Is there a forum here for this?

[LAS14]

DU has so many smart members that I come here with random questions whenever possible. There's usually some appropriate group. But I don't see one for this. Can you recommend a forum? Or maybe just answer the question?

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Decades ago I acquired stock in the company I worked for. It was privately held and offered no dividends. I’ve been retired for approximately 10 years, and this year I got a 1099-DIV form that said the total of ordinary dividends I’d received is 410.64. My problem is that I have no idea how to get access to that money. I can’t find out much about the current state of the company. No one returns calls that I make. You have to have a business e-mail address to contact them via their web site. For what it’s worth, the company is Jenzabar, Inc, located in Harrisonburg, VA, although the phone associated with their old Boston location continues to work.

Can anyone suggest a way for me to get access to my $410?

tia
las

[bucolic_frolic]

1. THere's a contact form on their website

Explain to them your situation.

https://jenzabar.com/

https://jenzabar.com/contact-us

There is also an 800 help number for their software apparently.

Fill out the contact form with whatever it will take. Your company? Self or self-employed, or retired, or Jenzabar.

Ask them for investor relations. Tell them you worked for them and hold company stock.

[LAS14]

5. As I said in the OP, you need a business e-mail. They won't take hotmail or gmail. nt

[dlk]

2. Contact the share registry for the corporation

If you need additional assistance, the SEC has more information:

http://www.sec.gov

[LAS14]

7. Thanks! I've sent my question to their Ombudsman. nt

[dlk]

10. Good luck!

[LAS14]

11. And the ombudsman replied with a clearly....

...personalized letter giving me a link to a different agency. Have you to follow that route.

[Marthe48]

3. There is forum

TOPICS>ECONOMY & EDUCATION> Personal Finance and Investing

Good luck with your search.

If you are a senior, and if you have a local senior center, there might be some volunteer tax preparers who might be able to point you to a solution.

Also, most states have an unclaimed fund site, and you can search for your name. If MA or VA have that site and the business you worked for offloaded their stock obligations, you might be on the list and get it that way.

Good luck.

[LAS14]

6. Thank you!! nt

[multigraincracker]

4. My try your regular bank.

Mine is great for questions like that. They have a broker there a couple of days a week.
Good luck.

I have all of my dividends deposited in my savings account.

[Yonnie3]

8. From Google

Jenzabar Inc.
Corporate office
Address: 181 S Liberty St, Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Phone: [phone]

If all else fails, snail mail and if no response then a registered letter.

I was in an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program) and all dividends were reinvested in the the stock. I did receive 1099s but never cash. I had trouble getting the shares. It has been a quarter of a century and I don't recall the details. It took months after I found out how.

Sorry I'm not more help, but I do recall that I didn't get the information I needed until I sent a letter.

[Effete Snob]

9. .

Check the escheat office of the state you were living in when you last worked there. That's where the checks should ultimately be ending up.

Jenzabar
101 Huntington Avenue Suite 2200
Boston, Massachusetts 02199

526 employees on LinkedIn

shorturl.at/bAMQ6


Irene V. Porokhova
General Counsel
https://www.massbbo.org/s/attorney-lookup?fName&lName=porokhova&loc&bboNumber

Fandy Si
Assistant General Counsel
https://www.massbbo.org/s/attorney-lookup?fName=fandy&lName=si&loc&bboNumber

Paul Madick
Assistant General Counsel
https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/145523

That's three phone numbers for you.