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To: Libbyt who wrote (96472)	3/15/2000 2:37:00 AM
From: Danny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Hi all, I have a very dumb question regarding stock split: Actually I've had this question for a long time but never get the chance to clarify. When a stock is going through, say, a 2-1 split, there are usually two dates: the date of record and the date of distribution. For example, on Feb 09, BVSN announced the 3-1 split and the date of record for that split is Feb 21 and the date of distribution is Mar 13. So why do you need two dates. In BVSN's example, its stock price was not ajusted for 3-1 until Mar 13. But what about those who bought BVSN after Feb 22 and before Mar 12? Does it mean these people dont get their shares split? It seems almost impossible. If you always get 3-1 split on your BVSN shares as long as you hold it by Mar 13, why should you worry about the Feb 21 date? I am asking this question as CMRC is to split 2-1 and its record date is March 24 but dist date April 19 Thanks.