It's important here to point out GT's quote from the Oct 2014 news release: Dr. Taylor said “I want to stress that this sale was made for personal financial reasons, and in no way diminishes the belief I have in my life’s work, that is POET. Furthermore, I do not plan on selling any additional shares until sometime in 2016.” Whilst this is earlier than I would have thought, this was expected in 2016 and as Rainer points out, 20,000 is a small fraction of the total shares GT has. http://www.poet-technologies.com/poet-technologies-disposition-of-shares-by-chief-scientist/