Tempur-Pedic Director Sells $19.3M Worth

By Jonathan Moreland, founder of InsiderInsights.com and author of Profit From Legal Insider Trading.

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.

Westport Innovations (WPRT) Douglas Kevin BO 200,000 $3,777,280 C H Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Ezrilov Robert DIR 28,845 $1,773,968 VMware (VMW) Emc Corp BO 16,000 $996,009 Freeport Mcmoran Copper Gold (FCX) Johnston J Bennett DIR 12,000 $970,800 Sl Industries (SLI) Steel Partners II LP BO 14,234 $136,088 Image Sensing Systems (ISNS) Marxe Austin W Greenhouse David M BO 8,800 $118,028 TCW Strategicome Fund (TSI) Kane Steve O 20,800 $100,048 Philip Morris International (PM) Marchionne Sergio DIR 1,500 $76,337 Schulman A (SHLM) Miller Gary A VP 2,830 $74,490 Ocean Bio Chem (OBCI) Dornau Gregor M DIR,VP 20,000 $41,000 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Tempur-Pedic Intl (TPX) Masto Christopher A DIR 554,079 $19,326,760 Dynegy (DYN) LS Power Development LLC BO 2,718,993 $3,524,356 Americredit (ACF) Berce Daniel E PR 100,000 $2,593,400 Towers Watson (TW) Haley John J CB,CEO, DIR 50,000 $2,406,290 Apple (AAPL) Papermaster Mark D VP 8,000 $2,161,130 Kaiser Aluminum (KALU) Veba For Retirees Of Kaiser Aluminum BO 42,440 $1,747,299 Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Duggan Robert W DIR 4,500 $1,630,691 Juniper Networks (JNPR) Stensrud William DIR 50,000 $1,478,630 Ultratech (UTEK) Zafiropoulo Arthur W CB,CEO, DIR 77,800 $1,248,184 Community Health Sys (CYH) Portacci Michael PR 30,290 $1,227,526 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

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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