successful ‘Buy, Improve, Sell’ business model.

Approved Stock Exchanges in Jersey for Listing Purposes Include¹:

New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Toronto Stock Exchange
Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Cyprus Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange of Mauritius
NYSE MKT
The International Stock Exchange
Irish Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange (including Main Market, AIM and SFS)

¹Pursuant to the Companies (Transfer of Shares – Exemptions) (Jersey) Order 2014 (as amended) and/or the Companies (Uncertificated Securities) (Jersey) Order 1999 (as amended). In the case of the latter, Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited is a ‘recognised operator’.

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