Replies to post #748300 on Mr Cooper Group Inc fka COOP

[1a Investor]

What about foreigners, e.g., Germans who have never had to submit a W-9 form or have never submitted one?

[PickStocks]

You just need one credible SEC/court filing that WMILT’s assets were transferred to or administered by Paladin Acquisitions Corp. Paladin shows up as a separate filer (Form D, CIK 0001876566) with no documented tie to WMILT/Plan 7. Just show us the documentation that this happened…give us the documents and it will be researched…

[ChangnoiPlaza]

**Clarification on the Ledger Creation**

The passage you quoted suggests that *Paladin created a new shareholder ledger based on W-9 forms*. That cannot be correct in the context of non-U.S. shareholders.

* A **W-9** is only applicable to **U.S. persons** (citizens, residents, or entities with U.S. tax obligations).
* Non-U.S. investors would have provided a **W-8BEN** (individual) or **W-8BEN-E** (entity), not a W-9.
* If Paladin had strictly relied on W-9 forms, **foreign shareholders would have been excluded** from the ledger and, as you noted, would not have received escrow distributions.

Therefore, the **definitive shareholder ledger** in 2012 must have been established from the **voting/consent documentation and transaction records**, not just from W-9 submissions. The W-9 (or W-8BEN) forms would have served only as *supplementary tax documentation* for reporting and withholding compliance — not as the source of legal shareholder entitlements.

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✅ In short:

* The **shareholder ledger = corporate record**, determined by deal documents and shareholder votes.
* The **tax forms (W-9/W-8BEN)** = IRS compliance tools, not dispositive of ownership.

[stoxjock]

LG, Could you Please Clarify/provide your Advice on this? Thanks!

"Legal Requirement: Every company, whether public or private, is legally required to maintain a shareholder register (or ledger). This is the official record of who owns the company's stock. It's the definitive proof of ownership.
What it Contains: This register contains a list of every shareholder, including their name, address, number of shares owned, and when they became a shareholder."

LG, This is a concern I had and many WaMu Escrow-holders could have the same concern.
Since I signed the WaMu "Release Forms" and mailed them and 'As Proof" & as a Legal WaMu Stockowner, I did receive the "WaMu Escrow markers" and then did receive the "WMIH" Stock, as every other WaMu Escrow-Holders would have received....BUT since I submitted those Original WaMu GSA "Signature & Release Forms" to KCC, I have changed my residence twice, so my Residential Address twice and even moved across states, from Minnesota to TX. I have taken care to 'Update' my Residential Address with all the Brokerage Accounts including the specific ones where I had my "WaMu Escrow Markers" (which of course, are no longer there now). But I have never directly contacted KCC to provide the "Update' regarding my Mailing Address, as I was always under the impression that my Stock Brokerage, would have the responsibility of the "Transfer Agent" as far as an external Agency like the DTCC or even any DST or any such Trustee/Corporation, such as "Paladin Acquisitions Corp' is concerned.

Do you think KCC /WMI-LT regularly 'Updated' the "Mailing Address" of the WaMu "Shareholders of Record" in their Ledgers, by regularly seeking & Updating that information from our Stock Brokerage companies? I am not even sure that KCC still has our information it got from WLI-LT now (Probably it should, as they are supposed to keep such information for at least 7 years of a company they are dealing with, in this case WMI-LT, as it is still not 7 years since it 'Dissolved', at least that's my guess)...
TIA & GLTU & GLTA.

[sunshinevibrations]

OMG. This nonsense is in no way valid. Anyone can dream up a process and cherry-pick some data to go with individual steps, but none of you can produce anything that orders any entity to apply this "process" to the defunct Washington Mutual Bank and its successor entities.

It's like mental vomit.