Teddy Sagi may be hoping investors in Crossrider (CROS) follow his example. The Israeli founder of Playtech indirectly shelled out £3.5m on shares in the digital marketing specialist, raising his stake by 3.5 per cent to 69.7 per cent of the total.
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Crossrider chief Koby Menachemi also spent about £68,300 on shares in the group, whose digital advertising platforms and 'big data' technology are used by marketers and publishers to conduct targeted ad campaigns. The pair's purchases may be intended to stem the decline in Crossrider's shares, down 6 per cent this year.
Not that investors need a confidence boost: strong web, desktop and mobile sales meant group sales more than tripled to $73.8m (£50m) last year, propelling adjusted cash profits to $13.3m. Moreover, average monthly unique users soared a third to 200m between its listing on Aim in late September and the year-end. Broker Shore Capital expects EPS of 4.7¢, rising to 8.3¢ in 2016 (2014: 5.9¢).
| Buys | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| 7digital | Sir Don Cruickshank (ch) | 25 Mar 15 | 100,000 | 13.85 | 13,850 | 100,000 | 0.093 |
| Admiral | Jean Park | 25 Mar 15 | 2,000 | 1,573.80 | 31,476 | 2,000 | 0.001 |
| Armadale Capital * | Justen Lewis | 20 Mar 15 | 66,666,666 | 0.03 | 20,000 | 159,666,666 | 2.913 |
| Armadale Capital * | Peter Marks (ch) | 20 Mar 15 | 66,666,666 | 0.03 | 20,000 | 108,362,066 | 1.977 |
| Bowleven | E A F Willett | 25 Mar 15 | 70,500 | 30 | 21,150 | 503,613 | 0.155 |
| Bowleven | K Hart (ce) | 25 Mar 15 | 275,000 | 30 | 82,500 | 3,204,364 | 0.988 |
| Bowleven | P G Wilson | 25 Mar 15 | 125,120 | 30 | 37,536 | 588,120 | 0.181 |
| Cape ♥ | J M Oatley (ce) | 23 Mar 15 | 10,000 | 255.5 | 25,550 | 72,000 | 0.059 |
| Compass | Carol Arrowsmith | 25 Mar 15 | 3,342 | 1,190.88 | 39,799 | 7,438 | <0.001 |
| Crossrider | Koby Menachemi (ce) | 20 Mar 15 | 68,000 | 100.5 | 68,340 | 142,339 | 0.096 |
| Dalata Hotel | Dermot Crowley | 19 Mar 15 | 25,000 | 252.40 | 63,100 | 177,727 | 0.127 |
| Dee Valley | Jon Schofield (ch & ceo) | 25 Mar 15 | 1,000 | 1,250 | 12,500 | 1,000 | 0.024 |
| Digital Globe Services Ltd | Jeff Cox (ce) | 20 Mar 15 | 113,345 | 58.97 | 66,840 | 3,871,836 | 12.938 |
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd | Martin Rowley | 19 Mar 15 | 20,000 | 929.23 | 185,846 | 771,467 | 0.128 |
| Greggs | Roger Whiteside (ce) | 25 Mar 15 | 15,817 | 1,021.70 | 161,602 | 75,819 | 0.075 |
| Greggs ♥ | Richard Hutton (fd) | 25 Mar 15 | 6,273 | 1,021.70 | 64,091 | 62,060 | 0.061 |
| Greggs ♥ | Raymond Reynolds | 25 Mar 15 | 5,597 | 1,021.70 | 57,185 | 58,821 | 0.058 |
| GVC Holdings | Kenny Alexander (ce) | 24 Mar 15 | 21,740 | 459.9 | 99,982 | 422,073 | 0.689 |
| GVC Holdings | Lee Feldman (ch) | 25 Mar 15 | 12,500 | 459 | 57,375 | 135,075 | 0.220 |
| GVC Holdings ♥ | Richard Cooper (fd) | 24 Mar 15 | 10,000 | 459.8 | 45,980 | 336,667 | 0.549 |
| Harworth * | J Cox (ch) | 24 Mar 15 | 1,611,662 | 7.25 | 116,845 | 8,233,200 | 1.360 |
| Harworth * | Peter Hickson | 24 Mar 15 | 689,655 | 7.25 | 50,000 | 689,655 | 0.024 |
| Harworth * | Mike Richardson | 24 Mar 15 | 344,827 | 7.25 | 25,000 | 344,827 | 0.012 |
| Harworth * | Owen Michaelson | 24 Mar 15 | 620,688 | 7.25 | 45,000 | 920,688 | 0.032 |
| Imagination Technologies | Bert Nordberg (ch) | 25 Mar 15 | 35,000 | 217.31 | 76,059 | 35,000 | 0.013 |
