This is what happens with an in the money Put if you do not sell to close before expiration, it gets exercised. I coulda, woulda, shoulda closed it all last Monday but did not. I think the deal will be eventually closed for 0.5473 of a share of JPM and am SURE there will not be any dividends to cover. Just waiting to see what happens in the continuing Bear Stearns saga.
Cast - main characters, all playing themselves: Joe Lewis UK Billionaire - $900Mil loser, Jamie Dimon JPM CEO, George Soros US Billionaire, Ben Bernanke chair Federal reserve, Jim Cayne former CEO Bear Stears $400Mil loser and alledged pot smoker, Alan Schwartz CEO Bear Stearns - $100Mil loser, James Barrow principal of B H M & S - $900Mil loser
Supporting cast: 14,000 BSC employees
Waiting in the wings: thousands of lawyers, accountants and other assorted vultures.


