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To: chowder who wrote (104142)	6/30/2008 10:16:26 PM
From: Sweet Ol	Respond to of 206322

Another issue on share splits used to be keeping the price below $100 because the brokerage fees on odd lots were very high compared to round lots of 100 (or multiples thereof). So more people could buy 100 shares of a $35 stock than could buy 100 shares of a $500 stock. This created more interest in the stock and tended to create demand thereby tending to raise the price. Now that most of us pay tiny commissions for on-line trades this is really not such a big issue any more. Best to all, JRH