James Fisher's chairman increases stake

10th Jun 2015 15:42

The chairman of James Fisher and Sons bought shares in the company following a trading plan entered with Investec Bank back in 2013.Charles Rice purchased 2,288 shares for an individual price of 1328p, spending a total of £30,385.Following the transaction, Rice holds 19,069 ordinary shares in the engineering services company, which represent 0.04% of its share capital.James Fisher last month acquired X-Subsea Holding, a manufacturer of undersea dredging equipment, for £14.8m.The group expects to consolidate its position in subsea services, after warning that its first-half results would be lower than last year after its offshore oil arm suffered a "slow start" to 2015.Top Director BuysOxford Biomedica (OXB) Director name: Mr Martin Diggle Amount purchased: 947,233 @ 9.60p Value: £90,934Invesco Perpetual UK Small Companies Inv Trust (IPU) Director name: Mr Christopher FletcherAmount purchased: 13,069 @ 380.62p Value: £49,743Fisher (James) & Sons (FSJ) Director name: Mr Charles J RiceAmount purchased: 2,288 @ 1,328.00p Value: £30,385Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) Director name: Mr Richard SolomonsAmount purchased: 5,000 @ 557.90p Value: £27,895Pittards (PTD) Director name: Mr Stephen YappAmount purchased: 20,000 @ 124.00p Value: £24,800Pittards (PTD) Director name: Mr Stephen YappAmount purchased: 20,000 @ 124.00p Value: £24,800Picton Property Income Ltd (PCTN) Director name: Mr Nicholas ThompsonAmount purchased: 15,164 @ 71.40p Value: £10,827Top Director SellsOneSavings Bank (OSB) Director name: Mr Andy Golding Amount sold: 1,823,522 @ 298.00p Value: £5,434,096OneSavings Bank (OSB) Director name: Ms April Talintyre Amount sold: 750,000 @ 298.00p Value: £2,235,000Renew Holdings (RNWH) Director name: Mr John SamuelAmount sold: 60,000 @ 311.25p Value: £186,750Powerflute Oyj (DI) (POWR) Director name: Mr Dermot S. SmurfitAmount sold: 118,630 @ 65.00p Value: £77,110