Pac West lifted all restrictions awhile ago. It is now the brokers that are controling them and no doubt they want to charge fees to get them unrestricted. The problem with the online trading companies is they have way more control over shares and can make one wait a long time before they take care of it. Scottrade was sent a cert for 1,000,000 XPGH shares for their clients. Scottrade refuses to dispurse them and wants to make a buck off of the holders