It really depends on who your brokerage company is as to how to go about it. There are numerous avenues you can take, and each will cost you either no, or a lot of money.
Here is what I did, and it worked well for me:
When I purchased XLPI many years ago, I had the comapny stock at both e-trade and ameritrade. Ameritrade made the divident stock automatically tradeable without me having to do anything. When I called e-trade, they wanted me to pay a fee to make them tradeable. Instead of paying the money, I transferred the account to TDAmeritrade and they became tradeable immediately.
You may want to check with your broker, and then go from there.
Good Luck
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