He said, no pr before ce is removed. That is normal. SETY for example released news before ce removal and people here criticized that because market doesnt trust ce stocks! They had big news but stock is again down because ce is still there.
The only thing which is strange is that it takes so long with ce removal and he couldnt wait with the increased a/s.
He should know that shareholder who expected positive things like ce removal and updates about business are not happy about it! Maybe he doesn´t care about his shareholder and pps or he wants pps lower! Otherwise he would wait for increased a/s and not taking 2-3 months for ce removal and in the meantime telling people he is working on it.