My only purpose in mentioning the 2016 split and the reason for it (the elimination of shareholders to allow for a Form 15 filing), which was plain for all to see, was that it complicated the share count math...as I made clear.
But since you feel I didn't address it fully....
This ""clean up” from its shareholder rolls(sic) (of) over 740 lost shareholders" wasn't just housekeeping as the phrase "clean up" suggests and the shareholders weren't "lost"...the action eliminated them. The dollars involved were obviously insignificant but the intent of the corporate action was obviously not. Bye-bye to audits and SEC reporting requirements, hello to minimal transparency and regulatory oversight.
That shouldn't have made any reasonable shareholder happy, but I know that some are happier with Berman untethered by any silly frivolous securities laws.