Nick Beighton, chief operating officer at Asos (ASC), has snapped up 22,150 shares in the company, at 2,249p apiece, costing him £498,290. The purchase boosted his holding in the company by 17 per cent and was transacted on 21 October - the same day he was promoted to his current role, from his previously held post of finance director.
The move might be interpreted as a vote of confidence in the online-only retailer, following a year of turmoil. Asos is in the middle of a massive investment programme to cope with rising sales. That's disrupting trading and increasing costs, although it should yield significant benefits in the future. Mr Beighton's new role will free up chief executive Nick Robertson to focus on the company's growth strategy, customer experience and marketing.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
1pm * ♥ | Ron Russell | 22 Oct 14 | 622,950 | 61 | 380,000 | 7,500,252 | 20.351 |
Action Hotels | Stefan Allesch-Taylor | 17 Oct 14 | 144,928 | 69 | 100,000 | 144,928 | 0.098 |
Advanced Oncotherapy | Dr Enrico Vanni | 20 Oct 14 | 1,000,000 | 4.08 | 40,800 | 12,450,000 | 1.211 |
ASOS | Nick Beighton (cfo & coo) | 21 Oct 14 | 22,150 | 2,249.62 | 498,290 | 149,944 | 0.180 |
Augean | Jim Meredith (ch) | 16 Oct 14 | 25,000 | 45.5 | 11,375 | 225,000 | 0.223 |
Augean | Jim Meredith (ch) | 20 Oct 14 | 25,000 | 46 | 11,500 | 270,000 | 0.268 |
Barr (A G) ♥ | JR Nicolson | 22 Oct 14 | 5,500 | 583 | 32,065 | 5,500 | 0.005 |
Burford Capital | Jurat Lowe | 21 Oct 14 | 60,000 | 122 | 73,200 | 160,000 | 0.078 |
Chrysalis VCT | Dr M Knight | 17 Oct 14 | 45,000 | 61 | 27,450 | 245,232 | 0.820 |
Cineworld ♥ | Moshe Greidinger (ce) | 17 Oct 14 | 2,150,000 | 309.3 | 6,649,950 | 76,626,344 | 29.047 |
Cineworld ♥ | Israel Greidinger | 17 Oct 14 | 2,150,000 | 309.3 | 6,649,950 | 76,626,344 | 29.047 |
Development Securities | Richard Upton | 22 Oct 14 | 35,000 | 187 | 65,450 | 2,732,566 | 2.189 |
Development Securities | Marcus Shepherd | 23 Oct 14 | 10,000 | 197 | 19,700 | 60,390 | 0.048 |
Devro | Paul Withers | 21 Oct 14 | 20,000 | 247.32 | 49,464 | 90,000 | 0.054 |
Devro | Peter Page (ce) | 21 Oct 14 | 20,000 | 247.717 | 49,543 | 662,440 | 0.397 |
EnQuest | Clare Spottiswoode | 21 Oct 14 | 19,560 | 76.1 | 14,885 | 19,560 | 0.002 |
EnQuest | Dr Philip Nolan | 17 Oct 14 | 150,000 | 78.1 | 117,150 | 150,000 | 0.019 |
GameAccount Network | Dermot Smurfit (ce) | 20 Oct 14 | 28,000 | 73.25 | 20,510 | 7,384,075 | 13.265 |
Griffin Mining | Adam Usdan | 17 Oct 14 | 100,000 | 37.5 | 37,500 | 29,244,113 | 16.334 |
Griffin Mining ♥ | Adam Usdan | 21 Oct 14 | 50,000 | 39 | 19,500 | 29,294,113 | 16.362 |
Jupiter Fund Management | P Johnson (cfo) | 17 Oct 14 | 12,003 | 332.3 | 39,886 | 1,338,546 | 0.292 |
