Three Execs Buy $855K Worth of Sandridge Energy

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- 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 Tuesday 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! Please note, however, that these are factual lists, not buy and sell recommendations. Dollar value is only one metric to assess the importance of an insider transaction.

Kar Auction Services (KAR) Valueact Holdings L P BO 1,913,828 $22,313,883 Sears Holdings (SHLD) Goodman John D VP 8,570 $649,520 Sandridge Energy (SD) Gognat Richard J VP,GC, SEC 44,500 $387,192 Sandridge Energy (SD) Jordan Daniel DIR 35,300 $297,932 Boulder Growthome Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 51,128 $292,277 Sandridge Energy (SD) Gilliland William A DIR 20,000 $170,000 Acxiom (ACXM) Kokich Clark M DIR 10,000 $119,833 Del Global Tech (DGTC) Steel Partners Holdings L P BO 187,963 $112,778 Neulion (NLN) Paterson Scott VCB,DIR 150,000 $96,000 Abraxas Petroleum (AXAS) Burke Franklin A DIR 50,300 $86,516

Sharps Compliance (SMED) Kunik Burton J CB,CEO, BO 1,037,500 $9,508,688 Enernoc (ENOC) Foundation Capital Mgt IV LL BO,BO, BO 225,000 $6,317,709 Care Investment Trust (CRE) Sab Capital Management LP BO 831,000 $6,114,558 Sharps Compliance (SMED) Dalton John W DIR,BO 602,500 $5,521,913 Sharps Compliance (SMED) Holmes Parris H Jr DIR,BO 600,000 $5,499,000 Dril Quip (DRQ) Reimert Larry E CB,DIR 88,566 $4,685,596 Primus Guaranty Ltd (PRS) Second Curve Capital LLC BO 1,000,000 $3,200,000 Fidelity National Financial (FNF) Foley William P II DIR 191,200 $2,696,111 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation BO 800 $2,643,060 SXC Health Solutions (SXCI) Reddon Philip DIR 34,000 $1,770,705

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.

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