Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company
Insider trading & Transactions

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Transaction Date Insider Security Shares Price per share Total value Source
Sale
CANNON TIMOTHY LON officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 8,500 $12.5 $106,250
Option
RAMSAYER LEE RAYMOND officer: See remarks.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 15,000 $12.5 $187,500
Sale
RAMSAYER LEE RAYMOND officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 15,000 $12.5 $187,500
Option
CULLINANE MARY JOHANNA officer: See remarks.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 15,000 $12.5 $187,500
Option
CANNON TIMOTHY LON officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 8,500 $12.5 $106,250
Sale
CULLINANE MARY JOHANNA officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 15,000 $12.5 $187,500
Option
MCKERNAN JOHN R JR director
Common Stock 4,542 N/A N/A
Option
GREENTHAL JILL A director
Common Stock 5,970 N/A N/A
Option
FISH LAWRENCE K director
Restricted Stock Units 9,132 N/A N/A
Option
GREENTHAL JILL A director
Restricted Stock Units 5,970 N/A N/A
Option
MILLER JON director
Common Stock 6,650 N/A N/A
Option
CROVITZ L GORDON director
Restricted Stock Units 5,014 N/A N/A
Option
MCKERNAN JOHN R JR director
Restricted Stock Units 4,542 N/A N/A
Option
MILLER JON director
Restricted Stock Units 6,650 N/A N/A
Option
CROVITZ L GORDON director
Common Stock 5,014 N/A N/A
Option
NOVAK E ROGERS JR director
Restricted Stock Units 3,360 N/A N/A
Option
KILLIAN JOHN F director
Restricted Stock Units 5,970 N/A N/A
Option
KILLIAN JOHN F director
Common Stock 5,970 N/A N/A
Option
NOVAK E ROGERS JR director
Common Stock 3,360 N/A N/A
Option
FISH LAWRENCE K director
Common Stock 9,132 N/A N/A
Option
DRAGOON JOHN officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 25,000 $12.5 $312,500
Sale
DRAGOON JOHN officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 25,000 $12.5 $312,500
Option
COLANGELO BROOK MICKEY officer: See remarks.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 4,166 $12.5 $52,075
Sale
COLANGELO BROOK MICKEY officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 4,166 $12.5 $52,075
Option
DRAGOON JOHN officer: See remarks.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 25,000 $12.5 $312,500
Option
GENTEL GARY LEE other: See remarks.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 9,000 $12.5 $112,500
Sale
GENTEL GARY LEE other: See remarks.
Common Stock 9,000 $12.5 $112,500
Option
COLANGELO BROOK MICKEY officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 4,166 $12.5 $52,075
Option
GENTEL GARY LEE other: See remarks.
Common Stock 9,000 $12.5 $112,500
Sale
DOLAN MICHAEL officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 10,000 $20.35 $203,490
Option
DOLAN MICHAEL officer: See remarks.
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10,000 $20.35 $203,490
Option
DOLAN MICHAEL officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 10,000 $20.35 $203,490
Option
ZECHER LINDA KAY director, officer: See remarks.
Restricted Stock Units 34,884 N/A N/A
Option
BAYERS WILLIAM FREDERICK officer: See remarks.
Restricted Stock Units 4,652 N/A N/A
Option
BAYERS WILLIAM FREDERICK officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 4,652 N/A N/A
Option
SHUMAN ERIC LON officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 11,628 N/A N/A
Option
SHUMAN ERIC LON officer: See remarks.
Restricted Stock Units 11,628 N/A N/A
Option
ZECHER LINDA KAY director, officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 34,884 N/A N/A
Purchase
COLANGELO BROOK MICKEY officer: See remarks.
Common Stock 10 $16.83 $168
Sale
LASRY MARC 10 percent owner
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 2,032,849 $12 $24,394,188
Sale
PAULSON & CO INC
Common Stock 5,455,154 $12 $65,461,848
Purchase
ANCHORAGE CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. 10 percent owner
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 7,000,000 $12 $84,000,000
Option
NOVAK E ROGERS JR director
Restricted Stock Units 6,800 N/A N/A
Sale
ANCHORAGE CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. 10 percent owner
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 3,741,355 $12 $44,896,260
Option
NOVAK E ROGERS JR director
Common Stock 6,800 N/A N/A
Purchase
ANCHORAGE CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C. 10 percent owner
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 72,818 $14 $1,019,452

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Every director or senior officer, as well as any other entity or individual owning more than 10% of the company’s shares on the stock market, is called an insider. Such people or entities are allowed to buy/sell the company's shares under strictly controlled conditions. Key premise here is that none of them can make trades based on non-public information about the company.