Departing chairman Kevin Beeston has sold nearly all his remaining shares in outsourcing group Serco.
Alastair Lyons will take up the chairmanship of the company after the Annual General Meeting on 11 May. Lyons has been non-executive chairman of Admiral Group since 2000.
Beeston's departure marks his 25th anniversary at Serco. He was executive chairman for more than six years before switching to non-executive chairman in September 2007. He was previously finance director and then chief executive.
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The sale of 293,900 shares at 594p a share, raises £1.75m and leaves Beeston with 25 shares in Serco.
Earlier this month Beeston raised £1.6m from the sale of nil cost options, while in October he generated just over £410,000 from share sales.
On 24 September, Beeston exercised options over 776,837 shares at a cost of £1.58m. He immediately sold 506,112 shares at 503.32p each, raising £2.55m.
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BP (BP.) Director name: Dr Dr Anthony (Tony) B HaywardAmount sold: 223,288 @ 623.20p Value: £1,391,531
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