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June 7, 2007 |
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Summary
SPECIAL ALERT: if you or your club are having account trouble due to the merger between TD Waterhouse and Ameritrade, please contact the ICLUB Support Team.
Since the merger of TD Waterhouse and Ameritrade, former Waterhouse customers have noticed a change in the number of shares they own. Waterhouse kept track of stock purchases to four (4) decimal places (12.3456 shares), while Ameritrade kept track of purchases to three (3) decimal places (12.345 shares). Post-merger, TD Ameritrade tracks only to three (3).
What happened to the fraction?
In short, as of May 8th, 2007, TD Ameritrade rounded up, even if you had the barest fraction of a share. For example:
Your club owned 60.2011 shares of XYZ Company. After the merger, your club now owns 60.202 shares of XYZ Company. The extra 0.0009 shares were purchased by TD Ameritrade on your behalf. There are no sales or purchases in connection with these shares.
How do I track this in Club Accounting?
Well, if you don't have any fractional shares, you're fine -- there's nothing you need to do at all. If you do have fractional shares, here's what to do:
Do not make a beginning balance adjustment. Do not purchase more shares to make the numbers come out. Instead, this should be entered as a stock split.
Step 1) Select Stock Split:
Step 2) Fill out the form for the stock split, selecting the stock and all details. For the Shares after the split field, enter the new number from the broker statement.
For example, if I owned 60.2011 shares and the broker statement now says I own 60.202 shares, I would enter 60.202 in the Shares after the split field.
Step 3) Complete the stock split:
That's it! Repeat for any other stocks that have been rounded. If you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact our ICLUB Support Team.
Special note:
In some instances, the conversion to TD Ameritrade has resulted in small monetary adjustments, on the order of $0.14. We are told this has nothing to do with the adjustment to the shares, but is an adjustment of the interest income for the cash balances held at Waterhouse for a portion of the month. You can enter this as interest or money market dividends, as the case may be.
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