June 23 - Yoga and athletic-wear retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc set July second week as the record date for its proposed stock split on a two-for-one basis.

Lululemon store in California (Photo: Corbis)

The record date will be July 8 and the company expects to commence trading on a post-split basis on the Toronto Stock Exchange on July 6 and on Nasdaq on July 12.

On June 9, the company said its shareholders approved a plan to split its stock on a two-for-one basis announced in March.

The company will have about 108 million shares issued and outstanding post the stock split, Lululemon said in a statement.

(Reporting by Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore; Editing by Prem Udayabhanu)