An acquaintance of mine has some shares he wants to sell before the end of the tax year but he has a problem. He can't find the certificate; he thinks he may have lost it when he moved house a couple of years ago but has no recollection of ever seeing it, and the Registrar has quoted him a ridiculous price, something like nine hundred quid, for replacing it.
Is there a way around this? Personally I think it's just a scam because this is all done electronically now, and there is no question that he holds the shares because he was a company employee until he retired.
Thanks