molson; we can't trade if there is a possibility that a large number of illigal shares(from counterfiet certs) could be sold. right? why take the chance that many illegal shares could be sold to the public? If a bank recieved a bunch of 100 dollar bills from the gov. and an employee found that one was a counterfiet, then the whole bunch would be stopped from going to the public until the whole bunch was checked.