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Entertainment One Film President continues sale, Empresaria builds stake

Tue, 10th Dec 2013 16:17

Patrice Theroux, the President of Film at Entertainment One, has reduced his stake in the entertainment company with the sale of 259,538 shares. The shares were traded in at 239.25p a time for a total value of £620,945.The transaction followed two other share sales of 665,462 at 240.1p on December 5th and a further 75,000 at 240p on the 6th, raising a total of £1.78m. The company said the transactions were all part of an intended disposal of a total of 1.5m shares. Elsewhere, the Chairman of Empresaria, Tony Martin, bought 3.23m shares at 36p each, increasing his overall holding to 12.92m shares, equal to 29% of the issued share capital. In September the specialist staffing group posted a fall in revenue and net fee income for the half year, hit by a decline in the Continental Europe region. Revenue decreased 2% to £95.6m (June 2012: £97.8m), with permanent revenue up 7% and temporary staffing revenues down 3% year-on-year. Adjusted (to exclude amortisation of intangible assets and exceptional items) profit before tax up 21% to £1.7m (June 2012: £1.4m), as the cost of sales and administrative costs both declined.Top Director BuysF&C Asset Management (FCAM) Director name: Mr David LoganAmount purchased: 140 @ 89,928,000.00p Value: £125,899,200Empresaria Group (EMR) Director name: Mr Tony MartinAmount purchased: 3,234,049 @ 36.00p Value: £1,164,258Caledonia Investments (CLDN) Director name: Mr Rod D KentAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 1,914.00p Value: £191,400Utilitywise (UTW) Director name: Mr Jon KempsterAmount purchased: 21,000 @ 230.50p Value: £48,405Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) Director name: Ms Imelda WalshAmount purchased: 7,500 @ 410.30p Value: £30,772Aga Rangemaster Group (AGA) Director name: Mr Paul B DermodyAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 153.75p Value: £15,375Reconstruction Capital II Ltd. (RC2) Director name: Mr Ion Alexander FlorescuAmount purchased: 65,000 @ € 0.19 Value: € 12,675Scapa Group (SCPA) Director name: Mr Michael Charles BuzzacottAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 101.00p Value: £10,100Scapa Group (SCPA) Director name: Mr Heejae ChaeAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 100.00p Value: £10,000Top Director SellsDriver Group (DRV) Director name: Mr David WebsterAmount sold: 750,000 @ 120.00p Value: £900,000Entertainment One Limited (ETO) Director name: Mr Patrice TherouxAmount sold: 259,538 @ 239.25p Value: £620,945S & U (SUS) Director name: Mr Anthony M V CoombsAmount sold: 16,800 @ 1,558.00p Value: £261,744M. P. Evans Group (MPE) Director name: Mr James Derek ShawAmount sold: 8,000 @ 467.00p Value: £37,360NR
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