(Sharecast News) - Sirius Real Estate revealed on Tuesday that chief executive Andrew Coombs had acquired 250,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed property investor.

Coombs, who took over as CEO in January 2012, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 95.95p each, for a total value of £239,875.

Following the transaction, Coombs holds a beneficial interest in 12.82m ordinary Sirius shares, representing approximately 0.81% of the company's issued share capital.

As of 1540 BST, Sirius shares were down 0.57% at 95.30p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

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Sirius Real Estate Ltd. (SRE)

Director name: Coombs,Andrew

Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 95.95p

Value: £239,875.00

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Director name: Tait,Peter

Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 907.24p

Value: £18,144.89

British American Tobacco (BATS)

Director name: Marroco,Tadeu

Amount purchased: 377 @ 4,214.00p

Value: £15,886.78

Touchstar (TST)

Director name: Jones,Lynden

Amount purchased: 9,090 @ 83.95p

Value: £7,631.06

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