Director Dealings Summary - Week Ended May 22 | | | | | | | | |
Company | | Name | | Position | | Number of Shares | | Resulting Holding | | *Note | | GBP Value |
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Topps Tiles | | Matthew Williams | | CEO | | 1 million | | 1.7 million | | | | 1,270,000 |
Countrywide | | Alison Platt | | CEO | | 41,700 | | 41,700 | | Appointed CEO in September 2014. | | 248,000 |
Rank Group | | Henry Birch | | CEO | | 100,000 | | 100,000 | | Same day as Rank said it expects full year results to meet management expectations. | | 205,000 |
Homeserve | | John Gibson | | Chairman | | 40,000 | | 115,000 | | Day after reporting higher profit and said it would pay a special dividend of GBP97 million. | | 172,000 |
Sage Group | | Jonathan Howell | | Non-Executive Director | | 18,167 | | Undisclosed | | | | 103,000 |
AG Barr | | Stuart Lorimer | | CFO | | 14,000 | | 1.1 million | | | | 87,000 |
Homeserve | | Ben Mingay | | Non-Executive Director | | 20,000 | | 40,000 | | Day after reporting higher profit and said it would pay a special dividend of GBP97 million. | | 86,000 |
Inspired Capital | | Jeremy Coombes | | Interim CEO | | 535,000 | | 2.9 million | | | | 75,000 |
Rank Group | | Clive Jennings | | CFO | | 25,000 | | 25,000 | | Same day as Rank said it expects full year results to meet management expectations.. | | 51,000 |
STM Group | | Michael Riddell | | Chairman | | 137,000 | | Undisclosed | | Week after STM said it made good start to 2015 and said trading so far this year is in line with its expectations. | | 49,000 |
Homeserve | | Stella David | | Non-Executive Director | | 10,450 | | 28,138 | | 2 days after reporting higher profit and said it would pay a special dividend of GBP97 million. | | 45,000 |
Mitchells & Butlers | | Eddie Irwin | | Non-Executive Director | | 10,000 | | 30,000 | | | | 45,000 |
Amara Mining | | John McGloin | | Chairman | | 271,249 | | 1.6 million | | | | 41,000 |
McBride | | Chris Smith | | CFO | | 25,657 | | 25,657 | | Appointed in January. | | 24,000 |
Oxford Biomedica | | Tim Watts | | CFO | | 194,174 | | 5.8 million | | | | 19,000 |
Symphony Environmental | | Michael Stephen | | Deputy Chairman | | 151,000 | | 933,998 | | | | 15,000 |
Symphony Environmental | | Michael Laurier | | CEO | | 150,000 | | 23 million | | | | 14,000 |
Verona Pharma | | David Ebsworth | | Chairman | | 300,000 | | 3.6 million | | Week after Verona Pharma posted a widened pretax loss for 2014. | | 11,000 |
Lekoil | | Greg Eckersley | | Non-Executive Director | | 50,000 | | 2.8 million | | Week after Lekoil said its pretax loss narrowed as administrative and finance costs fell. | | 10,000 |
Oxford Biomedica | | Andrew Heath | | Non-Executive Director | | 100,000 | | 1.1 million | | | | 10,000 |
Mortgage Advice Bureau | | Lucy Tilley | | CFO | | 4,500 | | 4,500 | | Appointed in March. Was previously a director in Canaccord Genuity's corporate broking team, which worked on company's AIM listing. | | 9,900 |
Airea | | Roger Salt | | CFO | | 58,738 | | 228,738 | | | | 9,000 |
Symphony Environmental | | Ian Bristow | | CFO | | 100,000 | | 1.2 million | | | | 9,000 |
K3 Business Technology | | Brian Davies | | CFO | | 2,253 | | 9,537 | | Bought shares from CEO David Bolton | | 5,600 |
Verona Pharma | | Biresh Roy | | CFO | | 150,000 | | 900,000 | | Week after Verona Pharma posted a widened pretax loss for 2014. | | 5,000 |
Symphony Environmental | | Nirj Deva | | Chairman | | 50,000 | | 363,925 | | | | 4800 |
Verona Pharma | | Jan-Anders Karlsson | | CEO | | 135,000 | | 2.9 million | | Week after Verona Pharma posted a widened pretax loss for 2014. | | 4,700 |
Symphony Environmental | | Nicholas Clavel | | Non-Executive Director | | 50,000 | | 550,000 | | | | 4,500 |
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SELLS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Glencore | | William Macaulay | | Non-Executive Director | | 28 million | | 42 million | | Sold by FR Galaxy Holdings, an investment vehicle connected to Macaulay. | | 84,000,000 |
Moneysupermarket | | Simon Nixon | | Founder & non-executive deputy chairman | | 20 million | | 69.8 million | | The amount of shares sold is at the top end of the range. Credit Suisse, the sole bookrunner on the placing, said it would sell a stake of between 2.8% and 3.7% on behalf of Nixon, who retains a 12.8% holding. | | 56,000,000 |
Merlin Entertainments | | Nick Mackenzie | | Manager | | 440,000 | | 1.5 million | | Same day as Merlin reported growth in revenue boosted by new site openings, features and good weather, as it continues strategic expansion plans. | | 2,000,000 |
Countrywide | | Grenville Turner | | Chairman | | 300,000 | | 171,524 | | | | 1,800,000 |
Hays | | Paul Venables | | CFO | | 750,000 | | 953,014 | | | | 1,200,000 |
Sthree | | Justin Hughes | | Corporate Executive Officer | | 267,500 | | 390,867 | | Has sold parcels of shares in quick succession since May 12. | | 1,000,000 |
Euromoney | | Peter Ensor | | Chairman | | 20,421 | | 175,918 | | Same day as interim ex-dividend date. | | 245,000 |
Bloomsbury Publishing | | Nigel Newton | | CEO | | 132,651 | | 1.1 million | | Day after Bloomsbury posted a small rise in pretax profit and said trading in its current year has been good across all of its divisions. | | 232,000 |
ITV | | David Osborn | | HR Director | | 35,900 | | Nil | | | | 97,000 |
Rolls-Royce | | Jason Smith | | Divisional CEO | | 2,850 | | 19,582 | | | | 29,000 |
K3 Business Technology | | David Bolton | | CEO | | 2,253 | | 994,961 | | Sold shares to CFO Brian Davies. | | |
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*Note: A recent company event around the time of the dealing does not suggest the dealing took place because of that event. |
When a spouse or related party to a director buys shares, the resulting holding is the beneficial holding of the director |
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