Experian non-exec improves his finances

Experian non-executive director Roger Davis has raised just over £700,000 from the sale of shares in the credit checking firm.

Davis sold 110,199 shares at 638.5p each. This leaves him with 110,000 shares in Experian.

Davis joined the Experian board at the beginning of 2007. He has an army background and worked for Barclays between 1997 and the end of 2005. In 2004 he was appointed to the Barclays board and was chief executive, UK banking.

Davis was a director of aerospace parts provider Aero Inventory when it was placed in administration in November 2009. He joined the AIM-quoted company's board in January 2007.

Experian achieved underlying organic revenue growth of 1% in the last three months of 2009. The main growth is coming from Latin America with the UK in decline.

Experian intends to publish a trading update for the year to March 2010 on 15 April.

Top Director Buys

Imaginatik (IMTK)
Director name: Mr Matthew Jonathan Cooper
Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 4.00p
Value: £40,000

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust (EWI)
Director name: Mr David A Coltman
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 255.00p
Value: £25,500

IDOX (IDOX)
Director name: Mr Martin Brooks
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 10.12p
Value: £25,300


Top Director Sells

Rio Tinto (RIO)
Director name: Mr Tom Albanese
Amount sold: 93,500 @ 3,630.00p
Value: £3,394,050

Rio Tinto (RIO)
Director name: Mr Tom Albanese
Amount sold: 81,791 @ 3,685.00p
Value: £3,013,998

Mothercare (MTC)
Director name: Mr Ben Gordon
Amount sold: 174,426 @ 630.38p
Value: £1,099,547

Prudential (PRU)
Director name: Mr Michael McLintock
Amount sold: 172,370 @ 515.95p
Value: £889,343

Mothercare (MTC)
Director name: Mr Ben Gordon
Amount sold: 121,213 @ 630.38p
Value: £764,103

Experian Group (EXPN)
Director name: Mr Roger Davis
Amount sold: 110,199 @ 638.50p
Value: £703,621

Experian Group (EXPN)
Director name: Mr David A Tyler
Amount sold: 103,494 @ 630.39p
Value: £652,416

Jardine Matheson (Singapore) (JAR)
Director name: Mr E P K Weatherall
Amount sold: 20,000 @ $32.26
Value: $645,200

Rio Tinto (RIO)
Director name: Mr Tom Albanese
Amount sold: 15,688 @ 3,685.00p
Value: £578,103

Rio Tinto (RIO)
Director name: Mr Tom Albanese
Amount sold: 8,539 @ 3,680.00p
Value: £314,235