Hornet- The "D" at the end, as far as I can find out, just means that the stock has undergone a reverse split, and is generally removed after ~20 days. I assume it's there so that people not keeping up w/events would know something has changed (and so they don't go out and order a Maseratti when they see the price is up 10X w/o noticing that they only have 1/10 the amount of stock). But as far as I can see, it is only a temporary symbol change, and nothing else. So why do you think that action won't take place until after the "D" is dropped? I don't think the "D" restricts their actions in any way. The only thing I can think of is that they will be changing the symbol completely.