19th Nov 2025 15:06
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of share dealings by London-listed company directors and managers announced this week and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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B&M European Value Retail SA - Luxembourg-based variety goods store chain in the UK and France - Chief Executive Officer Tjeerd Jegen buys 63,100 shares at GBP1.61 and GBP1.58, worth GBP100,603, on Friday last week and Monday this week. On Thursday last week, B&M cut its interim dividend by a third to 3.5 pence from 5.3p, as pretax profit plunged 56% to GBP75 million in the 26 weeks to September 27 from GBP169 million the year prior.
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J Sainsbury PLC - London-based supermarket chain - Patrick Dunne, chief property & procurement officer and managing director of Smart Charge electric vehicle charging network, sells 155,958 shares at GBP3.21, worth GBP500,001, on Friday last week.
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Bridgepoint Group PLC - Chief Financial Officer Ruth Prior buys 179,000 shares via Ballywillan Services Ltd at GBP2.78, worth GBP497,996. Non-Executive Director Cyrus Taraporevala buys 100,000 shares at GBP2.84, worth GBP283,800. Both on Friday last week.
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Crystal Amber Fund Ltd - activist fund investing in small and mid-cap UK equities - Crystal Amber Asset Management (Guernsey) Ltd, the fund's asset manager, sells 458,333 shares at GBP1.44, worth GBP660,000, on Friday. It continues to hold 2.2 million shares, a 3.6% stake. On Friday, Crystal Amber Fund said Crystal Amber Asset Management resigned as investment manager, and the fund received a proposal for management and a new strategy from Tarncourt Capital Ltd, which also offered to buy 2.8 million shares in the fund from Saba Capital Management LP.
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3i Group PLC - London-based private equity investor - Wilco Jiskoot, an associate of Non-Executive Director Alexandra Schaapveld, buys 7,800 shares at GBP33.25, worth GBP259,350, on Tuesday. 3i directors and managers have bought a total of GBP4 million in shares since Thursday last week.
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Vertu Motors PLC - Gateshead, England-based automobile retailer - Operations Director Stephen Gould exercises options for 236,220 shares and sells all of them at 63.00p, worth GBP148,819, on Tuesday.
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Kainos Group PLC - Nicholas Bishop, an associate of Non-Executive Chair Rosaleen Blair, buys 10,000 shares at average GBP9.61, worth GBP96,099, on Friday. The shares are Blair's only interest in Kainos, having taken the chair in September last year.
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Genuit Group PLC - Leeds, England-based provider of water, climate and ventilation systems for buildings and infrastructure - Chair Kevin Boyd buys 20,000 shares at GBP3.12, worth GBP62,349. Other Genuit executives and directors buy 18,600 shares in total. All on Monday. Earlier that day, Genuit lowered its full-year expectations for underlying operating profit to range from GBP92 million to GBP95 million, compared with GBP95 million to GBP99 million previously, citing the impact of uncertainty ahead of next week's UK government budget.
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Touchstone Exploration Inc - onshore oil and gas development in Trinidad & Tobago - Non-Executive Director Kenneth McKinnon buys 870,000 shares at CAD0.12, worth CAD100,050, about GBP54,427, on Monday and Tuesday.
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National Grid PLC - London-based electricity and gas utility that operates the UK's electricity transmission network - Non-Executive Director Iain Mackay buys 4,500 shares at GBP11.74, worth GBP52,809, on Monday.
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By Tom Waite, Alliance News editor
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