In order to allocate shares against a particular person in Practice Manager, you first need to ensure that you have a relationship created for the shareholder. Please complete the following steps if you haven’t already done so:

• Launch Practice Manager.
• Double-click on the relevant company/partnership.
• Click on Relationships.
• Click on Create Relationship.
• In the wizard, select the related client/contact in the list. If the director/partner is not in the list, select the New option and create the director/partner
  Note: You can select Client or Contact in the drop-down box

• Click Continue
• Select Shareholder from the drop-down list and then enter the Date of commencement

• Click Continue and then Finish to complete this process.
• Repeat the above instructions for all Directors, Company Secretaries or Partners you need to add as Shareholders.

Once the above has been complete, you will be able to create share classes and issue shares. In order to do this, please complete the steps below:

• Click on Share Capital
• Select New Class
• Enter the Class of share, Currency and Nominal value of each share and then select Finish

• Click on Shareholdings
  Note: Each Shareholder created in the Relationships section should appear in the shareholdings list.
  Click on Allot Shares
• Enter the Number of shares, amounts paid/unpaid and the Date of allotment

• Click Save
• Click Finish from the left-hand side menu and then select Finish and Save