I agree with what you say, EXCEPT that it is very, very possible to get the pps up to 20 cents or so before the conversion date. If they have a money pocket with them now, he can fund the operations until they get institutional money. Rund your own math, BUT if they get 10M in the trading pot (which is not a lot of money in the investment/management game), that will generate a fee of 25% of a conservative return of 50% (when the market turns, look out for the big up side) which means that they will earn (2% X 10M plus the performance fee above) whch is 200,000 + 1,250,000 for the year. Assume expenses of 450,000 and you have a net income of 1,000,000. That is 3.33 cents per share (for 30M shares, post conversion) and that is between 33 cents and 66 cents. These are valid assumptions, we just do not know the time frame. If it was me, I would hold up the date on the conversion certificates until I could get a decent price. All IMHO
LB