Agreed but the word, or, probably should be enough, to say that...

Agreed but the word, or, probably should be enough, to say that there is no need for the W-8BEN. By confirming, online at the amstock link, as per steps one two and three the details as held by the share registry(AST) are correct one assumes that the W-8BEN info is taken care of. I agree that it would be good to have a flash screen at the end of this process to say, Note to all foreign (Non US entities) No Need For a W-8BEN thankyou. (or similar) but hey the US IRS will withhold 30% of our rivers of gold flowing from this cash cow of a company, sorry I just fell into a timewarp before we all got screwed, so its enough that we fill out the form online.

30 Days to respond, please, for letters dated 23 Dec 2015, and I just looked at it today, reminds me of the bad political news releases we get co-incident with major sporting events.