He converted them into commons to protect them from Schreiber's attempt to take preferred shares. Now Schreiber can't get them so it will either end up as preferred, used in an acquisition or both. Which would all be good for shareholders. Schreiber being allowed to take Klug's preferred shares convert them into commons and dump them all into the bid, which will never happen would have been very bad for investors.
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