The independent non-executive director of North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust, Enrique Foster Gittes, has purchased his first stake in the company - and it was a big one at £947,500.
The seventy-year-old American lawyer bought 100,000 shares at 947.5p per share, taking his total 0.71%.
Gittes, who is also president of Bodega Foster SA in Argentina, has been on the firm's board since 1992, taking up the position of chairman six years later.
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Earlier this week, the group said that its diluted net asset value had dropped 1.8% in the six months to the end of July.
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This compared favourably with Standard & Poors Composite Index, which saw a 2% fall.
The post-tax revenue return after tax for the half year saw a loss of £1.16m, lower than than the same period the previous year (2010: £1.88m).
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North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust (NAS) Director name: Mr E F GittesAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 947.50p Value: £947,500
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