Are Bell Atlantic stock certificates still valid?

Bell Atlantic merged with GTE back in 2000 to form Verizon, but if you still have stock certificates from Bell Atlantic, don't worry. They're still valid, and you can even have them deposited in an account so you won't have to keep track of the paper certificates anymore.

What is a Bell Atlantic dividend ref-sheet?

The ref-sheet shows you the Date and amount of Dividends paid and the price of Bell Atlantic stock when the dividend was paid. The ref-sheet also shows you information on mergers stock split and spin-offs. We built the Ref-Sheet as a handy sheet to assist you when you are trying to find the effect of dividends on your cost basis calculations.

What should I do with my Bell Atlantic stock certificates?

Bell Atlantic stock certificates remain valid and should not be sent in for exchange. We do, however, encourage you to take advantage of Book- Entry, which allows shares to be issued in statement based ownership.