Best advice, h n d, I think would be to delete this thread and keep this kind of company washing in our own back yard. The fact that you've either created a new ID or, (less likely), are a newcomer to this site, speaks for itself - you know yourself that this isn't the place to be posting such information.
My tuppence worth, for the little it is worth, is that, given the circumstances (even if they have never been officially announced), the amended procedures are more than reasonable and could be said to make eminent sense.
But we don't need to discuss that here.