Boston Scientific Insiders Sell $16.9M 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 Loral Space & Comms (LORL) Rachesky Mark H Md DIR,BO 761,950 $5,905,113 Cullen Frost Bankers (CFR) Alvarez Carlos DIR 100,000 $4,961,510 Cnx Gas (CXG) Consol Energy Inc BO 136,100 $3,688,147 Cypress Semiconductor (CY) Rodgers Thurman J CEO,PR, DIR 1,102,000 $3,407,884 Calpine (CPN) LSP Cal Holdings II LLC BO 375,120 $2,801,232 Delphi Financial (DFG) Rosenkranz Robert CB,CEO, DIR,BO 200,000 $1,776,210 Arqule (ARQL) BVF Partners L Pil BO 294,413 $780,194 Delphi Financial (DFG) Sherman Donald A PR,DIR, COO 80,430 $773,206 Biospecifics Tech (BSTC) RA Capital Mgt LLC BO 44,887 $748,805 Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Marriott Richard E CB,DIR 100,000 $499,600

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Boston Scientific (BSX) Nicholas Peter M DIR 2,321,500 $14,312,785 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Smith Harold B DIR 200,000 $6,301,627 Williams Sonoma (WSM) Lester Howard CB,CEO, DIR 1,068,483 $5,366,484 99 Cents Only (NDN) Akre Capital Mgt LLC BO 443,359 $4,694,402 Amer Public Education (APEI) Camden Partners Strategic Manager DIR 77,100 $2,940,908 Boston Scientific (BSX) Abele John E DIR 421,600 $2,634,882 Harleysville Group (HGIC) Harleysville Mutual Insurance BO 49,418 $1,600,155 Galaxy Nutritional Foods (GXY) Deluca Frederick A BO 3,869,842 $1,431,842 Qualcommde (QCOM) Stern Marc I DIR 40,600 $1,238,674 C H Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Schwalbach Gerald A DIR 20,000 $880,336

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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