Well 40mm has already been stated as: IN ESCROW & "allocated for the purposes of collaterol & establishing a strong LOC".
They have ALSO stated that as soon as the purpose for those 40mm is achieved, they will RETIRE those shares. With the current O/S @ 528mm - 40mm puts the "effective" at 488mm BEFORE any further reductions.
NTEK has also strongly suggested they plan on continuing along this path (of share reductions that has led them to retire ~285mm shares since January of this year already!).
As usual,...time will tell: ALWAYS DOES!!
But, we do know that NTEK has an effectively lower ss, we know they intend to continue along the path of reducing the ss, (we know execs have bought shares which has essentially achieved the same purpose-- albeit not to the same degree) AND we KNOW we have the kinds of products (over $3mm this last Q without the Nuvola, PW2, Mobile App(s), 4K Content, 4K Conversion revenues, & 4K Royalties, etc. so...) that can generate the Revenues they have projected...they just need to continue to EXECUTE as they have!!