Here are the instructions. I don't know the answers to your other questions. <a href="http://www.141capital.com/pdfs/Series%20C%20Preferred%20Stock%20Conversion%20Request.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.141capital.com/pdfs/Series%20C%20Preferred%20Stock%20Conversion%20Request.pdf</a> MC