Insider Trading: World Heart Corp

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of World Heart Corp in the last 24 months are illustrated in figures 1 and 2. Table 1 shows the monthly insider trading data of World Heart Corp since year 2005. Table 2 shows the detailed insider transactions of World Heart Corp since 2005. The reporting company's ticker symbol is WHRT. The reporting company's CIK number is 1024520.

The total value of stock buying since 2005 is $28,809,815. The total value of stock sales is $4,979,398. The total value of stock exercises is $0.


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Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at World Heart Corp (WHRT) 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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Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at World Heart Corp (WHRT) 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 World Heart Corp (WHRT).
Trading Period
year-month  
Insider Buying     
Shares               Value ($)
Insider Sales     
Shares               Value ($)
Option Exercises     
Shares               Value ($)
2010-07 57,369 144,382 0 0 0 0
2010-03 374,435 982,163 1,555,032 3,944,593 0 0
2010-02 0 0 100,179 384,473 0 0
2010-01 1,941,750 10,000,010 0 0 0 0
2009-07 1,712 5,424 0 0 0 0
2009-06 17,610 50,202 0 0 0 0
2009-05 28,068 73,551 0 0 0 0
2009-04 3,900 9,750 0 0 0 0
2008-12 0 0 135,000 317,250 0 0
2008-11 0 0 101,268 237,979 0 0
2008-10 124,091 24,548 0 0 0 0
2008-09 10,000 1,000 0 0 0 0
2008-07 90,000,000 9,000,000 0 0 0 0
2007-05 0 0 69,979 26,843 0 0
2006-12 19,000,000 4,750,000 0 0 0 0
2006-11 12,000,000 3,000,000 0 0 0 0
2006-09 0 0 96 336 0 0
2006-06 2,000 5,900 0 0 0 0
2006-04 618,566 572,720 0 0 0 0
2006-01 0 0 125,000 67,924 0 0
2005-11 205,000 121,975 0 0 0 0
2005-08 35,000 47,110 0 0 0 0
2005-05 20,000 21,080 0 0 0 0

