MIDDLEBY Corp — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 18, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MIDDLEBY CORP (MIDD)
CIK: 0000769520
Period of Report: 2011-03-02

Reporting Person: FITZGERALD TIMOTHY JOHN (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-07	Common Stock	F	3722	$87.87	Disposed	211734	Direct
2011-03-15	Common Stock	F	27971	$82.78	Disposed	183763	Direct
2011-03-02	Common Stock	M	7972	$9.235	Acquired	191735	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-03-02	Option to buy	$9.235	M	7972	Disposed	2013-10-23	Common Stock (7972)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Transaction related to the surrender of shares to fund reporting persons tax liability related to a restricted stock vesting

F2: Transaction rrepresent 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 on the date of grant, and expires on October 23,2013.