A non-executive director at Circassia (CIR), Charles Swingland, has netted himself nearly £2.5m after selling a chunky stake in the allergy specialist. Shares in the biotech group are down 4 per cent year on year but have found sustained momentum since the start of 2015, suggesting Mr Swingland spied a profit-taking opportunity.
It seems the market is getting excited for the first half of 2016, when pivotal data from Circassia's third phase clinical trial of its cat allergy treatment - Cat-SPIRE - is due in. In the meantime, Circassia is busy establishing international salesforces and adding to its future product pipeline. It wants to turn itself into a rare biotech breed: a company that not only develops its own products but fully commercialises them without selling off licensing rights to a larger partner or market distributor.
Buys | |||||||
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Abcam | Alan Hirzel (ce) | 18 Sep 15 | 4,000 | 614.9 | 24,596 | 23,205 | 0.012 |
Abcam | Lady Patten of Wincanton | 18 Sep 15 | 5,000 | 615.5 | 30,775 | 24,883 | 0.012 |
Abcam | Murray Hennessy (ch) | 18 Sep 15 | 8,175 | 612 | 50,031 | 26,975 | 0.013 |
Arcontech | Richard Last (ch) | 22 Sep 15 | 2,500,000 | 0.2 | 5,000 | 199,552,635 | 12.986 |
Capital & Regional ♥ | Louis Norval | 23 Sep 15 | 1,000,000 | 66 | 660,000 | 171,772,366 | 24.513 |
Capital & Regional ♥ | Louis Norval | 23 Sep 15 | 693,823 | 66 | 457,923 | 170,466,249 | 24.326 |
Capital Gearing Trust | Alastair Laing | 22 Sep 15 | 1,268 | 3,255.50 | 41,280 | 4,732 | 0.160 |
Capital Gearing Trust ♥ | Alastair Laing | 22 Sep 15 | 841 | 3,250.25 | 27,335 | 5,573 | 0.189 |
City of London Investment Trust (The) | Samantha Wren | 18 Sep 15 | 4,000 | 375.6 | 15,024 | 4,000 | 0.001 |
Coats | David Gosnell | 21 Sep 15 | 400,000 | 26 | 104,000 | 786,475 | 0.056 |
Cropper (James) | MAJ Cropper (ch) | 18 Sep 15 | 6,000 | 518 | 31,080 | 1,211,593 | 13.192 |
Cropper (James) Ω | MAJ Cropper (ch) | 18 Sep 15 | 4,000 | 518 | 20,720 | 1,215,593 | 13.236 |
Diploma | Charles Packshaw | 23 Sep 15 | 1,500 | 625 | 9,375 | 1,500 | 0.001 |
easyHotel | Guy Parsons (ce) | 18 Sep 15 | 11,690 | 70 | 8,183 | 125,833 | 0.201 |
Fidessa | Chris Aspinwall | 22 Sep 15 | 1,000 | 1,779 | 17,790 | 124,542 | 0.326 |
Fidessa | Ken Archer | 23 Sep 15 | 1,500 | 1,799 | 26,985 | 1,500 | 0.004 |
Frontier Developments | David Gammon (ch) | 22 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 200 | 20,000 | 301,720 | 0.893 |
Frontier Developments | David Gammon (ch) | 23 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 200 | 20,000 | 311,720 | 0.922 |
Gulfsands Petroleum | Joe Darby | 23 Sep 15 | 25,000 | 5 | 1,250 | 25,000 | 0.021 |
Gulfsands Petroleum ♥ | Andrew Morris | 22 Sep 15 | 80,000 | 4.98 | 3,984 | 80,000 | 0.068 |
GVC Holdings | Lee Feldman (ch) | 22 Sep 15 | 20,000 | 405 | 81,000 | 185,957 | 0.303 |
