Initial share buy by Stobart non-exec

Oct 26, 2009

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Daniel Dayan, who was appointed a non-executive director of Stobart Group in July, has bought 40,000 shares following the release of the transport group's interim figures last week. Dayan held no shares before this purchase.

Stobart reported an increase in pre-tax profits from £11m to £12.4m in the six months to August 2009. Revenues improved from £199m to £218m. New contracts have been won with Tesco and Nestle.

Stobart chief executive Andrew Tinkler has separately revealed that he has pledged 7.3m of his shares as security for a loan. He owns 30.5m shares, equivalent to 12.15% of Stobart.

Chief operating officer William Stobart has pledged 2.7m of his shares in security for a loan. He owns 11.1m shares, or 4.42% of the issued capital.

Top Director Buys

designcapital (DESC) Director name: Mr Philippe Herve Amount purchased: 442,926 @ 13.00p

Value: £57,580

Stobart Group (STOB) Director name: Mr Daniel Dayan Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 125.46p

Value: £50,200

African Aura Mining (AAAM) Director name: Mr Guido (Guy) E Pas Amount purchased: 45,000 @ 78.00p

Value: £35,100

Inland (INL) Director name: Mr Stephen Desmond Wicks Amount purchased: 225,000 @ 14.00p

Value: £31,500

Portmeirion (PMP) Director name: Mr B.W.J. Phillips Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 280.00p

Value: £28,000

Gleeson (M J) Group (GLE) Director name: Mr Nicholas Christopher Holt Amount purchased: 18,151 @ 109.00p

Value: £19,785

Hill and Smith (HILS) Director name: Mr Clive Snowdon Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 330.00p

Value: £16,500

Money Debt & Credit Group (MDCG) Director name: Mr Simon Johnson Amount purchased: 369,415 @ 4.30p

Value: £15,885

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