All opinion and hearsay. The fact that he’s staying on as a director seems to me that the he did go out gracefully.
We could also speculate that if he resigned that there were issues he didn’t agree with.
You obviously spend a great deal of time researching and theorizing on every decision that this company makes. You should direct your inquiries with the company as a concerned shareholder.
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