Collective Brands Chair Sells $1.6M Worth

• ByJonathan Moreland, RealMoney Contributor
• On 10:14 am EDT, Wednesday September 9, 2009

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.

Tesco (TESO) LRP V Luxembourg Holdings Sa Rl BO 722,919 $5,492,739 Legend International Holdings (LGDI) Kisan International Trading Fze BO 1,446,640 $866,863 Camden Learning (CAEL) Camden Learning LLC BO 89,973 $706,292 Global LP (GLP) Global Gp LLC DIR,PT 6,900 $157,665 Chicos Fas (CHS) Burden John W DIR 10,000 $126,100 Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) Stefano Stephen F DIR 2,875 $74,822 First Business Financial Svs (FBIZ) Bruce Leland C DIR 8,000 $73,580 Stericycle (SRCL) Dammeyer Rodney F DIR 1,200 $59,437 Magellan Petroleum (MPET) Hastings William H CEO,PR, DIR 40,000 $46,400 Independent Bank (INDB) Jensen Barry H AO 1,000 $24,000

Gap (GPS) Fisher Robert J DIR,BO 277,013 $5,966,057 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation BO 1,240 $3,968,809 Collective Brands (PSS) Rubel Matthew E CB,CEO, PR,DIR 100,000 $1,625,210 Hittite Microwave (HITT) Ayasli Yalcin BO 29,000 $1,036,056 Saks (SKS) Sadove Stephen I CB,CEO, DIR 100,000 $598,980 Americas Carmart (CRMT) Falgout Tilman J III CB,DIR 20,000 $478,000 CPI (CPY) Ramius LLC BO 24,100 $302,624 Credit Acceptance (CACC) Roberts Brett A CEO,DIR 10,187 $280,254 International Shipholding (ISH) Johnsen Erik F DIR 8,000 $220,531 American Railcar Ind (ARII) Unger James J VCB,DIR 20,000 $201,829

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