Joan Badrinas Ardevol, Chief Technology Officer at XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC (XRM), bought 20,000 shares at $0.90 ($18K) on 2008-12-08, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-12-10.
Open-market purchase of $18k XRM by Chief Technology Officer. 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.