LONDON (ShareCast) - Character licensor Entertainment Rights' chief executive Nick Phillips bought into the company today, spending £36,000 on shares.
He took 500,000 shares in the Basil Brush and Postman Pat firm at 7.2p each, having previously had no stake.
Last month, chairman Rod Bransgrove bought 550,000 shares at 9.3p a go, lifting his interest to 19.7m, or around 2.7% of the business.
Phillips was appointed CEO in March following time as chairman and chief executive of Warner Music UK and Universal Music UK.
Top Director Buys
Syndicate Asset Management (SAM)
Director name: Mr John Morton
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 87.00p
Value: £87,000
CSR (CSR)
Director name: Mr Ron Mackintosh
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 344.00p
Value: £86,000
G4S (GFS)
Director name: Mr Mark Elliott
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 226.52p
Value: £33,978
G4S (GFS)
Director name: Mr Mark Elliott
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 226.01p
Value: £22,601
Standard Chartered (STAN)
Director name: Mr Stefano Paolo Bertamini
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 1,840.00p
Value: £36,800
Entertainment Rights (ERT)
Director name: Mr Nick Phillips
Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 7.20p
Value: £36,000
Jubilee Platinum (JLP)
Director name: Mr Colin Bird
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 73.00p
Value: £18,250
Aero Inventory (AI.)
Director name: Mr Paul Docker
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 550.00p
Value: £16,500
Infonic (IFNC)
Director name: Mr David Granger Ure
Amount purchased: 287,833 @ 5.10p
Value: £14,679
West China Cement (WCC)
Director name: Mr Robert Sinclair Robertson
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 143.00p
Value: £14,300
Top Director Sells
Brambles Ld (BXB)
Director name: Mr Craig van der Laan de Vries
Amount sold: 255,000 @ 394.54p
Value: £1,006,077
News Corp A (NCRA)
Director name: Mr Sir Rod Eddington
Amount sold: 50,000 @ $19.38
Value: $969,000
News Corp A (NCRA)
Director name: Mr Sir Rod Eddington
Amount sold: 40,000 @ $18.86
Value: $754,400
British Land Co (BLND)
Director name: Mr Andrew M Jones
Amount sold: 12,871 @ 799.20p
Value: £102,865