Investors should read little into the sale of around 1m shares by various directors of Helical Bar (HLCL). All of these were awarded earlier this month through a share performance scheme allocated in July 2011 as part of a share plan set up in 2004. Even after the sale, 68-year-old veteran chief executive Michael Slade still holds around 11 per cent of the shares in issue.
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At the same time as the options matured, the Helical Bar Employee Share Ownership Plan Trust - from which the shares granted were transferred - topped up its holding with the purchase of 750,000 shares at 355p each, taking its holding to 3.63m or 3.1 per cent of the shares in issue.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Aberdeen Asset Management | Simon Troughton | 04 Dec 14 | 20,000 | 462 | 92,400 | 60,000 | 0.005 |
Access Intelligence | Michael Jackson (ch) | 09 Dec 14 | 700,000 | 3.5 | 24,500 | 25,865,858 | 11.002 |
Bank of Georgia Holdings | Alasdair Breach | 09 Dec 14 | 2,121 | 2,064 | 43,777 | 16,400 | 0.042 |
Bank of Georgia Holdings | Neil Janin (ch) | 05 Dec 14 | 20,000 | 2,087 | 417,400 | 45,729 | 0.116 |
BATM Advanced Communications | Dr Gideon Chitayat (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 600,000 | 15.375 | 92,250 | 600,000 | 0.149 |
Better Capital PCC | Richard Battey | 08 Dec 14 | 30,000 | 86 | 25,800 | 60,000 | 0.029 |
Chesnara * | Mike Evans | 05 Dec 14 | 6,452 | 310 | 20,001 | 6,452 | 0.005 |
Chesnara * | Graham Kettleborough (ce) | 05 Dec 14 | 7,322 | 310 | 22,698 | 80,612 | 0.064 |
Collagen Solutions * | David Evans (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 7,142,856 | 7 | 500,000 | 12,638,730 | 7.392 |
Collagen Solutions * | Gill Black ((cfo & cs) | 10 Dec 14 | 357,143 | 7 | 25,000 | 357,143 | 0.209 |
Collagen Solutions * | Dr. Kevin Wilson | 10 Dec 14 | 714,286 | 7 | 50,000 | 1,792,296 | 1.048 |
Collagen Solutions * | Dr. Stewart White (ce) | 10 Dec 14 | 357,143 | 7 | 25,000 | 3,464,327 | 2.026 |
Collagen Solutions * | Malcolm Gillies | 10 Dec 14 | 714,286 | 7 | 50,000 | 1,214,286 | 0.710 |
Conygar Investment Company (The) | Preston Rabl | 05 Dec 14 | 140,000 | 180 | 252,000 | 1,485,480 | 1.768 |
Corero Network Security * | Jens Montanana (ch) | 09 Dec 14 | 11,746,667 | 15 | 1,762,000 | 45,690,354 | 39.512 |
Egdon Resources † | Mark Abbott † | 09 Dec 14 | 200,000 | 12.45 | 24,900 | 7,663,824 | 3.462 |
Glanbia | Patrick Coveney | 08 Dec 14 | 3,900 | 1,267.5 | 49,433 | 3,900 | 0.001 |
Grainger | Ian Coull | 08 Dec 14 | 25,000 | 200.5 | 50,125 | 25,000 | 0.006 |
Independent News & Media | Len O'Hagan | 08 Dec 14 | 110,000 | 13.5 | 14,850 | 111,993 | 0.008 |
Ironveld | Nick Harrison | 08 Dec 14 | 200,000 | 6.2 | 12,400 | 11,323,581 | 3.793 |
Ironveld ♥ | Giles Clarke (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 150,000 | 7 | 10,500 | 16,252,099 | 5.444 |
Ironveld ♥ | Giles Clarke (ch) | 08 Dec 14 | 175,000 | 6.18 | 10,815 | 16,102,099 | 5.394 |
Ironveld ♥ | Nick Harrison | 10 Dec 14 | 150,000 | 7 | 10,500 | 11,473,581 | 3.843 |
ITE | Marco Sodi (ch) | 08 Dec 14 | 18,904 | 155 | 29,301 | 150,000 | 0.060 |
Ithaca Energy | Jack Lee (ch) | 05 Dec 14 | 200,000 | 64.35953 | 128,719 | 1,400,000 | 0.425 |
Ithaca Energy | Les Thomas (ce) | 05 Dec 14 | 200,000 | 61 | 122,000 | 204,014 | 0.062 |
Jubilee Platinum | Colin Bird (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 1,000,000 | 1.25 | 12,500 | 6,517,991 | 1.023 |
KBC Advanced Technologies ♥ | Oliver Scott | 05 Dec 14 | 50,000 | 86.9 | 43,450 | 9,570,928 | 11.739 |
KBC Advanced Technologies ♥ | Oliver Scott | 04 Dec 14 | 50,000 | 86.4 | 43,200 | 9,520,928 | 11.672 |
