Answers Marius Gaard got from Dan in CC of q4/2016 show selling the collateral shares is possible. Dan couldn't claim it's impossible. Therefore the shares are just ordinary shares.
I assume there's no third party holding the collateral shares. Lender holds the collateral and it made selling the shares possible. IMHO, if there'd been a middleman holding the collateral, this mess wouldn't have happened.
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