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Director dealings: Micro Focus chairman halves stake

Mon, 15th Jul 2019 15:47

(Sharecast News) - Micro Focus slumped on Monday following the news that chairman Kevin Loosemore had sold 650,000 shares in the business last week.
Loosemore, who took over as chairman back in 2005, disposed of half of his shares in the company last Wednesday at 1,861p each and disposed of a further 435,342 for 1,736p each on Thursday, netting him £11.6m in the process.

Earlier in the week, Micro Focus reported a 7.5% fall in revenue in its interim results, to $1.66bn, while its operating profit improved 2.5% to $32.6m.

The FTSE 100 software company's profit for the six months ended 30 April was up 125.4% at $1.4m, and its diluted earnings per share were 135.7% higher at 322.74 cents.

As of 1620 BST, Micro Focus shares had dropped 4.90% to 1,677.40p.

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Director name: Topouzoglou,Efstathios
Amount sold: 1,262,753 @ 950.00p
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Micro Focus International (MCRO)
Director name: Loosemore,Kevin
Amount sold: 435,342 @ 1,736.29p
Value: £7,558,782.08

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Value: £23,738.42
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