A company can request that their AS be reduced with the state of registration but that is a separate process and rarely happens. If only an R/S is done then only the OS is affected. That is why an R/S is looked upon so badly in this market. A company can reduce the amount of shares in the market while effectively increasing the authorized shares available to sell.
Example...
A company has 6 billion shares authorized (AS) and they are maxed out with 6 billion shares outstanding (OS) in the market. If they did a 2-1 R/S then they would still have 6 billion AS but now only 3 billion shares OS at double the price in the market. That would then give them 3 billion more shares free to issue.
OUCH Towelie. And only 8000 shares left after the split? This is one of the biggest reasons I bought millions of shares of GDSM.... NO REVERSE SPLIT EVER!! VERY RARE TO SEE IN THE PINKS... I will always buy more shares.... someday GDSM will be worth a few hundred million dollars..... It might be a few years.... but MIKE SHEA IS taking us that direction. GDSM!!
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