Except this, they did not have any other intention at all.
I don't know about that, but I know this new small exchanges are opening and closing faster than Usain Bolt 
For example another similar exchange (you know about) called Jokerchange, or something like that, just renamed their ANN topic to Remove, deleted everything, and their website is not working anymore.
Their topic was created on May 30, and they didn't post a single explanation about closing their business:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5498344.0