QUOTE: "The articles of incorporation and bylaws of New Holding Company will authorize (a) five-hundred million (500,000,000) shares of New Holding Company Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share; (b) authorize twenty million(20,000,000) shares of New Holding Company preferred stock for future issuance upon terms designated by the board of directors of the New Holding Company;"
OS was ~62M shares at the time of the merger with Sears.