VinaLand sells stake in Vietnam project
16th Nov 2016 08:33
(ShareCast News) - VinaLand, the AIM-quoted investment vehicle established to target strategic segments within Vietnam's emerging real estate market, said it has divested its stake in Project Ceana for $7.6m. The project, acquired by VNL in 2007, is a 7.3 hectare parcel of land located in Dien Ban D
Read moreVinaLand continues share buyback programme
19th Apr 2016 10:50
(ShareCast News) - VinaLand continued its long-running share buyback programme this month, confirming on Tuesday that it purchased 1.1 million ordinary shares of one US cent each, at 66 cents a piece on 15 April. The AIM-traded company had added a share buyback authority to its Memorandum and Articl
Read moreVinaLand continues share buyback programme
5th Jan 2016 14:00
(ShareCast News) - VinaLand continued its extended share buyback programme apace at the end of 2015, further reducing the total voting rights in the company. The AIM-listed firm confirmed on Tuesday that it purchased 1,181,204 ordinary shares of $0.01 (£0.0068) each at an average price of $0.615 per
Read moreVinaLand to divest stake in Marie Curie project
25th Jul 2014 13:58
AIM-listed investment firm VinaLand plans to divest its 64.5% stake in the company that owns the Marie Curie project due to current market conditions. The group announced in a trading statement today it will rid its entire stake in the project, which was acquired in 2008 for development into a mixe
Read moreEckoh director boosts stake with purchase of 200,000 shares
3rd Jan 2013 16:01
Chris Batterham, the Non-Executive Chairman of speech recognition and associated payment solutions provider Eckoh has added 200,000 ordinary shares to his stake in the firm. Batterham bought the shares at 14.125p each, costing him £28,240. The purchase takes his holding in Eckoh to 950,000 ordin
Read moreThomas Cook Chairman makes purchase following results disappointment
29th Nov 2012 16:48
The non-executive Chairman of Thomas Cook, the FTSE 250 travel company, has made a show of faith in the group as full-year losses widened on higher fuel costs and write-downs. Frank Meysman, who became Chairman one year ago, bought 100,000 shares at 24.57p a time for a total of £24,570. The comp
Read moreSDL head shows faith after profit warning
27th Nov 2012 16:28
The Chairman and Chief Executive of troubled business, translation and communications software company SDL has added 170,532 shares to his stake in the company one day after it issued a profit warning. Mark Lancaster, who also founded the group in 1992, was clearly keen to show his faith in the gr
Read moreSynergy CEO stocks up as Q1 growth limited by currency
27th Jul 2012 15:50
Dr Richard Steeves, the Chief Executive Officer of Synergy Health, a provider of outsourced sterilisation services, bought himself a round of shares on the same day the firm admitted headline growth in the first quarter had been held back by currency translation with the devaluation of the euro. T
Read moreHunting CEO ditches 100,000 shares
1st May 2012 15:50
The Chief Executive Officer of FTSE 250 energy services provider Hunting has sold off 100,000 shares in the firm at 945p each. Dennis Proctor, who has been a director of Hunting for twelve years, made the £945,000 sale to satisfy personal tax liabilities, the company said. Following the transact
Read moreTalkTalk non-exec spends £250,000
23rd May 2011 15:19
Non-executive director Ian West has spent £250,000 on shares in the fixed line voice and broadband telecommunications company TalkTalk, it announced today. He took 181,700 shares at 137.58p a pop, taking his holding to 346,023 shares. The shares are lower than when he last took a stake in the com
Read moreNew Sirius Minerals finance boss invests £99,000
18th Jan 2011 16:39
Potash explorer Sirius Minerals' new finance director Andrew Lindsay has invested £99,000 in the company following his appointment. Lindsay was appointed on the same day that Sirius announced its acquisition of York Potash. He was previously finance director of AIM-quoted European Nickel. He has
Read moreWellstream boss cuts stake
10th Jun 2010 16:49
Gordon Chapman, chief executive of oil services firm Wellstream, has raised £753,000 from the sale of a total of 150,000 shares. The shares were sold at 518p, 496p and 500p - the majority were sold at the latter price. This is well above the April 2007 flotation price of 320p a share but well belo
Read moreEuromoney publisher sells
25th Jan 2010 16:05
Neil Osborn, the publisher of Euromoney magazine, has sold nearly half of his stake in financial publisher and events organiser Euromoney Institutional Investor. Osborn sold 25,000 shares at 460p a share, which raised £115,000. Osborn is left with 27,675 shares. Last February, Osborn exercised o
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