I havent seen anyone here with enough knowledge about preferred shares ....etc to answer that question to my satisfaction....would be a good investor question for them to answer!!!
ST. GEORGE, UT--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 4, 2007 -- CyberKey® Solutions, Inc. (Other OTC:CKYS.PK - News) is pleased to announce that the Company is continuing their buy-back program that was started on October 30, 2006. ADVERTISEMENT
CyberKey Solutions recently increased their authorized shares which will allow the company to buy back common shares with preferred stock. This will enable the Company to reduce the overall outstanding share total. In addition, the increase in the authorized share total will allow CyberKey Solutions to pursue acquisitions and continue their growth strategy.
"The continuance of the buy-back program will allow CyberKey to expedite our overall business strategy for 2007 and help increase value for loyal shareholders," stated Jim Plant, CEO of CyberKey Solutions, Inc.
Now, depending on the type of preferred shares being offered, they can be convertable....meaning, at a fixed time and price, the preferred shares can be converted into common shares...In this case, that is what it sounds like, because the raising of the Authorized Shares allows management to offer or convert common into preferred, which reduces the outstanding sharecount, but at a given time, the preferred can be converted back to common. The Authorized Shares allows more preferred shares able to be offered, because of the conversion rate. For instance, if the company converts 50 million common shares into 5 million preferred, the preferred has a set price offered. If the stockprice goes down, more common shares have to be offered to give the preferred shareholder the amount "promised" even if it converts the original 50 million common into 500 million common shares. With the raising of the Authorized Shares, Mr. Plant is able to convert common to preferred without exceeding the company's authorized sharecount, which it cannot do. It must raise the authorized to offer, or sell, preferred shares within a given range.