I'm in the same boat. Personally, I think it look like it was a release that was supposed to go out back then seeing that they didn't have any news when the split was filed. Very abnormal but as long as it's out there now, people know. I agree with you though that there needs to be some clarity on this.
Whats confusing? When they did the forward it wasn't trading...... It's trading now,, they announced.. By the time you figured that out the ticker went up 200% .....