Apple Announces Two-for-One Stock Split

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
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CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one split of the Company's common stock and a proportional increase in the number of Apple common shares authorized from 900 million to 1.8 billion. Each shareholder of record at the close of business on February 18, 2005 will receive one additional share for every outstanding share held on the record date, and trading will begin on a split-adjusted basis on February 28, 2005.



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