The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending July 11. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.
Insider: David Nicholson, senior vice-president Company: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TSX:RBA) Shares owned: 147,052 Trade date: March 12 Trade total: $103,085 Trade: Purchase of 4,416 shares for US$23.57 per share.
Insider Victor Pospiech, senior vice-president Company: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TSX:RBA) Shares owned: 147,052 Trade date: March 12 Trade total: $103,085 Trade: Purchase of 4,416 shares for US$23.57 per share.
Insider Kevin Tink, senior vice-president Company: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TSX:RBA) Shares owned: 147,052 Trade date: March 12 Trade total: $103,085 Trade: Purchase of 4,416 shares for US$23.57 per share.
Insider Guylain Turgeon, managing director, EMEA Company: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (TSX:RBA) Shares owned: 147,052 Trade date: March 12 Trade total: $103,085 Trade: Purchase of 4,416 shares for US$23.57 per share.
Insider Jeremy Jones, director Company: Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:NAT) Shares owned: 100,000 Trade date: February 24 Trade total: US$101,000 Trade: Acquisition of 100,000 shares for US$1.01 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Shaun Heinrichs, CFO Company: Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (TSX:YNG) Shares owned: 1,220,000 Trade date: May 18 Trade total: $100,050 Trade: Private purchase of 435,000 shares for $0.23 per share.
Insider Richard Auchinleck, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 49.333 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Charles Baillie, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 47,405 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Micheline Bouchard, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 29,788 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Ronald Butler, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 34,606 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Stockwell Day, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 2,795 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Pierre Ducros, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 32,868 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Ruston Goepel, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 29,692 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider John Lacey, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 40,093 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider William MacKinnon, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 13,378 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Donald Woodley, director Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 34,606 Trade date: May 23 Trade total: $100,005 Trade: Acquisition of 1,729 deferred share units for $57.84 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider John Beliveau Company: Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) Shares owned: 47,816 Trade date: January 10 Trade total: $100,000 Trade: Acquisition of 6,140 shares valued at $16.2863 per share as part of a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Andrew Harris, president and COO Company: Russell Breweries Inc. (TSX-V:RB) Shares owned: 1,137,500 Trade date: January 26 Trade total: $100,000 Trade: Private purchase of 1,000,000 shares for $0.05 per share and 500,000 warrants for $0.10 per warrant.
Insider Paulo Santos, CFO Company: Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX-V:CXB) Shares owned: 325,000 Trade date: February 2 Trade total: $100,000 Trade: Sale of 250,000 shares for $0.55 per share following the acquisition of 250,000 shares for $0.15 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Jason Hynes Company: Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. (TSX:SBB) Shares owned: 27,200 Trade date: February 10, 14 Trade total: $99,118 Trade: Purchase of 27,200 shares at prices ranging between $3.544 and $3.68 per share.
Insider Eros Spadotto, executive vice-president, technology strategy and operations Company: Telus Corp. (TSX:T) Shares owned: 8,208 Trade date: February 27 Trade total: $96,168 Trade: Sale of 4,667 non-voting shares at prices ranging between $56.05 and $56.27 per share following the acquisition of 4,667 non-voting shares for $35.56 through the exercise of options.
Insider Kenneth Propp, president, Harvest Meats Company: Premium Brands Holding Corp. (TSX:PBH) Shares owned: 43,002 Trade date: July 5 Trade total: $94,393 Trade: Acquisition of 5,195 shares for $18.17 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Peter Dhillon, director Company: Canwel Building Materials Group Ltd. (TSX:CWX) Shares owned: 19,621 Trade date: May 26, 27, June 2, 3, 6 Trade total: $93,600 Trade: Sale of 23,400 shares for $4 per share.
Insider William Kalutycz, CFO Company: Premium Brands Holding Corp. (TSX:PBH) Shares owned: 81,387 Trade date: July 5, 6 Trade total: $92,370 Trade: Acquisition of 5,084 shares at prices ranging between $18.11 and $18.17 per share under a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider Ross Wilmot, CFO Company: Orko Silver Corp. (TSX-V:OK) Shares owned: 500,000 Trade date: February 16 Trade total: $90,000 Trade: Acquisition of 100,000 shares for $0.45 per share and 75,000 shares for $0.60 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Stephen Quin, president and CEO Company: Midas Gold Corp. (TSX:MAX) Shares owned: 1,353,334 Trade date: February 14 Trade total: $89,000 Trade: Acquisition of 20,000 warrants for $4.45 per share under a prospectus exemption.
