Ticker transfers happen all the time I just havent been through one with options, it sucks if every time we get into a ticker with options we have to get out of it when it transfers symbols. Its only a symbol change to us no biggy. Someone is scamming those dollars possibly.
InBev completes $52 billion Anheuser-Busch acquistionFont size: A | A | A9:41 AM ET 11/18/08 | Marketwatch RELATED QUOTES
9:03 PM ET 11/17/08 Symbol Last % Chg BUD 68.58 0.00% Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- InBev said it's completed the acquisition of St. Louis brewer Anheuser-Busch , paying the agreed-upon $52 billion, or $70-a-share, price. The new Anheuser-Busch InBev will start trading on the Euronext Brussels exchange on Friday
BUD info. I called my broker and they have no information on BUD so far. They don't know when we'll receive the new ticker or what is going to happen to the option. We all have to wait for the terms and agreement from the purchasing company (inBev). FYI, BUD is delisted today as of Nov 18, 2008.