Frances H. Frank, Director at MIDDLEFIELD BANC CORP (MBCN), bought 3,125 shares at $16.00 ($50K) on 2011-01-31, disclosed to the SEC on 2011-02-02.
Open-market purchase of $50k MBCN by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.