You never have to apologize for picking my brain, but there are posters here who make me look like a school boy.
In the event of a buy out, you will receive a check in your account. It will show the amount you received and next to it, you will see "In lieu of xxxxx shares."
Of course, it could be a bit more complicated than that. That is where the experts come in like es1, Truth, First Mike, and others.
I do not want to jump the gun here. THIS IS ALL SPECULATION!
However, as I said before, KBLB IS THE BEST COMPANY TO BUY IN THE HISTORY OF THE STOCK MARKET.....