LONDON (ShareCast) - Monitise on Friday said that its Non-Executive Chairman, Peter Ayliffe, had acquired 250,000 shares in the payment solutions company.

Ayliffe, who paid 57.13p a share and spent £142,825 altogether, was appointed to his current role in October last year, having previously been a non-executive for nearly two years.

Prior to his appointment at Chairman he was President and Chief Executive of Visa Europe for seven and a half years.

At its mid-year point, Monitise had narrowed losses aided by a 67% jump in the top line as demand continued to increase for its Mobile Money services.

The company, which works with over 350 financial institutions to enable internet banking via tablets and mobile phones, reiterated its full-year guidance of 50% revenue growth and said it is still seeing positive momentum in the third quarter.

Revenue totalled £46.5m in the six months to December 31st, up from £27.8m the year before.

Meanwhile, the loss before tax fell to £23.3m from £29.7m previously, while the loss per share narrowed to 1.4p from 2.6p. This was helped by a 10 basis-point increase in the gross margin to 73%.


Top Director Buys

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Mr Katherine Garrett-Cox
Amount purchased: 42,423 @ 454.90p
Value: £192,982

Monitise (MONI)
Director name: Mr Peter G E Ayliffe
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 57.13p
Value: £142,825

Lookers (LOOK)
Director name: Mr Nigel McMinn
Amount purchased: 75,000 @ 149.00p
Value: £111,750

Stock Spirits Group (STCK)
Director name: Mr Andrew Cripps
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 286.00p
Value: £57,200

Craneware (CRW)
Director name: Mr Neil Philip Lanceley Heywood
Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 541.50p
Value: £48,735

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Mr Alan Trotter
Amount purchased: 6,963 @ 454.90p
Value: £31,675

Red Leopard Holdings (RLH)
Director name: Mr John May
Amount purchased: 2,430,555 @ 0.60p
Value: £14,583

Red Leopard Holdings (RLH)
Director name: Mr Stuart Adam
Amount purchased: 2,430,555 @ 0.60p
Value: £14,583

Marechale Capital (MAC)
Director name: Mr Mark W A Warde-Norbury
Amount purchased: 681,818 @ 2.00p
Value: £13,636

Action Hotels (AHCG)
Director name: Mr Alain Debare
Amount purchased: 15,750 @ 75.25p
Value: £11,852


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Value: £617,500

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