Linda Sanford Sells $2.68 Million of IBM

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 Thursday 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 Republic Services (RSG) Cascade Investment LLC BO 341,461 $8,945,561 Seagate Technology (STX) Luczo Stephen J CEO,DIR 500,000 $1,779,100 Tollgrade Communications (TLGD) Ramius LLC BO 121,145 $755,896 Van Kampen Municipal Trust (VKQ) Dammeyer Rodney F DIR 28,400 $328,510 Van Kampen Trust For Insured Munis (VIM) Dammeyer Rodney F DIR 27,000 $326,280 Fibernet Telecom Group (FTGX) Wc Capital Management LLC BO 33,500 $308,469 Wells Fargo (WFC) Runstad Judith M DIR 14,000 $277,747 Boulder Growth Inc Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 27,600 $123,685 American Express (AXP) Burns Ursula M DIR 4,000 $70,964 Old Point Financial (OPOF) Chisman James Reade DIR 3,000 $53,666

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value IBM (IBM) Sanford Linda S VP 28,946 $2,683,230 Noven Pharmaceuticals (NOVN) OSS Capital Management BO 100,000 $1,043,500 Shutterfly (SFLY) Clark James H BO 120,000 $771,798 Van Kampen Municipal Opp Trust (VMO) Dammeyer Rodney F DIR 64,000 $658,746 Tempur Pedic (TPX) TA Associates Inc DIR 110,469 $829,955 Team (TISI) Waters Louis A DIR 13,774 $296,940 S Y Bancorp (SYBT) Madison Bruce P DIR 14,323 $388,715 Old Second Bancorp (OSBC) Schmitz James C DIR 50,000 $414,083 Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) Hiltz L Thomas DIR 8,042 $136,393 Bottomline Technologies (EPAY) Loomis James L DIR 20,000 $125,384

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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