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Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst (ASL)

AIC Sector:

UK Smaller Companies

Sector:

Equity Investment Instruments

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£309.58m

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Capital & Regional chief sells options

Date: Friday 20 Apr 2007

LONDON (ShareCast) - Chief executive of Capital & Regional, Martin Barber, has sold 50,000 options in the property group to raise £767,000.

Barber, who currently holds around 2.3m shares in the group, sold the shares at 1534p each.

Top Director Buys

Patsystems (PTS)
Director name: Mr Stewart Douglas-Mann
Amount purchased: 432,597 @ 29.00p
Value: £125,453

Patsystems (PTS)
Director name: Mr David Paul Webber
Amount purchased: 275,000 @ 28.60p
Value: £78,650

AssetCo (ASTO)
Director name: Mr Frank Flynn
Amount purchased: 40,250 @ 191.00p
Value: £76,878

Next Fifteen Communications (NFC)
Director name: Mr Will Whitehorn
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 89.50p
Value: £22,375

Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst (ASL)
Director name: Dr Walter Nimmo
Amount purchased: 2,550 @ 777.11p
Value: £19,816

Investika (IVK)
Director name: Mr Chrisilios Kyriakou
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 198.18p
Value: £5,945

Top Director Sells

Capital and Regional (CAL)
Director name: Mr Martin Barber
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 1,534.00p
Value: £767,000

LogicaCMG (LOG)
Director name: Mr Jim McKenna
Amount sold: 118,996 @ 181.94p
Value: £216,501

Churchill China (CHH)
Director name: Mr Edward Stephen Roper
Amount sold: 50,000 @ 270.00p
Value: £135,000

Patsystems (PTS)
Director name: Mr Stewart Douglas-Mann
Amount sold: 432,597 @ 28.99p
Value: £125,410

Royalblue (RYB)
Director name: Mr Ron Mackintosh
Amount sold: 10,000 @ 1,184.08p
Value: £118,408

Royalblue (RYB)
Director name: Mr Andy Malpass
Amount sold: 8,148 @ 1,184.08p
Value: £96,479

Patsystems (PTS)
Director name: Mr David Paul Webber
Amount sold: 275,000 @ 28.50p
Value: £78,375

Churchill China (CHH)
Director name: Mr Ralph Grundy
Amount sold: 17,000 @ 270.00p
Value: £45,900

Mavinwood (MVW)
Director name: Mr Stephen Watkins
Amount sold: 200,800 @ 18.80p
Value: £37,750

Cosalt (CSLT)
Director name: Mr F W (Bill) Wood
Amount sold: 5,000 @ 414.00p
Value: £20,700

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ASL Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 313.75p Price Up
YTD Change -£2.81
YTD % Change -47.22%
DIV Yield % 4.8%

ASL Key Data

NAV 405.34p (18-Nov-2008)
Discount -22.60% (Intraday)
Gearing 110 (31-Oct-2008)
Total Assets £452.41m (31-Oct-2008)

ASL Key Facts

Structure Conventional
Launch Date 10-Dec-1990
Mangement Group Aberforth
AIC Sector UK Smaller Companies

ASL Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim 2nd Interim
Ex-Div 30-Jul-08 30-Jan-08
Paid 21-Aug-08 21-Feb-08
Amount 6.00p 10.50p

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Time Volume / Share Price
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