Rightmove bosses have exercised their share options and enjoyed a pay day.

Chief executive Peter Brooks-Johnson exercised options due to expire in March, and sold 254,510 shares at an average price of 542p.

The shares were sold for a total £1,379,444.

Finance director Robyn Perris sold 74,830 shares at the same price.

Brooks-Johnson still has over 2m shares in Rightmove, and Perris almost 268,000.

The pair both sold last week slightly above Friday’s closing price of 540p.