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Insider Trading: Terra Industries Inc

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of Terra Industries Inc in the last 24 months are illustrated in figures 1 and 2. Table 1 shows the monthly insider trading data of Terra Industries Inc since year 2005. Table 2 shows the detailed insider transactions of Terra Industries Inc since 2005. The reporting company's ticker symbol is TRA. The reporting company's CIK number is 722079.

The total value of stock buying since 2005 is $0. The total value of stock sales is $34,383,938. The total value of stock exercises is $158,327,800.


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Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at Terra Industries Inc (TRA) 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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  • $157,140k

    $15,714k

    $1,571k

    $157k

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  • Sale
  • Option Exercise

Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at Terra Industries Inc (TRA) in the past 24 months. See table 2 for insider transaction details.

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  • $43,650.00

    $32,737.50

    $21,825.00

    $10,912.50



Table 1. Monthly summaries of insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for Terra Industries Inc (TRA).
Trading Period
year-month  
Insider Buying     
Shares               Value ($)
Insider Sales     
Shares               Value ($)
Option Exercises     
Shares               Value ($)
2008-10 0 0 4,800 144,000 0 0
2008-08 0 0 78,450 3,883,122 0 0
2008-07 0 0 50,000 2,444,250 0 0
2008-05 0 0 56,000 2,143,839 0 0
2008-04 0 0 21,000 753,065 0 0
2008-03 0 0 7,300 328,321 0 0
2008-02 0 0 118,500 5,803,217 0 0
2008-01 0 0 16,000 771,062 0 0
2007-12 0 0 8,642 338,470 0 0
2007-11 0 0 65,000 2,509,570 20,000 77,500
2007-10 0 0 98,000 3,426,789 100,000 387,500
2007-09 0 0 20,600 530,402 18,000 69,750
2007-08 0 0 22,100 513,463 3,600 43,650
2007-07 0 0 16,000 433,220 0 0
2007-06 0 0 4,500 94,230 3,600 157,140,000
2007-05 0 0 35,000 628,414 0 0
2007-04 0 0 8,500 147,937 0 0
2007-03 0 0 153,600 2,749,104 136,000 527,000
2007-02 0 0 16,365 266,544 13,600 82,400
2007-01 0 0 8,500 102,170 0 0
2006-12 0 0 101,000 1,061,494 0 0
2006-11 0 0 12,000 111,840 0 0
2006-10 0 0 508,500 4,442,745 0 0
2006-09 0 0 32,719 239,384 0 0
2006-08 0 0 20,000 139,800 0 0
2006-07 0 0 8,500 59,500 0 0
2006-06 0 0 8,500 63,410 0 0
2005-08 0 0 30,748 254,576 0 0

