Domino's director slices off 100,000 shares

27th Sep 2012 17:30

Patricia Thomas, the Operations Director at Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland, the main operating subsidiary of Domino's Pizza, sold 100,000 ordinary shares in the company on the same day it reported a slowdown in like-for-like sales growth in the third quarter. Thomas disposed of the shares at an average price of 537p each, earning a total of £537,000. System sales for the 13 weeks to September 23rd were up by 7.9% to £136.4m from £127.0m in the corresponding period of last year, with year to date system sales up by 10.0% to £424.1m (2011: £385.4m). Like-for-like sales in the 660 mature stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland continued to grow. In the UK only, like-for-like (LFL) sales for the period were up by 3.7%, versus 4.1% the year before and 5.7% in the first six months of the financial year. LFL sales in euros for the Republic of Ireland were down 2.1%, an improvement on the 4.1% decline seen in the corresponding period of last year but a reversal of the 2.9% increase in LFL sales seen in the first half of the current financial year. Top Director BuysCLS Holdings (CLI) Director name: Mr Sten A MortstedtAmount purchased: 5,000 @ 721.00p Value: £36,050Environmental Recycling Technologies (ENRT) Director name: Mr Lee Anthony Clayton Amount purchased: 1,375,000 @ 2.15p Value: £29,562Helical Bar (HLCL) Director name: Mr Michael O'DonnellAmount purchased: 16,000 @ 183.50p Value: £29,360Helical Bar (HLCL) Director name: Mr Richard GrantAmount purchased: 15,000 @ 187.00p Value: £28,050Dexion Trading Ltd. (DTL) Director name: Mrs Carol P GoodwinAmount purchased: 20,000 @ 121.96p Value: £24,392Environmental Recycling Technologies (ENRT) Director name: Mr Kenneth Williams BrooksAmount purchased: 916,667 @ 2.15p Value: £19,708Real Estate Investors (RLE) Director name: Major William WyattAmount purchased: 25,000 @ 40.00p Value: £10,000Top Director SellsDiageo (DGE) Director name: Mr Paul S WalshAmount sold: 164,717 @ 1,747.00p Value: £2,877,606Diageo (DGE) Director name: Mr Ivan MenezesAmount sold: 60,496 @ 1,743.78p Value: £1,054,917Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN) Director name: Mr Martin J GilbertAmount sold: 500,000 @ 308.20p Value: £1,541,000Diageo (DGE) Director name: Ms Deirdre MahlanAmount sold: 27,576 @ 1,743.78p Value: £480,865Galliford Try (GFRD) Director name: Mr Greg FitzgeraldAmount sold: 103,623 @ 733.00p Value: £759,557Galliford Try (GFRD) Director name: Mr Frank NelsonAmount sold: 68,058 @ 733.00p Value: £498,865Galliford Try (GFRD) Director name: Mr Ken GillespieAmount sold: 67,630 @ 733.00p Value: £495,728Galliford Try (GFRD) Director name: Mr Ian BakerAmount sold: 63,807 @ 733.00p Value: £467,705Helical Bar (HLCL) Director name: Mr Michael SladeAmount sold: 200,000 @ 183.70p Value: £367,400BrainJuicer Group (BJU) Director name: Mr James GeddesAmount sold: 15,000 @ 353.00p Value: £52,950