If Mr. Howe were to have COMMUNICATED THE REASON FOR THE SUDDEN PRICE SPIKE IN THE STOCK, this CE situation could have been avoided imo. But he did not care to publicly disclose the reason for the price spike. I do not buy the argument by longs he was restricted, that it was confidential insider info, etc. He could have filed an 8K or issued a PR AFTER 3/30 when it became public info.
Clearly, Mr. Howe does not give a hoot imo about common investors and for that reason ... if it becomes necessary next year to pay the lawyers, it would surprise me if Billy's common was swapped for Preferred and some of that 6 Bil AS were utilized. From the 12/31/15 10Q Balance Sheet
Common stock ($.001 par value; 6,000,000,000 shares authorized; 966,928,504 and 912,466,204 shares issued and outstanding, respectively)