Beatrix can only be traded through broker directlyI just checked both my accounts and contacted my brokers.
Beatrix can only be traded VIA the broker as the exchange for these shares is too obscure to be able to trade online.
My broker said that so far there are only a few bids at .03 with no asks. I was going to sell my shares but I will wait until interest increases.
As for the valuations, I figured out how they have arrived at the amounts. First of all they have not lowered the price of Bard Shares, however what they have done is taken the original book value (purchase price) for my Bard Shares and they have split the amount of the purchase price between Bard and beatrix.
This means that I would have a capital loss for beatrix and a greater capital gain for Bard which is easy to handle.
The total equity currently in my account has been increased by the value of the Beatrix shares, so in essence they are indeed free after all.