DIRECTOR DEALINGS SUMMARY: New And Old Micro Focus Chairs Both Buy

Fri, 07th Feb 2020 13:59

(Alliance News) - The follow is a round-up of share dealings by UK company directors and managers announced on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Micro Focus International PLC - Executive Chair Kevin Loosemore buys 64,400 shares at 763.28p, worth GBP491,552, on Thursday. Loosemore is stepping down as chair of the enterprise software firm on Friday next week. His replacement, Greg Lock, together with his wife Rosemary, had bought 184,300 shares, at 787.66, worth GBP1.5 million, on Tuesday.

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Inspired Energy PLC - Praetura Ventures LLP, whose members include Non-Executive Chair Mike Fletcher, sells 6.6 million shares at 18p, worth GBP1.2 million, on Friday. Praetura now holds 4.5 million shares and has agreed to not sell again for 12 months.

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accesso Technology Group PLC - Chief Executive Officer Steve Brown buys 198,000 shares at 390p, worth GBP772,200. Brown now holds 514,774 shares, 1.9% of total. The queueing and ticketing products maker last month hired Brown back to his old job; he had led the company from 2016 to 2018. "Today I made a further personal investment of USD1 million in accesso's shares, punctuating my confidence in the company's future and the opportunity offered to its shareholders" Brown said.

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Valeura Energy Inc - Chief Executive Officer Sean Guest buys 100,000 shares at CAD0.365, worth CAD36,500, on Tuesday. Chief Financial Officer Heather Campbell buys 60,000 shares at CAD0.41, worth CAD24,600, and Director Russell Hiscock buys 20,000 shares at CAD0.42, worth CAD8,400, both on Thursday. All purchases were on Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Future PLC - Chief Executive Officer Zillah Byng-Thorne buys 8,387 shares at GBP11.84, worth GBP99,302, while husband Max Thorne buys 765 shares at GBP11.73, worth GBP8,980, both on Friday.

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XLMedia PLC - Non-Executive Director Ory Weihs buys 250,000 shares at 29.0p, worth GBP72,500, on Thursday. Weihs had bought 275,000 shares at 27.3p on average, worth GBP75,075, on Wednesday. XLMedia said he now holds 7.5 million shares, 4.0% of the total.

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CentralNic Group PLC - Managing Director Don Baladasan sells 60,000 shares at 92 pence, worth GBP55,200, on January 17 for "personal reasons". Still holds 361,153 shares.

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Van Elle Holdings PLC - Chief Executive Officer Mark Cutler buys 55,603 shares at 50.0p, worth GBP27,802, on Thursday. Cutler had bought 38,065 shares at 51.76p average price, worth GBP19,702, on Tuesday. The CEO's purchases came as Services Director Michael Mason sold his entire 5.2% stake in the geotechnical engineering firm, 4.2 million shares at the same 50 pence each, worth GBP2.1 million, on Thursday in a placing run by Peel Hunt.

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easyJet PLC - Non-Executive Director Nicholas Leeder buys 972 shares at GBP15.25, worth GBP14,823, on Friday.

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Renewi PLC - CEO Otto de Bont buys 40,000 shares at EUR0.44, EUR17,600 on Thursday. Earlier in the week, De Bont bought 50,000 shares at EUR0.43 and EUR0.44

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Jersey Oil & Gas PLC - Chief Operating Officer Ronald Lansdell buys 13,590 shares at GBP1.03, worth GBP13,998, on Thursday. Now holds 1.0 million shares, 4.6% of total.

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By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com