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(Alliance News) - The follow is a round-up of share dealings by UK company directors and managers announced on Monday and late Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Softcat PLC - Independent Non-Executive Director Vinodka Murria sells 130,000 shares at GBP8.69, worth GBP1.1 million, on Thursday last week.
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Synthomer PLC - Chief Executive Calum MacLean buys 316,677 shares at GBP1.92 and GBP2.11, worth GBP667,596, on Thursday and Friday last week.
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Dalata Hotel Group PLC - Deputy CEO Stephen McNally buys 25,000 shares at EUR1.91, worth EUR47,842, on Friday. Now holds 590,333 shares, 0.3% stake.
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JD Wetherspoon PLC - CEO John Hutson buys 12,000 shares at GBP7.57, worth GBP90,840, on Friday. Now holds 131,953 shares.
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Tavistock Investment PLC - Chair Oliver Cooke buys 416,700 shares and CEO Brian Raven buys 416,650 as part of placing of 32.5 million shares at 2p apiece on Thursday. Cooke now has 27.1 million shares for a 4.5% stake, and Raven 65.5 million for 10.8%. New investor Hugh Simon buys 30.0 million placing shares, a 4.9% stake. Simon is CEO and ultimate owner of Hamon Investment Group. The remaining shares are taken up by other members of Tavistock management.
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Ferro-Alloy Resources Ltd - CEO Nick Bridgen agrees to a 12-month lock-in for his 64.7 million shares due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company had been trying to place shares held by Bridgen with investors to make a partial payment toward a GBP3.3 million divorce settlement. However, market volatility caused by the health crisis meant there wasn't sufficient demand. Ferro-Alloy Resources shares were untraded at 9.50p on Monday, down 35% over the past month.
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First Property Group PLC - CEO Ben Habib buys 100,000 shares at 23.85p, worth GBP23,850, on Thursday last week and Monday. Now holds 14.9 million shares, 13.5% of total.
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Hibernia REIT PLC - Chief Financial Officer Thomas Edwards-Moss buys 60,000 shares at EUR0.8339, worth EUR50,034, on Friday. Now holds 254,161 shares.
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Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust PLC - Chair Michael Macphee buys 29,676 shares at GBP6.17 on Wednesday last week and 36,019 at GBP6.28 on Thursday. Together worth about GBP407,000.
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European Assets Trust PLC - Director Stuart Paterson buys 30,000 shares at GBP0.714, worth GBP21,420, on Friday.
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Litigation Capital Management Ltd - CEO Patrick Moloney buys 152,858 shares at 47p, worth GBP71,843, on Thursday last week. Now holds 8.7 million shares, 7.6% of total. CFO Stephen Conrad buys 60,000 shares at 46p, worth GBP27,600, also on Thursday. Has 437,778 shares, 0.4%. In both cases, the transactions represented the vesting of shares previously jointly held under a joint share ownership plan.
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Mulberry Group PLC - Chief Executive Thierry Andretta buys 3,000 shares at 118p, worth GBP3,540, on Wednesday last week.
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Griffin Mining Ltd - Non-Executive Director Adam Usdan, via Trellus Co LLC, buys 20,000 shares at 35p, worth GBP7,000, on Friday. Now holds 33.3 million shares, 19% of total.
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InnovaDerma PLC - Non-Executive Director Ross Andrews buys 20,000 shares at average 40p, worth GBP8,000, on Friday. Now has 94,860 shares.
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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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