There are 4 components to getting this squeeze done. It takes time and will (IMO) take additional time to have all of the bases covered.
After my discussion with Brad today, I believe the following numbers describe our situation:
100M # common shares EUTRO is authorized (actual # issued may be 98M)
-50M # shares "in escrow" (Brad's words) (component #1)
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50.0M
-26.8M # of common shares to be retired. (80% of 33.5M=26.8M) (#2)
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23.2M
-10.0M <-- approx # shares held by insiders (#3)
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13.2M <-- # shares in the float not held by insiders. (#4)
Now for the 4 potential issues...
Issue #1) The 50M held "in escrow". These need to be in cert form for the squeeze to work. I need to call again to followup on this point, but, before doing so, will wait for a report from Alan. Alan, you are calling Brad today, right?
Issue #2) Brad and I worked through the retired shares story. He verified that a total of 33.5M shares of common stock was sent to be processed according to the deal offered in July/Aug. As he pointed out (something I realized last night reviewing the posts and press releases), the deal called for 80% of the submitted shares to be retired in exchange for preferred shares and warrants. That's why 26.8M is to be retired instead of 33.5M. Having said that, he noted that the TA still reports 85M has being issued and outstanding, a number that Brad called, "inaccurate". The TA should be reporting 100M-26.8M=73.2M. It has been posted many times before and it still rings true, the TA NEEDS TO PROCESS ALL THE CONVERTED SHARES FOR THIS TO WORK. By my numbers, the TA needs to retire another 85-73.2=11.8M shares. That is 11.8M SHARES WORKING AGAINST US UNTIL THE TA GETS THE JOB DONE!!!
Issue #3) Brad said that "approximately 10M" shares are held by insiders. Obviously the fewer shares held by them, the more shares we need. The issue here is that I'd prefer a more thorough accounting of these 10M shares.
Issue #4) This will be the MM's issue as I know that the public has well over 13.2M shares in hand.
From my point of view, the biggest concern is getting the TA to retire those remaining shares. This is the only issue that the company and shareholders must depend on someone outside to resolve. The company wants to see shareholder value rise, so the other items are not a concern, IMHO. The biggest problem remains the TA. Having said that, I would like to see progress on the 50M in cert form and a better accounting of insider shares.
Looking forward to Alan's summary of discussion with Brad.
GO EUTO GO !!!
Laron P. |
