I'll tell you another thing that I don't understand. It seems that some people are very very chummy chummy with Ken Stead. Why wouldn't they phone him and ask him the applicable Record Date - being either the Dec. 21 one or the ha ha Ex Date ? And report back here. And at the same time have him tell us about the income tax ramifications. Get it from the horse's mouth. I disagree with your take on both counts -- so we still have to wait.