$4.4M of COO sold by Nicholas Pichotta on 10/03/2012

Pichotta Nicholas J sold 45,000 shares of Cooper Companies Inc stock, or $4,410,000 worth, as noted in an SEC Filing today. As reported in the filing, the transactions occurred on October 3, 2012.

After the transaction, Pichotta Nicholas J's stake was reported as 8,963 shares of Cooper Companies Inc stock. In addition, Pichotta Nicholas J performed several other transactions, including using transaction codes 'M' (exercise, usually of options).

As noted on October 4, 2012, Pichotta Nicholas J's sale was done directly over 2 transactions on October 3, 2012. The share price for the transaction was $98 according to the regulatory filing detailing the trade.

If we look over the past 12 months, Pichotta Nicholas J has sold a total of 45,000 shares of Cooper Companies Inc, proceeds from the sale totaled $4,410,000. Over the same time period, Pichotta Nicholas J has purchased no shares of Cooper Companies Inc stock. Pichotta Nicholas J has also performed other transactions including exercise of options .

Let's take a quick, high-level look at insider trading at Cooper Companies Inc over the past 12 months. A total of 689,196 shares of Cooper Companies Inc stock was sold by insiders, totaling $60,203,849. Over the same time 12 month time period, no shares of Cooper Companies Inc were purchased by company insiders.

To view the complete SEC Filing: Cooper Companies Inc Form 4 (Insider Trading) SEC Filing