Yes; at least it can be a potential danger. The controlling shareholders of ASTI (in a Press Release and/or an SEC filing) even urged the rest of us to not vote (to not exercise our shareholder right to vote) in a recent (or upcoming?) shareholder vote nor to request a proxy for such! Perhaps the reason was to reduce expenses from sending out proxies and counting votes, but it didn't sound good.
Update: I now think you are joking, but I am still serious in regards to what I said above.