Legal & General finance chief invests £670,000

Oct 19, 2009

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Legal & General's new chief financial officer Dr Nigel Wilson has bought £670,000 worth of shares less than seven weeks after joining the board of the insurer.

Dr Wilson tookup his appointment on 1 September 2009. He did not own any shares at the time. Dr Wilson bought 760,948 shares at 88p each on 16 October. That is equivalent to 0.013% of L&G.

He has been awarded a further 760,948 shares at 88p each. The award of these matching shares is conditional. A further 1.19m shares have been conditionally awarded at 87.9p each as part of the company's performance share plan.

Dr Wilson joined L&G from United Business Media, where he was deputy chief executive and finance director. He is also senior non-executive director at retailer Halfords.

L&G reported a 92% slump in operating profit in the six months to June 2009. The interim dividend was slashed by 45% to 1.11p a share.

The L&G share price closed at 74.45p on 1 September and has recovered to 85.85p. The share price is one-third higher than one year ago.

Top Director Buys

Legal & General Group (LGEN) Director name: Mr Nigel Wilson Amount purchased: 760,948 @ 88.00p

Value: £669,634

Ukraine Opportunity Trust (UKRO) Director name: Mr Miles Quintin Morland Amount purchased: 50,000 @ $2.00

Value: $100,000

North Midland Construction (NMD) Director name: Mr Robert Moyle Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 170.00p

Value: £17,000

Top Director Sells

Goodwin Plc (GDWN) Director name: Mr Matthew Stanley Goodwin Amount sold: 52,133 @ 1,055.00p

Value: £550,003

Xstrata (XTA) Director name: Mr David Rough Amount sold: 14,000 @ 1,021.00p

Value: £142,940

BATM Advanced (BVC) Director name: Dr Dan Kaznelson Amount sold: 30,000 @ 55.00p

Value: £16,500

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