Ken Hanna, a non-executive director at Aggreko since October, has opened his account with the temporary power and temperature control specialist, taking a big chunk of shares.

He took 10,000 shares at 1,500p a go, spending a total of £150,000.

The purchase was announced on the same day Aggreko said it has won a contract to be the exclusive supplier of temporary energy services at the London Olympics in 2012.

The value of the contract is expected to be around £37m. It will also be the sponsor of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The news will be welcomed by Aggreko, which has enjoyed a strong 2010, due in large part to events such as the football World Cup, but warned that about £90m in revenues from major events will not recur in 2011.

Hanna is the chairman of car dealer Inchcape and a non-executive director of the supermarket Tesco. He has also been the chief financial officer of the chocolate company Cadbury before it was taken over by the US food giant Kraft.

Top Director Buys

Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL)
Director name: Sir Rodney Walker
Amount purchased: 120,001 @ 125.00p
Value: £150,001

Aggreko (AGK)
Director name: Mr Ken Hanna
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 1,500.00p
Value: £150,000

Intermediate Capital Group (ICP)
Director name: Mr Philip Keller
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 328.30p
Value: £98,490

Wincanton (WIN)
Director name: Mr Eric Born
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 160.50p
Value: £80,250

Drax Group (DRX)
Director name: Mr David Lindsell
Amount purchased: 7,500 @ 362.24p
Value: £27,168

Wincanton (WIN)
Director name: Mr David Edmonds
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 161.84p
Value: £24,276

Patsystems (PTS)
Director name: Mr John Priestley
Amount purchased: 77,667 @ 25.75p
Value: £19,999

Patsystems (PTS)
Director name: Mr Stewart Douglas-Mann
Amount purchased: 80,000 @ 24.20p
Value: £19,360

GETECH Group (GTC)
Director name: Mr Peter Stephens
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 14.25p
Value: £14,250

Fyffes (FFY)
Director name: Mr Seamus Keenan
Amount purchased: 34,700 @ 31.07p
Value: £10,781


Top Director Sells

Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (DI) (OPT)
Director name: Dr George W Taylor
Amount sold: 47,000 @ 365.67p
Value: £171,865

Shaftesbury (SHB)
Director name: Mr Jonathan S Lane
Amount sold: 25,258 @ 457.00p
Value: £115,429

Shaftesbury (SHB)
Director name: Mr Brian Bickell
Amount sold: 18,104 @ 457.00p
Value: £82,735

Shaftesbury (SHB)
Director name: Mr Simon J Quayle
Amount sold: 17,756 @ 457.00p
Value: £81,145

Shaftesbury (SHB)
Director name: Mr Thomas J C Welton
Amount sold: 17,060 @ 457.00p
Value: £77,964

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