Directors providing loans doesn't mean they are invested in the...

Directors providing loans doesn't mean they are invested in the company's success. Equity and calls signal belief in success. Debt is what you issue when you want to be first in the trough come liquidation. This is literally first-year, first-semester Intro to Finance stuff. At 21%, they're getting well paid for their cash. Certainly a lot better than shareholders have ever been. I also struggle to see the professionalism to which you alluded. They don't understand how time zones work and they appear to be using a man whose parents named him Beancounter as an unpaid conduit for investor relations.