How to handle Bonus Shares

When a bonus shares is issued, there are two ways to handle it in StocksCafe.

1. [Easy] Assume the bonus shares issued are free
   
   If you believe bonus shares are free, then all you need to do is simply create a BUY transaction with “Price Per Share” = 0 and “Number of Shares” = [number of shares received] with “Date” = [date where you received those shares].
   
2. Assume the bonus shares issued are not free
   
   If you belong to the nothing is free in this world, then you can
   
   a) create a BUY transaction with “Price Per Share” = [close price just before ExDate] and “Number of Shares” = [number of shares received] with “Date” = [date where you received those shares].
   
   b) then to “balance” the BUY transaction (since you did not actually paid any money) we will create a scrip dividend of equal value of the total cost of part a
   (e.g. if bonus shares issued is 1 shares for every 10 shares and close before exDate is $10. Then the scrip dividend value should be $1)