To: Jan Crawley who wrote (16931 ) 9/11/1998 8:52:00 PM From: llamaphlegm Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
and a nice recap of the month of august Federal Filings Newswires STORY 5 13:44 Three Amazon.com Insiders Sold 80,000 Common Shs (Copyright (c) 1998, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) ISSUER: AMAZON.COM INC. SYMBOL: AMZN WASHINGTON (FFBN) -- Three Amazon.com Inc. insiders sold a total of 80,000 shares of the company's common stock during August, according to Form 4s released today by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Chief financial officer Joy Covey sold 25,000 shares on August 6 at a price of $104.55 per share. At the end of the month, Covey directly owned 317,700 shares of Amazon.com common stock, adjusted for a two-for-one stock split on June 1. Company vice-president and chief information officer Richard Dalzell exercised an option for 25,000 shares at a price of approximately $12.66 per share on August 25. That same day, Dalzell sold the shares for a price of $135.50 per share. Dalzell owned zero shares at the end of August. Amazon.com director Tom Alberg sold 20,000 shares on August 6 at a price of $107.06 per share, and then followed that up by selling an additional 10,000 shares on August 10 at a price of $119.19 per share. At the end of the month, Alberg directly owned 184,000 Amazon.com shares, adjusted for a two-for-one stock split on June 1. On August 4, the company announced that it will acquire two Internet firms for approximately $280 million. In late August, Barnes & Noble Corp. (BKS) announced that it was filing an initial public offering for its on-line division, barnesandnoble.com. Recently, shares of Amazon.com were trading down 2 1/8 points at 77 1/2. (END) FEDERAL FILINGS-DOW JONES NEWS 09-11-98 13:44 /FEDERAL FILINGS CONTACTS: (202) 393-7856 FOR EDITORIAL, (800) 487-6162 FOR DOCUMENT SALES, (202) 628-8990 FOR NEWSWIRE SALES, (888) FED-FILE FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT, & fedfil.com /