Details on trading of split shares on TSE, NYSE (from StockWatch)
TSE Bulletin 99-1667
The Class A subordinate voting shares of the company (symbol: GIB.A) will be posted for trading at the opening on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, on a 2 for 1 split basis. The subdivision will be effected by issuing on or about Jan. 14, 2000, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Friday, Jan. 7, 2000, a certificate for one additional Class A share for each Class A share held as of such record date.
The Class A shares will commence trading on an ex-distribution basis at the opening of business on Jan. 5, 2000, and on any transactions on or after this date delivery may be made covering only one-half of the Class A shares sold, with the balance of such transactions being on a when issued basis, delivery to be completed when the additional shares have been received by the registered shareholders.
The exchange has been advised that trading in the company's Class A shares on the New York Stock Exchange from Jan. 5, 2000, to Jan. 14, 2000, inclusive, will be on a due bill (that is non-split) basis and that ex-stock dividend trading in the company's Class A shares will commence on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000.
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