It doesn't matter if any shares of any company gets cancelled.
It doesn't mean you lost your shares.
If you do your DD and research, it could mean many things, but it usually means that the shares are cancelled and that the emerging companies or corporations reissue knew shares and cusip numbers depending on their assets and liabilities, if their assets were higher than liabilities you get 1 for 1 of the new shares of the emerging company or corporation. If their liabilities were higher, then you get maybe a ratio of shares. If their shares were naked shortselled, you get nothing; your shares are therefore; deemed worthless, worthless, FTD'S...
2. In our case, since Lehmans was taken over on a rush, rush bank takeover, We get 1 for 1 of new issues, since Barclays did not allow Lehman even one chance to emerge. THAT'S THE RULE, AND IN THIS CASE THE RULE CANNOT BE BROKEN; OTHERWISE MORE BAD KARMA...