Don’t Let Your BNY Mellon Stock Be Considered Abandoned!
BNY Mellon Shareholder Services, Dow’s stock transfer agent, maintains our registered stockholder accounts. They are required by the laws of all 50 states in the U.S. to send abandoned property, stock and dividends within “lost” or “dormant” accounts to the stockholder’s last known state of residence. (Note: If you are a foreign stockholder, your property would be sent to the state of Delaware.)
Here are some examples of how your stock or uncashed dividend checks can be considered abandoned property or how your BNY Mellon stock account can be considered dormant:
- Your address changed since the time you initially purchased stock, and you did not change your mailing address on your BNY Mellon account.
- Your dividend checks have not been cashed.
- Your account is enrolled in the dividend reinvestment program, and you have not directly communicated with BNY Mellon in the past two years.
- You failed to respond to any BNY Mellon abandoned property written notifications.
As required by state laws, BNY Mellon sends abandoned property or lost accounts to all states on a semi-annual basis. The process of identifying the accounts eligible for the spring escheatment has already begun. Please contact the transfer agent immediately if you think your account may be lost or dormant as defined above. There are several ways for you to contact BNY Mellon:
- Update your account information online at www.bnymellon.com/shareowner/isd if you have activated an online BNY Mellon account.
- Call their customer service center at 1-800-369-5606 (U.S.) or 1-201-680-6685 (international).
- Mail correspondence to the address listed below.
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 358016
Pittsburgh, PA 15252
U.S.A.