What to do when a company shuts out its shareholders?
brk: Disclaimer: IANALSince it is still a private company, you're not entitled to much, really.They are supposed to be holding some sort of board or corporate meetings, if for no other reason than to maintain themselves as a corporation for the legal benefits.  You are supposed to get, or have access to, copies of the board meeting minutes.To cut to the chase, you're not going to get anything out of those shares.  The company has no enforceable obligation to buy them from you, and unless they got their legal contracts out of a pop-up book, there will also be a clause in there that would prevent you from selling the shares to a competitor.  Besides, what would you sell the shares FOR, money-wise?  You don't even know what the company is worth, or (I'm assuming here) what yours shares represent in proportion to the total.  And, why would a competitor want semi-worthless shares in another company anyway?For the most part, I would suggest you let it go and chalk it up to a learning lesson.