Johnson Matthey PLC - London-based specialist chemicals firm - Chief Executive Robert MacLeod buys 5,000 shares at GBP19.46, worth GBP97,314, and Non-Executive Director Xiaozhi Liu buys 2,000 shares at GBP19.84, both on Wednesday. On Monday, Chief EHS & Operations Officer Ron Gerrard also had bought 5,000 shares. Johnson Matthey shares are down almost 30% since early November, after announcing the withdrawal from its Battery Materials business and being demoted from the FTSE 100 index. MacLeod will retire early next year, with Liam Condon hired from Germany's Bayer AG to succeed him.
Current stock price: 1,975.00 pence
Year-to-date change: down 19%
By Tom Waite; thomaslwaite@alliancenews.com
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