Dairy Farm splashes $190m on shares in China's Yonghui Superstores
10th Aug 2016 12:49
(ShareCast News) - Dairy Farm International confirmed it has invested a further $190m in Yonghui Superstores in order to keep its share of the Chinese supermarket chain as it completed a new round of fundraising. London-listed and Bermuda-registered Dairy Farm bought 287m shares to maintain its stak
Read moreDirector dealings: Big sale at Auto Trader, modest incentive for 32Red COO
6th Apr 2016 15:41
(ShareCast News) - The bid director deals of the day were undoubtedly the huge profits taken by Auto Trader's main executive management team a year after the company was spun out by the Guardian Media and Apax Partners. The sale of 8.7m shares by chief executive Trevor Mather and finance director Se
Read moreDirector dealings: Dairy Farm boss adds to stake
16th Mar 2016 15:26
(ShareCast News) - Graham Allan, chief executive of pan-Asian retailer Dairy Farm International, has popped into the market to buy a few more shares, after buying a chunk last week. The Australian spent another US$78,000, buying 13,100 shares at $5.92, having bought 40,000 on Friday at $5.955. Shar
Read moreSports Direct's Ashley sells 16m shares, YouGov founder trades in 3.35m
24th Oct 2013 16:03
Sports Direct's founder Mike Ashley has sold 16m shares in the retailer, representing a 2.7 per cent holding and netting the billionaire owner of Newcastle United 106m pounds. An announcement to the stock exchange revealed Ashley had sold the shares at a price of 662.5p, marking a 7.5% discount to
Read moreSThree Asian Pacific director sells 74,176 shares
23rd Oct 2013 16:29
- Asia Pacific director sells 74,176 shares - Awarded as consideration for purchase of minority interests The Managing Director of SThree's Asia Pacific arm, Justin Hughes, this week sold off £264,808-worth of shares in the staffing business, which specialises in the IT sector. Hughes disposed
Read morePrezzo exec slices off 200,000 shares
22nd Oct 2013 16:26
Kuldip Sehmi, an Executive Director at Italian restaurant chain Prezzo, on Monday traded in 200,000 shares, reducing his stake to 682,244 shares, equal to 0.29 per cent of the issued share capital. Sehmi, who is responsible for the day to day running of approximately half the Prezzo estate, sold t
Read moreHunting Chairman reduces family trust holding
21st Oct 2013 16:11
Richard Hunting, the non-Executive Chairman of FTSE 250-listed energy services provider Hunting, has reduced the Hunting Family Trusts' stake in the company. Some 35,796 shares were disposed of for an average price of 857.8p a share, raising £307,058. Richard, who is a trustee of the Hunting Fami
Read moreCarpetright Chairman trades in 416,500 shares
17th Oct 2013 16:32
Lord Harris of Peckham, the Executive Chairman of Carpetright, this week reduced his stake in the flooring specialist with the sale of 416,500 shares. The sale was made through his company Harris Ventures, which is also connected with Martin Harris, Carpetright's Group Development Director. Harr
Read moreHutchison China MediPharma director takes stake in company
16th Oct 2013 16:19
Edith Shih, a Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary of Hutchison China MediPharma, acquired 20,000 shares in the firm, which is the holding company of a healthcare group based primarily in China and focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and selling pharmaceuticals and health orien
Read moreN Brown Group non-exec takes stake in company after share price falls
10th Oct 2013 16:35
Simon Patterson, Non-Executive Director of N Brown Group, has taken advantage of the recent decline in its share price to acquire 10,000 shares in the online and catalogue retailer. Patterson bought the shares, his only holding in the company, at 463.54p for a total spend of £46,354. The previous
Read moreHalifax chief Nicholson sells 350,000 Lloyds shares
3rd Sep 2013 14:49
The head of Lloyds Banking Group's Halifax arm has sold more than 2.5m pounds of Lloyds shares as the state-backed bank prepares for reprivatisation. David Nicholson disposed of 350,000 shares at 73.34p each on September 2nd for £2.57m. When Nicholson sold his shares, they had gained 120% in the
Read moreAggreko execs show their faith with share purchases
21st Dec 2012 16:15
Three executives from Aggreko, the FTSE 100 temporary power and temperature control group, showed their faith in the firm this week, topping up their interests a couple of days after it disappointed the market with a downbeat outlook for 2013. Ken Hanna, Chairman, purchased 6,750 shares at 1,736p e
Read moreDS Smith exec raises one million quid to pay taxes
20th Dec 2012 16:25
Stephen Dryden, the Finance Director of recycled packaging supplier DS Smith, exercised options in the company on Wednesday and subsequently sold half of them for nearly one million pounds. The executive, appointed to the board in April 2008, exercised nil-cost options for 878,903 shares, then sold
Read moreFormer Guinness Peat Chairman trims his stake...again
19th Dec 2012 16:30
Sir Ron Brierley, a non-executive director of Guinness Peat Group (GPG), sold five million shares in the investment holding company for a second week running. Brierley, a well-known New Zealand investor, offloaded the shares on Wednesday at a price of A$0.47 each (30.31p), pocketing a total of A$2.
Read moreTate & Lyle non-exec ups stake by 5,000 shares
17th Dec 2012 16:18
Anne Minto, a non-executive director of Tate & Lyle purchased 5,000 ordinary shares in the sweeteners and food products group on Monday. Minto, who has held senior management roles at several FTSE 100 firms including Centrica, Shell and Smiths Group, currently works as a member of the audit, nomina
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