Yes dude. You need to do it. It's issuer held so you need to register so that the company can account for your shares and ledger them accordingly on the Automic system.
It's not hard mate. Just get on there and set it up. You were probably sent some advice last year about your SRN. Have a look for it. Once you have that, you are set. Lemon squeezy
As long as AVZ does not publish an explicit request to shareholders that ALL shareholders must be registered with Automic in order to receive, for example, a special dividend or other special payment, I believe that custody at the custodian bank is sufficient.
Normally, the bank is the registered holder, but it acts for and on behalf of the beneficial owner, which is me.
It is the same for me: my shares are held by my bank (DKB) at a custodian or partner bank.
I assume that in the event of a TO, or any kind of end to AVZ, the shareholders will be informed of how to proceed.
I would not currently transfer the shares to another broker in advance for no reason, which would also enable them to be held at Automic, and this would probably involve costs.
At the moment, however, nothing is clear and I remain on hold.
Or does anyone have any specific information about this?