London Capital Holdings | Charles-Henri Sabet (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 1,000,000 | 33 | 330,000 | 1,650,000 | 2.959 |
Majedie Investments | Paul Gadd | 05 Dec 14 | 5,000 | 242 | 12,100 | 40,000 | 0.076 |
Majedie Investments | Paul Gadd | 05 Dec 14 | 5,000 | 237 | 11,850 | 35,000 | 0.067 |
Nord Gold NV ** | Alexy Mordashov | 05 Dec 14 | 3,587,942 | 150 | 5,381,913 | 326,258,808 | 86.284 |
Patagonia Gold * | William Humphries * | 09 Dec 14 | 2,222,222 | 4.5 | 100,000 | 30,892,699 | 2.952 |
Patagonia Gold * | Carlos Miguens (ch) | 09 Dec 14 | 77,848,548 | 4.5 | 3,503,185 | 211,187,533 | 20.178 |
Patagonia Gold * | Gonzalo Tanoira * | 09 Dec 14 | 1,415,428 | 4.5 | 63,694 | 10,191,035 | 0.974 |
Proxama * | Gavin Breeze | 10 Dec 14 | 4,000,000 | 2.5 | 100,000 | 150,006,651 | 14.729 |
Proxama * | David Bailey (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 2,000,000 | 2.5 | 50,000 | 13,324,126 | 1.308 |
Qannas Investments | Jassim Alseddiqi Alansaari | 04 Dec 14 | 31,250 | 90 | 28,125 | 7,827,146 | 10.213 |
Reckitt Benckiser | Adrian Hennah (cfo) | 04 Dec 14 | 13,222 | 5,177 | 684,503 | 26,851 | 0.004 |
Richoux | Salvatore Diliberto (ce) | 04 Dec 14 | 200,000 | 15 | 30,000 | 19,658,672 | 21.364 |
Sage Group (The) | Stephen Kelly (ce) | 04 Dec 14 | 78,646 | 442.75 | 348,205 | 146,146 | 0.014 |
Seeing Machines * | James Walker (cfo) | 05 Dec 14 | 280,000 | 5.5 | 15,400 | 3,291,532 | 0.354 |
Servoca | Andy Church (ce) | 08 Dec 14 | 115,274 | 17.35 | 20,000 | 6,128,797 | 4.896 |
Smith (DS) | Kathleen O'Donovan | 05 Dec 14 | 10,471 | 305.6 | 31,999 | 10,471 | 0.001 |
Smith (DS) | Louise Smalley | 05 Dec 14 | 14,615 | 305.6 | 44,663 | 14,615 | 0.002 |
Symphony International Holdings | Anil Thadani | 09 Dec 14 | 300,000 | 82 | 246,000 | 57,117,991 | 10.910 |
Symphony International Holdings | Anil Thadani | 10 Dec 14 | 100,182 | 82 | 82,149 | 57,218,173 | 10.929 |
Vedanta Resources | Tom Albanese (ce) | 10 Dec 14 | 9,500 | 647.5 | 61,513 | 82,700 | 0.031 |
Weatherly International * | Charilaos Stavrakis | 08 Dec 14 | 421,052 | 2.925 | 12,316 | 1,421,052 | 0.183 |
Weatherly International * | Dr Wolf Martinick | 08 Dec 14 | 3,720,000 | 2.925 | 108,810 | 22,983,200 | 2.957 |
Weatherly International * | John Bryant (ch) | 08 Dec 14 | 341,880 | 2.925 | 10,000 | 739,380 | 0.095 |
Weatherly International * | Rod Webster (ce) | 08 Dec 14 | 928,000 | 2.925 | 27,144 | 28,271,800 | 3.637 |
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
BATM Advanced Communications | Peter Sheldon | 10 Dec 14 | 600,000 | 15.375 | 92,250 | 150,000 | 0.037 |
Betfair | Alexander Gersh (cfo) | 08 Dec 14 | 20,000 | 1,460 | 292,000 | 0 | 0.000 |
British Polythene Industries ♥ | John Langlands (ce) | 10 Dec 14 | 35,000 | 615 | 215,250 | 283,683 | 1.047 |
Countrywide | Grenville Turner (ch) | 10 Dec 14 | 880,000 | 446 | 3,924,800 | 1,071,524 | 0.495 |
CSR | Ron Mackintosh (ch) | 09 Dec 14 | 6,115 | 845.66 | 51,712 | 106,000 | 0.064 |
Helical Bar | Gerald Kaye | 05 Dec 14 | 270,386 | 354.17 | 957,626 | 1,126,367 | 0.953 |
Helical Bar | Matthew Bonning-Snook | 05 Dec 14 | 123,605 | 354.17 | 437,772 | 154,429 | 0.131 |
Helical Bar | Michael Slade (ce) | 05 Dec 14 | 309,013 | 354.17 | 1,094,431 | 12,739,807 | 10.780 |
Helical Bar | Nigel McNair Scott (ch) | 05 Dec 14 | 181,545 | 354.17 | 642,978 | 2,674,396 | 2.263 |
Helical Bar | Tim Murphy | 05 Dec 14 | 35,451 | 354.17 | 125,557 | 156,806 | 0.133 |
Nord Gold NV ** | Nikolai Zelenskiy (ce) | 05 Dec 14 | 2,511,559 | 150 | 3,767,339 | 0 | 0.000 |
Onesavings Bank | Stephan Wilcke | 05 Dec 14 | 826,000 | 201 | 1,660,260 | 2,999,711 | 1.234 |
Rio Tinto | Ann Godbehere | 09 Dec 14 | 2,111 | 2,847.56 | 60,112 | 6,450 | <0.001 |
* placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party † SIPP ** GDRs |