LONDON (ShareCast) - The Non-Executive Chairman and founder of Hansard Global, Dr Leonard Polonsky, has increased his stake in the specialist long-term savings provider with the purchase of two million shares.

Taking his stake in the group to 41.34%, Polonsky spent 90p a share at a total trade value of £1.8m.

The deal was made three weeks after the group reported profitable trading for the nine months ended March 31st, although said new business volumes were around 45% below the level of new business for the comparative period in the prior financial year.

Meanwhile, after the close on Thursday, business-to-business FTSE small cap group Brammer said its Chief Executive Officer Ian Fraser had sold close to a third of his stake in the group, profiting from gains seen in the share price since the release of an upbeat statement two weeks earlier.

In a deal worth £1.9m, Brammer and an unnamed connected person pocketed an average of 479p on each of the 400,000 shares, which were sold during the one week period ended May 29th.

A board member since 1998, the director retained a beneficial interest of 915,151 shares. He also holds options over a 1.87% stake in the group.


Top Director Buys

Hansard Global (HSD)
Director name: Mr Leonard Polonsky
Amount purchased: 2,000,000 @ 90.00p
Value: £1,800,000

Renovo Group (RNVO)
Director name: Mr Matt Cooper
Amount purchased: 3,000,000 @ 16.00p
Value: £480,000


Top Director Sells

Whitbread (WTB)
Director name: Mr Andy Harrison
Amount sold: 63,423 @ 4,161.90p
Value: £2,639,602

Whitbread (WTB)
Director name: Mr Christopher C B Rogers
Amount sold: 44,679 @ 4,161.90p
Value: £1,859,495

Vectura Group (VEC)
Director name: Dr Chris Blackwell
Amount sold: 1,132,265 @ 131.00p
Value: £1,483,267

Whitbread (WTB)
Director name: Mr Patrick Dempsey
Amount sold: 19,812 @ 4,161.90p
Value: £824,556

Inchcape (INCH)
Director name: Mr Andre Lacroix
Amount sold: 121,654 @ 625.06p
Value: £760,410

CSR (CSR)
Director name: Dr Levy Gerzberg
Amount sold: 65,460 @ 580.14p
Value: £379,760

Lok'n Store Group (LOK)
Director name: Mr Simon Thomas
Amount sold: 200,000 @ 204.00p
Value: £408,000

Leaf Clean Energy Co (DI) (LEAF)
Director name: Mr Bran Keogh
Amount sold: 500,000 @ 49.70p
Value: £248,500

CSR (CSR)
Director name: Dr Levy Gerzberg
Amount sold: 23,532 @ 562.51p
Value: £132,370

TT Electronics (TTG)
Director name: Mr Tim Roberts
Amount sold: 60,000 @ 206.00p
Value: £123,600

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