North Tide Capital Master, LP, 10% Owner at VIVUS INC (VVUS), bought 500,000 shares at $3.23 ($1.6M) on 2015-01-08, disclosed to the SEC on 2015-01-09.
Open-market purchase of $1.6M VVUS by 10% Owner. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Negative factors outweigh the positive ones.
| # | Price | Shares | Value | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3.04 | 20,010 | $61K | 3.9% |
| 2 | $3.04 | 46,690 | $142K | 9.1% |
| 3 | $3.05 | 52,500 | $160K | 10.2% |
| 4 | $3.05 | 63,280 | $193K | 12.4% |
| 5 | $3.05 | 22,500 | $69K | 4.4% |
| 6 | $3.05 | 27,120 |
| $83K |
| 5.3% |
| 7 | $3.06 | 15,000 | $46K | 2.9% |
| 8 | $3.06 | 35,000 | $107K | 6.9% |
| 9 | $3.20 | 15,000 | $48K | 3.1% |
| 10 | $3.20 | 35,000 | $112K | 7.2% |
| 11 | $3.23 | 50,370 | $163K | 10.4% |
| 12 | $3.23 | 117,530 | $380K | 24.3% |
| Total | $3.13 avg | 500,000 | $1.6M | 100% |
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| VVUS | SELL | 2017-02-22 | $358K | — | Filing → |
| VVUS | SELL | 2017-02-13 | $317K | — | Filing → |
| VVUS | SELL | 2017-02-03 | $148K | — | Filing → |