A number of firms have been supporting the price of their stock by using reverse stock
splits. Contrasted with a typical forward 2-for-1 stock split in which an investor receives an
additional share for every share owned (with each share being worth only half as much), in a
reverse 1-for-2 stock split, an investor’s shares are split in half for the same total amount of
money (with each share now being worth twice as much).