Woolwich Shares

Lastover

My wife passed away last September, and as part of the "sorting out the paperwork" process, I found a Woolwich share certificate in her name. Unfortunately, no other Woolwich paperwork, just the certificate showing 450 shares. She also had 232 Barclays shares. Am I right in thinking that the Woolwich shares were converted into Barclays shares at some stage? If not, could someone suggest how I proceed from here? As you will have gathered, my understanding of the situation is "extremely vague" to say the least, so any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you. 

eskbanker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/875639.stm explains that Barclays bought Woolwich in 2000, with shareholders in the latter receiving 0.1175 Barclays shares for each Woolwich one held.

https://home.barclays/investor-relations/shareholder-information/lost-shareholders/ should be a good place to establish the current situation for the holding.

Thrugelmir

All Woolwich shareholders would have been issued a new share certificate in Barclays following the take over.