DataMax Registrars: A Shareholder's Guide
Who DataMax Registrars is, why older documents say GTB Registrars, how to tell whether it keeps the register for your shares, and what to prepare before contacting it.
DataMax Registrars Limited is a Nigerian share registrar, registered and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria. It was formerly GTB Registrars Limited. It keeps the registers of companies including GTCO, Seplat and NGX, and its official website is datamaxregistrars.com.
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Who DataMax Registrars Is
According to its own website, DataMax Registrars was incorporated as a limited liability company on 7 February 2006, under the name GTB Registrars Limited. Its principal business is securities registration and data administration for client companies, and it also offers document management services such as digitisation and workflow automation to businesses.
For shareholders, the website lists e-dividend services, online self-service, KYC and contact updates, dematerialisation, and probate and transmission support.
Formerly GTB Registrars
Older dividend warrants and letters, particularly those for Guaranty Trust Bank shares, may carry the name GTB Registrars. That is the same company under its earlier name. Search engines and directories sometimes blur it with other registrars; the name to use today is DataMax Registrars Limited.
DataMax Registrars was formerly GTB Registrars Limited. First Registrars and Investor Services is a different firm, which came out of FirstBank, not GTBank.
How to Tell Whether DataMax Holds Your Shares
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Each company appoints its own registrar. As listed on DataMax Registrars' own website in 2026, its clients include GTCO, NGX, Seplat, AXA Mansard, Notore and Zichis Agro-Allied Industries Plc. For other companies, look at the corporate information page of the company's latest annual report, the AGM proxy form or a recent dividend advice. Our guide to finding which registrar holds your shares explains each source.
What Shareholders Contact DataMax About
- Registering or changing an e-dividend mandate.
- Updating a name, address, email or phone number through its KYC and contact update services.
- Checking whether dividends have been paid and claiming any that are outstanding.
- Dematerialising paper certificates into a CSCS account, and replacing lost certificates.
- Transmission of a deceased shareholder's holding, supported by a grant of probate or letters of administration.
- Bonus and rights entitlements, and AGM proxies.
On very old dividends, Section 60 of the Finance Act 2020 provides for dividends unclaimed for six years or more to be transferred to the Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund, as the SEC restated in June 2025. Ask the registrar where a specific payment now sits and how to claim it.
How to Contact DataMax Registrars
Use the official website, datamaxregistrars.com, for forms, the self-service options and current contact channels. The annual report of the company you hold shares in also names the registrar. Confirm any contact detail you find elsewhere against the official site before sending documents.
What to Prepare
- The full name on the holding, exactly as registered, and any earlier names.
- The companies concerned.
- Any account number from GTB Registrars or DataMax correspondence, and your CHN.
- A valid government-issued photo ID and BVN.
- Copies of certificates, dividend warrants and allotment letters.
- Bank details for an account in the shareholder's own name, for a mandate.
If you are changing the bank account that receives your dividends, our guide to updating bank details with a registrar explains the mandate and bank verification steps.
Where Find My Shares Fits
DataMax can only search the registers it keeps. If you know the company and it uses DataMax, contact the registrar. If you do not know what you hold, or suspect holdings with other registrars, Find My Shares is a ₦10,000 search across the registrars for holdings in your name. If shares are found and you want them in your own CSCS account through Shares Saver, we send the transfer forms the holders require, you complete them and we submit them on your behalf. Moving found shares in is free.
Old GTB Registrars paperwork, or holdings you have lost track of? Search across the registrars for shares in your name.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I contact DataMax Registrars and check my shares?
Use the official website, datamaxregistrars.com, for current contact channels and forms. Check the company’s latest annual report or dividend advice. The guide lists clients including GTCO, NGX and Seplat; old GTB Registrars paperwork refers to DataMax. Prepare the registered name, old correspondence, any shareholder account number or CHN, and identification. Search across registrars if you do not know what you hold.
How do I claim dividends from DataMax Registrars?
Ask DataMax Registrars which dividends are outstanding and complete its e-dividend mandate requirements, using a bank account in the shareholder’s own name. Have the registered name, company, account details, valid ID and BVN ready. Find the holding before claiming its dividends.
Is DataMax Registrars the same as GTB Registrars?
Yes. DataMax Registrars Limited states that it was formerly GTB Registrars Limited, incorporated on 7 February 2006.
Who is the registrar for GTCO shares?
DataMax lists GTCO among its clients on its website. Confirm against GTCO's latest annual report if you are reading this later, as appointments can change.
Does DataMax handle probate?
Its website lists probate and transmission support. Shares Saver searches for a deceased shareholder's shares and handles the transmission to the beneficiary, but does not obtain probate or letters of administration and does not give legal advice.
Can I sell shares recorded with DataMax through Shares Saver?
Only once they have been moved into your Shares Saver account in electronic form. Paper certificates must be dematerialised first.
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