Chairman Sells $6.5M Worth of Eastman Chemical

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Which insiders are selling and buying chunks of stocks?

Below are lists of the top 10 open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday as ranked by dollar value. Company executives and directors are in the best position to assess the attractiveness of their firms' shares, and here is how many of them are voting their wallets! Please note, however, that these are factual lists, not buy and sell recommendations. Dollar value is only one metric to assess the importance of an insider transaction.

Extra Space Storage (EXR) Woolley Kenneth M DIR 40,000 $401,600 Knight Capital Group (NITE) Quick Christopher C DIR 25,000 $396,300 Basic Energy Services (BAS) Webster Steven A DIR 50,400 $336,772 Duncan Energy LP (DEP) Havens Joe DIR 7,500 $160,200 Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT) Hutchison Thomas J III DIR 55,000 $143,000 Privatebancorp (PVTB) Rybak William R DIR 10,200 $95,841 Washington Federal (WFSL) Richmond Charles R DIR 5,000 $88,018 Odyssey Re Holdings (ORHPA) Wacek Michael G VP 3,000 $74,970 Dover Motorsports (DVD) Tippie Henry B DIR,BO 42,800 $64,793 Cardiovascular Systems (CSII) Blackey Brent G DIR 10,000 $41,293

Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 3,000,000 $84,382,200 Eastman Chemical (EMN) Ferguson J Brian CB,DIR 117,533 $6,499,958 Kellogg (K) Kellogg W K Foundation Trust BO 110,000 $5,739,976 Freeport Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX) Rankin B M Jr DIR 50,000 $3,960,125 Fastenal (FAST) Kierlin Robert A DIR 100,000 $3,623,000 Blackrock Kelso Capital (BKCC) Trustees Of General Electric Pension Trust BO 415,149 $3,414,684 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Trust BO 1,000 $3,390,206 Carnival (CCL) Arison Micky Meir CB,CEO, DIR,BO 107,724 $3,277,387 Tal International Group (TAL) Berkowitz Bruce R BO 137,456 $1,668,383 F5 Networks (FFIV) Reinland Andrew CFO,VP 31,864 $1,506,218

Key to Titles: A=Assistant, AI=Affiliated Investor, AO=Accounting Officer, BD=Business Development, BO=Beneficial Owner, CAO=Chief Accounting Officer, CB=Chairman, CCO=Chief Compliance Officer, CEO=Chief Executive Officer, CFO=Chief Financial Officer, CIO=Chief Information Officer, CO=Compliance Officer, COO=Chief Operating Officer, CT=Controller, CTO=Chief Technology Officer, DIR=Director, F=Founder, FO=Financial Officer, GC=General Counsel, HR=Human Resources, IO=Information Officer, IR=Investor Relations, LO=Legal Officer, MD=Managing Director, O=Officer, OO=Operating Officer, PR=President, PT=Partner, REL=Relative of an insider, SEC=Secretary, SH=Shareholder, SO=Sales Officer, TO=Technology Officer, TR=Treasurer, TT=Trustee, VCB=Vice Chairman, VP=Vice President, X=Ex Officer or other title displayed.