Investors & landlords

In my opinion, having the same problem as the original poster, you completely failed to answer the question. We all understand that this cash-in-lieu is from the sale of fractional shares. The question is how to answer the required question of how did I _acquire_ the stocks that came as a spin-off of shares bought in a _different_ company. You said " One of the options that IS in the dropdown menu covers it." Ok, WHICH ONE?