Insider Trading Activities at SEALY CORP (ZZ)

Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at SEALY CORP (ZZ) 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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$4,293k

$429k

$42k

$4k

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Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at SEALY CORP (ZZ) in the past 24 months. See table 2 for insider transaction details.

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$13.38

$10.04

$6.69

$3.34

Table 1. Monthly summaries of insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for *SEALY CORP* (ZZ).
Trading Period year-month	Insider Buying Shares Value ($)		Insider Sales Shares Value ($)		Option Exercises Shares Value ($)
2006-12	0	0	0	0	955,609	4,293,869
2006-10	1,000	13,380	0	0	0	0
2006-07	5,000	69,900	0	0	0	0
2006-04	152,250	2,436,000	14,062,892	225,006,272	0	0

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for *SEALY CORP* (ZZ)
Trade Date	Insider Name	Trade Type	Shares	Price ($)	Value ($)
2006-12-15	Hirshorn James B (Senior EVP)	Option Exercise	955,609	4.49	4,293,869
2006-10-16	Ackerman Jeffrey C (EVP and CFO)	Purchase	1,000	13.38	13,380
2006-07-26	Morin Gary E	Purchase	5,000	13.98	69,900
2006-04-11	Barnes Steven William (Director)	Sale	160,780	16.00	2,572,480
2006-04-11	Nuttall Scott C (10% Owner)	Sale	3,481,868	16.00	55,709,888
2006-04-11	Golkin Perry (10% Owner)	Sale	3,481,868	16.00	55,709,888
2006-04-06	Barnes Steven William (Director)	Sale	306,246	16.00	4,899,936
2006-04-06	Ackerman Jeffrey C (EVP and CFO)	Purchase	6,250	16.00	100,000
2006-04-06	Golkin Perry (10% Owner)	Purchase	146,000	16.00	2,336,000
2006-04-06	Golkin Perry (10% Owner)	Sale	6,632,130	16.00	106,114,080

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 SEALY CORP (symbol ZZ, CIK number 748015) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

Insider Trading: SEALY CORP