LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Time Finance was among those on the list of director buys on Tuesday, after it disclosed a purchase made by a non-executive director.
The AIM-traded specialist finance provider said Ron Russell bought 100,000 of its shares on 10 July, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

Russell paid 26p for each share, valuing the investment at £26,000.

"As a result of this purchase of ordinary shares, Ron Russell is now interested in an aggregate of 11,422,788 ordinary shares, representing 12.3% of the company's issued ordinary share capital," the board said in its disclosure.

Elsewhere, Liontrust Asset Management reported that two of its executives had exercised options over shares, and subsequently sold a number of them to cover the arising tax bills.

The company said chief executive John Ions acquired 23,027 shares at nil cost as part of the exercise, and sold 10,861 for 649p each.

Chief financial and operating officer Vinay Abrol, meanwhile, added 15,174 shares to their holding at nil cost as part of the exercise, and sold 7,157 of them for 649p apiece as well.

At the close on Tuesday, shares in Liontrust Asset Management were up 1.3% at 663p, while those in Time Finance were 2.67% weaker at 25.5p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

(LBE)
Director name: Hammer,Helge
Amount purchased: 240,000 @ 26.70p
Value: �64,080.00

Time Finance (TIME)
Director name: Russell,Ronald
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 26.00p
Value: �26,000.00

Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)
Director name: Thompson,Ben
Amount purchased: 4,777 @ 522.00p
Value: �24,935.94

Emmerson Npv (EML)
Director name: Clarke,Graham
Amount purchased: 600,024 @ 2.50p
Value: �14,994.60

(LBE)
Director name: Ingrassia,Nick
Amount purchased: 39,343 @ 26.20p
Value: �10,307.87

Trident Royalties (TRR)
Director name: Davidson,Adam
Amount purchased: 17,000 @ 44.80p
Value: �7,616.00

Trident Royalties (TRR)
Director name: Davidson,Adam
Amount purchased: 13,000 @ 46.00p
Value: �5,980.00

River And Mercantile Uk Micro Cap Investment Company Limited (RMMC)
Director name: Blowers,John
Amount purchased: 3,881 @ 144.28p
Value: �5,599.51

Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT)
Director name: Cecil ,Arabella
Amount purchased: 3,236 @ 156.78p
Value: �5,073.40

Spiritus Mundi (SPMU)
Director name: Peh,Zaccheus
Amount purchased: 110,000 @ 2.20p
Value: �2,420.00

(LBE)
Director name: Cooper,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 8,084 @ 24.70p
Value: �1,996.75

Southern Energy Corp. Npv (di) (SOUC)
Director name: Atkinson,Ian Kenneth
Amount purchased: 5,157 @ $0.40
Value: $1,220.38

F&c Investment Trust (FCIT)
Director name: Hollond,Beatrice
Amount purchased: 117 @ 848.06p
Value: �992.23

Spiritus Mundi (SPMU)
Director name: Peh,Zaccheus
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 2.32p
Value: �696.90

Allianz Technology Trust (ATT)
Director name: Patel,Neeta
Amount purchased: 197 @ 251.75p
Value: �495.95

Bp (BP.)
Director name: Auchincloss,Murray
Amount purchased: 83 @ 453.55p
Value: �376.45

Bp (BP.)
Director name: Looney,Bernard
Amount purchased: 70 @ 453.55p
Value: �317.49

Travis Perkins (TPK)
Director name: Roberts,Nick
Amount purchased: 19 @ 794.35p
Value: �150.93

F&c Investment Trust (FCIT)
Director name: Knapp,Edward
Amount purchased: 11 @ 848.06p
Value: �93.29



Top Director Sells

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Director name: Brand,Martin
Amount sold: 20,089 @ 8,098.71p
Value: �1,626,949.83

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Ions,John Stephen
Amount sold: 10,861 @ 649.00p
Value: �70,487.89

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Abrol,Vinay Kumar
Amount sold: 7,157 @ 649.00p
Value: �46,448.93

De La Rue (DLAR)
Director name: Vacher,Clive
Amount sold: 61,796 @ 49.15p
Value: �30,372.73

Chesnara (CSN)
Director name: Murray,Steve
Amount sold: 10,091 @ 270.98p
Value: �27,344.34

De La Rue (DLAR)
Director name: Euling,Ruth
Amount sold: 27,129 @ 49.15p
Value: �13,333.90

De La Rue (DLAR)
Director name: Harding,Rob
Amount sold: 24,651 @ 49.15p
Value: �12,115.97

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