AmeraMex International Inc. (AMMX)

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No, restricted shares are considered part of the issued and outstanding. When restricted goes up, so does outstanding; but when restricted goes down, it does not impact outstanding.

Outstanding Shares
Not to be confused with authorized shares, outstanding shares refer to the number of stocks that a company actually has issued. This number represents all the shares that can be bought and sold by the public, as well as all the restricted shares that require special permission before being transacted. As we already explained, shares that can be freely bought and sold by public investors are called the float. This value changes depending on whether the company wishes to repurchase shares from the market or sell out more of its authorized shares from within its treasury.

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