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Reverse Stock Split May Not Reverse a Company's Fortunes.

Publication: Mergers & Acquisitions Journal
Publication Date: 21-NOV-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
They represent the flip side of a stock market boom, a last-ditch attempt some commentators maintain to recapture the glory of a high-flying stock price without the heavy lifting. They are reverse stock splits, or equity markets plays on the law of supply and demand designed to boost stock prices simply by shrinking the number of shares available for public trading. There have been hundreds of them since the technology bubble burst and the stock market tumbled over the last two years.

Does the ploy work? Not in the caustic view of several market commentators who tend to regard them more as a mark...

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