The issue is not that it can be split, I beleive the issue is that it should be reduced by same same factor. Example: pps reaches .08 the day before the reverse split so using the AS the company could dish out 900 million more shares at .08 = $72,000,000 Problem is that the day after the reverse split the pps is now $8 so using the AS the company could dish out 900 million more shares at a price of now $8 = $7,200,000,000 . . . yes thats $7.2 billion