Non-executive director Patrick McKenna has taken advantage of a large discount to net asset value to snap up 12.6m shares in investment company Ingenious Media Active Capital.
The total cost of the stake was £5.8m. He paid 46p a share compared with a net asset value of 65.6p a share at the end of September 2009 - as reported on 14 December. That buying price is a 30% discount to NAV. The share price hit a low of 18.5p in March.
McKenna owns 25.1% of IMAC. McKenna founded the company's investment manager Ingenious Media in 1988 and prior to that he was chairman and chief executive of Lord Lloyd Webber's company Really Useful Group.
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IMAC specialises in investing in unquoted media companies. It floated in April 2006 and raised £150m at 100p a share. Investments include TV production companies Whizz Kid Entertainment and digital marketing agency Outside Line. One of its less successful investments has been business publisher Incisive Media.
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Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC) Director name: Mr Patrick Anthony McKennaAmount purchased: 12,600,000 @ 46.00p Value: £5,796,000
F&C Inv Trust (FRCL) Director name: Mr Simon FraserAmount purchased: 30,000 @ 263.30p Value: £78,990
Davis Service Group (DVSG) Director name: Mr Peter VentressAmount purchased: 13,000 @ 391.30p Value: £50,869
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Gareth DavisAmount purchased: 2,067 @ 1,903.64p Value: £39,348
Monitise (MONI) Director name: Mr Duncan J McIntyreAmount purchased: 250,000 @ 12.87p Value: £32,175
Inland (INL) Director name: Mr Nishith Motilal Meghji MaldeAmount purchased: 187,500 @ 16.00p Value: £30,000
Inland (INL) Director name: Mr Nishith Motilal Meghji MaldeAmount purchased: 187,500 @ 16.00p Value: £30,000
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Ms Alison CooperAmount purchased: 1,497 @ 1,903.64p Value: £28,497
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Graham BlashillAmount purchased: 1,359 @ 1,903.64p Value: £25,870
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Robert DyrbusAmount purchased: 1,247 @ 1,903.64p Value: £23,738
Top Director Sells
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Gareth DavisAmount sold: 97,461 @ 1,903.64p Value: £1,855,307
Investec (INVP) Director name: Mr Stephen KoseffAmount sold: 310,000 @ 427.00p Value: £1,323,700
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Robert DyrbusAmount sold: 46,396 @ 1,903.64p Value: £883,213
Whitbread (WTB) Director name: Mr Simon BarrattAmount sold: 42,000 @ 1,380.20p Value: £579,684
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Graham BlashillAmount sold: 22,760 @ 1,903.64p Value: £433,268
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Ms Alison CooperAmount sold: 14,881 @ 1,903.64p Value: £283,281
Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) Director name: Mr Matthew PhillipsAmount sold: 3,337 @ 1,903.64p Value: £63,524
