Insiders Buy $41.6M of Transatlantic Petro

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 Transatlantic Petroleum (TNP.TO) Mitchell Noah Malone III DIR,BO 34,381,667 $41,258,000 Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SLXP) Flynn James E BO,BO 308,400 $2,622,148 Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) Icahn Carl C CB,DIR, BO 15,600 $403,504 Semgroup Energy LP (SGLP) Msd Capital L P BO 188,773 $401,993 Bronco Drilling Company (BRNC) Inmobiliaria Carso S A De C V BO 66,000 $393,593 Biospecifics Technologies (BSTC) RA Capital Management LLC BO 15,900 $337,773 Fibernet Telecom Group (FTGX) WC Capital Management LLC BO 33,000 $327,239 Transatlantic Petroleum (TNP.TO) Mccann Matthew W DIR 250,000 $300,000 CVS Caremark (CVS) Mcguigan Stuart M VP,CIO 9,182 $250,669 EV Energy LP (EVEP) Walker John B CEO,DIR 17,200 $212,592

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Hunt J B Transport Services (JBHT) Hunt Johnelle D BO 330,501 $8,226,257 Douglas Emmett (DEI) Emmett Dan A CB,DIR, BO 636,638 $7,856,901 Sunoco (SUN) Drosdick John G DIR 30,000 $1,267,920 Sl Green Realty (SLG) Mathias Andrew W PR,CIO 46,362 $1,131,696 Rock-tenn (RKT) Russell Currey M DIR 30,000 $1,020,600 United Technologies Corp De (UTX) Hess David P PR 12,416 $633,216 Service Bancorp (SERC.OB) Lehman Kenneth R BO 21,000 $536,022 Noble (NE) Leland Marc E DIR 18,123 $396,273 Benihana (BNHN) Andreeff Dane BO 144,910 $279,067 Endocare (ENDO) Andreeff Dane BO 550,836 $265,426

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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