25th Nov 2015 17:16
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Wednesday and late on Tuesday.
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Contracts-for-difference trader Plus500 said Non-Executive Director Charles Fairbairn bought shares in the company on Tuesday, as did his wife.
Fairbairn bought 70,247 shares at 349.30 pence per share, while his wife, Susan, bought 4,892 shares at 349.00p. Following the transaction, Fairbairn has a total beneficial holding of 250,000 shares in Plus500.
His purchase came the same day as Daniel King, a fellow non-executive director, who bought 13,259 shares at 339.38p.
Both were made a day after Playtech, the FTSE 250-listed gaming software company, pulled out of its GBP459.0 million deal to acquire Plus500 amid concerns the deal was not set to secure necessary approvals from the UK Financial Conduct Authority by the end of 2015.
Shares in Plus500 closed up 6.8% to 390.85p on Wednesday.
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Hardware and software company IS Solutions said Chairman Peter Simmonds bought shares in the company on Tuesday. Simmonds bought 50,000 shares at 97.75 pence per share, taking his total holding to 141,500 shares. The shares were acquired the same day IS Solutions announced a reshuffle to its board and said it remained confident it would meet market expectations for the full year as it swung to a pretax profit in the first half. Shares in IS Solutions closed up 6.9% to 101.00p Wednesday.
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Havelock Europa said Non-Executive Director Peter Dillon bought 85,000 shares at an average price of 9.0 pence each Monday. Following this purchase Dillon has 763,070 shares in the company, or a 1.98% stake. Shares in Havelock Europa were untraded at 8.87p Wednesday.
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Cloud software provider Synety Group said Non-Executive Director Sophie Tomkins has bought shares in the company on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tomkins bought 22,596 shares at an average price of 88.50 pence per share. The shares are her first purchase. Shares in Synety closed down 1.6% at 87.55p Wednesday.
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JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust said Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Richard Burns bought shares in the trust on Tuesday. Burns bought 5,000 shares at 482.11 pence per share, raising his total holding to 95,000 shares. Shares in the trust closed up 0.5% to 486.75p on Wednesday.
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Capital & Regional said Karoo Investment Fund has sold its remaining holding of 1.4 million shares in the company. The sales completed on November 20 and were disposed of in the South African market at an average price of ZAR14.08 per share, equivalent to 66.4 pence per share based on an exchange rate of ZAR21.2 to GBP1.00 on that date, the company said. Wessel Hamman, non-executive director of both Capital & Regional and of Karoo, no longer has a beneficial interest in any of Capital & Regional's shares. Also as a result of the Karoo sale, Louis Norval, another non-executive director, has a revised beneficial interest in 136.9 million shares, representing 19.5% of the company's shares, Capital & Regional said.
Shares in Capital & Regional closed up 0.7% at 70.50p Wednesday.
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By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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