You should report a lost certificate to Continental as soon as possible (212.509.4000 x237), if we are the agent for the security involved. Please try to provide the certificate number and the share amount. We will place a "stop" on the certificate to prevent its transfer and provide you with paperwork required to obtain a replacement certificate. You may download the appropriate paperwork from this web site.

To replace a stock certificate, you must furnish an affidavit of ownership and also pay for an indemnity bond executed by a surety company. Stock certificates are valuable and should be kept in a safe place. If your Black Hills Corporation stock certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, notify our transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, N.A., immediately.

If a certificate is lost, stolen, or destroyed notify our Transfer Agent, Holladay Stock Transfer, Inc., immediately so that a "stop transfer" instruction can be placed on our records to prevent transfer of ownership to another person. Holladay will send you the forms to permit the issuance of a replacement certificate.

Contact American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at the address or phone number listed above and they will instruct you on how to proceed.

Contact Sensient Technologies' transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services at (800) 468-9716 for instructions and to obtain the necessary forms.

The cemetery does issue duplicate copies of Certificates of Interment Rights. Only one certificate can exist or be recognized. The cemetery can provide an Application for a Duplicate Certificate of Burial. Telephone the cemetery office for eligibility rules and fees. Click the link below to do download a new certificate:

Please contact Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. at 1-800-468-9716. Upon receipt of your request, they will begin the replacement process and mail the necessary forms to the mailing address maintained on the account. The forms will be accompanied by a cover letter explaining the process.

If you are not using Rule 144 for a sale into the public securities market, you must wait until you are eligible to use Rule 144K (a 24 month holding period) to get the restrictive legend removed from a certificate you want to continue holding or to transfer into your brokerage account, if you have no intent to immediately sell it.

A stock certificate is the official piece of paper that is evidence of ownership of one or more shares of a corporation. Stock certificates of publicly traded companies are very hard to come by! They are cumbersome to process and expensive to procure. Stock certificate are rare and very much valued as collectibles. Please see our OneShare Collectibles.

Contact us. There is a $10.00 fee for replacement Certificates of Completion. Pre-payment is required.

Investors should always use caution before investing in high-risk, speculative stocks, especially with regard to their retirement portfolios, because all stocks may decline in value. There are many reasons why a stock may decline in value. The value of a stock is determined by the basic relationship between supply and demand. If many people want a stock (demand is high), then the price will rise. If a few people want a stock (demand is low), then the price will fall.

Contact our transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services, at (800) 317-2512 if your stock certificates are lost or stolen.

If you have lost or are missing your stock certificates, or if your stock certificates have been destroyed, follow the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal.

The Secretary of State cannot determine the value of a stock certificate. However, if the corporation is active, the Secretary of State can provide the information to contact the corporation. Check Business Search at www.nd.gov/sos/businessserv/registrations/business-search.

Lost certificates should be reported to Computershare Investor Services (formerly EquiServe). The address and telephone for Computershare are as follows:

If an investor holds a physical stock certificate in the investor's own name, our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer and Trust, will mail the investor's certificate to the address they have on file. If an investor's stock is currently held in a brokerage account, the additional shares will be sent directly to the investor's broker and then deposited to the investor's brokerage account. Investors should contact their broker for further details.