Everyone turned to look at Patrick, wondering what sort of news made him so upset.
Of course, some in the room already knew what it was, but pretended not to know as they kept a straight face.
"It seems that some of the shares have been sold off," Patrick began slowly, "Not the common shares, but the controlling shares."
His gaze was cold as he looked at the board members and seemed to pierce their souls, "We have never restricted your rights to sell those shares, but it was always with the proviso that it should be offered back to us instead."
"With such an action, you've started to weaken us," Kyle continued.
He held up a bunch of pencils and said, "United we stand, strong and is able to withstand anything."
He made a show of breaking that bunch of pencils into two with both of his hands, but failed.
