Bill Gates Sells $20M Worth of Microsoft

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 Monday 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 Peerless Systems (PRLS) Bandera Partners LLC BO 954,975 $1,862,201 Cavium Networks (CAVM) Chadwick Arthur D CFO,VP, FO 50,000 $638,855 Smart Online (SOLN) Atlas Capital Sa BO 300,000 $585,000 Wiley John & Sons (JWA) Wiley Bradford II DIR 10,000 $350,000 Cavium Networks (CAVM) Ali Syed CB,CEO, PR,DIR 25,000 $323,498 Covanta Holding (CVA) Pytosh Mark A CFO,VP 10,000 $139,500 TIX (TIXC) Ashraf Iqbal BO 112,300 $130,579 Semgroup Energy LP (SGLP) Msd Capital L P BO 21,191 $105,955 Integramed America (INMD) Blue Tsv I Ltd BO 13,200 $92,739 Collectors Universe (CLCT) Duncan Richard Kenneth Sr BO 18,930 $75,065

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 1,000,000 $20,779,400 Aaron Rents (RNT) Danielson Gilbert L CFO,DIR, VP 61,300 $2,112,686 Synnex (SNX) Miau Matthew DIR 80,000 $1,729,515 Grainger W W (GWW) Keyser Richard L CB,DIR 18,600 $1,553,218 Bebe Stores (BEBE) Mashouf Neda BO 144,859 $1,340,462 Marriott International Md (MAR) Marriott David S BO,BO 41,400 $998,154 Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Tucker Dwayne H VP,HR 18,873 $790,590 Lennox International (LII) Storey Jeffrey D DIR 18,000 $574,972 Parametric Technology (PMTC) Heppelmann James E PR,DIR, COO 50,000 $560,755 Western Digital (WDC) Bukaty Raymond M VP,GC, SEC 20,000 $473,800

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

Jonathan Moreland is director of research and publisher of the weekly publication InsiderInsights, founder of the Web site InsiderInsights.com and the director of research at Insider Asset Management LLC. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, Moreland appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.