[mrarjen]

With all the weird structures of stock lending and synthetics going around, I believe it's been extremely valuable for Buffet to keep it as it is for all these years.

[Pet_Ant]

Can you explain? I nhought a stock split just multplied at stock counts after a certain date; seems straight forward.

[quickthrowman]

You’re correct, the GP’s entire post is wrong, see my sibling comment to your post.

[quickthrowman]

There are no exchange traded options on BRK.A, lending shares to be shorted gives you interest on the total $ value, not the number of shares. Neither of these are the reason for not splitting.

[ric2b]

Aren't options contracts standardized on 100 shares? That would definitely make a difference.