He did not mislead anyone. Look at the filings/notices. He's been showing the 1.975B that reflects the 25mm reduction from each of Hayes and PwC.
He's been on public record with this for a while, now. That's all that needs to be done unless he has some other reason to deal with certificates or other options to transfer or sell. He doesn't. No intention to sell. Has not sold 1 share, and has said so repeatedly.
So... no misleading going on. As you said, the worst he did is respond to message board BS and got frustrated while defending the company's (Markus, Hayes, et al) hard work and diligent efforts to deliver value to the shareholders - AND his (and PwC's) offer to reduce their shares. Those shares were worth well over $1M to Hayes and PwC each, and I can understand if the beneficial owners of those shares would get to feeling a little bit indignant after hearing some of the accusations - from lying about filing patents to lying about development agreements - when they were under no obligation to even make the offer. I'm sure Hayes has a kid or relatives who'd really appreciate a college trust fund - wouldn't you or yours? Yet he made that offer of a share reduction to show good faith, good will, and was met with BS talk on a message board.
Hayes know this talk has been from a very small handful of "fringe" individuals, not any the 99%+ long shareholders, but... it can still get to a person, especially when you're running a lean business and working long hours to do everything possible for your employees and shareholders.
