What Happens When My Stock Is Delisted?

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I would like to know what happens to the shares I hold in a company that got delisted from the Nasdaq. -- G.

When your stock gets delisted, or booted from the stock exchange that it's traded on, there's no question that things could be better. Regardless of the reason for the company's delisting, the fact that it got kicked off their exchange is something that you should be very concerned with as a shareholder . ...