Director dealings: Hostelworld's McCue dips in after warning

1st Jun 2016 15:29

(ShareCast News) - Hostelworld director Andy McCue, who joined the bargain rooms website just before its London flotation last October, has bedded down with the purchase of £45,400 shares after a weak trading update last week.Non-executive McCue, former chief executive of Paddy Power but who left last month following the merger with Betfair, snapped up 25,000 shares in Dublin-based Hostelworld at a price of 181.5p each.A update last Thursday revealed that trading over the second quarter at Hostelworld had been "at a level below our expectations", sending the share price, which had hit 300p in April, shooting down by around 30% on the day to not much over 180p.On Friday, CEO Feargal Mooney bought 84,000 shares at 180.25p and chief technology officer John O'Donnell 30,000 at 181.4p Top Director BuysHostelworld Group (HSW)Director name: McCue,AndyAmount purchased: 25,000 @ 181.50pValue: £45,375.00Vesuvius (VSVS)Director name: Hurt,DouglasAmount purchased: 9,000 @ 347.17pValue: £31,245.56Vesuvius (VSVS)Director name: Hurt,DouglasAmount purchased: 9,000 @ 347.17pValue: £31,245.56Harworth Group (HWG)Director name: Cunningham,Andrew RAmount purchased: 15,757 @ 95.19pValue: £14,999.09St Ives (SIV)Director name: Pocklington,NigelAmount purchased: 10,000 @ 100.25pValue: £10,025.00Travis Perkins (TPK)Director name: Walker,Robert MAmount purchased: 247 @ 1,898.90pValue: £4,690.28Brown (n.) Group (BWNG)Director name: Higginson,AndrewAmount purchased: 841 @ 252.00pValue: £2,119.32Travis Perkins (TPK)Director name: Rogers ,Christopher Amount purchased: 44 @ 1,898.90pValue: £835.52Travis Perkins (TPK)Director name: Anderson,RuthAmount purchased: 44 @ 1,898.90pValue: £835.52Travis Perkins (TPK)Director name: McConville,ColineAmount purchased: 44 @ 1,898.90pValue: £835.52Travis Perkins (TPK)Director name: Redfern,PeterAmount purchased: 41 @ 1,898.90pValue: £778.55Travis Perkins (TPK)Director name: Rogers,JohnAmount purchased: 36 @ 1,898.90pValue: £683.60Maintel Holdings (MAI)Director name: Stevens,KevinAmount purchased: 15 @ 1,014.00pValue: £152.10Maintel Holdings (MAI)Director name: Legg,Stuart Amount purchased: 14 @ 1,014.00pValue: £141.96Top Director SellsJardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (singapore Reg) (JAR)Director name: Keswick,Adam Phillip CharlesAmount purchased: 47,000 @ $57.01Value: $2,679,333.66Sabmiller (SAB)Director name: Clark,Alan Amount purchased: 22,854 @ 4,274.43pValue: £976,878.69