Intrepid Potash Exec Sells $21.4M 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 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 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) Valueact Holdings LP BO 898,115 $17,732,433 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (VRX) Melas Kyriazi Theo DIR 15,000 $292,692 Celanese (CE) Sanders Daniel S DIR 10,000 $193,700 Tim Hortons (THI) Miller Craig S DIR 5,100 $124,269 Renasant (RNST) Mcneel J Niles DIR 8,057 $123,033 Abovenet (ABVT) Embler Michael J DIR 2,000 $119,975 Chelsea Therapeutics (CHTP) Schwieterman William D DIR 45,451 $117,201 First National Corp (FXNC) Smith Gerald F Jr DIR 7,000 $115,500 Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) Belcher Donald D DIR 35,000 $91,700 State Auto Financial (STFC) Meuse David R DIR 5,000 $76,250

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 3,000,000 $59,361,300 Intrepid Potash (IPI) Martin J Landis DIR 800,000 $21,352,666 CVS Caremark (CVS) Williams Kristen Gibney DIR 127,431 $4,186,223 Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) Taylor Wayne Kent CB,DIR, BO 300,000 $3,180,640 HMS Holdings (HMSY) Miller III William F DIR 25,000 $925,000 Successfactors (SFSF) Dunn Eric DIR 109,829 $918,444 Directv Group (DTV) Palkovic Michael W VP 30,603 $758,341 Federal Realty Inv Trust (FRT) Berkes Jeffrey S VP,FO 13,901 $710,740 Steven Madden Ltd (SHOO) Schmertz Robert O 25,000 $644,150 DSP Midstream LP (DPM) Lowe John E DIR 30,000 $530,627

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