Henderson Opportunities Trust | Frances Daley | 21 Sep 15 | 1,500 | 994.88 | 14,923 | 1,500 | 0.019 |
Henderson Opportunities Trust | Frances Daley | 21 Sep 15 | 500 | 991.84 | 4,959 | 2,000 | 0.025 |
Hunters Property | Harry Hill (ce) | 22 Sep 15 | 34,000 | 87.5 | 29,750 | 68,005 | 0.242 |
IMImobile | John Allwood | 21 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 153 | 15,300 | 10,000 | 0.021 |
Inchcape | Stefan Bomhard | 17 Sep 15 | 12,000 | 733.37 | 88,005 | 33,339 | 0.008 |
JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust | Rosemary Morgan | 17 Sep 15 | 1,420 | 489.68 | 6,953 | 2,978 | 0.003 |
KBC Advanced Technologies ♥ | Oliver Scott | 22 Sep 15 | 20,000 | 110 | 22,000 | 10,830,050 | 13.190 |
LightwaveRF | Barry Gamble (ch) | 17 Sep 15 | 120,000 | 28 | 33,600 | 516,190 | 2.735 |
Majestic Wine | Ian Harding | 17 Sep 15 | 2,000 | 379.5 | 7,590 | 10,000 | 0.014 |
Majestic Wine | Phil Wrigley (ch) | 17 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 381.5 | 38,150 | 20,000 | 0.028 |
Marks and Spencer | Helen Weir (cfo) | 17 Sep 15 | 2,500 | 492.79 | 12,320 | 4,500 | <0.001 |
Marston's | Carolyn Bradley | 17 Sep 15 | 25,000 | 153.87 | 38,468 | 25,000 | 0.004 |
Mattioli Woods | Carol Duncumb | 18 Sep 15 | 4,100 | 610 | 25,010 | 4,100 | 0.017 |
Mattioli Woods | Joanne Lake | 18 Sep 15 | 4,100 | 610 | 25,010 | 4,100 | 0.017 |
Mattioli Woods | Mark Smith | 18 Sep 15 | 2,460 | 610 | 15,006 | 3,756 | 0.015 |
Minds + Machines | Guy Elliott | 22 Sep 15 | 650,000 | 8.31 | 54,015 | 21,150,000 | 2.530 |
Minds + Machines Ω | Guy Elliott | 22 Sep 15 | 500,000 | 8.7 | 43,500 | 21,650,000 | 2.590 |
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets | David Potts (ce) | 17 Sep 15 | 314,881 | 158.79 | 500,000 | 822,881 | 0.035 |
Petra Diamonds | Anthony Lowrie | 23 Sep 15 | 1,300,000 | 90 | 1,170,000 | 2,300,000 | 0.444 |
Petra Diamonds | Alexander Hamilton | 23 Sep 15 | 32,000 | 90 | 28,800 | 152,000 | 0.029 |
Petra Diamonds | Alexander Hamilton | 21 Sep 15 | 120,000 | 106.47 | 127,764 | 220,000 | 0.042 |
Phoenix Spree Deutschland | Quentin Spicer | 23 Sep 15 | 13,200 | 150.05 | 19,807 | 13,200 | 0.019 |
PJSC Lukoil | RU Maganov | 17 Sep 15 | 4,000 | 3,743.90 | 149,756 | 69,314 | 0.009 |
PJSC Lukoil | RU Maganov | 21 Sep 15 | 4,000 | 3,518.24 | 140,730 | 73,314 | 0.010 |
PJSC Lukoil ♥ | VY Alekperov | 17 Sep 15 | 50,000 | 3,755 | 1,877,500 | 2,324,241 | 0.308 |
Premier Oil | Richard Rose (fd) | 23 Sep 15 | 15,000 | 66.77 | 10,016 | 33,226 | 0.007 |
Quarto Group (The) | Michael Connole (cfo) | 21 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 210 | 21,000 | 10,000 | 0.051 |
Reckitt Benckiser | Dr Pam Kirby | 22 Sep 15 | 2,919 | 5,793.62 | 169,116 | 3,066 | <0.001 |
Regenersis | Frank Blin | 23 Sep 15 | 15,337 | 165 | 25,306 | 33,337 | 0.042 |
Regenersis ♥ | Matthew Peacock (ch) | 22 Sep 15 | 200,000 | 147 | 294,000 | 5,417,651 | 6.856 |
