Carclo directors top up after posting jump in profit
18th Jun 2014 15:50
The Chief Executive (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer of plastics firm Carclo have purchased a combined 64,273 shares in the group following the publication of its results a week earlier. CEO Christopher Malley has purchased 23,773 shares at 114.29p for a total cost of £27,170. CFO Robert Brooks
Read moreNew Cable & Wireless CEO spends almost triple his salary on shares
6th Jan 2014 16:08
The new Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless Communications has acquired 4.3m shares in the company after starting his new role at the beginning of the month. Bentley, who was the Managing Director of British Gas from 2007 to 2013, spent a total of just under £2.45m, equivalent to approxima
Read moreMondi CEO trades in 50,000 shares
2nd Jan 2014 16:34
David Hathorn, the Chief Executive Officer of international packaging and paper group Mondi, on New Year's Eve reduced his stake in the company by 50,000 shares. Hathorn earned £522,600 from the sale after disposing of each share at 1,045.20p. The trade-in comes just two months after the group re
Read moreRPS exec reduces stake by nearly a quarter
5th Nov 2013 16:19
Energy and engineering consultant RPS Group said Tuesday that Executive Director, Phil Williams, had that day traded in 100,000 shares, reducing his stake to 318,439. Williams earned £289,500 from the sale, which comes just one week after the FTSE 250 company treated investors to a third quarter u
Read moreAdvanced Computer Software Chairman trades in 1m shares
1st Nov 2013 16:08
The Chairman of Advanced Computer Software this week sliced off 870,380 pounds-worth of shares from his stake, reducing it to 2.42m, the group announced after the close on Thursday. Michael Jackson disposed of exactly 1m shares in the healthcare and business management software, and said he made t
Read moreOngoing volatility hurts Symphony International
25th Oct 2013 08:17
Symphony International said significant volatility in Asian financial markets continued during its third quarter however it said the long-term outlook remains unchanged. Net asset value (NAV) at September 30th was $671.5m, a touch below June's $675.2m. NAV per share for the same period was $1.30 co
Read moreHikma Pharmaceuticals non-exec sells 5,700 shares
21st May 2013 15:52
Ronald Goode, a non-Executive Director of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, has disposed of 5,700 shares at 983.00p each. The £56,031 sale comes less than a week after the company upgraded its 2013 revenue growth forecast following a strong start to the year. In an announcment released May 16th, the group t
Read moreWhitbread Managing Director trades in shares after vesting under scheme
3rd May 2013 16:11
Whitbread's Managing Director, Patrick Dempsey, has sold 12,341 shares in the company after 26,210 shares vested under an incentive scheme. The shares were sold for 2,616.05p each for a total of £322,847. The transaction was made in the same week Whitbread recorded a double digit increase in ann
Read moreGreene King CEO sells a chunk of share awards
11th Dec 2012 15:57
Rooney Anand, the Chief Executive of pubs group Greene King, pocketed nearly half a million pounds yesterday by selling off a portion of the shares he was awarded under the company's long-term incentive awards (LTIP) a few years back. Under the LTIP awards that were granted to a number of senior ex
Read moreFriday broker round-up
5th Oct 2012 08:19
Anglo American: AlphaValue upgrades from add to buy. Betfair: Panmure Gordon cuts target from 1,000p to 977p, buy rating kept. BHP Billiton: AlphaValue downgrades from add to reduce. Burberry: Morgan Stanley upgrades to overweight, target kept at 1,190p; UBS keeps neutral rating and 1,170p target
Read moreSymphony Intl calls for more firepower
4th Oct 2012 09:21
Symphony International, which invests in consumer-related businesses, primarily in the healthcare, hospitality, and lifestyle sectors, is replenishing its war-chest through a rights issue. The group is planning to raise around $100m through a fully underwritten rights issue on the basis of 0.481 ne
Read moreBrooks Macdonald co-founders ditch 385,000 shares
22nd Mar 2012 15:19
Three of the founders of Brooks Macdonald, an AIM-50 wealth management group, have sold a total of 385,000 shares for 1,275p, but insisted they remain 'fully committed' to the company. Chris Macdonald, the Chief Executive, reduced his stake by 150,000 shares, Richard Spencer by 130,000 and Jonatha
Read moreGlencore boss spends £10m
16th Sep 2011 15:58
Glencore's chief executive Ivan Glasenberg has opened his wallet, splashing out nearly £10m on shares in the commodity trading house. He took 2.25m shares at an average price of 435p a share and has already made a handsome profit of about £100,000. The company added that Glasenberg plans to buy m
Read moreEasyJet's director increases his stake
11th Aug 2011 12:30
EasyJet's director Sir Michael Rake has reached into his back pocket to purchase 3,108 shares in his company. The shares, bought at 319.184p each, brings Sir Rake's total to 12,308, representing a 0.0029% stake in the budget airline. Sir Rake joined the board in 2009 and took up his current po
Read moreCadogan bosses buy shares
25th May 2011 17:18
Chief executive Ian Baron and finance boss Gordon Stein have been upping their stakes in oil and gas group Cadogan Petroleum. Baron took 150,000 shares at 42.25p a time, paying a total of £63,375, and now has 650,000. Stein took 68,685 shares at 43p a pop, taking his holding to 193,685. Cadogan s
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