Author: Melanie Marilin

Eric Strid, Director at Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCD), completed a disposition of 48,696 shares yesterday. The shares were sold pursuant to existing 10(b)(5)-1 plans dated December 13, 2013 in a three day transaction that commenced on Monday by unloading 26,360 shares, directly, for an average weighted price of $13.31 per share. Another 22,336 shares of Common Stock were sold on Tuesday, for an average weighted price of $13.23 per share, and the disposition was completed with 17,369 shares sold yesterday, at an average weighted price of $13.41 per share. Strid has been unloading bulks of stock consistently over the past…

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Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ:ZNGA)’s Chief Executive Officer, Donald Mattrick, unloaded a bulk of 2,145,315 shares of Class A Common Stock, directly, yesterday, paying an average weighted price of $3.02 per share. The insider had also acquired 4,046,428 shares on Tuesday, using a stock option of restricted stock units. The stock sale was Mattrick’s first transaction, although other insiders at the $2.71 billion market cap game service provider have reported sales this quarter. In May, General Counsel and Vice President at Zinga, Devang Shah, sold 5,000 shares of Common Stock paying a price of $3.31 per share, while Chief Financial Officer and…

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HealthSouth Corp (NYSE:HLS) Director’s John Maupin and John Chidsey were awarded with stock grants yesterday. While Maupin received 180 shares with a value of $36.10 each, Chidsey was awarded 775 shares at the same value. However, except for the grants awarded, insider trading has been very still over the past months at the $3.1 billion market cap healthcare facility enterprise. In fact, the last stock sale was executed by the firm’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Jay Grinney, in May, when the insider unloaded 20,000 shares, paying a price of $33.59 per share. On another note, Q1 of this fiscal…

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The Southern Company (NYSE:SO)’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Art Beattie sold a bulk of 44,329 shares of Common Stock, exercising a stock option. The shares were sold in two steps yesterday, disposing of 22,550 shares for a price of $44.5 per share and another 21,779 shares for $44.75 per share. This is Beattie’s second stock disposition of the month, as the insider unloaded 13,654 shares of Common Stock just last Thursday, paying a price of $43.81 per share. However, insider stock sales at the $39.5 billion market cap holding firm have been less frequent this quarter, with…

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI)’s Chief Executive Officer, Steven Marks, sold 8,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued as Restricted Shares yesterday. The disposition was executed directly, and the insider paid a weighted average price $35.76 per share. This is Marks’ second stock sale of the fiscal year, as he unloaded 6,000 shares of Common Stock in April, paying $26.95 per share. Following the sale, the CEO now owns a total of 67,170 company holdings. Insider stock sales have been frequent at the $3.37 billion market cap television broadcaster, as Director Robert Smith disposed of 39,250 shares last Tuesday,…

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Yesterday, CIM Commercial Trust Corp (NASDAQ:CMCT) saw four of its insiders complete stock purchases. The talk is of Directors and 10% company owners, Avraham Shemesh, Shaul Kuba, and Richard Ressler, as well as large shareholder CIM Service Provider, LLC. In a well-coordinated stock transaction, all four insiders bought 5,105 shares of Common Stock, directly, and the acquisition was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on January 29, 2014. The purchase was executed over two days and commenced on Thursday, when all four insiders acquired 3,300 shares for an average weighted price of $21.26…

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Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:BCRH) appeared several times in our headlines last week regarding insider purchases, and it seems the acquisition streak is not over yet. Once again, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd, a 10% owner of the $172.8 million market cap reinsurance firm and large shareholder, completed a stock purchase. The transaction was executed yesterday, where Montpelier bought 17,800 Common Shares, directly, paying a price of $19.86 per share. This is the larger of many acquisitions completed by the shareholder, who has consistently been purchasing Blue Capital stock over the past few weeks. In fact, Montpelier bought a bulk…

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Yesterday, an insider at Quest Resource Holding Corp (NASDAQ:QRHC) completed a disposition of the company’s stock. The talk is of Director and large Shareholder, Colton Melby, who completed a large sale of 30,000 shares, split into three transactions. The first sale was executed last Wednesday, releasing 7,500 shares of Common Stock for a price of $5.11 per share, followed by another disposition of 7,500 shares for $5.06 per share the next day. The trade was then completed yesterday, by unloading 15,000 shares of Common Stock for $5.25 per share. This was Melby’s first insider trade of the year and following…

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It appears that Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK)’s Director, Ronda Stryker is set to continue her sale streak this week, as the insider unloaded yet again 7,000 shares of Common Stock today. The disposition, which was executed indirectly by a revocable trust and pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, closed at a price of $85.18 per share and following the sale, Stryker now owns a total of 11,063,682 company holdings. Only last week, the director of the $32.3 billion market cap medical technology firm had completed a four day stock sale of 28,000 shares, selling 7,000 shares each day between Monday…

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Corp Petroleum Anadarko, one of Western Gas Equity Partners LP (NYSE:WPG)’s largest shareholders, sold a bulk of 5,750,000 shares of Common Units representing limited partner interests today. The stock was sold indirectly, and the shareholder paid a price of $58.31 per share. Although this is Anadarko’s first disposition of the fiscal year, the insider has repeatedly sold large bulks of the $13.1 billion market cap oil and gas firm’s shares in the past. In March of last year, a sale of 449,129 shares for a price of $54.55 per share was reported. Furthermore, while insider stock purchases haven’t occurred since…

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Michael Joseph Donnelly, Senior Vice President of the Kroger Co. (KR), unloaded 13,153 shares of Common Stock, directly, on Thursday, exercising a stock option and paying a price of $49.9 per share. Following the insider’s first sale of this fiscal year, he now owns a total of 87,354 company holdings. Other company insiders have also been unloading shares this quarter, such as Senior Vice President Marnette Perry, who sold 20,000 shares of Common Stock in June, paying $49.52 per share. On another note, Q1 showed some changes amongst hedge funds, as Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates Lp entered a new shareholder…

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Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR)’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Arne Sorenson, unloaded 150,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on Wednesday. The shares were sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan to dispose of stock options, at a price of $65.00 per share. This is the insider’s first stock sale this quarter, following his disposition of 497,640 shares in January, where he paid $50.01 per share. Furthermore, insider Blake Stephen Marriott reported several stock sales in June, unloading 100,000 shares of Common Stock for $63.65 per share and another 100,000 shares for $63.81 per share in the same week. Both…

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