Celgene Insider Sells $15.9M 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 Friday 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 VCA Antech (WOOF) Baumer John M DIR 1,036,100 $18,433,561 Valeant Pharm (VRX) Healthcor Management LP BO 1,000,000 $15,760,000 CNX Gas (CXG) Consol Energy Inc BO 128,000 $3,053,028 Hyde Park Acquis (HYDQ) Knott David M BO 300,000 $2,349,000 Eagle Materials (EXP) Hirsch Laurence E DIR 150,000 $2,125,995 Smart Online (SOLN) Atlas Capital Sa BO 378,686 $1,135,679 Vocus (VOCS) Rudman Richard E CB,CEO, PR,DIR 50,000 $821,500 Nabors Industries (NBR) Knaster Alexander M DIR 40,000 $551,500 Patriot Coal (PCX) Whiting Richard M CEO,PR, DIR 57,100 $931,951 Belden (BDC) Monter John M DIR 18,768 $351,926

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Celgene Corp (CELG) Barer Sol J CEO,DIR 250,388 $15,869,191 Williams Sonoma (WSM) Lester Howard CB,CEO, DIR 1,150,000 $9,405,241 American Financial (AFG) Lindner S Craig CEO,PR, DIR 205,400 $4,632,725 Home Bancshares (HOMB) Cauley S Gene DIR 150,000 $4,066,455 Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Duggan Robert W DIR 10,100 $1,738,980 Aradigm (ARDM) Ra Capital Management LLC BO 5,600,000 $1,400,000 Questar (STR) Harmon James A DIR 30,000 $976,389 Life Partners Holdings (LPHI) Pardo Family Holdings Ltd BO 15,135 $616,146 Gabelli Dividend & Inc Tr (GDV) Gabelli Mario J DIR 50,000 $540,253 Boston Scientific (BSX) Nicholas Peter M DIR 60,000 $483,007

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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