Steel Partners Buys $3M Worth of Adaptec

• ByJonathan Moreland, RealMoney Contributor
• On 10:06 am EDT, Friday September 11, 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 Thursday 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.

Adaptec (ADPT) Steel Partners II LP BO 977,100 $2,962,565 Camden Learning (CAEL) Camden Learning LLC BO 50,050 $395,895 Global LP (GLP) Global Gp LLC DIR,PT 7,700 $185,108 Presidential Life (PLFE) Kurz Herbert DIR 10,000 $89,750 Medquist (MEDQ) O Brien Colin DIR 10,002 $69,514 Collectors Universe (CLCT) Mcconnell Michael J CEO,DIR 12,000 $57,315 Innerworkings (INWK) Bobrinskoy Charles K DIR 10,000 $45,825 Rock Of Ages (ROAC) North Star Investment Mgt BO 10,000 $30,300 UFP Technologies (UFPT) Gestal Kenneth L DIR 5,000 $29,200 Sanders Morris Harris Group (SMHG) Bean Richard E DIR 5,000 $26,096

Mohawk Industries (MHK) Lorberbaum Mark BO 300,000 $14,867,000 Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SLXP) Flynn James E BO,BO 1,025,953 $13,431,482 Bank Jos A Clothiers (JOSB) Wildrick Robert N DIR 262,500 $12,193,073 Mednax (MD) Fernandez Michael DIR 122,500 $6,277,734 Carnival (CCL) Artsfare 2006 Trust No 2 BO 171,428 $5,381,279 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation BO 1,590 $5,131,670 Coldwater Creek (CWTR) Pence Dennis C DIR,BO 250,000 $1,697,850 Cerner Corp Mo (CERN) Illig Clifford W VCB,DIR 20,000 $1,292,380 AEP Industries (AEPI) JMB Capital Partners Master Fund LP BO 21,200 $847,012 AllianceBernstein Holding LP (AB) Hexner Thomas S VP 34,966 $835,338

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