Ken Hanna, a non-executive director at Aggreko since October, has opened his account with the temporary power and temperature control specialist, taking a big chunk of shares.
He took 10,000 shares at 1,500p a go, spending a total of £150,000.
The purchase was announced on the same day Aggreko said it has won a contract to be the exclusive supplier of temporary energy services at the London Olympics in 2012.
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The value of the contract is expected to be around £37m. It will also be the sponsor of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The news will be welcomed by Aggreko, which has enjoyed a strong 2010, due in large part to events such as the football World Cup, but warned that about £90m in revenues from major events will not recur in 2011.
Hanna is the chairman of car dealer Inchcape and a non-executive director of the supermarket Tesco. He has also been the chief financial officer of the chocolate company Cadbury before it was taken over by the US food giant Kraft.
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