Director dealings: Sky CEO offloads shares to Comcast

(Sharecast News) - Sky chief executive Jeremy Darroch sold £13.4m of shares in the FTSE 100-listed broadcaster to new majority owner Comcast on Friday.Darroch, who took over the top job at Sky back in 2007 and is staying on with the company under its new American owners, offloaded 775,772 ordinary shares at an average price of 1,728p. He still has shares due under the long-term incentive scheme. Comcast became the majority owner of Sky on Tuesday after buying up all the shares held by 21st Century Fox.The US cable group owns approximately 76.84% of Sky shares and said the conditions of its offer for the UK broadcaster have now been satisfied and its mandatory offer is also wholly unconditional.As of 1630 BST, Sky shares had inched ahead 0.029% to 1,726.50p.Top Director BuysDiageo (DGE)Director name: Ferrán,JavierAmount purchased: 30,000 @ 2,524.95pValue: £757,485.01Frontier Developments (FDEV)Director name: Mitchell,James Amount purchased: 40,357 @ 1,142.10pValue: £460,917.28Breedon Group (BREE)Director name: Ward,PatAmount purchased: 75,000 @ 64.70pValue: £48,525.00Tt Electronics (TTG)Director name: Baunton CBE,MichaelAmount purchased: 15,802 @ 220.00pValue: £34,764.40Sdl (SDL)Director name: Collinson,GlennAmount purchased: 6,500 @ 472.11pValue: £30,687.15Bigblu Broadband (BBB)Director name: Tobin,MichaelAmount purchased: 31,578 @ 95.00pValue: £29,999.10Synairgen (SNG)Director name: Marsden,Richard JAmount purchased: 156,250 @ 16.00pValue: £25,000.00Anglo Pacific Group (APF)Director name: Meier,PatrickAmount purchased: 14,250 @ 138.00pValue: £19,665.00Altitude Group (ALT)Director name: Couturier,GraemeAmount purchased: 15,666 @ 71.49pValue: £11,199.62Synairgen (SNG)Director name: Ward,John CAmount purchased: 62,500 @ 16.00pValue: £10,000.00Synairgen (SNG)Director name: Monk ,Phillip David Amount purchased: 46,875 @ 16.00pValue: £7,500.00Fidelity Asian Values (FAS)Director name: Warren,MichaelAmount purchased: 2,000 @ 359.75pValue: £7,195.00Paragon Entertainment Ltd (di) (PEL)Director name: Pyrah,Mark ColinAmount purchased: 261,193 @ 1.68pValue: £4,388.04Tt Electronics (TTG)Director name: Baunton CBE,MichaelAmount purchased: 1,122 @ 229.00pValue: £2,569.38Tt Electronics (TTG)Director name: Baunton CBE,MichaelAmount purchased: 1,120 @ 221.00pValue: £2,475.20Clarke (t.) (CTO)Director name: Lanchester,David Amount purchased: 2,500 @ 81.98pValue: £2,049.50Alliance Trust (ATST)Director name: Samuel,ChristopherAmount purchased: 89 @ 714.00pValue: £635.46Charles Stanley Group (CAY)Director name: Abberley,PaulAmount purchased: 43 @ 356.80pValue: £153.42Charles Stanley Group (CAY)Director name: Teper,GaryAmount purchased: 42 @ 356.80pValue: £149.86Charles Stanley Group (CAY)Director name: Coutts,Ben MoneyAmount purchased: 42 @ 356.80pValue: £149.86Croda International (CRDA)Director name: Brophy ,Tom Amount purchased: 3 @ 4,733.00pValue: £141.99Croda International (CRDA)Director name: Maiden,Jez KAmount purchased: 3 @ 4,733.00pValue: £141.99Croda International (CRDA)Director name: Foots,Steve Amount purchased: 3 @ 4,733.00pValue: £141.99Jpmorgan American Inv Trust (JAM)Director name: Collins,Alan Amount purchased: 31 @ 437.19pValue: £135.53Top Director SellsSky (SKY)Director name: Darroch,JeremyAmount sold: 775,772 @ 1,728.00pValue: £13,405,340.69Wandisco (WAND)Director name: Richards,David JamesAmount sold: 85,266 @ 524.08pValue: £446,862.04Sky (SKY)Director name: Darroch,JeremyAmount sold: 1,588 @ 1,728.00pValue: £27,440.64Wandisco (WAND)Director name: Aahlad ,Yeturu Amount sold: 2,587 @ 524.08pValue: £13,557.95Rhythmone (RTHM)Director name: Rothstein,AmyAmount sold: 1,168 @ 224.66pValue: £2,624.03Rhythmone (RTHM)Director name: Rothstein,AmyAmount sold: 769 @ 224.66pValue: £1,727.64