Capital Shopping Deputy Chairman fills his basket

John Whittaker, Deputy Chairman of Capital Shopping Centres, the FTSE 100 shopping centre operator, has taken 28,250 shares to the till.His purchases, 324.80p each, cost him a total of £124,236. Whittaker may have been making the most of the firm's share price, which is down 68p or 17.5% over the last year, and 24p or 7% the past month. The decline in the price comes despite an upbeat statement from the company towards the end of February with the management boasting that the performance of the Manchester shopping centre had exceeded expectations.The shopping centres operator, which also owns the Lakeside centre in Thurrock, Essex, said net rental income rose 31% in 2011 to £364m from £277m in 2010 following its acquisition of the Trafford Centre.Underlying earnings were up 43% to £139m from £97m the year before as the effect of the Trafford Centre purchase, made at the beginning of the year, began to boost income. Top Director BuysMinera IRL Ltd. (MIRL) Director name: Mr Napoleon Valdez Ferrand Amount purchased: 500,000 @ 64.00p Value: £320,000Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSCG) Director name: Mr John Whittaker Amount purchased: 38,250 @ 324.80p Value: £124,236Bahamas Petroleum Co (BPC) Director name: Mr Simon PotterAmount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 10.50p Value: £105,000Petra Diamonds Ltd.(DI) (PDL) Director name: Mr Gordon HamiltonAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 162.00p Value: £81,000Mariana Resources Ltd. (MARL) Director name: Mr Ray AngusAmount purchased: 500,000 @ 7.25p Value: £36,250Publishing Technology (PTO) Director name: Mr Martyn C RoseAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 44.50p Value: £22,250Macfarlane Group (MACF) Director name: Mr Archie S HunterAmount purchased: 100,000 @ 19.40p Value: £19,400Taylor Wimpey (TW.) Director name: Mr Ryan MangoldAmount purchased: 23,000 @ 48.28p Value: £11,104Macfarlane Group (MACF) Director name: Mr John LoveAmount purchased: 50,000 @ 20.00p Value: £10,000Top Director SellsCentrica (CNA) Director name: Mr W Sam H LaidlawAmount sold: 902,593 @ 312.00p Value: £2,816,090Centrica (CNA) Director name: Mr Nick LuffAmount sold: 550,476 @ 312.00p Value: £1,717,485Centrica (CNA) Director name: Mr Mark HanafinAmount sold: 495,433 @ 312.00p Value: £1,545,751Centrica (CNA) Director name: Mr Chris WestonAmount sold: 431,145 @ 312.00p Value: £1,345,172Minera IRL Ltd. (MIRL) Director name: Ms Courtney ChamberlainAmount sold: 2,000,000 @ 64.00p Value: £1,280,000Mears Group (MER) Director name: Mr Andrew C M SmithAmount sold: 185,031 @ 260.00p Value: £481,081Centrica (CNA) Director name: Mr Phillip BentleyAmount sold: 147,997 @ 312.00p Value: £461,751Fisher (James) & Sons (FSJ) Director name: Mr Timothy C HarrisAmount sold: 71,747 @ 605.00p Value: £434,069Centrica (CNA) Director name: Mr Nick LuffAmount sold: 121,080 @ 312.00p Value: £377,770Centrica (CNA) Director name: Mr Mark HanafinAmount sold: 114,594 @ 312.00p Value: £357,533NR