bigdaddyc25, If I were you, I would call Steven and ask him if the numbers that the T/A gave me on the 25th are correct:
A/S: 1,250,000,000
O/S: 1,249,451,605
Float: Not for public release
Will he deny it, or admit it? If he denies it and it turns out that those numbers are incorrect, then the employee that gave me those numbers was flat out wrong. Personally, and this is just my opinion, I find it hard to believe that the guy simply pulled those O/S numbers out of his...but then again...:)