Entertainment One exec sells 1.8m pounds of shares

9th Dec 2013 16:18

Patrice Theroux, President of the Film division of Entertainment One has sold nearly 1.8m pounds-worth of shares in the company via two separate transactions, it announced on Monday.Theroux disposed of 665,462 at a price of 240.1p on December 5th and offloaded a further 75,000 at 240p the following day, raising a total of £1.78m.The company said the transactions are part of an intended disposal of a total of 1.5m shares and it would update the market when those sales have taken place.His holding following the sales was reduced to just under 3.9m shares, equal to a 1.4% stake.Just last week, the firm announced that Chief Executive Darren Throop had sold nearly 800,000 shares in four rounds, raising a total of £1.89m over a period of seven days.The moves come after a +40% gain in Entertainment One's share price since the start of 2013.The FTSE 250-listed group in November revealed it had more than doubled its earnings in the first half, thanks to strong acquisition-fuelled growth in its film distribution business.Top Director BuysTelford Homes (TEF) Director name: Mr David Campbell Amount purchased: 16,420 @ 351.00p Value: £57,634Nighthawk Energy (HAWK) Director name: Mr Stuart EatonAmount purchased: 250,000 @ 11.06p Value: £27,650Record (REC) Director name: Mr James Wood-CollinsAmount purchased: 62,456 @ 32.00p Value: £19,986Capital Gearing Trust (CGT) Director name: Mr Alastair Laing Amount purchased: 500 @ 3,298.00p Value: £16,490Diamondcorp (DCP) Director name: Mr Euan WorthingtonAmount purchased: 300,000 @ 5.30p Value: £15,900Nighthawk Energy (HAWK) Director name: Mr Stuart EatonAmount purchased: 112,500 @ 10.80p Value: £12,150Lansdowne Oil & Gas (LOGP) Director name: Mr John Aldersey-WilliamsAmount purchased: 40,000 @ 26.75p Value: £10,700Private & Commercial Finance Group (PCF) Director name: Mr David AnthonyAmount purchased: 101,731 @ 9.83p Value: £10,000Top Director SellsEntertainment One Limited (ETO) Director name: Mr Patrice TherouxAmount sold: 665,462 @ 240.10p Value: £1,597,774Hilton Food Group (HFG) Director name: Mr Robert WatsonAmount sold: 300,000 @ 430.00p Value: £1,290,000Hiscox Ltd (HSX) Director name: Mr Roberts R S ChildsAmount sold: 96,901 @ 643.29p Value: £623,354Hiscox Ltd (HSX) Director name: Mr Roberts R S ChildsAmount sold: 67,099 @ 657.07p Value: £440,887Shaftesbury (SHB) Director name: Mr Jonathan S LaneAmount sold: 53,665 @ 602.28p Value: £323,214Hiscox Ltd (HSX) Director name: Mr Roberts R S ChildsAmount sold: 35,000 @ 651.31p Value: £227,958Hummingbird Resources (HUM) Director name: Mr Matthew C. IdiensAmount sold: 550,000 @ 37.75p Value: £207,625Entertainment One Limited (ETO) Director name: Mr Patrice TherouxAmount sold: 75,000 @ 240.10p Value: £180,07532Red (TTR) Director name: Mr Jonathan Edward HaleAmount sold: 216,667 @ 67.82p Value: £146,944Shaftesbury (SHB) Director name: Mr Brian BickellAmount sold: 19,114 @ 602.28p Value: £115,120