Yes, Interactive Brokers Hong Kong does charge for stock physical certificate deposits.
| Certificate Size | Processing Fees |
| HKD 500,000 or above | Free |
| Less than HKD 500,000 | HKD 300.00/first stock certificate per request HKD 100.00/each additional certificate per request |
A rejection fee of HKD 1,000 will be charged for any transaction rejected by the share registry. Additional fees may be imposed for submitting large volumes that are time consuming to process. Please contact Client Services via a web ticket for more information.
In addition to the above, there is also a fee of HKD 5 stamp tax per transfer form. Cash cannot be accepted. Please prepare a cheque for HKD 5 per transfer form payable to “The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited”.
If a total of five certificates are to be deposited for stock A and stock B, a breakdown of the fees would be illustrated by example below:
- Stock A (Certificate 1 - Stock Value above 500K HKD) - Free
- Stock A (Certificate 2 - Stock Value less than 500K HKD) - 300 HKD
- Stock A (Certificate 3 - Stock Value less than 500K HKD) - 100 HKD
- Stock B (Certificate 4 - Stock Value less than 500K HKD) - 100 HKD
- Stock B (Certificate 5 - Stock Value less than 500K HKD) - 100 HKD