888 Holdings CFO offloads his stake

Chief operating officer Itai Frieberger sold 350,000 shares at 181.30p, while chief financial officer Aviad Kobrine sold 500,204 shares at 180.91p and no longer has any interest in the company

Meanwhile, David Law, a non-executive director at Prudential acquired 3,327 shares in the insurer at 1,492p each.

Law was appointed in September and this marks his first share purchase.

Rolls-Royce’s chief executive Warren East bought 17,300 shares in the aerospace and defence engineer at 577.18p.

Earlier this week, Rolls-Royce announced that it was splitting out its divisions and reshuffling the senior management team, in what it said was the first step in a “wide-ranging” restructuring programme.

The FTSE 100 said the current top-level Aerospace and Land & Sea divisional structure will end, leaving it with five key divisions: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems .

All the divisions will report directly to new chief executive Warren East.

As a result top executives Tony Wood, who is President of Aerospace, and Lawrie Haynes, who is President of Land & Sea, will leave the company in 2016 after assisting with the transition.

Top Director Buys

Paragon Group Of Companies (PAG)

Director name: Mr Nigel S Terrington

Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 362.12p

Value: £181,060

NCC Group (NCC)

Director name: Mr Robert F C Cotton

Amount purchased: 64,285 @ 275.00p

Value: £176,784

Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.)

Director name: Mr Warren East

Amount purchased: 17,300 @ 577.18p

Value: £99,852

Premier African Minerals Ltd (PREM)

Director name: Mr George Greville Roach

Amount purchased: 21,087,680 @ 0.45p

Value: £94,895

NCC Group (NCC)

Director name: Mr Paul Mitchell

Amount purchased: 20,400 @ 275.00p

Value: £56,100

Prudential (PRU)

Director name: Mr David J A Law

Amount purchased: 3,327 @ 1,492.00p

Value: £49,639

Taylor Wimpey (TW.)

Director name: Mr Humphrey Singer

Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 196.60p

Value: £49,150

Premaitha Health (NIPT)

Director name: Mr Barry Kenneth Hextall

Amount purchased: 180,736 @ 18.03p

Value: £32,587

G4S (GFS)

Director name: Mr Paul Spence

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 216.56p

Value: £21,656

NCC Group (NCC)

Director name: Mr Atul Patel

Amount purchased: 9,571 @ 275.00p

Value: £26,320

Top Director Sells

888 Holdings (888)

Director name: Mr Aviad Kobrine

Amount sold: 500,204 @ 180.91p

Value: £904,919