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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (43728)	7/6/2000 8:13:40 PM
From: David E. Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Mang: I didn't appreciate the difference between calling this a "distribution" or a "dividend", although the PALM FAQ's consistently use the term "distribution". And in the HWP/A spin off, the final info packet I received said "We are effecting this spin off by distributing .3814 of a share of A common stock as a dividend on each outstanding share of HWP....the dividend will be distributed after market close on 6/2/00...". Seems like these guys use the terms interchangeably. I've now rolled my July COMS calls into August contracts to allow me to benefit from any post 7/27 run up in COMS, on the assumption that, as in the HWP/A case, my COMS options will continue to include the PALM "distribution dividend". I guess I'd better double check this fine point. David T.