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DIRECTOR DEALING SUMMARY: Blue Prism Chairman Sells 500,000 Shares

Fri, 06th Jul 2018 17:37

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Friday.----------Blue Prism Group said that Chairman Jason Kingdon sold a total of 500,000 shares in four separate transactions.Kindon sold the shares at an average price of 1,766.73 pence each for a total deal of GBP8.8 million.Following this sale, Kingdon holds 5.7 million shares in the company representing 8.59% of Blue Prism's issued share capital.Blue Prism shares closed up 0.9% at 1,796.00p.----------Oryx International Growth Fund said that Non-Executive Director Christopher Mills bought 21,284 shares in the company more than three months ago. Mills acquired the shares in March at 769 pence each for a total of GBP163,673. Oryx shares closed up 0.7% at 818.00p.----------CQS New City High Yield Fund said that Non-Executive Director Caroline Hitch bought 38,000 shares. Hitch acquired the shares at 61 pence each in a deal worth GBP23,180. Her total stake in the company following the deal was not disclosed. CQS New City High Yield Fund shares closed up 0.7% at 62.40p each.----------Several directors of Management Resource Solutions bought shares in the company following an accelerated bookbuild open only to employees, contractors and directors. The company, which offers plant hire and equipment repair through its subsidiaries, said it placed 14 million shares at 6.5 pence each to its employees and directors. Non-Executive Chairman John Zorbas acquired 4 million shares in a deal worth GBP240,000. Chief Executive Officer Paul Brenton and Finance Director Tim Jones bought bought 1 million shares each for GBP60,000. Chief Operations Officer Jonathon McTaggart acquired 200,000 shares for GBP12,000 and General Manager of Civil and Earthworks Division Shaun Fraser purchased 450,000 shares at GBP27,000. The company said that the remaining 7.4 million shares have been taken by employees and contractors. Shares in Management Resource Solutions closed up 9.8% at 6.98p.----------Investec said that Non-Executive Director Ian Kantor sold 200,000 shares. Kantor sold the shares at 551 pence each for a total of GBP1.1 million. His total stake following the sale was not disclosed. Investec shares closed up 0.4% at 552.00p each.----------HomeServe said that Chief Executive Officer Martin Bennett sold a total of 76,967 shares in the company. 33,669 shares were sold at a price of 915.32 pence per share, and the remaining 43,298 were sold at 915.99p each. Following this transaction, Bennett now holds 223,396 shares in the company overall. Shares in the home repairs company closed up 1.2% at 923.00 pence.----------Superdry said that three Non-Executive Director bought shares in the company. Penny Hughes bought 1,230 shares at 1,212 pence each, for a total of GBP14,907. John Smith acquired 1,599 shares at 1,244p per share for GBP19,891 and Dennis Millard bought 1,500 at 1,247p each for GBP18,705. None of the three directors' total holdings following the deals has been disclosed. Shares in the clothing retailer closed 1.0% higher at 1,255.00p.----------C&C Group said that Chairman Stewart Gilliland bought 30,000 shares. Gilliland acquired the shares at EUR3.31 each in a deal worth EUR99,285. His total stake in the company following the transaction was not disclosed. C&C shares closed 2.4% higher at EUR3.44.----------Majestic Wine said Chief Technology Officer Derek Hardy sold shares worth GBP166,950 in a transaction. Hardy disposed of 35,000 Majestic Wine shares at a price of GBP4.77. Shares in the wine retailer closed down 1.9% at 476 pence.----------Fund manager Standard Life Aberdeen said Non-Executive Director Richard Mully acquired 10,000 shares at a price of 320.00 pence per share on Wednesday. It has not been disclosed how many shares Mully now holds following the GBP32,000 purchase. Shares in Standard Life Aberdeen closed down 1.1% at 316.70p each.----------Standard Life Equity Income Trust said that Non-Executive Director Caroline Hitch bought 5,000 shares in the company. Hitch purchased the shares at 486.00 pence each in a deal worth GBP24,300. Her total stake in the company following the deal was not disclosed. Standard Life Equity Income shares closed 0.8% down at 475.00p.----------Playtech on said several directors purchased shares in the gambling software development company, all in separate transactions on Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Moran Weizer bought 55,000 shares at a price of 539.24 pence each, worth GBP296,582, while Chief Financial Officer Andrew Smith acquired 15,000 shares at 540.60p, totalling GBP81,090. Also, Chairman Alan Jackson purchased 10,000 shares at 540.10p, worth GBP54,010 and TradeTech Group CEO Ron Hoffman bought 13,300 shares at 543.85p, totalling GBP72,332. Shares in Playtech closed down 1.4% at 529.00p each.----------

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