Insider Trading
Here are insider trades exceeding $50,000 at Northwest Arkansas companies since Jan. 1. Other significant trades among Arkansas businesses will be noted in future editions.
AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYS CORP.
March 12: Daniel A. Garrison, account manager, sold 7,500 shares at $10.50 a share, $78,750 total.
Feb. 11: Daniel A. Garrison, account manager, sold 7,500 shares at $9.50 a share, $71,250 total.
July 31: John Paul Hammerschmidt, director, acquired 20,000 shares at $9.06 a share, $181,200 total.
BALDOR ELECTRIC CO.
April 27: Robert L. Qualls, chief executive officer, sold 22,800 shares between $25.19-$25.50 a share, $578,986 total.
April 22: Robert L. Qualls, chief executive officer, sold 2,280 shares at $26.31 a share, $59,986 total.
July 27: Robert L. Qualls, chief executive officer, sold 20,000 shares at $21.81 a share, $436,200 total.
BEVERLY ENTERPRISES INC.
Feb. 17: Phillip Small, senior vice president, sold 10,000 shares at $14.81 a share, $148,100 total.
Feb. 3: Mark Wortley, executive vice president, sold 23,500 shares at $14 a share, $329,000 total.
FIRST FEDERAL BANCSHARES
July 28: Carolyn Thomason, secretary, sold 5,000 shares between $23.75-$24 a share, $119,250 total.
May 7: Carolyn Thomason, secretary, sold 2,000 shares at $28.25 a share, $56,500 total.
J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES
June 26: Paul Robert Bergant, executive vice president, sold 30,000 shares between $35-$35.06 a share, $1,050,000 total.
June 4: Paul Robert Bergant, executive vice president, sold 11,500 shares at $30 a share, $345,000 total.
June 4: Jerry Walton, executive vice president, sold 10,000 shares at $30.31 a share, $303,100 total.
June 3: Paul Robert Bergant, executive vice president, sold 3,500 shares at $30 a share, $105,000 total.
June 1: J. Bryan Hunt Jr., director, sold 3,880 shares at $30 a share, $116,400 total.
May 14: James Kirk Thompson, chief executive officer, sold 18,000 shares between $29.88-$30.13 a share, $540,020 total.
April 13: Lloyd E. Peterson, director, sold 200,000 shares, $6,050,000 total.
March 10: Earl Wayne Garrison, chairman, sold 84,000 shares at $27.75 a share, $2,331,000.
Feb. 5: J. Bryan Hunt Jr., director, registered 6,550 shares he planned to sell, $173,575 total.
Feb. 4: Earl Wayne Garrison, chairman, sold 200,000 shares at $24.25 a share, $4,850,000 total.