21.   Part of the decline was because the shares went ex-dividend today, meaning shareholders can sell the stock and still receive the next dividend.

22.   So even as the jokes began circulating about Pentium chips, including a report that its new chip would be called the Repentium, shareholders did not sell.

23.   Some shareholders sell their shares knowing they will still be eligible for the dividend payment.

24.   Some shareholders sold their shares knowing they will still be eligible for the dividend payment.

25.   Some WorldCom shareholders may be selling because the combined company will grow at about half the rate WorldCom has in the past, investors and analysts said.

26.   Some big Time Warner Inc. shareholders have been selling their stock in the media company in reaction to its proposed acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

27.   Stock transfer agents receive share certificates when shareholders sell them and issue replacement certificates to the buyers.

28.   Stocks often decline on the day they go ex-dividend because a shareholder can sell the stock and still collect the next dividend.

29.   That means shareholders can sell their holdings in the companies and still receive the next dividend payout.

30.   That means shareholders can sell the stock and still receive the next dividend payout.