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Insider Trading: AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO since year 2005 are given in the first table. The second table lists detailed insider transactions reported by AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO since 2005. The reporting company's ticker symbol is AEL. The reporting company's CIK number is 1039828. The total value of stock buying during this period is $380,999. The total value of stock sales is $941,097. The total value of stock exercises is $6,004,806.

Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO (AEL) in the past 24 months. The trade values of insider stock buys, sales, and option exercises are in logarithmic scale as shown on the right axis labels. The detailed monthly and daily insider transactions are listed in the 2 tables below.

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    $511k

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Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO (AEL) in the past 24 months. See table 2 for insider transaction details.

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Table 1. Monthly summaries of insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO (AEL).
Trading Period
year-month  
Insider Buying     
Shares               Value ($)
Insider Sales     
Shares               Value ($)
Option Exercises     
Shares               Value ($)
2008-02 10,000 97,815 0 0 0 0
2008-01 241 2,012 0 0 0 0
2007-11 17,500 144,816 0 0 0 0
2007-10 0 0 1,000 11,100 0 0
2007-09 500 4,943 0 0 0 0
2007-06 2,500 29,844 5,500 66,000 0 0
2007-05 0 0 0 0 8,250 33,000
2007-04 0 0 0 0 960,000 5,116,800
2007-03 288 3,644 0 0 0 0
2007-02 0 0 15,000 206,700 0 0
2006-12 0 0 0 0 75,000 249,750
2006-11 0 0 0 0 30,000 99,900
2006-09 0 0 0 0 132,000 444,585
2006-02 1,937 26,885 0 0 0 0
2006-01 0 0 49,269 657,297 3,000 30,771
2005-05 6,225 71,040 0 0 7,500 30,000

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO (AEL)
  Trade Date   Insider Name Trade Type     Shares       Price ($)   Value ($)
2008-02-28 Hilton Robert L Purchase 10,000 9.78 97,815
2008-01-02 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Purchase 241 8.35 2,012
2007-11-09 Reimer Terry A (Executive Vice President) Purchase 3,000 8.49 25,470
2007-11-08 Howe Robert L Purchase 1,000 8.25 8,250
2007-11-08 Noble David J (Chairman, CEO & President) Purchase 10,000 8.22 82,166
2007-11-07 Richardson Debra J (Senior VP & Secretary) Purchase 1,500 8.22 12,330
2007-11-07 Gerlach James M (Executive Vice President) Purchase 2,000 8.30 16,600
2007-10-08 Whitfield Harley A Sale 1,000 11.10 11,100
2007-09-10 Howe Robert L Purchase 500 9.89 4,943
2007-06-22 Hilton Robert L Purchase 2,000 12.01 24,019
2007-06-11 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Sale 5,500 12.00 66,000
2007-06-08 Howe Robert L Purchase 500 11.65 5,825
2007-05-30 Richardson Debra J (Senior VP & Secretary) Option Exercise 5,250 4.00 21,000
2007-05-17 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Option Exercise 3,000 4.00 12,000
2007-04-30 Noble David J (Chairman, CEO & President) Option Exercise 960,000 5.33 5,116,800
2007-03-09 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Purchase 288 12.65 3,644
2007-02-26 Anderson John C Sale 10,000 13.78 137,800
2006-12-01 Gerlach James M (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 75,000 3.33 249,750
2006-11-14 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Option Exercise 15,000 3.33 49,950
2006-11-13 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Option Exercise 15,000 3.33 49,950
2006-09-29 Reimer Terry A (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 7,500 4.00 30,000
2006-09-26 Richardson Debra J (Senior VP & Secretary) Option Exercise 52,500 3.33 174,825
2006-09-26 Reimer Terry A (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 72,000 3.33 239,760
2006-02-27 Wingert Kevin R (Vice President) Purchase 1,937 13.88 26,885
2006-01-11 Morris Benjamin T (Director) Sale 49,269 13.34 657,297
2006-01-06 Morris Benjamin T (Director) Option Exercise 3,000 10.26 30,771
2005-05-24 Carlson Wendy L (General Counsel) Purchase 2,325 10.72 24,924
2005-05-16 Gerlach James M (Executive Vice President) Option Exercise 7,500 4.00 30,000
2005-05-15 Hilton Robert L Purchase 2,000 11.81 23,620
2005-05-06 Hilton Robert L Purchase 1,900 11.84 22,496

Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises listed in the above tables cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more insider trading information of AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO (symbol AEL, CIK number 1039828) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

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