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Midstate trading: Dentsply, Hershey stock sales lead the way
Listen to this articleDentsply International Inc.
Director Michael Coleman posted the largest sale, with 18,000 shares exercised at an average of $28 per share and then sold for $52.47 per share, totaling $944,422, according to a filing reported Feb. 23 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Coleman owns 6,879 direct shares, according to the filing.
Deborah Rasin, a vice president, secretary and general counsel, exercised an option on 11,000 shares at an average of $36.18 per share and then sold those shares for $52.47 per share, totaling $577,195. Rasin owns 3,998 direct shares, according to a Feb. 23 filing.
Dentsply trades its shares on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol XRAY.
The Hershey Co.
Leslie Turner, a senior vice president, secretary and general counsel, exercised options on 7,004 shares at an average of $72.44 per share and then sold 7,963 shares for $107.20 per share, totaling $853,419. Turner owns 32,761 direct shares, according to a Feb. 23 filing.
Richard McConville, a vice president and chief accounting officer, exercised 6,457 shares at an average of $38.02 per share and then sold 6,388 shares for $106.20 per share, totaling $678,332. He owns 2,596 direct shares, according to a Feb. 24 filing.
Hershey trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HSY.
Penn National Gaming Inc.
Seven board directors and company executives exercised options and sold shares in filings reported on Feb. 23.
Board director Peter Carlino, the former CEO, sold 14,145 shares at an average of $15.98, totaling $226,037. That was the largest transaction in the group.
Penn National trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PENN.
National Penn Bancshares Inc.
Director Christian Martin IV purchased 932 shares at an average of $10.73, totaling $10,000, in a filing reported Feb. 18. Martin owns 389,919 direct shares.
National Penn trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol NPBC.
