VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Root Leon A Jr sold 18,801 shares of Amerigroup Corp stock, or $1,400,674 worth, as noted in an SEC Filing today. As reported in the filing, the transactions occurred on February 17, 2012.

After the transaction, Root Leon A Jr's stake was reported as 38,918 shares of Amerigroup Corp stock (a 32% decrease from before the transaction took place). In addition, Root Leon A Jr performed several other transactions, including using transaction codes 'M' (exercise, usually of options). Root Leon A Jr's title was listed as "Executive Vice President" at Amerigroup Corp within the filing.

As noted on February 21, 2012, Root Leon A Jr's sale was done directly over 1 transaction on February 17, 2012. The share price for the transaction was $74.5 according to the regulatory filing detailing the trade.

If we look over the past 12 months, Root Leon A Jr has sold a total of 115,870 shares of Amerigroup Corp, proceeds from the sale totaled $7,628,090. Over the same time period, Root Leon A Jr has purchased no shares of Amerigroup Corp stock. Root Leon A Jr has also performed other transactions including grants or awards , payment of tax liabilites , and exercise of options .

Let's take a quick, high-level look at insider trading at Amerigroup Corp over the past 12 months. A total of 1,252,035 shares of Amerigroup Corp stock was sold by insiders, totaling $78,907,980. Over the same time 12 month time period, 5,000 shares of Amerigroup Corp, for a total value of $267,050 were purchased by company insiders.

To view the complete SEC Filing: Amerigroup Corp 4 (Insider Trading) SEC Filing