All btct shares will be converted to direct shares as soon as we receive official communication from Ethan Burnside before 31 October.
Dividends will be paid regularly until the btct platform is available.
For what concerns the hashrate, as soon as we reach stability with another batch, we will merge it on btcguild, be patient.
We will also evaluate listing again on another exchange.
Is Bitfunder an option?
I would guess that the reason they chose the 'direct shares' is that no exchange want them to to trade on their platform because of labcoin's shady practices.
Or far more likely, it's what they can say definitely in the immediate aftermath of Burnside's announcement.
Getting listed will take more than a few minutes, you know.