SPO Sells $120M Worth of Crown Castle

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 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! 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.

Motricity (MOTR) Icahn Carl C BO 1,000,000 $9,300,000 Ormat Technologies (ORA) Ormat Industries Ltd BO 122,315 $3,621,312 Saul Centers (BFS) Saul B Francis II CEO,DIR,BO 37,300 $1,576,794 Asure Software (ASUR) Sandberg David DIR,BO 105,332 $289,664 Eagle Bancorp (EGBN) Pincus Robert P DIR 23,372 $287,586 Del Global Technologies (DGTC.OB) Steel Partners Holdings LP BO 231,000 $229,360 Merge Healthcare (MRGE) Merrick Ris LLC BO 61,500 $168,792 Red Lion Hotels (RLH) Columbia Pacific Opp Fund LP BO 18,469 $124,043 Buckeye LP (BPL) Mckinley Mark C DIR 2,000 $114,569 Lexmark International (LXK) Coons Scott T R VP 2,600 $100,406 Source: www.InsiderInsights.com

Crown Castle International (CCI) SPO Advisory Corp BO 3,050,000 $120,069,500 Mastercard (MA) Mastercard Foundation BO 26,460 $5,707,844 Pre Paid Legal Services (PPD) Smith Thomas W BO,BO 30,000 $1,446,284 Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Dolby Ray DIR,BO 20,000 $1,352,029 Metropcs Communications (PCS) TA Associates Inc DIR 145,860 $1,328,804 Dex One (DEXO) Franklin Resources Inc BO 41,936 $976,111 SEI Investments (SEIC) West Alfred P Jr DIR,BO 45,000 $974,250 Salesforce.Com (CRM) Benioff Marc CB,CEO, BO 10,000 $961,887 Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO) Glickman Donald DIR 21,827 $841,540 Ross Stores (ROST) O Sullivan Michael B PR,COO 11,897 $684,141 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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