Date: Tuesday 02 Oct 2007
LONDON (ShareCast) - Investment company Livermore's chief executive Noam Lanir now owns 47.8% of the company after Groverton Management, a company Lanir owns, bought 5.32m shares at an average price of 35.5p per share.
The group also announced today that Ron Baron, chief investment officer, acquired a total of 2.28m shares at an average price of 35.5p per share, directly and through RB Investments, on 28 September.
Baron now holds 1.9m shares or 4.2% of the issued share capital of the company, directly and through RB Investments. Last week, Livermore saw first-half net profit from continuing operations rise to $11.9m compared with $4.7m last time.
Top Director Buys
Livermore Investments (LIV)
Director name: Mr Noam Lanir
Amount purchased: 5,320,606 @ 35.50p
Value: £1,888,815
Cattles (CTT)
Director name: Mr Seán P Mahon
Amount purchased: 399,913 @ 349.00p
Value: £1,395,696
Livermore Investments (LIV)
Director name: Mr Ron Baron
Amount purchased: 2,276,167 @ 35.50p
Value: £808,039
Eastern European Trust (EST)
Director name: Mr Neil England
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 357.00p
Value: £107,100
Vanco (VAN)
Director name: Mr Ted Raffetto
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 136.00p
Value: £68,000
DS Smith (SMDS)
Director name: Mr Anthony David Thorne
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 198.75p
Value: £49,688
DS Smith (SMDS)
Director name: Mr Robert Geoffrey Beeston
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 199.00p
Value: £39,800
Cattles (CTT)
Director name: Ms Margaret Young
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 351.00p
Value: £17,550
Property Recycling Group (PROP)
Director name: Mr George Atterbury
Amount purchased: 25,099 @ 53.00p
Value: £13,302
Top Director Sells
BAE Systems (BA.)
Director name: Mr Michael Turner
Amount sold: 66,972 @ 493.10p
Value: £330,239
BAE Systems (BA.)
Director name: Mr George Rose
Amount sold: 64,604 @ 490.25p
Value: £316,721
BAE Systems (BA.)
Director name: Mr Michael Turner
Amount sold: 63,842 @ 493.10p
Value: £314,805
BAE Systems (BA.)
Director name: Mr Walt Havenstein
Amount sold: 23,688 @ 491.00p
Value: £116,308