To: Joe Copia who wrote (22704 ) 7/20/2000 7:25:32 AM From: Joe Copia Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25711 FDKP from an email: =DJ Finders Keepers Up 128%;Co Spokesman Cites Talk Of Split By Richard Hubbard MIAMI (Dow Jones)--Shares of Finders Keepers Inc. (FDKP) soared 128% Wednesday, which a company spokesman attributed to rumors of a stock split. Spokesman Alan Zazoff of Zazoff Associates, which handles investor relations for Finders Keepers, said the company "would probably issue a press release tomorrow (Thursday) addressing the issue of the rumors," which on Wednesday he would neither confirm nor deny.Meanwhile, Zazoff said the company expects to file its 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30 with the Securities and Exchange Commission before the mid-August filing deadline, and said the company will be "pleased with the quarter." Chief Executive Devorah Zirkind declined to comment Wednesday. She said Zazoff "comments beautifully for me." Shares of Finders Keepers have ranged from 25/256 to 2 1/2 over the last 52 weeks. On Wednesday, it traded as high as 2 5/8. The stock, which trades on the over-the-counter bulletin board, recently was up $1.24 to $2.21. There is no analyst coverage of Finders Keepers, a New York City company which operates an abandoned-asset location service. Finders Keepers announced on June 27 that the company had added the State of California to its domain of databases for locating lost and abandoned assets that have been escheated to state and federal government agencies. The company aims its unclaimed property location services at estates, corporations, attorneys and the general public. Finders Keepers receives a commission for all assets discovered and returned to clients. Recoveries could include lost or forgotten stocks and bonds, dormant bank accounts, forgotten safe deposit boxes, money from health benefits, and lost assets belonging to estates. -By Richard Hubbard, Dow Jones Newswires, 305-379-3744 (END) Dow Jones Newswires 19-07-00 1810GMT