Beazley Finance Director sells shares post-vesting
29th Apr 2014 16:16
Beazley's Group Finance Director, Martin Bride, on Tuesday sold all 37,500 shares that vested under the specialist insurance company's April 2009 plan. Bride, who joined the group that year, sold the shares at 243.75p each, generating £91,406. The company delivered an impressive performance in 20
Read moreJohn Whittaker increases stake in Intu
13th Mar 2013 16:21
The Deputy Chairman of Intu (formerly Capital Shopping Centres), John Whittaker, has boosted his stake in the group by 60,000 shares two weeks after the company posted a stable set of full year results. Whittaker, who joined the board after selling the well-known Trafford Centre shopping mall to C
Read moreNon-Exec at Kofax stocks up
20th Mar 2012 16:19
Mark Wells, a non-executive director at Kofax, a provider of capture driven process automation solutions, bought 15,000 at 302.00p each this week. The £45,300 purchase comes one month after the firm reported a 31% slide in profit to $3.8m for the quarter ended December 31st. Total revenues for th
Read moreTUI chief funds tax charges with share sale
19th Mar 2012 16:14
Johan Lundgren, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of TUI Travel, a FTSE 250 company, has sold 124,777 shares at 193.54p each, leaving him with a total of 882,964 shares. The director said the £241,493 sale was made to cover accumulated tax liabilities relating to his move from Sweden to the UK in 20
Read moreStandard Chartered earns 5.9m pounds worth of shares
16th Mar 2012 16:28
Peter Sands, Chief Executive at Standard Chartered, the Asia-focused banking colossus, earned himself 5.9m pounds-worth of shares in the company following the vesting of four separate reward payments. The pay-out came as the largest part of a £32m bonus paid to 10 of the company's directors. San
Read moreNorseman non-exec buys on weakness
5th May 2011 16:11
Gary Steinepreis, a non-executive director at Norseman Gold, has splashed out £165,000 building up his stake in the miner. He bought 1m shares at 16.5p a time through his company Ascent Capital and now has 5.03m shares, which is about 2.3% of the company. Shares in Norseman have slumped since the
Read moreBetfair finance chief buys
15th Dec 2010 16:33
Betfair finance director Stephen Morana has bought £100,000 worth of shares in the betting exchange operator following yesterday's share price fall in the back of interim figures. Betfair floated in October at an offer price of 1,300p a share. It dipped below that price prior to the interims and a
Read moreLand Securities non-exec starts building stake
14th Dec 2010 16:11
Simon Palley, a non-executive director at Land Securities, has taken his first tranche of shares in the shopping centre and office developer. He took 16,250 shares at 664.8p each, paying nearly £110,000. Palley joined the board of Land Securities, whose portfolio includes the Lakeside Retail Park
Read moreDiamond family fund sinks £1m into Barclays
13th Dec 2010 16:30
Bob Diamond's family trust has invested nearly £1m in Barclays shares. The Barclays chief executive elect is a connected person to the Diamond Family Foundation, which has bought 363,179 shares at an average price of 273.97p a share. The total cost was £995,000. Diamond, who takes over as chief
Read moreMulberry boss raises £5.5m from disposal
10th Dec 2010 16:22
Godfrey Davis, the chairman and chief executive of Mulberry, has raised £5.5m from the sale of shares. Davis sold 650,000 shares at 850p each. Shares in fashion products designer Mulberry have risen by more than 500% in the past 12 months. This week, broker finnCap has substantially increased it
Read moreDrax director buys
9th Dec 2010 16:17
Drax non-executive director Tony Thorne has bought £28,000 worth of shares in the power generator. He has paid 378.69p a share for 7,500 shares. Thorne was appointed to the board in June and these are the first shares he has bought. Thorne is a former chief executive of paper company DS Smith.
Read moreNew WPP director takes a stake
8th Dec 2010 16:19
Solomon Trujillo, a recently-appointed director at the advertising group WPP, has splashed out about £76,000 shares in the firm. He took 2,000 American Depositary Receipts, paying $59.90 (3,800p) for each one, and now has the equivalent of 10,000 shares in the company. Trujillo has worked with se
Read moreCapita boss takes more shares
6th Dec 2010 15:16
Paul Pindar, chairman of the provider of outsourced services to the government, Capita, has spent nearly £1m on shares in the group. He bought 150,000 shares at 640p a time and now has about 1.7m shares or 0.3% of the company, which operates the Criminal Records Bureau and collects the TV licence a
Read moreHotel Corporation director finds room for shares
3rd Nov 2010 17:39
Barclay Douglas, a director at the Hotel Corporation, an investment company set up to invest in four star hotels, has upped his stake in the company. He bought 50,000 shares at 60p a time, paying a total of £30,000. Following the purchase he has just over 220,000 shares, or 0.44% of the company.
Read moreMelrose non-exec invests £126,000
2nd Nov 2010 16:37
Melrose non-executive director Miles Templeman has invested a further £126,000 in the engineer and industrial products supplier. Templeman bought 44,665 shares at 281.89p each. That takes his stake to 398,787 shares. The last time a Melrose director bought shares was back in March 2009. That was
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