Agree! appears to be a very strategic and well times move, no surprise.
Record date is Dec 15. As long as you own your shares of that date, you will automatically receive the dividend of one share for every one share owned.
"The stock dividend will not change the proportionate interest that a shareholder maintains in the Company. Holders of record on the record date do not have to take any action to receive the dividend, which will be sent directly by the transfer agent to the address on record. All Beneficial Holders that hold shares in street name will be processed through their brokers."