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Sun Microsystems Continues To Tinker with its Stock

CFO Michael Lehman told Reuters, 'It doesn't mean the quarter is bad'
By Java News Desk
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September 18, 2007 10:30 AM EDT
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Having just changed its ticker symbol, belatedly, to Java, Sun now wants to do a one-for-four reverse stock split to give its shares, stuck in the doldrums for years now, more heft. It would have 25% fewer shares, but each would be worth four times more, say a more presentable, peer-like 20 bucks a share. Meanwhile its results for its fiscal first quarter, ending in September, are going to be delayed until November 5 because it's wrestling in a new accounting system and wants to make sure it's working right before it posts any numbers. CFO Michael Lehman told Reuters, "It doesn't mean the quarter is bad."

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Sun News Desk 09/18/07 10:46:50 AM EDT

Having just changed its ticker symbol, belatedly, to Java, Sun now wants to do a one-for-four reverse stock split to give its shares, stuck in the doldrums for years now, more heft. It would have 25% fewer shares, but each would be worth four times more, say a more presentable, peer-like 20 bucks a share. Meanwhile its results for its fiscal first quarter, ending in September, are going to be delayed until November 5 because it's wrestling in a new accounting system and wants to make sure it's working right before it posts any numbers. CFO Michael Lehman told Reuters, 'It doesn't mean the quarter is bad.'