Northern Bear chief stake under 2m

Jul 02, 2009

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Support services group Northern Bear said chief executive Graham Forrest raised £150,000 and reduced his stake in the firm to under 2m shares.

Forrest disposed of 300,000 shares to a third party at a price of 50p each. He is now interested in 1.98m shares, which represents 10.46% of the group.

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Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX) Director name: Mr Mark Vernon Amount purchased: 4,383 @ 817.20p

Value: £35,818

Eredene Capital (ERE) Director name: Mr Nikhil Manohar Naik Amount purchased: 158,000 @ 19.50p

Value: £30,810

Severn Trent (SVT) Director name: Sir John Egan Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 1,103.50p

Value: £22,070

Legal & General Group (LGEN) Director name: Sir Sir Robert J Margetts Amount purchased: 26,699 @ 57.30p

Value: £15,299

KCOM Group (KCOM) Director name: Mr Paul Simpson Amount purchased: 51,851 @ 27.00p

Value: £14,000

KCOM Group (KCOM) Director name: Mr Martin Towers Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 27.00p

Value: £13,500

KCOM Group (KCOM) Director name: Mr Graham Holden Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 27.00p

Value: £10,800

Top Director Sells

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Peter Chernin Amount sold: 443,016 @ $9.27

Value: $4,106,758

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Peter Chernin Amount sold: 146,063 @ $9.27

Value: $1,354,004

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Peter Chernin Amount sold: 126,771 @ $9.27

Value: $1,175,167

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr David DeVoe Amount sold: 88,602 @ $9.27

Value: $821,341

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Rupert Murdoch Amount sold: 36,180 @ $9.27

Value: $335,389

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Value: $270,767

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr David DeVoe Amount sold: 25,352 @ $9.27

Value: $235,013

Northern Bear (NTBR) Director name: Mr Graham Stuart Lindsay Forrest Amount sold: 300,000 @ 50.00p

Value: £150,000

Walker Crips Group (WCW) Director name: Mr Stephen Bailey Amount sold: 50,000 @ 43.00p

Value: £21,500

News Corp A (NCRA) Director name: Mr Kenneth Cowley Amount sold: 2,462 @ $6.96

Value: $17,136