John Manser, who has been a non-executive director of SABMiller for a decade has bought 5,000 shares in the brewer.

Manser paid 2083.82p a share for the 5,000 shares, which cost a total of £104,000. He has taken advantage of the weakness in the share price since the beginning of 2011.

Organic volumes of lager, which strip out the effects of acquisitions and disposals, rose 3% in the Peroni and Grolsch firm's third quarter. They're up 2% for the first nine months, helped by better economic conditions in many of its emerging markets.

Soft drinks volumes grew 5% on an organic basis and were up 3% for the first nine months.

Top Director Buys

SABMiller (SAB)
Director name: Mr John Manser
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 2,083.82p
Value: £104,191

Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS)
Director name: Mr Ian R Dighe
Amount purchased: 6,325 @ 322.00p
Value: £20,366

Polar Capital Holdings (POLR)
Director name: Mr Hugh Aldous
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 143.00p
Value: £14,300

Nasstar (NASA)
Director name: Mr Maurice Anthony Eve
Amount purchased: 71,724 @ 14.50p
Value: £10,400


Top Director Sells

Imperial Innovations Group (IVO)
Director name: Ms Susan Searle
Amount sold: 24,012 @ 350.00p
Value: £84,042

Imperial Innovations Group (IVO)
Director name: Mr Julian Smith
Amount sold: 18,860 @ 350.00p
Value: £66,010

City of London Investment Group (CLIG)
Director name: Mr Douglas F Allison
Amount sold: 10,000 @ 440.00p
Value: £44,000

Imperial Innovations Group (IVO)
Director name: Dr Martin Knight
Amount sold: 8,348 @ 350.00p
Value: £29,218

Related share prices
SABMiller (SAB) share price
Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS) share price
Nasstar (NASA) share price
City of London Investment Group (CLIG) share price
Imperial Innovations Group (IVO) share price
Polar Capital Holdings (POLR) share price