Clearly, Mr. Howe does not give a hoot imo about common investors and for that reason ... if it becomes necessary next year to pay the lawyers, it wouldn't surprise me if Billy's common was swapped for Preferred and some of that 6 Bil AS were utilized (sold). From the 12/31/15 10Q Balance Sheet
Common stock ($.001 par value; 6,000,000,000 shares authorized; 966,928,504 and 912,466,204 shares issued and outstanding, respectively)