Director dealings: RPS Group CEO ups stake
RPS Group revealed on Friday that chief executive John Douglas had purchased 100,852 shares in the London-listed professional services firm.
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Douglas, who joined RPS' board back in June 2017, acquired the shares in three separate transactions throughout the course of the week.
He purchased 30,335 shares at 127.50p each for a total of £38,677.12 on Wednesday and on Thursday he bought 45,517 shares at 126.54p each for a total value of £57,597.21.
Lastly, Douglas, via his family trust, snapped up a further 25,000 shares on Friday at 124.82p each for a total of £31,205.
Back in June, RPS Group told investors that it expects recent trading conditions in its Australia-Asia Pacific segment to adversely impact the full-year earnings.
As a result of the Australian economy's slowest reported growth in a decade, RPS warned shareholders at the time that its full-year results would be "materially below management and market expectations".
As of 1620 BST, RPS shares had shot up 9.68% to 136p.
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