30th Jun 2016 16:35
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Thursday.
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Lloyds Banking Group Thursday said a group of senior executives, managers and non-executive directors bought shares in the state-backed lender on Wednesday.
Executives:
Chief Risk Officer Juan Colombás bought 50,000 shares at 56.4180 pence each.
Andrew Bester, chief executive of commercial banking, bought 50,000 shares at 55.0170p each.
Chief Financial Officer George Culmer bought 50,000 shares at 56.46p each.
Karin Cook, operations director, bought 17,632 shares at 56.36p each.
Chief People, Legal and Strategy Officer Simon Davies bought 18,099 shares at 55.25p each.
Director of Customer Products and Marketing Vim Maru bought 17,893 shares at 55.886p each.
Antonio Lorenzo, a senior executive, bought 50,000 shares at 50,000 shares at 55.228p each.
David Oldfield, head of retail, bought 17,711 shares at 56.11p each.
Miguel-Ángel Rodríguez-Sola, digital director, bought 50,000 shares at 56.1664p each.
Corporate Affairs Director Matt Young bought 17,582 shares at 56.522p each.
Managers:
Mary Hall bought 18,130 shares at 55.1571p.
Malcolm Wood bought 20,000 shares at 55.3233p each on Thursday.
Janet Pope bought 17,742 shares at 56.01p.
Non-Executive Directors:
Simon Henry bought 100,000 shares at a price of 53.587 pence per share on Thursday.
Alan Dickinson bought 100,000 shares at 56.106p each.
Anita Frew bought 50,000 shares at 54.9728p each, 50,000 shares at 55.0128p each and an additional 50,000 shares at 54.9578p each.
Nick Luff bought 100,000 shares at 56.47p.
Anthony Watson bought 100,000 shares at 55.6890p each.
Sara Weller bought 40,000 shares at 54.9590p each.
Deborah McWhinney bought 23,600 American Depositary Receipts at USD3.0400 and 26,400 ADRs at USD3.0379 each. One ADR equals four shares.
Lloyds ordinary shares closed down 2.6% at 54.06p Thursday.
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Easyjet said Chairman John Barton bought 10,000 shares at a price of 1,068 pence per share Wednesday. Barton's total shareholding was undisclosed. The stock closed down 0.2% at 1,085.35p Thursday.
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AVEVA Group said Grimur Lund, an executive, bought 3,300 shares at a price of 1,669p per share on Tuesday. Following this transaction, Lund now holds 9,083 shares. The stock closed up 1.4% at 1,656.48p Thursday.
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WS Atkins said Chief Executive Officer Uwe Kruger sold 50,000 shares on Wednesday at a price of GBP12.959541 per share, raising GBP648,000 before expenses to finance his divorce settlement. Following the sale, Krueger's total interest is 35,427 shares which equates to a 0.035% stake. The company also said Non-Executive Director Catherine Bradley bought 2,500 shares at GBP13.09 per share on Wednesday. The purchase is her only holding. The stock closed up 0.3% at 1,324.33p Thursday.
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Grainger said Non-Executive Director Belinda Richards bought 11,906 shares. Richards bought 4,772 shares at 207.96p on Wednesday and 7,134 shares at 209.03p each on Thursday. The purchases are Richards's only holding. The stock closed up 0.7% at 211.44p Thursday.
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Provident Financial said Director of Corporate Affairs Nick Boakes bought 2,203 shares at a price of GBP22.69425 each on Thursday. Following this transaction, Boakes now holds 6,070 unrestricted shares and 22,804 restricted shares. The stock closed down 0.4% at 2,300.69p Thursday.
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DFS Furniture said Non-Executive Director Luke Mayhew bought 11,800 shares at a price of GBP2.107362 each on Thursday. Following this transaction, Mayhew now holds 31,621 shares. The stock closed down 0.4% at 209.20p Thursday.
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Non-Standard Finance said Chief Financial Officer Nicholas Teunon bought 5,000 shares at a price of 59p per share on Wednesday. Following this transaction, Teunon holds 55,921 shares representing an 0.019% stake in the consumer lender. Teunon's purchase adds to those made on Wednesday by Non-Executive Director Heather McGregor and Investor Relations and Communications Director Peter Reynolds. In addition, Jono Gillespie, chief financial officer of its Home Credit division, bought 20,000 shares at a price of 59.52p per share Thursday. Following the purchase, Gillespie holds 40,000 shares. Shares in the subprime lender closed up 1.8% at 58.00p Thursday.
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Fidelity Special Values said Non-Executive Director Nigel Foster bought 10,000 shares at a price of 183.5487p per share Thursday. Following this transaction, Foster now holds 20,000 shares. The stock closed up 1.3% at 182.25p Thursday.
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Hiscox said a trio of non-executive directors bought shares in the insurer. Ernst Jansen, Anne MacDonald and Colin Keogh, purchased 2,288, 2,195, and 1,316 shares, respectively, at a price of 997p per share on Thursday. The stock closed up 4.4% at 1,031.80p Thursday.
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Aquatic Foods Group said Non-Executive Director Jonathan Quirk purchased 125,000 shares at 6.75p per share on Thursday. Following the purchase, Quirk holds a total of 200,000 shares, representing approximately 0.18% of the issued share capital. Shares in the seafood company closed up 16% at 7.27p Thursday.
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Vesuvius said Non-Executive Director Hock Goh bought 5,000 shares at a price of 296p per share on Wednesday, which is his only holding. Shares in the metal flow engineering group closed down 0.9% at 286.90p Thursday.
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Costain Group said Chairman Paul Golby bought 35,000 shares at a price of 317.44p per share on Thursday. Golby's total shareholding was undisclosed. Shares in the civil engineering company closed up 6.9% at 315.75p Thursday.
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Morgan Sindall Group said Non-Executive Director Malcolm Cooper bought 7,000 shares at a price of 641.5p per share Thursday. Cooper also bought 3,000 shares at 633p each on Wednesday. He now holds 10,000 shares. The stock closed up 3.3% at 657.00p Thursday.
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Berkeley Group Holdings said Tom Bower, spouse of Non-Executive Director Veronica Wadley, bought 1,000 shares at 2,398p each on Tuesday. Following this transaction, Wadley holds 8,500 shares in the FTSE 100 housebuilder. The stock closed down 1.5% at 2,511.20p Thursday.
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Snoozebox Holdings said Chairman Chris Errington bought 2.2 million shares at a price of 0.45p per share on Thursday. The purchase is Errington's only holding in the portable hotel company. Snoozebox on Wednesday reported a wider pretax loss in 2015 due to exceptional costs it booked and higher central overheads, but revenue grew on the back of a strong performance from its semi-permanent hotels. The stock closed up 44% at 0.650p Thursday.
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Arrow Global Group said that Chief Executive Officer Tom Drury bought 50,000 shares at a price of 197.14p per share. After the purchase, Tom Drury holds 3.5 million shares, or a 2.03% stake. The company said Jane Drury, a person connected to Tom Drury, also bought 50,000 shares at the same price. She now holds 3.5 million shares, or a 2.0% stake. In addition, General Counsel Stewart Hamilton bought 8,000 shares at 197.21p each, increasing his interest to 138,710 shares. All the purchases took place on Wednesday. The stock closed up 1.7% at 199.25p Thursday.
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Volution Group said Non-Executive Director Anthony Reading bought 10,000 shares at a price of 144.9p per share on Wednesday. Following the transaction, Reading holds 50,000 shares, which represents 0.025% of the issued share capital. Shares in the ventilation products supplier closed flat at 140.00p Thursday.
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By Arvind Bhunjun; [email protected]; @ArvindBhunjun
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