Preferred stock is a special class of shares which may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock. The following features are usually associated with preferred stock:
Preference in dividends
Preference in assets, in the event of liquidation
Convertibility to common stock.
Callability, at the option of the corporation
Nonvoting
I (we) have no idea what the preferred shares are. They could be worth 300 shares of common. They could be worth 1 share, or have the same value, and have dividend preference for the BOD. They could be worth the same and be nonvoting shares.
We just don't know.
For the record, I respect your POV but just stating we don't have much to go on.
Also, I think you overstate the %'s when most those shares (1.5B) still on the sidelines, but again, I concede the point that the shareholder distribution has skewed. To the negative.
Sterling's new 'boss' is CANX? I disagree. The deal ends with Sterling holding control over OGI and GrowLife. Bill? Please. AJOA and WP may be owned by FITX but in total they get 500M shares and give back 40% of RXNB and 25% of CEN Bio. Plus, they really are PHOT's customer. For the loan and the equipment. But again, you are correct that a new power dynamic is in play here. Things are different now.
I'm more 'pro' than you but you do point out the negatives well. Just in my opinion you overstate them or speculate the worst. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
GLTU
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