Deep Blue Marine (DPBE)

[DJ Ponder]

Agreed, I was just trying to be unbiased, letting the facts speak for themselves.

UPDATE: A call to the t/a confirms the float on DPBE has been increased by 5 million shares.

Float is now: 1,173,703,454

For the record the DPBE O/S INCREASED in September of 2011 by 108,500,000. There have been NO changes noted to the O/S since.
INCLUDING any O/S reduction of any kind.

TREASURY STOCK:
One way of accounting for treasury stock is with the cost method. In this method, the paid-in capital account is reduced in the balance sheet when the treasury stock is bought. When the treasury stock is sold back on the open market, the paid-in capital is either debited or credited if it is sold for more or less than the initial cost respectively.

Another common way for accounting for treasury stock is the par value method. In the par value method, when the stock is purchased back from the market, the books will reflect the action as a retirement of the shares. Therefore, common stock is debited and treasury stock is credited. However, when the treasury stock is resold back to the market the entry in the books will be the same as the cost method.

In either method, any transaction involving treasury stock cannot increase the amount of retained earnings. If the treasury stock is sold for more than cost, then the paid-in capital treasury stock is the account that is increased, not retained earnings. In auditing financial statements, it is a common practice to check for this error to detect possible attempts to "cook the books."

What the heck is going on here?