Lampert Buys $4.7M Worth of AutoNation

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 on Wednesday 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!

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Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Bought Dollar Value Autonation (AN) Lampert Edward S BO 763,700 $4,732,246 L-1 Identity Solutions (ID) Lapenta Robert V CB,CEO, PR,DIR, BO 300,000 $1,425,000 BB&T (BBT) Maynard James H DIR 38,000 $1,000,312 Sirf Technology Holdings (SIRF) Rajaratnam Raj BO 674,869 $877,969 Kapstone Paper & Packaging (KPPC) Stone Roger W CB,CEO, DIR,BO 120,416 $593,601 Colonial Properties Trust (CLP) Lowder Thomas H CB,BO 100,000 $512,880 Targa Resources LP (NGLS) Whalen James W PR,DIR, FO 50,000 $500,000 Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) Icahn Carl C CB,DIR, BO 18,224 $471,928 Starwood Hotel & Resorts (HOT) Duncan Bruce W DIR 30,000 $429,894 Avid Technology (AVID) Blum Capital Partners LP BO 30,040 $406,742

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Applied Biosystems (ABI) White Tony L CB,CEO, DIR 455,610 $13,361,674 Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) Stiller Robert P CB,DIR, BO 166,400 $5,191,613 Boston Scientific (BSX) Nicholas Peter M DIR 553,900 $4,047,302 Boston Scientific (BSX) Abele John E DIR 300,000 $2,177,700 Strayer Education (STRA) Milano Todd A DIR 9,675 $2,134,609 Data Domain (DDUP) Slootman Frank CEO,PR, DIR 100,000 $1,760,530 Bio Reference Labs (BRLI) Grodman Marc CEO,PR, DIR,BO 66,666 $1,497,318 L-1 Identity Solutions (ID) Berube Denis K DIR 300,000 $1,425,000 Applied Biosystems (ABI) Stevenson Mark PR,COO 43,823 $1,283,904 Luminex (LMNX) Loewenbaum G Walter II DIR 52,077 $1,174,120

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.

Source: InsiderInsights.com

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