Quicksilver Insider Sells $23M Worth

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 Autozone (AZO) Lampert Edward S  BO 143,200 $13,890,168 Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) Harbinger Capital Part Master Fd I BO 245,646 $8,699,638 Monsanto (MON) Parfet William U  DIR 53,600 $4,980,700 Nationwide Financial Svs (NFS) Nationwide Corp  BO 100,000 $4,708,252 Hilltop Holdings (HTH) Ford Gerald J  DIR,BO 172,500 $2,371,875 Trian Acquisition I (TUX) Millenco Llc  BO 250,000 $2,166,225 White Mountains Insurance (WTM) Barrette Raymond Joseph Rene  CB,CEO,DIR 6,061 $2,000,130 Lions Gate Ent (LGF) Rachesky Mark H Md  BO 221,100 $1,407,714 Endeavour Intl (END) Smedvig Qif Plc  BO 872,447 $798,746 Ashworth (ASHW) Diker Management Llc  BO 329,106 $602,264

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Apartment Invest & Mgt (AIV) Considine Terry  CB,CEO,DIR 1,409,717 $31,201,076 Quicksilver Resources (KWK) Quicksilver Energy LP BO 2,099,920 $23,435,675 XTO Energy (XTO) Baldwin Louis G  CFO,VP 535,700 $16,609,688 Williams Sonoma (WSM) Lester Howard  CB,CEO,DIR 1,000,000 $12,983,765 Boston Scientific (BSX) Nicholas Peter M  DIR 300,000 $2,711,520 Newstar Financial (NEWS) Oz Management LP BO 277,393 $2,065,315 Prudential Financial (PRU) Grier Mark B  VCB,DIR 53,000 $1,749,000 SBA Communications (SBAC) Stoops Jeffrey  CEO,DIR 100,000 $1,282,000 Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Gendell Jeffrey L et al BO 70,130 $907,071 Gatehouse Media (GHS) East Peak Partners LP  BO 2,500,000 $535,178

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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