Insiders Trading EXA, MIDD, HSON, SUMR

Jonathan Moreland

07/09/12 - 09:07 AM EDT

By Jonathan Moreland, founder of Insider Insights 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 mainly open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange CommissionFriday, July 6, 2012 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.

Tesaro (TSRO) Seidenberg Beth C DIR 222,222 2,999,997 Hudson Global(HSON) Sagard Capital BO 100,000 415,000 Opko Health(OPK) Frost Phillip MD et al CEO,CB,BO 50,000 238,174 Tesaro (TSRO) Alleva Lawrence M DIR 11,481 154,994 Summer Infant(SUMR) Wynnefield Part Sm Cap Value BO 15,908 47,724 Rue21 (RUE) Brock Macon F Jr DIR 1,000 25,780 Surrey Bancorp(SRYB) Wright C Hylton CB,DIR,BO 1,933 16,966 Daktronics(DAKT) Kurtenbach Frank J DIR 1,441 10,294 Consolidated Edison (ED) Tai Luther VP 134 8,315 China Information Tech (CNIT) Lin Jiang Huai CEO,DIR,BO 6,031 6,031 Source: Insider Insights

EXA (EXA) Fmr BO 2,080,334 19,347,106 Middleby(MIDD) Bassoul Selim A CEO,CB,PR 100,000 10,000,000 Sxc Health Solutions(SXCI) Bates Richard A VP 53,673 5,308,021 Kellogg (K) Kellogg W K Foundation BO 84,200 4,169,946 PVH (PVH) Gehring Fred CEO,DIR 43,825 3,562,816 Accenture(ACN) Green William D CB,DIR 47,763 2,905,519 Visa (V) Buse Elizabeth PR 14,400 1,820,016 Ascena Retail(ASNA) Jaffe David R PR,CEO,DIR 45,000 845,805 Avalonbay Communities(AVB) Blair Bryce CB,DIR 5,718 818,932 Google(GOOG) Arora Nikesh VP 1,283 769,800 Source: Insider Insights

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, EVP=Executive Vice President, 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.