Date: Tuesday 28 Aug 2012
LONDON (ShareCast) - Iain Ferguson, the Chairman of work-wear and wash-room facilities provider Berendsen, bought up 10,000 shares on Friday, the same day it posted a six per cent rise in adjusted pre-tax profit for the first half of 2012.
Ferguson purchased the shares at 520.5p for a total £52,050, bringing his total holding in the firm to 110,000.
The firm announced on Friday that profit before tax rose to £39.6m from £30.4m the year before on revenue that eased to £488.2m from £495.9m, although on an underlying basis (excluding acquisitions and currency effects) revenue rose 2%.
Adjusted profit before tax, which excludes one-off items, rose 6% to £51.5m from £48.4m in the corresponding period of last year. Earnings per share improved to 17.1p from 12.9p in the first half of 2011.
"The board expects first half trading trends to continue for the balance of 2012, resulting in good year on year progress in line with our expectations," Ferguson said on Friday.
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