Expert: Steven Taylor - 1/5/2012

Question
I have a number of old stock certificates - they are likely not worth anything but would appreciate it if you could tell me what happened to these companies and if these certificated are work anything.

1. Cambridge Royalty Company, Incorp. under laws of the state of Texas (Dated: 11/02/1982).
2. Almark Resources Ltd., Incorp. under the laws of Alberta (Dated: February 6,1980).
- Shares transferable at National Trust Company, Limited, Calgary, Alberta
3. Westgrowth Investments Limited, Head Office: Regina Sask. (Dated: 11 January, 1972).
- Montreal Trust Company, Regina, Transfer Agent and Registrar.
4. CEAPRO Inc, Incorp under the Business Corps. Act of Alberta (Dated: 20 Oct 2000 & 22 Oct 1998).
- Shares Transferable at Montreal Trust Comp. of Canada, Calgary, AB
5. MCP Holdings Ltd., Melville, Sask. (Dated:28th July 1971)
6. 322388 Alberta Ltd. (Strathcona Brewing Inc.) Incorp under the Business Corps Act (Alberta)
- Dated: 11th, February 1986
7. Viterra, Computershare Investor Services Inc., Toronto, Canada.

Any information you can provide on these companies would be appreciated.

Answer
James, from the information I have available.

I have no information on Cambridge Royalty since it is a Texas company. I only have information on Canadian stocks.

Almark had a 1 for 4 reverse split, then an amalgamation which would have further reduced your holdings, but is still around. It is Bioniche Life Sciences, which trades on the TSX for about 50 cents per share. You will need to contact the current transfer agent, Canadian Stock Transfer (www.canstockta.com) to get the old certificates reorganized.

Westgrowth has no current value. It became Orion Petroleum, which was dissolved in the early 1980's.

Ceapro is still around. It currently trades on the TSX Venture Exchange for about 9 cents per share. The transfer agent is Olympia Trust (www.olympiatrust.com/transfer-agent/#.

I have no information on MCP Holdings.

Strathcona Brewing has no value. It was dissolved in the mid-1990's.

Viterra is still around. It trades on the TSX for about $10.80 per share. The current agent is Computershare #www.computershare.com).