Afternoon... There's another conclusion bobby...
The Brokers HAVE NO LEGALLY ISSUED CERTS... jumbo or not! Hell I bet most of 'em don't have any kind of certs at all, just air share created IOU's.
From the email (Thx. imsoweary):
there is no bar with the transfer agent. If they send the old certificate in and it has been properly issued they will get a new one in your name. Ameritrade has never sent the old certificate to the transfer agent with a transfer request. This process can occur without the stock actually trading, all Ameritrade has to do is send in the old certificate and the transfer agent will issue a new one. It may be that the shares held for you are in the dtc depositary in which case it is up to the broker to get the shares from dtc and send them unto the transfer agent.
Also it would seem, no decoder ring necessary, that the T/A and/or the DTC have some 205's available:
all Ameritrade has to do is send in the old certificate and the transfer agent will issue a new one. It may be that the shares held for you are in the dtc depositary in which case it is up to the broker to get the shares from dtc and send them unto the transfer agent.
Sooooooooooo... WTF? let's GET GOIN'!
"And the sharks started to circle... the smell of blood in the water was overwhelming!"