Everything You Wanted To Know About Restricted Shares Being Released. Imagine you have a massive amount of RS. You would sell the day they are released. It creates a panic sell-off. The pps do a major dip. The RS seller now buys his shares back at half price or doubles his shares with profits from sell. Text Book. Then the common guy spends the rest of his day here wondering what just hit him and blames MM's for manipulating. And these are the ones that believe in the company, the others that don't just sell and do not buy back. Class dismissed!