Aggravating but not necessarily illegal I don't believe...
http://www.pbls.biz/pressrelease_content.asp?prid=82 "Finally, with all said and all major acquisitions completed, Phoenix will increase its activities to become fully reporting. Phoenix expects that when it files that Form-10 the total issued and outstanding shares of its common stock will not exceed 815 million shares of which approximately 40% will be restricted."
Clever use of verbage in a forward-looking statement that really promises nothing concrete at all.
Also, nothing in the preferred conversion PR's that say they plan on retiring the common shares.