bond, it's a multi-part answer.
1) If you bought Monday (Jan 16), and the shares cleared at T+3 that's Thursday (Jan 19), then that's before the "Securities Record Date" of Feb 9th.
2) HOWEVER, that is also the same date that the Master Ballots are due back to KCCLLC
3) So to vote those new shares, the deadline ESTABLISHED BY YOUR BROKER, will be several days in advance of that.
4) The broker is likely sending out ballots and their packages based on who held stock as of the date they sent out the packets (also probably next week)
5) You might have to get your broker to send a "special" packet of those newly-bought shares. And get those votes back before the deadline. There is a seperate deadline of Feb 28th (again, your broker will have an earlier date) of which if you missed voting on the plan, you still can grant releases and get NewCo shares. But you have to be the owner of the shares by Feb 9th.
6) If you can't pull this off, then there still is a few more days to sell them off -- but have to do that before Feb 9th. After that, people buying shares are on their own, and the market may be very limited to those willing to risk it.
But read my "Twilight Zone" section of Q&A -- all of this is difficult, and potentially hazardous.
...Catz
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