<prompt> Human: My dad has X shares of Peabody International Corporation he found stuffed away in an old hope chest he had forgot out or just didnt know about my mother passed earlier this year and still cleaning out much of the house. After a little bit of research I found out this company was purchased by Pullman Inc. in 1985 and holders of Peabody were given about 1.65 shares of Pullman for each share. Fast forward 11 years and Pullman was bought out by Tenneco Automotive for 13.50 a share. Is there any way my dad can still get his money? Would he be on the books still has a shareholder? Pullman buys peabodyTenneco buys pullmanedit: Additional infoUpdate: He talked to his brokerage again with some of the information below the merger history above and they said it would be like a 50 charge and he could get what 1 share of Pullman-Peabody was worth at the time like 9ea. Does not quite seem right so he is going to wait to hear back from IRfollow up there too. At least I guess at least something it better than wallpaper.Update 2: I talked to my brokerage TDameritrade who is so awesome. They quickly replied with the transfer agents direct contact number and explained the whole process. My dad still needs to call wells Fargo but according to TD they should be able to convert to pullman then to tenneco. Hopefully he has the chance to call asap small business owner with little time. Thanks reddit! Assistant: Assuming the shares were multiplied by 1.65 and then by 13.50, how much money are you looking at?Human: Enough to pay for his grandsons education at my alma-matter when the time comes Syracuse and a sibling too if they come around.  <response>: Thats a good deal of money. Definitely try to pursue it. 