I would also accept a dividend, and/or combination of of both...

I would also accept a dividend, and/or combination of of both (see HZN for recent example, although that was technically a capital return)

Generally on market buybacks have rules about pricing being no more than 10% above/below vwap on any day. And because it’s on market, the only people selling are the ones who chose to - it’s not an unmarketable parcel forced sale (although that would be nice to have too)

the Chairman does own a fair portion, around 30% from memory, but the CEO owns nothing and has no skin in the game other than some way OTM performance rights