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To: Andre Williamson who wrote (43267)	5/16/2000 1:18:00 PM
From: David E. Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Andre & Richard: This post by Gary Brack several months ago provided the most detailed info on this subject. It was an article by Robert Willens, an accountant/tax specialist at Lehman, who concluded that 3Com had to wait until 2000 to spin off Palm, and that a corporate aquirer of 3Com within a two year period subsequent to the date of the spin off would essentially have to swallow the tax on the Palm distribution: Message 12749481 The tax aspect is described as a two year "poison pill" which will deter any takeover of COMS for two years. David T.