I find it unlikely that a company would reduce shareholders via an employee buyback. Employees arent likely to, and may not be allowed to, sell all of their st

I find it unlikely that a company would reduce shareholders via an employee buyback. Employees arent likely to, and may not be allowed to, sell all of their stock. Also, the employees will become shareholders again if they have unvested shares waiting in the wings. It's also very standard for a growing company to switch to Restricted Stock Units as an employee incentive, holders of which do not count towards the magic 500.