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You may transfer or gift Amazon shares from your stock plan account to another account in your name, or to a
third party (individual, charity, trust, etc.). The process depends on the value of your share transfer, and the
location and type of the receiving account. For estate account questions, please contact the Morgan Stanley
Service center. See contact information on page 3
below.
Value
of transfer Transferring to Step
1 Step 2
Less than or
equal to
US$100,000*
An account in your name
or a third-
party’s name in
the U.S. or Canada
You may instruct the transfer by
phone. Go to page 3
below to
find the direct dial phone
numbers for your location.
Call the Morgan Stanley
Service Center agent to begin
the process. No paperwork is
required. Please be prepared to
provide the firm name, DTC
number, Account Number,
account title and contact
information if outside the U.S.
An account in your name
or a third party’s name
outside the U.S. or
Canada
You may instruct the transfer by
phone. Go to page 3
below to
find the direct dial phone
numbers for your location.
A transfer agent Complete Morgan Stanley’s
Global Stock Plan Services
Letter of Authorization for Direct
Registration System (DRS)
Transfe
r.
Follow all submission
instructions on the form
and see page 2
below.
Please note, if the account is in
the name of a third party or in a
name that differs from your
Morgan Stanley account,
government issued ID will be
required. For joint accounts, ID
will be required for both
owners. See submission
instructions on the form or
page
2
below for more information.
Greater than
US$100,000
An account in your name
name or a third party’s
name in the U.S. or
Canada
Complete Morgan Stanley’s
Letter of Authorization for Stock
Transfer (US & Canada)
Follow all submission
instructions on the form and
see page 2
below.
Please note, if the account is in
the name of a third party or in a
name that differs from your
Morgan Stanley account,
government issued ID will be
required. For joint accounts, ID
will be required for both
owners. See submission
instructions on form or page 2
below for more information.
An account in your name
or a third-party’s name
outside the U.S. and
Canada
Complete Morgan Stanley’s
Letter of Authorization for Stock
Transfer for Non-U.S./Non-
Canadian Financial Institutions
A transfer agent Complete Morgan Stanley’s
Global Stock Plan Services
Letter of Authorization for Direct
Registration System (DRS)
Transfe
r.
How to Transfer Amazon Shares
Out of Your Morgan Stanley Stock
Plan Account
* Note: If your goal is to transfer out over
US$100,000 in stock value, you will not be able
to break up the transfers into multiple under
$100k requests and instead you must follow
instructions for Greater than US$100K.
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HOW TO TRANSFER AMAZON SHARES OUT OF YOUR MORGAN STANLEY
AT WORK STOCK PLAN ACCOUNT
If you are required to submit a completed Letter of Authorization, you have two options:
Option 1 - Mail or fax the completed form to:
Morgan Stanley / Global Stock Plan Services
P.O. Box 182616
Columbus, OH 43218-2616
Fax: +1 614-467-4471
Once the form is received and reviewed, Morgan Stanley will call you to verbally verify your voice to
prevent fraud.
Option 2 - Call the Morgan Stanley Service Center to request the Letter of Authorization form be sent to you
via Secure Email. You will then return your completed form via Secure Email.
It is important to note that transfers of any value to a transfer agent as well as all third-party transfers over
$100,000 will require you to provide a clear copy of both sides of your government issued identification
document, including signature. It is recommended that you enlarge the copy to ensure readability.
Be aware that if the signature on your Letter of Authorization for Stock Transfer form does not match
your government issued identification, your request cannot be processed.
If you are concerned about your signature matching, consider one of the following options:
1. Provide alternate identification such as a government issued passport,
2. Have the Letter of Authorization notarized; or,
3. Request the receiving account broker dealer to provide a Medallion Signature Guarantee stamp on the
Letter of Authorization for Stock Transfer form.
Special considerations for third-party transfers:
Transfers or Gifting of Shares to a Third Party, Donor-Advised Fund, or Charity, are Subject to
Amazon’s Insider Trading Policy
Amazon’s plan rules require that you contact Amazon’s Legal Department at
stockpolicy@amazon.com
to make a gift of Amazon securities and are subject to the trading window
or preclearance. If you are subject to the trading window, you may only make gifts of Amazon
securities during the trading window unless you can make certain legal representations concerning
the gifted shares.
If you have questions, contact a Morgan Stanley Service Center agent at the phone numbers on page 3
of
this document.
PLEASE NOTE: Processing times on all transfer types can vary. For an estimated date of transfer, please
request this during your call or during call-back verification from Morgan Stanley Service Center if transfer
form was submitted to an agent and be sure to submit your request well in advance of the date you need
the transfer completed. For faster processing, please complete the forms electronically.
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