NYSE cautions Libbey its stock faces delisting

2/24/2009

Toledo glassware manufacturer Libbey Inc. has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that its stock is in danger of being delisted because the shares lack sufficient market value.

Rules require a value of at least $75 million. Libbey shares closed Monday down 11 cents at $1.03 each, giving the company a market value of $11 million, according to Yahoo Finance. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week, the firm said it plans to provide the exchange with a business plan for complying within 18 months with listing standards.

Firms whose shares are delisted by major exchanges typically trade on over-the-counter markets. Toledo s Dana Holding Corp. is under a similar de-listing notification from NYSE.