The PR was wrong. Instead of the affiliates cancelling their shares, they very obviously sold them to PDIV. I guess the affiliates mislead the company. There are no 17 billion from affiliates to cancel. This could not be more clear. Filings trump PR and tweets.
Unless there is another 17 billion to add to the outstanding that hasn't been done yet. That could be cancelled. But that is not in the 35.9 Billion calculation.
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