Yen appreciation since then has helped to offset the complementary stock price declines suffered by exporters.

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He also says Cypress will offset dilution via stock buybacks, although doing so would shrink the number of shares outstanding and thus worsen the EPS hit from losses.

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While the common stock would fall in price, the preferred stock would offset that and add additional value.

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