Insider Steve Bochen, COO Company: Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) Shares owned: 831,070 Trade date: May 4 Trade total: $89,000 Trade: Acquisition of 100,000 shares for $0.89 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Terry Vanderkruyk, vice-president, corporate development Company: Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) Shares owned: 326,872 Trade date: May 2 Trade total: $89,000 Trade: Acquisition of 100,000 shares for $0.89 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Samir Manji, chairman, president and CEO Company: Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc. (TSX:ACC) Shares owned: 520,216 Trade date: January 24, 25, 31, February 1, 2, 3, 7 Trade total: $88,040 Trade: Sale of 25,000 shares at prices ranging between $8.75 and $9.10 per share following the purchase of 2,000 shares at prices ranging between $8.26 and $8.35 per share and the acquisition of 30,000 shares for $3.92 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Bruce Aitken, president and CEO Company: Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX) Shares owned: 133,409 Trade date: February 9, 10 Trade total: $87,856 Trade: Sale of 10,000 shares at prices ranging between $29.49 and $29.62 per share following the acquisition of 10,000 shares for $20.76 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider Elaine Wong, executive vice-president, strategic development Company: Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT) Shares owned: 45,729 Trade date: April 13 Trade total: $87,276 Trade: Exercised for cash of 2,432 shares at prices ranging between $35.87 and $35.91 per share.
Insider Tawn Albinson, managing director, Mexico Company: Baja Mining Corp. (TSX:BAJ) Shares owned: 150,000 Trade date: January 12 Trade total: $86,920
Insider W. Durand Eppler, director Company: Augusta Resource Corp. (TSX:AZC) Shares owned: 146,667 Trade date: February 16 Trade total: $84,800 Trade: Acquisition of 40,000 shares for $2.12 per share through the exercise of options. Trade: Sale of 90,000 shares at prices ranging between $0.96 and $0.971 per share.
Insider Bruce Mitchell, major shareholder Company: Canlan Ice Sports Corp. (TSX:ICE) Shares owned: 1,536,700 Trade date: March 2 Trade total: $81,180 Trade: Purchase of 49,200 shares for $1.65 per share.
Insider Roger Hardy, founder and CEO Company: Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA) Shares owned: 6,788,077 Trade date: May 13 Trade total: $80,000 Trade: Acquisition of 100,000 shares for $0.80 per share through the exercise of options.
Insider: Peter Holbek, vice-president, exploration Company: Copper Mountain Mining Corp. (TSX:CUM) Shares owned: 177,000 Trade date: January 17, 18, 19 Trade total: $76,800 Trade: Sale of 12,800 shares at prices ranging between $6 and $6.04 per share.
Insider: Bing Jung, CEO Company: Copper Creek Gold Corp. (TSX-V:CPV) Shares owned: 6,977,086 Trade date: February 2 Trade total: $75,550 Trade: Sale of 1,255,000 shares at prices ranging between $0.06 and $0.065 per share.
Insider: Gilmour Clausen, president and CEO Company: Augusta Resource Corp. (TSX:AZC) Shares owned: 1096326 Trade date: January 24 Trade total: $70,720 Trade: Purchase of 25,000 shares for $2.8288 per share.
Insider Wan Jung, co-founder Company: Avigilon Corp. (TSX:AVO) Shares owned: 1,751,201 Trade date: June 21, 22 Trade total: $69,000 Trade: Sale of 10,000 shares for $6.90 per share.
Insider: Frank Lang, major shareholder Company: Emgold Mining Corp. (TSX-V:EMR) Shares owned: 2435677 Trade date: January 26 Trade total: $60,625 Trade: Sale of 404,171 shares for $0.15 in a private sale.
Insider: Sheldon Inwentash, shareholder Company: Bama Gold Corp. (TSX-V:BMA) Shares owned: 0 Trade date: January 13, 16 Trade total: $53,600 Insider: Mark Stevens, vice-president, exploration Company: Augusta Resource Corp. (TSX:AZC) Shares owned: 31,666 Trade date: February 13 Trade total: $53,000 Trade: Acquisition of 25,000 shares for $2.12 per share through the exercise of options.
Trade: Sale of 268,000 shares for $0.20 per share.
Insider: Kristen Riddell, corporate secretary and general counsel Company: Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX:SSO) Shares owned: 3,500 Trade date: January 17 Trade total: $52,545 Trade: Purchase of 3,500 shares at prices ranging between $15.02 and $15.03 per share. Insider: Derek Brodie, director Company: Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX:SSO) Shares owned: 3,500 Trade date: January 13 Trade total: $52,500 Trade: Purchase of 3,500 shares for $15.02 per share.
Insider: Kenneth Propp Company: Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) Shares owned: 37807 Trade date: January 10 Trade total: $50,000 Trade: Acquisition of 3,070 shares valued at $16.2863 per share as part of a purchase/ownership plan.
Insider: Graham Downs, CEO Company: ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ATC) Shares owned: 255,000 Trade date: February 15 Trade total: $49,500 Trade: Acquisition of 150,000 shares for $0.33 per share through the exercise of options.