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(Sharecast News) - On the list of director purchases on Tuesday was pub chain JD Wetherspoon, after its outspoken chairman picked up almost a million shares.
The company said Tim Martin bought 968,544 shares on 1 September, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.
He picked them up at a price of 700.4075p each, valuing the transaction at £6,783,754.82.
Following the transaction, Wetherspoon said Tim Martin and his connected persons had an interest of 31,743,253 of its shares, representing around 24.65% of its issued share capital.
Elsewhere, easyJet disclosed that one of its independent directors had bought more than 17,000 shares.
It said senior independent director Sue Clark purchased 17,281 shares on 4 September, in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.
Clark paid 435p for each share, valuing the transaction at a total of £75,172.35.
At 1355 BST, shares in JD Wetherspoon were down 1.85% at 688.5p, while those in easyJet were up 0.19% at 432.91p.
Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.
Top Director Buys
Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)
Director name: Martin,Timothy (Tim)
Amount purchased: 968,544 @ 700.41p
Value: �6,783,754.87
Easyjet (EZJ)
Director name: Clark,Sue
Amount purchased: 17,281 @ 435.00p
Value: �75,172.35
Gfinity (GFIN)
Director name: Halley,David
Amount purchased: 3,840,000 @ 0.14p
Value: �5,376.00
Gfinity (GFIN)
Director name: Halley,David
Amount purchased: 3,840,000 @ 0.13p
Value: �4,992.00
Sareum Holdings (SAR)
Director name: Birch,Clive
Amount purchased: 2,479 @ 82.27p
Value: �2,039.47
Sareum Holdings (SAR)
Director name: Birch,Clive
Amount purchased: 2,151 @ 83.22p
Value: �1,790.06
Greggs (GRG)
Director name: Currie,Roisin
Amount purchased: 88 @ 1,424.00p
Value: �1,253.12
Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY)
Director name: Bason,John
Amount purchased: 248 @ 424.80p
Value: �1,053.50
