Alan Wiseman, the chairman of Robert Wiseman Dairies, has raised £3m from a share sale.
Wiseman sold 615,000 shares at 491.5p each. He still owns 15.2% of the Scottish dairy group.
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Turnover rose 5% to £886.2m and sales volumes leapt 9% to a record 1.77 billion litres in the year to early April 2010. Profit before tax was 60% ahead at £49.2m, boosted by higher cream prices and a £1.9m cut in the OFT's price-fixing fine.
Top Director Buys
British Land Co (BLND) Director name: Mr Stephen Smith Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 429.00p Value: £214,500
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) Director name: Mr D M M DuttonAmount purchased: 45,000 @ 435.20p Value: £195,840
Brulines (BRU) Director name: Mr James DicksonAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 113.00p Value: £56,500
Brulines (BRU) Director name: Mr James DicksonAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 113.00p Value: £56,500
The Conygar Investment Company (CIC) Director name: Mr Nigel J HamwayAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 106.00p Value: £53,000
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) Director name: Mr Robert O RowleyAmount purchased: 200,000 @ 26.02p Value: £52,040
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) Director name: Mr Kevin S BeestonAmount purchased: 193,981 @ 25.78p Value: £50,008
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) Director name: Mr Peter RedfernAmount purchased: 193,981 @ 25.78p Value: £50,008
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) Director name: Ms Sheryl Palmer Amount purchased: 128,295 @ 25.78p Value: £33,074
Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG) Director name: Mr Alan FletcherAmount purchased: 25,000 @ 116.00p Value: £29,000
Top Director Sells
Robert Wiseman (RWD) Director name: Mr Alan W WisemanAmount sold: 615,000 @ 491.50p Value: £3,022,725
News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Rupert MurdochAmount sold: 18,626 @ $12.21 Value: $227,423
News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Rupert MurdochAmount sold: 17,897 @ $12.21 Value: $218,522
Unilever (ULVR) Director name: Professor Genevieve BergerAmount sold: 3,702 @ 1,757.00p Value: £65,044
Norman Hay (HNN) Director name: Mr V P BellantiAmount sold: 13,568 @ 94.50p Value: £12,822
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