Manroy chairman buys again
A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far.
Andrew Blurton, the chairman of machine gun maker Manroy, has been buying again, spending £55,000 on shares. The company announced today that he bought another 50,000 shares, paying 105p a time and bringing his total stake to 345,000, or 2.7% of the company. The latest buy comes after purchases totalling 35,000 shares announced last week. Manroy supplies the UK Army. In January it announced that it had signed a spare parts contract with an unnamed Middle East government. Weapons the company supplies include the .50" M2HB Machine Gun and the ME 7.62mm GPMG. Top Director BuysLand Securities Group (LAND) Director name: Mr Richard AkersAmount purchased: 6,690 @ 860.95p Value: £57,598Manroy (MAN) Director name: Mr Andrew F BlurtonAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 110.00p Value: £55,000Absolute Return Trust Ltd. GBP Shares (ABR) Director name: Mr Andrew SykesAmount purchased: 26,218 @ 118.00p Value: £30,937Mithras Inv Trust (MTH) Director name: Mr David James Buchanan ShearerAmount purchased: 15,000 @ 111.25p Value: £16,688Mithras Inv Trust (MTH) Director name: Mr David James Buchanan ShearerAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 111.00p Value: £11,100Top Director SellsBurberry Group (BRBY) Director name: Ms Angela AhrendtsAmount sold: 425,000 @ 1,514.37p Value: £6,436,072Burberry Group (BRBY) Director name: Ms Stacey CartwrightAmount sold: 175,000 @ 1,514.37p Value: £2,650,147Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) Director name: Mr Justin KingAmount sold: 181,302 @ 302.00p Value: £547,532Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) Director name: Mr Justin KingAmount sold: 42,436 @ 303.43p Value: £128,764
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