there are plenty of ways a Co can be transparent, even if using a TA that's supposedly gagged to prevent those pesty people from inquiring about public share structure........
the gagged TA is just another red flag, especially when the Co refuses to release share structure using other avenues.....
(such as the required 10Ks and Qs)
anyway you slice it, at this point the excuses are wearing thin on why shareholders don't have any current info on the share counts....2010 is only weeks away....
PS: the public, shareholders or not, has a right to know this data concerning a **public** Co.....like it or not.....