| Jarvis Securities ♥ | Andrew Grant (ch & ceo) | 24 Mar 15 | 24,000 | 375 | 90,000 | 5,757,150 | 51.906 |
| KBC Advanced Technologies ♥ | Oliver Scott | 20 Mar 15 | 81,789 | 89.45 | 73,159 | 10,237,550 | 12.485 |
| Land Securities | Edward Carter | 25 Mar 15 | 10,000 | 1,277 | 127,700 | 10,000 | 0.001 |
| Lloyds Banking | Nick Luff | 20 Mar 15 | 100,000 | 80.25 | 80,250 | 300,000 | <0.001 |
| London Capital Holdings | Charles-Henri Sabet (ce) | 25 Mar 15 | 100,000 | 24 | 24,000 | 10,800,000 | 14.479 |
| Meggitt | Sir Nigel Rudd | 23 Mar 15 | 20,000 | 564.5 | 112,900 | 20,000 | 0.003 |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets | David Potts (ce) | 19 Mar 15 | 508,000 | 205.85 | 1,045,718 | 508,000 | 0.022 |
| Murray Income Trust | Neil Rogan | 25 Mar 15 | 7,000 | 761.57 | 53,310 | 14,000 | 0.021 |
| Numis Corp | Catherine James | 20 Mar 15 | 12,000 | 261.4 | 31,368 | 12,000 | 0.011 |
| Ophir Energy | W G Schrader | 20 Mar 15 | 7,500 | 135 | 10,125 | 17,700 | 0.002 |
| Ophir Energy | Nick Cooper (ce) | 24 Mar 15 | 79,500 | 138.73 | 110,290 | 1,336,531 | 0.187 |
| Palace Capital Ω | Richard Starr | 20 Mar 15 | 17,225 | 360.10 | 62,027 | 67,225 | 0.332 |
| Palace Capital Ω ♥ | Richard Starr | 20 Mar 15 | 15,003 | 360.10 | 54,026 | 82,258 | 0.407 |
| Picton Property Income Ltd | Trevor Ash | 23 Mar 15 | 50,000 | 68.5 | 34,250 | 350,000 | 0.065 |
| Providence Resources * | John O'Sullivan | 23 Mar 15 | 30,506 | 34 | 10,372 | 61,154 | 0.044 |
| Providence Resources * | James McCarthy | 23 Mar 15 | 29,411 | 34 | 10,000 | 39,411 | 0.028 |
| Providence Resources * | Lex Gamble | 23 Mar 15 | 100,000 | 34 | 34,000 | 200,000 | 0.143 |
| Providence Resources * | Tony O'Reilly (ce) | 23 Mar 15 | 130,000 | 34 | 44,200 | 242,470 | 0.173 |
| Regus | Dominique Yates (cfo) | 24 Mar 15 | 43,273 | 231.10 | 100,003 | 785,262 | 0.084 |
| Schroder UK Growth Fund | Stella Pirie | 25 Mar 15 | 17,000 | 166.21 | 28,256 | 46,603 | 0.029 |
| Secure Property Development & Investment * | Lambros Anagnostopoulos (ce) | 19 Mar 15 | 117,050 | 25 | 29,263 | 355,987 | 0.617 |
| Stilo International | David Ashman (ch) | 19 Mar 15 | 3,002,000 | 2.19 | 65,744 | 15,202,000 | 13.844 |
| Tritax Big Box REIT * ♥ | Richard Jewson (ch) | 23 Mar 15 | 10,000 | 110 | 11,000 | 50,000 | 0.008 |
| Tullow Oil ♥ | Paul McDade | 20 Mar 15 | 45,000 | 319.26 | 143,667 | 314,235 | 0.034 |
| United Cacao Ltd SEZC | Dennis Melka | 20 Mar 15 | 10,000 | 205 | 20,500 | 5,230,747 | 28.137 |
| W Resources * | MG Masterman (ch) | 25 Mar 15 | 80,000,000 | 0.2 | 160,000 | 870,549,169 | 28.320 |
| W Resources ♥ * | Dr. BA Pirola | 25 Mar 15 | 25,000,000 | 0.2 | 50,000 | 196,876,415 | 6.405 |
| Witan Investment Trust | Suzy Neubert | 19 Mar 15 | 4,981 | 798.73 | 39,785 | 9,379 | 0.005 |
| Sells | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Big Yellow | Nicholas Vetch (ch) | 20 Mar 15 | 100,000 | 656 | 656,000 | 8,960,483 | 5.721 |
| British Land Co | Charles Maudsley | 24 Mar 15 | 4,000 | 877.5 | 35,100 | 159,801 | 0.016 |
| IMI ♥ | Douglas Hurt (fd) | 24 Mar 15 | 3,600 | 1,336 | 48,096 | 189,012 | 0.070 |
| Palace Capital | Richard Starr | 20 Mar 15 | 32,258 | 360 | 116,129 | 50,000 | 0.247 |
| Sirius Real Estate Ltd | Andrew Coombs (ce) | 25 Mar 15 | 327,931 | 42 | 137,731 | 2,171,579 | 0.345 |
| * placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party Ω ISA/SIPP/Trust † depositary receipts | |||||||
