Found an Old Share Certificate for US company

Tony_J

I have a share certificate, 5 shares for Agilent Technologies. I got this years ago as I had a small number of HP shares when Agilent was born.

I'd like to ask if you know how I could cash this in. A letter that is with it mentions Harris bank

Thanks

Woodstok2000

Harris Trust and Savings are now BMO - you'd need to contact them if your shares aren't with a broker:

https://www.bmo.com/en-us/main/personal/

wmb194

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6660257/found-an-old-share-certificate-for-us-company

You need a stockbroker that accepts US certificates and can provide a medallion stamp (not many). In other threads on this subject people have found success with Redmayne Bentley.

https://www.redmayne.co.uk

poseidon1

OP your 1st port of call should probably be Computershare to confirm exactly what you hold via your Agilent shareholding - there were other spinoffs which may have generated other shareholdings on your behalf - see below

https://www.investor.agilent.com/faq/default.aspx#:~:text=Agilent%20stockholders%20will%20only%20receive,at%20the%20then%2Dprevailing%20prices.

Once you have confirmed all your Agilent derived holdings, any which are certificated may require a Medallion Signature Gurantee accredited agent to convert the holding to digital format prior to disposal by a UK broker. The following article explains -

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-7209717/How-sell-share-certificates-UK-Disposing-old-paper-shares.html

Tony_J

Thanks to you all for the replies.

Tony_J

Just to give an update the shares are with Office of Unclaimed property delaware. So I put in a claim and provided the documentation needed. Now hit a bit of an issue as the shares were issued to Tony, but my legal name is Anthony. Delaware suggested I go to computershare for to get confirmation I'm the same person. I'm waiting on a reply from computershare