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To: betty moyers who wrote (13063)	8/11/1998 2:42:00 PM
From: betty moyers	Respond to of 23519

The erroneous float of 21 MM may have come from glancing in IBD. Have no idea how they come up with their values. They generally are not accurate, timely or worth consideration. Never neveer believe the EPS they cite beside a stock, they'll include one time insurance payments and exclude critical quantities.

To: betty moyers who wrote (13063)	8/11/1998 3:12:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

That is not quite how it works. Like for stock options, if the strike price is HIGHER than the curret stock price then the number of shares outstanding does not include those shares, but if the share price is HIGHER then those options count. Treasury stock is also counted in the EPS. Any shares that can be traded/sold/bought is included in the EPS. So currently 29 mil float means 2 mil or so shares are part of stock options which are ABOVE the current share price.