I made the assumption you were referring to "todays" value of your stock and that you believe you were sitting on $40,000 in value.
On the other hand, if you believe you hold 40,000 shares that were issued in 2008, I have some bad news for you.
You might want to review the recent reverse split news that came out and you will understand why I stated, it's not worth your time.
Sorry to be the one with the bad news.
You also might to want to take some time to review a lot of good information that has been exposed here about the current CEO given you purchased this stock some 17-years ago.