They threatened to sell off their stock (amounting to half the company's total shares) if he refused.
And he chose to pay down the loan rather than sell off his stock.
The Maryland Democrat said his colleagues were worried about their holdings, but not panicking or selling off their stock.
If you did not like the way a corporation operated, you expressed your displeasure by selling off your stock.
Selling off his stock was one of the few financial mistakes he ever made as McDonald's stock split three ways over the next decade.
Estudillo sold off his entire stock, and built a grand house in 1850, lavishly furnishing it with wares from around the world.
The keeper of the stand looked frightened, but was selling off his stock as fast as he could make change.
You'd have to start selling off your stock just to keep paying my percentage.
The Manhattan Bonwit Teller planned to reopen to sell off its stock.
And interviews with retailers of diet supplements suggest that they have been rushing to sell off their remaining stock before the ban takes effect tomorrow.