MIDDLEBY Corp — Director's Dealing 2010

Dec 22, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MIDDLEBY CORP (MIDD)
CIK: 0000769520
Period of Report: 2010-12-17

Reporting Person: FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHN (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-17	Common Stock	M	500	$9.235	Acquired	255454	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-12-17	Option to Buy	$9.235	M	500	Disposed	2013-10-23	Common Stock (500)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Transaction represents the exercise of vested stock options. Reporting person was granted 70,000 shares of common stock of the Company on October 23,2003 that carried an exercise price of $9.235, the fair market value of the Company common stock on the date of grant, and expires on October 23, 2013.