The logic to me abt the merger would be to let people know some days or a week ahead of time. With a bonus share as a gift this would increase everyone's holdings. I would also imagine that not knowing the date of record could sow a lot of uncertainty among investors which could cause more unwanted pull out or a stall on investing. If the SP remains low the transition price would be 10 X the value of the prevailing BEHL SP, as I understand it. Not informing holders beforetime of the upcoming date is like depriving them from increasing their portfolio. So I still do not see the benefit of an undisclosed date of record unless .... overbuying gets the SP too highly elevated followed by a massive sell off in Global Sols. Undisclosed would keep the SP lower with room to gradually expand after the merger whereas disclosed could lead to an overvalued SP. I sure love to receive anyone's comment to these theories.