Jacked, maybe I am wrong but the way I understood Raymer's reduction in shares was that some of his options ran out. Again as I understand it,options are counted along with shares held. So when options expire unexercised they are subtracted from share totals. If that is the case then, he didn't sell any of his shares.
As for my last comment in my post, people do short and hedge stocks for various reasons.
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