The chief executive of BBA Aviation Simon Pryce has taken advantage of a recent dip in the aircraft service company's share price to spend more than £100,000 on shares.
He bought 100,000 shares in the company at 102p a time, lifting his holding to 317,780 shares.
The company, which provides services such as refuelling for airlines, has seen its share price fall by nearly a third in the past month.
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Pryce has been lifting his stake in the company steadily over the past year, paying less each time. Last November he bought 20,000 shares at just over 200p a time.
Back in August, revenues in the six months to June 30 climbed by 15% from the same period a year ago to £560.5m. BBA said 9% of this rise was due to the higher oil price.
"We now expect that our performance in the second half of 2008 will be broadly similar to the first half, assuming that there is no further adverse impact from the widespread economic slowdown," Pryce said at the time.
However, the global economic outlook has deteriorated since then and oil prices now sit around $90 a barrel having approached $150 just a few months ago.
Pryce, a qualified chartered accountant, was appointed chief executive of BBA in June 2007. He previously spent nine years at the technology and engineering firm GKN.
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