Maybe he was bullied into giving the shares back? Could be part of contract agreement to give shares back. Who knows? That would imply that the shares should be worth something, though. At least that's what it would seem to me, since cash wasn't wanted.
11506 read 11504 for an independent answer, otherwise ask George Freeman, he is the only one who can really tell you and, please stop being gratuitously rude, we Europeans, particularly the English, do not appreciate it