Manroy's chairman Andrew Blurton has been upping his stake in the machine gun maker.The firm announced today that he bought 25,000 shares at 110p a time. Earlier in the week he took 10,000 shares at 104p a time. He now has 295,000 shares, which is more than 2.3% of the company.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 BuysCable & Wireless Communications (CWC) Director name: Sir Richard D LapthorneAmount purchased: 1,501,131 @ 36.57p Value: £548,964Absolute Return Trust Ltd. GBP Shares (ABR) Director name: Mr Nicholas FryAmount purchased: 29,301 @ 117.90p Value: £34,546Manroy (MAN) Director name: Mr Andrew F BlurtonAmount purchased: 25,000 @ 110.00p Value: £27,500Breedon Aggregates Ltd. (BREE) Director name: Mr Peter W G TomAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 18.50p Value: £18,500
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