The chief executive of Colt has opened his wallet, splashing out nearly £250,000 on shares in the business communications and IT managed services firm.
Rakesh Bhasin bought 200,000 shares at 121.4p a go and now has 500,000. Back in May he took 100,000 at 118.5p a time.
Bhasin was appointed to the board of Colt in December 2006. He is a former president and chief executive of Tokyo-based telecoms group KVH and has also held positions at AT&T, also a telecoms group and at Japan Telecom Company.
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