MR G...I posted this the day after the CC... this is my prediction of what's coming. We should know by Friday. By: joeqbid 29 Oct 2004, 12:08 AM EDT Msg. 59508 of 74087 Jump to msg. # I don't want to overdose you guys with numbers BUT... Let's say Frank buys back 1B shares and reduces the OS to 8.5B At 9.5B his 53% was 5.03B shares. Now at 8.5B his 5.03B is 59%. He needs to hold 51% to maintain majority. So...Frank buys back 1B shares and then retires 1B of his own shares which leaves us right back at the 7.5B we had earlier this year. 7.5B x 53% = 3.97B 5.03B - 1B = 4.03B or about 54% And since I know you are going to tell me it won't happen... read this first. <A HREF="http://webDOTarchiveDOTorg/web/20001204173700/wwwDOTqbidDOTnet/sept_22_.htm" target="_blank">http://webDOTarchiveDOTorg/web/20001204173700/wwwDOTqbidDOTnet/sept_22_.htm</A> Aloha