$3.2M of JWA/JWB sold by William Pesce on 07/17/2012

Pesce William J sold 64,677 shares of Wiley John & Sons, Inc stock, or $3,159,471 worth, as noted in an SEC Filing today. As reported in the filing, the transactions occurred on July 17, 2012.

After the transaction, Pesce William J's stake was reported as 305,355 shares of Wiley John & Sons, Inc stock. In addition, Pesce William J performed several other transactions, including using transaction codes 'M' (exercise, usually of options).

As noted on July 18, 2012, Pesce William J's sale was done directly over 1 transaction on July 17, 2012. The share price for the transaction was $48.85 according to the regulatory filing detailing the trade.

If we look over the past 12 months, Pesce William J has sold a total of 64,677 shares of Wiley John & Sons, Inc, proceeds from the sale totaled $3,159,471. Over the same time period, Pesce William J has purchased no shares of Wiley John & Sons, Inc stock. Pesce William J has also performed other transactions including exercise of options .

Let's take a quick, high-level look at insider trading at Wiley John & Sons, Inc over the past 12 months. A total of 741,230 shares of Wiley John & Sons, Inc stock was sold by insiders, totaling $35,720,217. Over the same time 12 month time period, 25,549 shares of Wiley John & Sons, Inc, for a total value of $1,170,985 were purchased by company insiders.

To view the complete SEC Filing: Wiley John & Sons, Inc Form 4 (Insider Trading) SEC Filing