I've received the lists from Nefario. I spent a couple hours today going over them and reformatting them for easier processing and so on and so forth. While I'll make a more better announcement later here are my initial thoughts.
1. I did not receive enough information to adequately process these lists.
First, the lists do not differentiate between unissued shares in an issuing account, and privately bought shares in a personal account. This is exceedingly bad. For example, I am listed as the top shareholder in the 90-95% category on almost every list. Thankfully, I had published the approximate number of outstanding shares before GLBSE shut down, so it is reasonable for me to assume that the actual number of outstanding shares was not greater than the largest number published before the shutdown. There will likely be a small error here. Unfortunately I don't have a csv file, which is probably what should have been sent instead of merely a list. But anyway, there is enough information to do 99% of what needs to be done in that area so no humungous problem here (but something to be aware of).
2. Unclaimed shares -- observations, thoughts
In most cases, unclaimed shares (shares which were owned by people who did not go through the GLBSE claims process, or who did not return double payments) were under 1%. There were some notable exceptions, such as NYAN.C shareholders. This is actually a very, very bad problem for a couple reasons. I will decide what to do about this later but here is what I am thinking:
a) People who are not on the list might not be on the list because they did not return a double payment.
This is big. People who did not return a double payment are, as of this moment, officially scammers. First, this class of people has already effectively received some of their money back on their claim; further, a part of the money they received would have otherwise gone to the companies I am liquidating. This has the net effect of reducing the value of all shareholder's claims.
b) Some people on the list have also claimed privately, causing a double claims problem.
I realize some people did this accidentally. However this is one of the reasons why I asked people to e-mail me. So I could more easily detect double claims. However, several people have ignored my request and PM'd me and given me deposit addresses which do not appear on the list. This is a huge problem, also because of c) below.
c) Some people not on the list have issued fraudulent claims.
Some people, aware that there are unclaimed shares, may attempt to claim shares they do not have title to.
d) People who are not on the list might not be on the list because they are criminals/avoiding AML.
This may be considered a minor reason by some. Granted, but I will note it. I will also note that NYAN.C is unique among all companies with 20% (!) unclaimed shares. Now that is interesting, but I won't speculate on the meaning. I'm sure you can do that yourself.
So where am I going with all this? Well, since the unclaimed shares are pretty much less than 1% across the board, this tells me two things... one, there isn't a significant investor anywhere in my companies which did not claim their shares. So basically people who have, for whatever reason, decided not to claim with the GLBSE, have written off (via that claims process) a very small amount of money; probably between ten and fifty dollars or so in value per investor. Second, it is a known that the value of people who have not returned double sends from Nefario approaches this value on a per-investor basis; for example, EskimoBob, a well-known troll, has advertised that he owned shares of my companies and that he has not returned his double send; therefore it makes sense to me to cancel all unclaimed shares. There is no need to vote on this action, as it benefits 99% of the shareholders of every company; I simply cannot be bothered to worry about someone who is afraid or unwilling to claim $50 on GLBSE, or who is whining because they got an extra 10 bitcoins in a double send from Nefario and then turns around and whines because they're not getting even more money they don't deserve from me.
However, I do recognize the fact that some people who (a) did not receive (or who did return) a double payment are not on the list, or (b) did not make double (fraudulent) claims, or who (d) are not criminals, are not on the list. This leaves (c), people who did not issue fraudulent claims. Unfortunately, these people are screwed and will not receive anything from this claims process. However there's an out. If you have no reason not to make a claim and simply don't want to, then do this:
1. Create an anonymous account, say on hotmail.
2. Make the claim anonymously
3. Deal with your asset issuer anonymously in that regard.
If you cannot even do this, I feel that there is just too much risk to the other shareholders and I will not be processing claims otherwise.
On that note, I have received updated lists for yarr and some other companies that include new claimants that have either done something like 1-3 above, or who have returned double spends. So there is really no excuse for not having your name on the list anymore. How do you know if you're on the list? Everyone on the list will receive a claim ticket ID number in the next week or so. Then I will publish all the lists in the format COMPANY TICKET #, No. Shares, and % of ownership of company. This will be your proof of ownership.
How can I prove these numbers are accurate and I am not inflating my own shares? Because I published the outstanding shares totals before the shutdown.
How can I prove I am not dicking people by pretending they're not on the list? If you do not receive a ticket in the next seven days, contact me. Maybe I made a mistake. if I didn't, there are 2 things: 1. If you're on other lists and not mine, contact nefario. 2. if you still feel the situation is unresolved, I can and will let theymos or whoever have access to my special hotmail account I set up for this. They will be able to see the .yml files and judge if I am bullshitting or not. A final point to make about that, I will not release any other information publicly nor will I answer any questions regarding how I am dispersing assets. I will only state that X people have been paid, or X% has been paid, or whatever. I've learned from my mistake of being too transparent and having dickless trolls like EskimoBob, deeplink, deprived and puppet causing trouble for me. So too bad. If you don't like it, ask theymos to permaban those four people and I'd be happy to post all the info you could ever dream about who owns what (non-personal info only of course). That's just how it's going to be, so don't get upset, I'm just telling you what's going to happen so the trolls don't bitch and while I said one thing and did another.
Again, given that the GLBSE claims process appears to be working as intended (less than 0.5% unclaimed shares in some companies), albeit a little slowly, I feel there is zero excuse for not following it. So if you don't make your claim with GLBSE, I'm afraid you are going to be out of luck.
I will also be contacting a certain gentleman who threatened me shortly and made the (really stupid mistake) of mentioning what I owe him. Guess what loser, I know who you are and you will pay for what you said to me. And the community is going to know who you are too. Have fun with that.