Are you answering for the Chief of Business Development, an officer of HFB? Where is it written that information about A/S, O/S, Restricted is secret? Any shareholder of a given legitimate public firm can call that firm and be told the share structure or be referred to the T/A who will accomodate. This firm keeps that info from its own shareowners. Why? It's obvious.
That information does not have to be publically PR'd before it can be disclosed. Most companies don't gag their TA like HFBG does and anyone can acll and find out. Is this amature hour?