RE:debt payment and share repurchasesThe press release was a bit of a nothing-berger. I think they believed that the severabce payment of the $1.2 million in the employment agreement of Dave Elder required disclosure.
Debt payment for me means that they have operating cash flow in Q4 which is a good thing. The comment on the share buybacks is that they have been maxing their NCIB since the Q3-22 statements were released which you can see on the insider trading.
Also, the insiders have been buying in recently from all over the place which is a bullish side for me. It's not just the CEO, it's a bunch of officers.
The severance payment is pretty standard for a change in control with old founders. Dave Elder was getting a massive salary anyways for probably very little - he's the last "old school" guy from the prior ownership before they changed direction. He was holding the company back.. he can go ahead and enjoy his retirement and let new management take over.