I believe the VELA AS to be 10 Billion and the OS to currently be in the 5 to 7 Billion share range.
Meantime; Alvarez, Family and Friends are working on cell phone technology that will revolutionize the entire industry. This top secret research is being conducted in a former drug processing lab in Northern Chile. Obviously, being top secret, George has not been able to say anything about it, issue a PR, or SEC Filing.
Rumor has it that Uncle Isidoro is in charge of this operation as the Alvarez family decided it was about time for him to do something rather than just sell the shares that they gave him.
(Reference SEC Form 4 Filings).
And - that's a fact - subject to the provisions of Safe Harbor meaning that it might be fact or not.