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for World Heart Corp (WHRT)
  Trade Date   Insider Name Trade Type     Shares       Price ($)   Value ($)
2010-07-15 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 9,968 2.76 27,511
2010-07-13 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 3,000 2.66 7,980
2010-07-08 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 30,206 2.51 75,817
2010-07-06 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 14,195 2.33 33,074
2010-03-25 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 316,200 2.68 846,467
2010-03-24 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 24,000 2.35 56,400
2010-03-24 Abiomed Inc Sale 900,350 2.42 2,178,847
2010-03-23 Abiomed Inc Sale 541,799 2.69 1,457,439
2010-03-22 Abiomed Inc Sale 22,727 2.07 47,044
2010-03-19 Abiomed Inc Purchase 23,925 2.25 53,831
2010-03-18 Abiomed Inc Purchase 10,310 2.47 25,465
2010-03-17 Abiomed Inc Sale 6,865 2.65 18,192
2010-03-16 Abiomed Inc Sale 7,535 2.76 20,796
2010-03-15 Abiomed Inc Sale 4,096 2.76 11,304
2010-03-12 Abiomed Inc Sale 10,000 2.75 27,500
2010-03-11 Abiomed Inc Sale 5,544 2.75 15,246
2010-03-10 Abiomed Inc Sale 6,767 2.92 19,759
2010-03-09 Abiomed Inc Sale 900 3.00 2,700
2010-03-08 Abiomed Inc Sale 5,000 3.00 15,000
2010-03-05 Abiomed Inc Sale 13,063 3.01 39,319
2010-03-04 Abiomed Inc Sale 10,000 3.00 30,000
2010-03-03 Abiomed Inc Sale 3,300 2.96 9,768
2010-03-02 Abiomed Inc Sale 7,031 3.06 21,514
2010-03-01 Abiomed Inc Sale 10,055 3.00 30,165
2010-02-26 Abiomed Inc Sale 5,449 3.02 16,455
2010-02-25 Abiomed Inc Sale 17,794 3.13 55,695
2010-02-24 Abiomed Inc Sale 22,972 3.45 79,253
2010-02-23 Abiomed Inc Sale 11,458 3.60 41,248
2010-02-22 Abiomed Inc Sale 10,750 3.91 42,032
2010-02-19 Abiomed Inc Sale 9,189 4.01 36,847
2010-02-18 Abiomed Inc Sale 7,567 4.75 35,943
2010-02-17 Abiomed Inc Sale 5,000 5.12 25,600
2010-02-16 Abiomed Inc Sale 10,000 5.14 51,400
2010-01-26 Delagardelle Jeani (Director) Purchase 388,350 5.15 2,000,002
2010-01-26 Akkaraju Srinivas (10% Owner) Purchase 388,350 5.15 2,000,002
2010-01-26 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 388,350 5.15 2,000,002
2010-01-21 Vef Management V, Llc (10% Owner) Purchase 388,350 5.15 2,000,002
2010-01-21 Hove Anders D (Director) Purchase 388,350 5.15 2,000,002
2009-07-29 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 1,100 3.25 3,575
2009-07-24 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 300 3.25 975
2009-07-16 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 162 2.85 461
2009-07-06 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 150 2.76 413
2009-06-30 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 300 3.04 911
2009-06-24 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 2,000 3.00 6,000
2009-06-18 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 100 2.60 260
2009-06-17 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 9 2.59 23
2009-06-11 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 1,000 3.00 3,000
2009-06-09 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 6,300 2.91 18,307
2009-06-03 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 2,200 2.75 6,047
2009-06-02 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 5,701 2.75 15,654
2009-05-21 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 50 2.60 130
2009-05-20 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 283 2.60 735
2009-05-19 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 16,735 2.69 45,033
2009-05-18 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 11,000 2.51 27,653
2009-04-08 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 2,200 2.50 5,500
2009-04-07 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 1,700 2.50 4,250
2008-12-16 Minogue Michael R (Director) Sale 135,000 2.35 317,250
2008-11-26 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Sale 101,268 2.35 237,979
2008-10-29 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 5,000 2.53 12,640
2008-10-27 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 14,800 .10 1,480
2008-10-24 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 11,064 .10 1,106
2008-10-09 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 13,010 .10 1,301
2008-10-08 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 23,657 .10 2,365
2008-10-07 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 100 .10 10
2008-10-01 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 37,640 .10 3,764
2008-09-16 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 10,000 .10 1,000
2008-07-31 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 90,000,000 .10 9,000,000
2007-05-31 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 649 2.25 1,460
2007-05-30 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 400 .22 88
2007-05-29 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 1,900 .23 437
2007-05-24 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 21,940 1.32 9,521
2007-05-23 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 18,800 .24 4,512
2007-05-22 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 4,350 .24 1,044
2007-05-21 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 20,000 .26 5,120
2006-12-21 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 19,000,000 .25 4,750,000
2006-11-13 Compton Gayla J (10% Owner) Purchase 12,000,000 .25 3,000,000
2006-09-19 Khanwilkar Pratap (VP Rotary Systems and Bus Dev) Sale 96 3.50 336
2006-06-10 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (Director) Purchase 2,000 2.95 5,900
2006-04-24 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 1,000 1.05 1,050
2006-04-21 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 6,848 1.01 6,930
2006-04-19 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 1,000 1.00 1,000
2006-04-18 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 4,100 1.02 4,190
2006-04-17 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 40,569 1.02 41,258
2006-04-12 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 1,950 1.03 2,008
2006-04-11 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 15,000 1.01 15,134
2006-04-10 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 14,721 .98 14,367
2006-04-07 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 78,410 1.00 78,331
2006-04-06 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 115,000 .97 111,320
2006-04-05 Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 339,968 .87 297,132
2006-01-09 Medquest Products, Inc. (10% Owner) Sale 37,564 .55 20,622
2006-01-06 Medquest Products, Inc. (10% Owner) Sale 87,436 .54 47,302
2005-11-08 Greenhouse David M (10% Owner) Purchase 205,000 .60 121,975
2005-08-18 Vajda John J (VP, Manufacturing) Purchase 5,000 1.40 7,000
2005-08-15 Miller Phillip (Development) Purchase 10,000 1.35 13,510
2005-08-11 Jassawalla Jal S (CEO) Purchase 20,000 1.33 26,600
2005-05-13 Miller Phillip (Development) Purchase 5,000 1.04 5,180
2005-05-04 Jassawalla Jal S (CEO) Purchase 10,000 .98 9,800
2005-05-04 Goudie D Mark (CFO) Purchase 5,000 1.22 6,100

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 World Heart Corp (symbol WHRT, CIK number 1024520) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

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