NBTY President Kamil Sells $6.5M Worth

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 Thursday 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.

Americredit (ACF) Leucadia National Corp BO 238,600 $4,681,424 Ml Macadamia Orchards LP (NUT) Ebrahimi Farhad Fred BO 234,373 $515,621 OpenTV (OPTV) Kudelski Andre DIR,BO 316,181 $490,081 Ultralife (ULBI) Whitmore Bradford T DIR,BO 94,259 $375,108 Adaptec (ADPT) Steel Partners II LP BO 88,118 $286,384 Nash Finch (NAFC) Duncan Sam K DIR 5,000 $165,762 Synovus Financial (SNV) Yancey James D DIR 100,000 $162,167 Health Care Reit (HCN) Otten Jeffrey DIR 3,400 $150,518 Conexant Systems (CNXT) Mercer D Scott CB,CEO, DIR 50,000 $125,000 Phoenix Technologies (PTEC) Ramius LLC BO 38,964 $106,808

Intrepid Potash (IPI) Harvey Hugh E Jr DIR,CTO, BO 350,000 $9,806,988 Intrepid Potash (IPI) Jornayvaz Robert P III CB,CEO, DIR,BO 350,000 $9,804,911 NBTY (NTY) Kamil Harvey CFO,PR 150,000 $6,473,928 Leadis Technology (LDIS) Dialectic Capital Management LLC BO 4,213,181 $4,339,576 Gartner (IT) Bingle Michael J DIR 187,953 $3,686,908 Gartner (IT) Joyce John R DIR 187,953 $3,686,908 Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) Wight Russell B Jr DIR 50,000 $3,349,085 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Mccormack Robert C DIR 62,100 $3,123,127 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust BO 900 $3,110,031 China Automotive Systems (CAAS) Xie Liping REL,CB 183,800 $3,089,684

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.