In this post you will learn what is delisting of shares and the steps you need to take once the shares you own are delisted.

What is “Delisting of Shares“?

Delisting is a process by which the name of a company is removed from the list of securities of companies which are permitted to be traded in the stock exchanges. Delisting disables the process of trading of shares in the stock exchanges.[Source: Security Analysis & Portfolio Mgmt By Sasidharan]. The delisting of shares can be voluntary or compulsory.

Steps you need to take once the shares you have bought are delisted:

I had a trading account with Edelweiss and had bought Binani cement shares [say for example 80 share]. After delisting, delisted shares just disappeared from my account. Normally these should not be disappeared, only, the users should not be able to trade on those shares, but users should be able to view these shares in their account. read more »