A CEO converting his common stock to Prefs does not reduce the float as common stock owned by the CEO is not considered to be part of the float to begin with.
So folks are good with him lying about it being a “buyback”?
...but then again...this is the stinkie pinkies where sometimes the hope is the CEO will tell a massive one...as long as it gets the stock price up...lol.
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