Taylor Wimpey Share News (TW.)

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Friday.
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FTSE 100 housebuilders Taylor Wimpey and Berkeley Group Holdings reported board demand for their shares, even as the sector came under selling pressure following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.

Housebuilder stocks were among the worst hit on Friday. The sector had been trading positively ahead of the Brexit vote, as opinion polls and bookmaker odds pointed to a victory for the Remain camp.

Taylor Wimpey said Non-Executive Director Margaret Ford bought 13,800 shares at a price of 145 pence per share Friday. The company also said Ford's husband David Bolger bought 13,720 shares at 146p each on Friday. Following the purchases, Ford, together with her husband, has 112,460 shares.

Taylor Wimpey closed down 24% at 147.10p, among the worst blue-chip performers Friday.

Berkeley Group said Non-Executive Director Glynn Barker bought 2,000 shares at GBP26.03 each. He now holds 12,042 shares.

Berkeley shares closed down 21% at 2,592.00p, also one of the worst performers in the FTSE 100 Friday.

The FTSE 350 Household Goods & Home Construction Index, which includes the largest London-listed housebuilders, closed down 10%.
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Rightmove said Daniel Goss-Custard, a connected person to Non-Executive Director Rakhi Parekh, bought 544 shares at a price of 3,672.28 pence per share Friday. The purchase is Parekh's only holding in the property portal.

Savills said Non-Executive Director Rupert Robson bought 7,981 shares at a price of 623.1 pence per share on Friday.

The purchase is Robson's only holding in the real estate advisory firm.

In addition, Grainger said two of its board members bought shares in the residential landlord on Friday.

Chief Executive Helen Gordon bought 18,000 shares at 211.8 pence each, taking her shareholding to 80,943 shares.

The company also said Margaret Ford, who is also a non-executive director at Grainger, bought shares with her husband.

Ford bought 9,400 shares at 213.1p, 1,872 shares at 212p and her husband bought 9,430 shares at 212.45p each. After the purchases, Ford holds 60,778 shares in Grainger.

Grainger closed down 15% at 211.92p, Rightmove closed down 13% at 3,688.00p and Savills closed down 21% at 614.53p. The stocks were among the worst performers in the FTSE 250 on Friday as all property-related stocks in London were hit by the Brexit decision.
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Stadium Group said Non-Executive Director Christopher Gill bought 10,000 shares at 80 pence per share Friday. Following this transaction, Gill now holds 77,267 shares, equal to a 0.21% stake. Stadium Group on Thursday said it will not grow as much as expected during the current financial year after losing a "significant customer" as the supplier of wireless services warned its full year results will be fail to meet current expectations. The stock closed down 4.9% at 78.00p Friday.
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JD Sports Fashion said Chairman Peter Cowgill bought 15,000 shares at 1,156 per share on Thursday. Following the purchase, Cowgill holds 1.7 million shares, representing 0.86% of the issued share capital. The stock closed down 16% at 1,116.00p Friday, as UK retailers were hit by the Brexit decision.
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Volex said Chief Financial Officer Daren Morris bought 50,000 shares at a price of 31.8 pence per share Friday. Following the purchase, Morris holds 320,000 shares, representing 0.35% of the issued share capital. Shares in the power and data cable supplier closed down 1.5% at 32.00p Friday.
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Finsbury Growth & Income Trust said Manager Nick Train bought 10,000 shares in the company at 572.87 pence per share on Friday. Following the purchase, Train has 742,662 shares, or a 0.55% stake in the trust. Shares closed down 3.0% at 583.50p Friday.
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Globalworth Real Estate Investments Chief Executive Officer Ioannis Papalekas bought 10,000 shares, through his investment vehicle Zorviani, at a price of EUR5.10 per share on Friday. Following the share purchase, Papalekas holds 23.1 million shares, equivalent to a 36.01% stake. Papalekas also had bought 50,000 shares last week. The stock closed unchanged at EUR5.10 on Friday.
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Greatland Gold said Non-Executive Director Paul Johnson bought 1.0 million shares at 0.316 pence each on Friday. Following the purchase, Johnson, together with his spouse, holds 90 million shares, equal to a 6.06% stake in the miner. The stock closed up 7.7% at 0.307p Friday, benefiting from a higher spot gold price.
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Origin Enterprises said Non-Executive Director Christopher Richards sold 573 shares at a price of EUR6.01 per share on Thursday. Following the sale, Richards holds 3,405 shares. Shares in the agri-services company closed down 4.4% EUR5.94 Friday.
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Proxama said it has raised GBP2 million through the placing of 666.7 million shares at 0.3 pence each.

Proxama said directors of the company have invested GBP260,000 as part of the placing.

Following completion of the placing Friday, Proxama confirmed that Non-Executive Director Gavin Breeze bought 66.7 million shares, taking his holding to 216.7 million shares representing 13% of the company's issued share capital.

Non-Executive Chairman bought 20 million shares, taking his total holding to 32.8 million shares representing 1.9% of the company's issued share capital.

The mobile payments company also said its pretax loss widened to GBP6.1 million in 2015 from GBP5.9 million in 2014, despite revenue multiplying to GBP2.5 million from GBP650,978.

Shares in Proxama closed down 45% at 0.400 pence on Friday.
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Dragon-Ukrainian Properties & Development said that Dragon Capital - which together with Dragon-Ukrainian's investment manager Dragon Capital Partners Ltd is a part of the Dragon Capital Group - acquired 366,300 shares at a price of 11.726 pence per share on Thursday. Following the purchase, Dragon Capital Group now holds 19.2 million shares representing 17.59% of the total shares of Dragon-Ukrainian. Tomas Fiala, a director, is the principal shareholder and managing director of Dragon Capital, and is also a director of Dragon Capital Partners. Dragon-Ukrainian invests in property developments in the Ukraine. Shares closed untraded at 13.75p Friday.
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Independent Investment Trust said Managing Director Maxwell Ward sold 50,000 shares at a price of 405 pence per share on Thursday. After the sale, Ward holds 4.2 million shares, or a 7.6% stake in the trust. The stock closed down 2.3% at 389.00p Friday.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com; @ArvindBhunjun

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