My Transfer Agent

Researching Stock Certificates

The Transfer Agent, listed on the front of your security, is the best source of information for your stock certificate. As long as the Transfer Agent still represents the company, they can help you with your stock certificate. If the transfer agent is no longer in business, or no longer represents the company, contact the Corporation Commission in the state where the stock was originally registered. If the company is still in business, the state agency can tell you so, and can probably direct you to the new Transfer Agent. If you're still stuck, try a trip to the library or contact the resources below to help you track down a stock.

Stock Exchanges You may find some information about your stock from the major stock exchanges (NYSE, AmEx, Nasdaq).

Financial Stock Guide (Directory of active stocks and obsolete securities)

Financial Information, Inc.,
30 Montgomery Street
P.O. Box 473,
Jersey City, NJ 07303

Moody's Industrial Manual (Corporate histories, including mergers and acquisitions)

Moody's OTC Industrial Manual
Moody's Investor Service, Inc.
99 Church Street
New York, NY 10007

National Stock Summary (Summary of bids/offers for inactive listed stock found on national quote services, daily newspapers, or financial magazines)

National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
An Infobase Holdings Company
150 Commerce Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009-1208

Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable & Worthless Securities (List of companies whose securities are worthless, have been liquidated, or exchanged)

The Questioned Stock Manual by Albert F. Gargiulo, with Rocco Carlucci. While this book is no longer in print, it is occasionally available through used book services. If this fails, your last resort is to hire a search firm. Standard & Poor's Corp., R.M. Smythe and StockTransfer.com are three prominent, well known, and reliable firms. Unfortunately, these searches are fairly expensive.

Good Luck!!