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for Terra Industries Inc (TRA)
  Trade Date   Insider Name Trade Type     Shares       Price ($)   Value ($)
2008-10-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 4,800 30.00 144,000
2008-08-29 Greenwell Daniel D (Sr. VP and CFO) Sale 3,800 50.50 191,900
2008-08-22 Slack Henry R (Director) Sale 40,000 49.80 1,992,064
2008-08-21 Janson Peter S (Director) Sale 8,100 51.82 419,701
2008-08-21 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 8,230 49.90 410,677
2008-08-21 Fraser Dod A (Director) Sale 5,000 50.51 252,551
2008-08-20 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 1,770 50.00 88,500
2008-08-14 Fraser Dod A (Director) Sale 1,550 46.12 71,479
2008-08-13 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 10,000 45.62 456,250
2008-07-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 50,000 48.88 2,444,250
2008-05-16 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 6,000 45.56 273,360
2008-05-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 50,000 37.41 1,870,479
2008-04-30 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 5,000 39.00 195,000
2008-04-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 16,000 34.88 558,065
2008-03-06 Ewing Joe A (VP Inv. Relations and H.R.) Sale 2,000 45.03 90,060
2008-03-03 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 5,300 44.96 238,261
2008-02-26 Kroner James R (Director) Sale 1,500 50.98 76,470
2008-02-26 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 5,000 51.85 259,250
2008-02-26 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Sale 40,000 50.21 2,008,416
2008-02-25 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Sale 10,000 50.70 507,000
2008-02-25 Fraser Dod A (Director) Sale 2,000 49.64 99,277
2008-02-22 Janson Peter S (Director) Sale 10,000 47.38 473,823
2008-02-19 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Sale 29,800 47.83 1,425,193
2008-02-15 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Sale 200 46.55 9,310
2008-02-14 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Sale 20,000 47.22 944,478
2008-01-02 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 16,000 48.19 771,062
2007-12-05 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 3,642 40.00 145,680
2007-12-04 Mcglone Dennis (Director) Sale 5,000 38.56 192,790
2007-11-09 Slack Henry R (Director) Sale 20,000 38.01 760,270
2007-11-08 Slack Henry R (Director) Option Exercise 20,000 3.88 77,500
2007-11-07 Hesse Martha O (Director) Sale 15,000 38.74 581,100
2007-11-06 Slack Henry R (Director) Sale 30,000 38.94 1,168,200
2007-10-30 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 10,000 35.75 357,500
2007-10-30 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 7,000 36.04 252,280
2007-10-30 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Sale 55,000 35.71 1,963,802
2007-10-30 Meyer Francis G (Executive VP) Option Exercise 100,000 3.88 387,500
2007-10-30 Fraser Dod A (Director) Sale 10,000 35.66 356,599
2007-10-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 16,000 31.04 496,608
2007-09-11 Fisher David Edwin (Director) Sale 12,600 25.52 321,552
2007-09-07 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Sale 3,000 25.45 76,350
2007-09-05 Fisher David Edwin (Director) Option Exercise 18,000 3.88 69,750
2007-09-04 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 5,000 26.50 132,500
2007-08-31 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Sale 2,500 26.22 65,550
2007-08-29 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Sale 2,500 24.00 60,000
2007-08-24 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 5,000 24.92 124,600
2007-08-15 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 6,000 22.42 134,520
2007-08-09 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Sale 2,500 18.93 47,325
2007-08-03 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 3,600 22.63 81,468
2007-08-03 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Option Exercise 3,600 12.12 43,650
2007-07-02 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 16,000 27.08 433,220
2007-06-05 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Option Exercise 3,600 43,650.00 157,140,000
2007-06-05 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 4,500 20.94 94,230
2007-05-30 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 4,000 19.50 78,000
2007-05-02 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Sale 10,000 18.26 182,550
2007-05-02 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 5,000 18.02 90,125
2007-05-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 16,000 17.36 277,739
2007-04-02 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 8,500 17.40 147,937
2007-03-07 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Option Exercise 136,000 3.88 527,000
2007-03-07 Gendell Jeffrey L Et Al (Other) Sale 150,000 17.91 2,686,500
2007-03-06 Giesler Joseph D (Sr. VP, Commercial Ops.) Sale 3,600 17.39 62,604
2007-02-16 Stone Douglas M (VP Corp Dev & Stratgc Planning) Sale 3,600 17.25 62,100
2007-02-16 Stone Douglas M (VP Corp Dev & Stratgc Planning) Option Exercise 3,600 12.12 43,650
2007-02-13 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Sale 12,765 16.02 204,444
2007-02-13 Thompson Paul (VP Sales & Marketing) Option Exercise 10,000 3.88 38,750
2007-01-03 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 8,500 12.02 102,170
2006-12-06 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 1,000 10.41 10,410
2006-12-06 Meyer Francis G (SVP and CFO) Sale 49,100 10.52 516,772
2006-12-05 Meyer Francis G (SVP and CFO) Sale 50,900 10.50 534,312
2006-11-01 Thompson Paul (V.P., Sales and Marketing) Sale 12,000 9.32 111,840
2006-10-13 Sab Capital Partners Lp (10% Owner) Sale 500,000 8.75 4,375,000
2006-10-02 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 8,500 7.97 67,745
2006-09-08 Sanders Richard S Jr (VP, Manufacturing) Sale 13,510 7.36 99,478
2006-09-07 Thompson Paul (V.P., Sales and Marketing) Sale 10,000 7.24 72,450
2006-09-07 Giesler Joseph D (SVP, Commercial Operations) Sale 2,454 7.22 17,717
2006-08-23 Kalafut Mark A (VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp. Secy.) Sale 20,000 6.99 139,800
2006-07-26 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 8,500 7.00 59,500
2006-06-01 Bennett Michael L (President and CEO) Sale 8,500 7.46 63,410
2005-08-16 Stevenson Wynn S (VP, Taxes, Corp. Dev) Sale 12,764 8.00 102,112
2005-08-11 Kalafut Mark A (VP, Gen. Counsel, Co) Sale 7,984 8.40 67,065
2005-08-10 Stevenson Wynn S (VP, Taxes, Corp. Dev) Sale 10,000 8.54 85,399

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 Terra Industries Inc (symbol TRA, CIK number 722079) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

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