so then why remove it in the first place. etrade did this to me a yr or so ago on another long time hold. why now i asked? no resonable answer was given. i have many numbered stocks and occassionally i sell the shell or they come back to life as someone else put their company into the dead shell. i told them in no uncertain terms that they are costing me money. can i trust them? i dont think so. i demanded certificates for the shares in 7 accts. they said no transfer agent holds corus. so that is now etrades problem, as i intrusted them to them. i could have purchased direct and gotten a pink legend on the certificate. ive done that many times in the past.....yes a hassle, and now they want a mint for the cert and to erase the pink legend after a yr, costs also.
The difference between genius and stupidity is, Genius has its limits.