what should i do after delisting 
if you still hold shares after they ve been delisted your next step depends a lot on what you re invested in how convinced you are about its prospects and whether you have the stomach to deal with the murkier less transparent alternative exchanges you can still sell the shares but the conditions to do so will now be generally less favorable volume thins out when you leave a major exchange with otc transactions there are fewer buyers and sellers meaning wider bid ask spreads and getting less than the going rate in some cases you may only be able to trade the shares by appointment in most cases it s best to sell stock before it delists can i sell my shares after a delisting if you still hold shares after they are delisted you can sell them just not on the exchange on which they traded before stock exchanges are very advantageous for buying and selling shares when they delist and trade over the counter otc selling shares and getting a reasonable price for them becomes much harder can a delisted company get re listed yes it is possible for a delisted company to get re listed a lot depends on the circumstances of being delisted those forced to leave often find it difficult to get their affairs back in order and bounce back especially without the funding opportunities that the stock market provides there are a few success stories though can a delisting be good for a company delisting isn t always as bad as people make it out to be many household names have chosen to delist their shares and go private for good reason and some such as dell prospered from the benefits of being private the bottom linea company is delisted when it is removed from a stock exchange no longer selling shares to the public can be voluntary or involuntary companies may prefer to go private to avoid having to answer to the public and jump through regulatory hoops alternatively they may be kicked out of the exchange for failing to meet its listing requirements or because they ran out of money and went bankrupt investors holding shares after a delisting will only be able to sell them otc that generally means less liquidity finding it harder to locate buyers at the price you want and potentially being left in the dark about what the company is up to 