The attached files contain historical prices for Ralston Purina Company stock. The information includes the following daily stock prices: open, high, low, and close. These prices are actual prices on each date and have not been adjusted for subsequent splits and spin-offs. The files only contain prices from July 28, 1980 through the date of the purchase by Nestlé S.A. If you purchased Ralston Purina Company stock prior to July 28, 1980 and would like to obtain that price, please contact Mary Strauch at 1-203-629-7223.
1980-1984
1985-1989
1990-1994
1995-2001
The following is an example of how you would adjust both prices and shares to account for splits and spin-offs that occurred after your purchase date.
Example
If you had bought 100 shares of Ralston Purina Company on May 4, 1998 at the closing price of 108.0625, your shares would have been affected by the events listed below:
| 7/15/98 |
3 for 1 Stock Split |
| 04/01/00 |
Energizer Spin-Off
72.06% of basis remains with Ralston shares
27.94% of basis goes with Energizer shares |
Assuming you have not made any other sales or adjustments, you would have 300 shares of Ralston Purina Company due to the split (100 shares times 3). However, you must adjust the price for both the split and the Energizer Spin-Off, i.e., the resulting adjusted price would be 25.95661(108.0625 divided by 3, times 0.7206).
Any question relating to information on this site may be directed to Mary Strauch at 1-203-629-7223.
Pricing information has been provided by Bloomberg. Although this data is gathered from a reliable source, its completeness and accuracy cannot be guaranteed.