Midwest Insider Trading

June 17, 2012 at 8:29PM

ALLETE INC.

DONALD SHIPPAR director

Exercised options: 5,000 Price: $39.10

Date: June 11-13

Shares sold: 5,000 Price: $40.75-$40.78

Date: June 11-13Directly holds: 29,895

ANGEION CORP.

GREGG OWEN LEHMAN CEO

Shares purchased: 3,400 Price: $5.73

Date: June 13Directly holds: 48,478

BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC.

MARY TWINEM CFO

Shares sold: 2,000 Price: $79.44

Date: June 5Directly holds: 56,973

ECOLAB INC.

WILLIAM H. GATES III major shareholder

Shares purchased: 919,046 Price:

Date: June 1-5$61.79-$61.99

Indirectly holds: 27,920,400

THOMAS HANDLEY officer

Exercised options: 70,000 Price: $25.49

Date: June 6Directly holds: NA

PHILLIP MASON officer

Exercised options: 29,300 Price: $45.24

Date: June 8

Shares sold: 29,300 Price: $66.00

Date: June 8Directly holds: 26,457

JAMES MILLER officer

Exercised options: 15,000 Price: $27.39

Date: June 11

Shares sold: 1,941 Price: $65.91

Date: June 11Indirectly holds: 34,832

FAMOUS DAVE'S OF AMERICA INC.

CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL CEO

Exercised options: 30,000 Price: $6.60

Date: June 12Directly holds: NA

FASTENAL CO.

JAMES JANSEN officer

Shares purchased: 1,300 Price: $39.99

Date: June 7Directly holds: 15,279

LELAND HEIN officer

Shares purchased: 3,300 Price:

$39.44-$39.45

Date: June 8Directly holds: 13,775

GRANITE CITY FOOD & BREWERY

FOUAD ZOUHAIR BASHOUR shareholder

Shares purchased: 3,125,000 Price: $2.08

Date: June 8Indirectly holds: 3,264,300

NAVARRE CORP.

RICHARD WILLIS CEO

Shares purchased: 5,000 Price: $1.48

Date: June 12Directly holds: 335,300

OTTER TAIL CORP.

GEORGE KOECK general counsel

Shares sold: 2,000 Price: $22.28-$22.36

Date: June 7Directly holds: 12,231

PATTERSON COMPANIES INC.

SCOTT ANDERSON CEO

Exercised options: 6,982 Price: $19.97

Date: June 7

Shares sold: 10,983 Price: $33.23

Date: June 7Directly holds: 106,720

RIMAGE CORP.

SHERMAN BLACK CEO

Shares purchased: 3,000 Price:

Date: June 11$7.84-$7.99

Indirectly holds: 63,200

THOMAS MADISON director

Shares purchased: 1,500 Price: $7.87-$8

Date: June 11Directly holds: 13,000

ROBERT OLSON director

Shares purchased: 5,000 Price:

Date: June 11-12$7.75-$7.93

Directly holds: 5,000

JAMES STEWART CFO

Shares purchased: 1,000 Price:

Date: June 12$7.96-$7.97

Directly holds: 26,343

SPS COMMERCE INC.

JAMES FROME officer

Exercised options: 10,000 Price: $0.37

Date: June 7

Shares sold: 10,000 Price: $28.06

Date: June 7Directly holds: 6,319

DAVID NOVAK JR. officer

Exercised options: 5,000 Price: $2.92

Date: June 11

Shares sold: 5,000 Price: $28

Date: June 11Directly holds: 6,319

TARGET CORP.

ROXANNE SCHUH AUSTIN director

Exercised options: 16,849 Price:

Date: June 8$33.80-$38.25

Shares sold: 16,849 Price: $58.75

Date: June 8Directly holds: 11,513

TIMOTHY BAER officer

Shares sold: 34,872 Price: $58.84-$59.15

Date: June 8-11Directly holds: 40,742

TORO CO.

MICHAEL DRAZAN officer

Exercised options: 7,050 Price: $24.16

Date: June 6

Shares sold: 7,050 Price: $71.44

Date: June 6Directly holds: 24,210

MICHAEL HOFFMAN CEO

Exercised options: 15,804 Price: $16.14

Date: June 8

Shares sold: 15,804 Price: $72.16

Date: June 8Directly holds: 275,116

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC.

RICHARD TAYLOR SR BURKE director

Exercised options: 11,920 Price:

Date: June 6$21.08-$23.09

Directly holds: NA

GAIL WILENSKY director

Exercised options: 21,840 Price:

Date: June 6$20.86-$23.67

Shares sold: 21,840 Price: $57.24

Date: June 6Directly holds: 45,317

VALSPAR CORP.

JANEL HAUGARTH director

Exercised options: 22,600 Price:

Date: June 13$18.01-$28.15

Shares sold: 22,600 Price: $48.84-$49.02

Date: June 13Directly holds: 17,085

XATA CORP.

MICHAEL PAXTON director

Shares purchased: 5,000 Price:

Date: June 11-13$0.93-$1.28

Directly holds: 24,999

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