1st Nov 2018 17:28
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of director dealings reported in London on Thursday.----------Standard Life Aberdeen said Co-Chief Executives Keith Skeoch and Martin Gilbert both bought shares in the investment company on Wednesday.Skeoch and Gilbert both bought 150,000 shares, the former at a price of 269.12p each and the latter at 271.66p per share. Skeoch's purchase was worth GBP403,680 and Gilbert's GBP407,490. Neither the holding of Skeoch nor Gilbert was given following the purchase.Shares in Standard Life closed up 0.4% at 271.55p.----------Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon said that Chairman Neil Donaldson bought shares in the company worth GBP20,170. On Thursday, Donaldson acquired 11,761 shares at 171.50 pence each. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon shares ended down 1.3% at 169.70p. ----------IG Group Holdings said that Chief Executive Officer June Felix and Chairman Andy Green both purchased shares in the company on Tuesday. Felix was appointed to the CEO position on Tuesday, replacing Peter Hetherington after news of his departure in September. Felix acquired 17,000 shares on Tuesday at a price of 608.41 pence per share, at a total of GBP103,428. Green bought 8,174 shares at 608.59p each, at a total of GBP49,746. It has not been disclosed how many shares Felix or Green now holds following this transaction.Shares in the FTSE 250-listed online trading provider closed up 0.5% at 607.50p.----------Cinema company Everyman Media Group said that Executive Director Adam Kaye bought 30,000 shares in the company in two deals. On Wednesday, Kaye acquired the first 27,500 shares at 194.44 pence for GBP53,471. He then bought a further 2,500 shares at 200.0p for GBP5,000. Following the acquisitions, worth GBP58,471 in total, Kaye owns 5.2 million shares in the firm, representing a 7.28% stake. Everyman Media Group shares closed up 1.7% at 211.60p each. ----------Rotala said that Non-Executive Director Graham Peacock bought 125,000 shares in the company on Wednesday last week. Peacock acquired the shares at 51.5 pence each for GBP64,375. Following this purchase, he holds 2.9 million shares in the investment company. Rotala shares closed up 2.1% at 52.56p. ----------Obtala said Chairman Miles Pelham bought GBP32,500 worth of shares. Pelham acquired 500,000 shares at 6.5 pence each on Wednesday. His total stake in the firm following the deal was not disclosed. Obtala shares closed down 5.0% at 6.27p. ----------NEX Group said Steve Gibson, chief executive officer of NEX Opportunities, sold shares worth GBP210,591. Gibson sold 18,686 shares in the company at 1,127 pence each. His total stake in the FTSE 250-listed firm was not disclosed. NEX shares closed down 0.6% at 1,129.0p. Shares in NEX are expected to be suspended on Friday, and then delisted on Monday, after the UK Competition & Markets Authority cleared its takeover by US-based options and futures exchange operator CME Group Inc. Th GBP3.90 billion deal was announced in March, with CME offering 500 pence in cash as well as 0.0444 of a new CME share for every NEX share held - at CME's closing price the day before the announcement, this valued the offer at 1,000p per share, a 49% premium to NEX's March 15 closing price.----------VPC Specialty Lending Investments said that Victory Park Capital Advisors LLC, a firm closely associated with Director Richard Levy, bought shares in the company. Victory Park on Tuesday purchased 69,664 shares at 80 pence for GBP55,731. It has not been disclosed how many shares it now holds in VPC. VPC shares closed flat at 79.0p each. ----------Domino's Pizza Group said its Chief Financial Officer David Bauernfeind acquired shares worth GBP22,328 in the take-away retailer in a transaction on Wednesday. Bauernfeind - finance head since early October, having previously been interim CFO - bought 8,000 shares at 279.099 pence each. Shares in Domino's closed 2.1% higher at 289.30p. The total holding of Bauernfeind after the transaction was not disclosed. ----------Rio Tinto said Non-Executive Director Megan Clark bought shares worth GBP22,000 in the FTSE 100-listed mining giant in a transaction on Monday. Clark - a non-executive since 2014 - bought 530 of its Australian-listed shares at AUD74.66 or around 4,150 pence each, worth AUD39,560. Shares in Rio Tinto closed 1.4% higher at 3,855.50p in London. The total holding of Clark after the transaction was not disclosed. ----------Related Shares:
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