What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the rights offering to me?
You generally should not recognize gain or loss on the receipt, exercise or lapse of your rights for U.S. federal income tax purposes. You will generally recognize gain or loss on a sale of your rights. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.” You should consult your tax advisor as to the particular tax consequences to you of the receipt of rights in the rights offering and the exercise, sale or other disposition or expiration of the rights, including the applicability of any federal estate or gift tax laws and any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws. Q: How many shares of common stock are currently outstanding? A: On the record date for the rights offering, there were shares of our common stock outstanding. This number does not include shares of common stock that we are required to issue upon exercise of outstanding stock options. Following the rights offering and the purchase by Berkshire Hathaway of shares pursuant to the backstop commitment, the number of outstanding share
