CUPERTINO, California — February 11th, 2005
Apple 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 authorised from 900 million to 1.8 billion. Each shareholder of record at the close of business on February 18th, 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 28th, 2005.