Insider Sells $21.8 Million of Sears Holdings

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 Tuesday 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 Retail Ventures (RVI) Schottenstein Jay L CB,DIR 2,356,300 $3,801,190 Huntsman (HUN) Reaud Wayne A  DIR 1,000,000 $3,276,900 Acme Packet (APKT) MV Management Ix LLC BO 470,800 $1,425,393 Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Conrades George H CB,DIR 72,100 $1,012,124 Western Sizzlin (WEST) Sedaghat Shawn BO 102,833 $719,831 Orchid Cellmark (ORCH) Bridger Management LLC BO 915,110 $594,822 Bruker (BRKR) Laukien Frank H CEO,PR, DIR,BO 109,050 $468,948 Bill Barrett (BBG) Warburg Pincus & Co BO 20,700 $410,481 Moneygram International (MGI) Blum Capital Partners LP BO 412,070 $404,152 Huntsman (HUN) Scruggs Samuel D VP,GC, SEC 125,000 $370,613

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Sears Holdings (SHLD) Perry Richard C DIR 530,000 $21,779,700 International Bancshares (IBOC) Sanchez Antonio R Jr DIR,BO 345,750 $6,873,684 Metropcs Communications (PCS) Patterson Arthur C DIR 236,931 $3,511,483 Oncogenex Pharm (OGXI) Ventures West Capital Ltd BO 450,000 $2,677,500 Transmeta (TMTA) Riley Bryant R DIR 82,952 $1,481,764 Unitrin (UTR) Singleton Group LLC BO 78,700 $1,326,267 McDonalds (MCD) Dillon Mary VP,SO 9,662 $580,777 Brown Forman (BFA) Bond Ina Brown BO 10,900 $534,602 Exxon Mobil (XOM) Rosenthal David S VP,SEC 5,405 $432,400 Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB) Daly Michael P CEO,PR, DIR 13,400 $359,506

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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