BBA Aviation CEO sells 85,000 shares

16th Sep 2013 16:28

BBA Aviation Chief Executive, Simon Pryce, on Friday traded in 85,000 shares, reducing his stake in the FTSE 100 group to 989,720.Pryce sold the shares at 321.26p each, pocketing £273,070. The transaction was made less than a week after the company said talks had ended with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) about combining BBA with parts of DAE's business. The UK company's announcement followed a statement on September 8th by DAE that said discussions were off. BBA said in August that the companies were in preliminary talks and that a deal was not certain. On Monday the group's target price was upped by Westhouse Securities from 320p to 345p. Top Director BuysSage Group (SGE) Director name: Mr Neil BerkettAmount purchased: 28,000 @ 357.32p Value: £100,050BTG (BTG) Director name: Mr Richard Wohanka  Amount purchased: 26,500 @ 372.44p Value: £98,697Weather Lottery (The) (TWL) Director name: Mr Lord RazzallAmount purchased: 46,000,000 @ 0.15p Value: £69,000Corac Group (CRA) Director name: Mr Jon Carter Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 12.86p Value: £32,150Corac Group (CRA) Director name: Mr Jon Carter Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 12.86p Value: £32,150Top Director SellsHargreaves Lansdown (HL.) Director name: Mr Ian GorhamAmount sold: 425,000 @ 1,019.00p Value: £4,330,750Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS) Director name: Ms Mary G TavenerAmount sold: 602,950 @ 85.06p Value: £512,869BBA Aviation (BBA) Director name: Mr Simon PryceAmount sold: 85,000 @ 321.26p Value: £273,071Blinkx (BLNX) Director name: Mr Suranga ChandratillakeAmount sold: 163,034 @ 156.00p Value: £254,333