Director dealings: Kerry CFO invests, Character Group corrects tender offer amounts

(Sharecast News) - Irish food company Kerry Group was at the top of the buyers' list on Friday, having disclosed a purchase worth more than £0.33m.

The London-listed firm said its chief financial officer Marguerite Larkin had bought 2,835 of its shares in a transaction on Friday morning.

Larkin paid 10,500 euro cents per share.

Toys, games and giftware firm Character Group was on the selling side of things, meanwhile, after it corrected its tender offer announcement of 14 February.

The AIM-traded firm said Kiran Shah tendered 262,102 shares, Jon Diver 171892 shares, Jeremiah Healy 8,183 shares, David Harris 12,112 shares, and Clive Crouch 980 shares.

All of the tender offers were at a price of 630p per share.

As a result of the correction, Shah now held 9.92% of the company's issued share capital, with Diver owning 6.51%, Healy 0.34%, Harris 0.29%, and Crouch 0.07%.

Top Director Buys

Kerry Group 'a' Shares (cdi) (KYGA)

Director name: Larkin,Marguerite

Amount purchased: 2,835 @ 10,500.00p

Value: £330,419.25

East Star Resources (EST)

Director name: Walker,Alexander (Â"AlexÂ")

Amount purchased: 5,200,000 @ 4.50p

Value: £234,010.39

Intermediate Capital Group (ICP)

Director name: Schioldager,Amy

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 1,717.00p

Value: £171,700.00

Polar Capital Holdings (POLR)

Director name: Cayzer-Colvin,Jamie M B

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 550.00p

Value: £165,000.00

Discoverie Group (DSCV)

Director name: Thompson,Bruce

Amount purchased: 11,000 @ 794.00p

Value: £87,340.00

Pantheon International (PIN)

Director name: Melvin,David

Amount purchased: 4,837 @ 302.00p

Value: £14,607.74

Henderson Smaller Companies Inv Trust (HSL)

Director name: Warren,Michael

Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 980.00p

Value: £9,800.00

Uls Technology (ULS)

Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew

Amount purchased: 7,300 @ 74.49p

Value: £5,438.00

Discoverie Group (DSCV)

Director name: Kainyah,Rosalind

Amount purchased: 656 @ 755.00p

Value: £4,952.80

Access Intelligence (ACC)

Director name: Satterthwaite,Christopher

Amount purchased: 4,464 @ 110.40p

Value: £4,928.26

Uls Technology (ULS)

Director name: Scott,Oliver Rupert Andrew

Amount purchased: 6,000 @ 75.93p

Value: £4,556.00

Kanabo Group (KNB)

Director name: Poulter,Dan

Amount purchased: 55,000 @ 7.40p

Value: £4,070.00

Pantheon International (PIN)

Director name: Melvin,David

Amount purchased: 163 @ 301.50p

Value: £491.45

Spirent Communications (SPT)

Director name: Bell,Paula

Amount purchased: 53 @ 236.80p

Value: £125.50

Top Director Sells

Character Group (CCT)

Director name: Shah,Kirankumar Premshand

Amount sold: 262,102 @ 630.00p

Value: £1,651,242.65

Smurfit Kappa Group (cdi) (SKG)

Director name: Bowles,Ken

Amount sold: 33,053 @ 46.26

Value: 1,377,506.06

Smurfit Kappa Group (cdi) (SKG)

Director name: Smurfit,Tony

Amount sold: 30,861 @ 46.26

Value: 1,286,152.98

Character Group (CCT)

Director name: Diver,Jonathan James

Amount sold: 171,892 @ 630.00p

Value: £1,082,919.63

Smurfit Kappa Group (cdi) (SKG)

Director name: Smurfit,Tony

Amount sold: 19,139 @ 43.85

Value: 756,076.69

East Star Resources (EST)

Director name: Walker,Alexander (Â"AlexÂ")

Amount sold: 5,200,000 @ 4.50p

Value: £234,000.01

Character Group (CCT)

Director name: Harris,David

Amount sold: 12,112 @ 630.00p

Value: £76,305.60

Character Group (CCT)

Director name: Healy,Jerry

Amount sold: 8,183 @ 630.00p

Value: £51,552.90

Character Group (CCT)

Director name: Crouch,Clive

Amount sold: 980 @ 630.00p

Value: £6,174.00