Just Retirement | Michael Deakin | 22 Oct 14 | 20,000 | 127.62 | 25,524 | 20,000 | 0.004 |
Keller | Paul Withers | 16 Oct 14 | 10,000 | 754.918 | 75,492 | 20,000 | 0.028 |
Minds + Machines | Dr Frederick Krueger (ch) | 20 Oct 14 | 150,000 | 10 | 15,000 | 128,481,604 | 15.473 |
NetPlay TV | Andrew Lapping | 17 Oct 14 | 250,000 | 7.4 | 18,500 | 3,393,684 | 1.144 |
Northern Petroleum | Jon Murphy (ch) | 22 Oct 14 | 100,000 | 15 | 15,000 | 425,200 | 0.446 |
Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity | MA Miller | 17 Oct 14 | 30,000 | 155.25 | 46,575 | 1,052,054 | 1.047 |
Quindell | Robert Fielding (ce) | 17 Oct 14 | 17,707 | 141.1 | 24,985 | 1,136,097 | 0.260 |
Robert Walters ♥ | L Van de Walle (ch) | 16 Oct 14 | 10,000 | 283.5 | 28,350 | 25,000 | 0.032 |
Shanta Gold | LA Leslie | 20 Oct 14 | 210,000 | 9.5 | 19,950 | 3,260,000 | 0.702 |
Shanta Gold | Anthony Durrant (ch) | 21 Oct 14 | 200,000 | 9.75 | 19,500 | 1,651,212 | 0.356 |
Sinclair IS Pharma | Jean-Charles Tschudin | 17 Oct 14 | 500,000 | 28.75 | 143,750 | 3,000,117 | 0.603 |
Sopheon | Dr Bernard Al | 20 Oct 14 | 49 | 21,919.18 | 10,740 | 114 | 0.783 |
Sopheon | Stuart Silcock | 20 Oct 14 | 74 | 18,587.16 | 13,755 | 266 | 1.827 |
Sopheon | Stuart Silcock | 17 Oct 14 | 89 | 24,793.51 | 22,066 | 92 | 0.632 |
Sopheon | Barry Mence (ch) | 21 Oct 14 | 66 | 16,495.05 | 10,887 | 2,033 | 13.965 |
Sopheon | Barry Mence (ch) | 20 Oct 14 | 237 | 18,587.16 | 44,052 | 1,967 | 13.511 |
Sopheon | Barry Mence (ch) | 17 Oct 14 | 285 | 24,793.51 | 70,661 | 1,730 | 11.884 |
TR European Growth Trust | Jane Tufnell | 17 Oct 14 | 4,000 | 453.715 | 18,149 | 5,215 | 0.010 |
Wilmington | Anthony Foye (cfo) | 20 Oct 14 | 65,000 | 215 | 139,750 | 500,000 | 0.575 |
Wolseley | John Daly | 22 Oct 14 | 550 | 3,174 | 17,457 | 2,050 | 0.001 |
Xcite Energy | Andrew Fairclough (cfo) | 20 Oct 14 | 35,000 | 43.1 | 15,085 | 88,000 | 0.028 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Bioventix | Peter Harrison (ce) | 22 Oct 14 | 55,000 | 655 | 360,250 | 786,176 | 15.586 |
Bioventix | Ian Nicholson (ch) | 22 Oct 14 | 4,000 | 655 | 26,200 | 36,000 | 0.714 |
Bioventix ♥ | Peter Harrison (ce) | 22 Oct 14 | 25,000 | 655 | 163,750 | 761,176 | 15.090 |
Bioventix ♥ | Ian Nicholson (ch) | 22 Oct 14 | 4,000 | 655 | 26,200 | 32,000 | 0.634 |
Goodwin | SR Goodwin | 16 Oct 14 | 1,800 | 3,050 | 54,900 | 103,180 | 1.433 |
Goodwin | BRE Goodwin | 17 Oct 14 | 3,779 | 3,070 | 116,015 | 44,498 | 0.618 |
Goodwin | MS Goodwin | 17 Oct 14 | 3,779 | 3,070 | 116,015 | 80,373 | 1.116 |
Goodwin | SR Goodwin | 17 Oct 14 | 3,779 | 3,070 | 116,015 | 99,401 | 1.381 |
M P Evans | JD Shaw | 21 Oct 14 | 11,000 | 442 | 48,620 | 394,065 | 0.713 |
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