Basically, it would stop trading for a couple of weeks, meanwhile MMs can buy and sell, but public can only buy shares, but they can't sell until the change has "settled" and "D" is removed, pending timing on different brokerages, some Canadian brokerages let you trade instantly, but American brokerages differ, etrade is always the last one to clear trading, but they all let you buy.
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