I will send an email to Dianne in that effect - and I will ask a question for the quarterly meeting too if she does not respond.
To me, I would prefer that he gets the money, get paid in $ and avoid the further dilution - this would assure he pays taxes like all of us on revenues and it will increase the number of shares bought and provide confidence to shareholders.
There is nothing better than having the CEO buy shares on the open market for a company.