Only asking as I am curious. I agree with what you are saying in that the shares are in "Street Name", but if management says that there are 23,000 share holders of record, are you saying that there are 23,000 brokerage firms of a different name? Seems high to me, and maybe I am wrong, but it would seem to me that Schwab for example, could report to management that they represent "X" amount of stock owners totaling "Y" amount of shares. Not challenging what you are stating, or better yet what I think you are stating as I may be completely misunderstanding your post, rather just curious as I don’t know how this works. TIA Good luck to you, me, us, and all longs.