They may have feared a further sell down of the shares if they didn't, and they did have free cash flow which enabled them to do it. Personally though I think they still have too much debt to be paying out profits at a time like this.
OSH Price at posting:
$4.24 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
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