Alpha, there lots of different types of tax liabilities - federal, state, local, property, etc. The sale doesn't necessarily have anything to do with shares that may have been loaned out to shorts. That's appears to be your thinking but without any support its only suspicion, nothing more, although you've managed to turn it into an implied accusation. He could have sold a month earlier for about 15% higher. Couple of other factors during the 4th quarter. First, the company created its own issue with confusing PRs and delays in getting the submission completed and submitted, and the interest rate on loaned shares was dropping pretty quickly. There are a number of factors that went into the price drop during the quarter. Don't see that his sale, even if it was done for the theory you espouse was responsible for or contributed to it.
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