Chairman Buys $2.2M of Seagate Technology

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 Seagate Technology (STX) Luczo Stephen J CB,CEO, PR,DIR 500,000 $2,225,750 Plum Creek Timber (PCL) Mcdonald John G DIR 10,000 $309,100 Essex Property Trust (ESS) Schall Michael J VP,COO 2,906 $164,741 Essex Property Trust (ESS) Zimmerman Craig K VP 2,780 $157,348 Essex Property Trust (ESS) Guericke Keith R CEO,PR 2,086 $116,587 First Bancorp Pr (FBP) Rodriguez Perello Jose F DIR 20,000 $100,640 Mindspeed Technologies (MSPD) Decker Dwight W DIR 93,239 $79,260 Gabelli Global Deal Fund (GDL.A) Alpert Bruce N PR 1,550 $77,500 Gabelli Global Deal Fund (GDL.A) Conn James P DIR 1,500 $75,000 Dover Motorsports (DVD) Mcglynn Denis CEO,PR, DIR 30,800 $67,452

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Brinks (BCO) Pirate Capital LLC DIR 400,000 $10,982,624 Boston Scientific (BSX) Abele John E DIR 300,000 $2,622,450 Omnicom Group (OMC) Obrien Michael J VP,GC, SEC 28,127 $772,140 Resmed (RMD) Quinn Michael A DIR 10,000 $425,000 Administaff (ASF) Lattanzio Paul S DIR 20,000 $404,608 Norfolk Southern (NSC) Smith Daniel D VP 7,500 $285,766 Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) Mack Warren E DIR 9,656 $282,947 Astoria Financial (AF) Connors Denis J DIR 25,000 $185,096 Wgl Holdings (WGL) Williams Karen Hastie DIR 2,800 $90,452 Washington Banking (WBCO) Lien Jay T DIR 10,364 $85,987

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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