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To: Olen S. who wrote (45118)	1/26/1999 8:52:00 AM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 97611

Olen: CPQ will announce a conversion ratio, the percentage of an Alta Vista share for every CPQ share held. For example, if the conversion ratio is .12/CPQ share and a person holds 100 shares, he/she will get 12 shares of Alta Vista transferred into his/her account [or receive a certificate if the CPQ shares are held in certificate form]. Fractional shares are not issued. A check is issued for any fraction and the amount of this check is then considered a long or short term capital gain. Capital gain questions can wait until the beginning of 2000 when people start thinking about their 1999 taxes. Lynn