Director dealings: ITV's Andrew Cosslett makes share purchase

29th Jun 2022 15:06

(Sharecast News) - ITV revealed on Wednesday that chairman designate Andrew Cosslett had acquired 301,889 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed media group.

Cosslett, who was named as ITV's next chairman back in March, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 69.21p each, for a total value of £208,948.24.

Earlier in June, ITV agreed to acquire a majority interest of 79.5% in Plimsoll Productions, the largest independent producer of natural history programmes in the world.

ITV said will make a cash consideration of approximately £103.5m for Plimsoll, valuing the Bristol-based business at an enterprise value of £131.0m.

As of 1505 BST, ITV shares were down 2.45% at 67.82p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

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Itv (ITV)

Director name: Cosslett,Andrew

Amount purchased: 301,889 @ 69.21p

Value: £208,948.24

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Value: £99,997.80

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