Rosslyn Data Technologies | Hugh Cox | 17 Sep 15 | 30,000 | 17.4 | 5,220 | 9,600,000 | 12.724 |
Rosslyn Data Technologies | Hugh Cox | 17 Sep 15 | 35,000 | 17.4 | 6,090 | 9,635,000 | 12.771 |
Rosslyn Data Technologies | Hugh Cox | 17 Sep 15 | 30,090 | 17.45 | 5,251 | 9,665,090 | 12.811 |
Rotork | Gary Bullard | 18 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 187.47 | 18,747 | 45,060 | 0.005 |
Rotork ♥ | Martin Lamb (ch) | 18 Sep 15 | 50,000 | 187.84 | 93,921 | 70,000 | 0.008 |
Scottish Mortgage ♥ | Prof John Kay | 23 Sep 15 | 4,087 | 243.12 | 9,936 | 32,792 | 0.003 |
Senior | Derek Harding (fd) | 22 Sep 15 | 4,000 | 249 | 9,960 | 86,520 | 0.021 |
Senior | David Squires | 22 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 250.3 | 25,030 | 14,770 | 0.004 |
Spire Healthcare | Dame Janet Husband | 22 Sep 15 | 5,470 | 358.64 | 19,618 | 10,231 | 0.003 |
Sprue Aegis | John Shepherd | 22 Sep 15 | 23,063 | 325 | 74,955 | 23,063 | 0.050 |
Synety Ω | Paul Williams (cfo) | 21 Sep 15 | 10,000 | 87.9 | 8,790 | 84,057 | 0.693 |
Synety Ω | Mark Seemann (ce) | 21 Sep 15 | 1,235 | 89 | 1,099 | 917,612 | 7.564 |
Synety Ω | Mark Seemann (ce) | 23 Sep 15 | 4,494 | 89 | 4,000 | 922,106 | 7.601 |
Victrex | Andrew Dougal | 23 Sep 15 | 1,000 | 1,639 | 16,390 | 1,000 | 0.001 |
Virgin Money (UK) | Gordon McCallum | 18 Sep 15 | 13,918 | 395.15 | 54,997 | 13,918 | 0.003 |
Virgin Money (UK) | Gordon McCallum | 18 Sep 15 | 5,065 | 394.5 | 19,981 | 18,983 | 0.004 |
Sells | |||||||
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Anpario | Richard Edwards | 21 Sep 15 | 30,000 | 310 | 93,000 | 195,070 | 0.896 |
Ashmore | Thomas Shippey (fd) | 21 Sep 15 | 127,013 | 255.32 | 324,289 | 2,987 | <0.001 |
Character Group (The) | Kiran Shah (fd) | 17 Sep 15 | 1,830,000 | 510 | 9,333,000 | 2,287,001 | 10.964 |
Circassia Pharmaceuticals | Charles Swingland | 18 Sep 15 | 754,548 | 320.24 | 2,416,365 | 3,728,129 | 1.309 |
Circassia Pharmaceuticals | Charles Swingland | 17 Sep 15 | 9,000 | 318.72 | 28,685 | 4,482,677 | 1.573 |
Coats | Blake Nixon | 23 Sep 15 | 125,000 | 25.39 | 31,736 | 14,286,406 | 1.015 |
Diageo † | Ivan Menezes (ce) | 22 Sep 15 | 32,532 | 1,714.12 | 557,639 | 782,942 | 0.031 |
Diageo † | Ivan Menezes (ce) | 22 Sep 15 | 9,512 | 1,714.12 | 163,048 | 792,710 | 0.032 |
Eagle Eye Solutions | Phil Blundell (ce) | 21 Sep 15 | 50,000 | 235 | 117,500 | 260,976 | 1.178 |
Eagle Eye Solutions | Steve Rothwell | 21 Sep 15 | 100,000 | 235 | 235,000 | 1,611,672 | 7.273 |
Genel Energy ♥ | Murat Yazici | 22 Sep 15 | 217,993 | 329.35 | 717,959 | 985,780 | 0.396 |
K3 Business Technology | David Bolton (ce) | 17 Sep 15 | 28,500 | 295 | 84,075 | 966,516 | 3.040 |
Mattioli Woods | Robert Woods (ch) | 18 Sep 15 | 500,000 | 617.16 | 3,085,800 | 2,573,703 | 10.475 |
Mulberry | Roger Mather (fd) | 18 Sep 15 | 23,500 | 895 | 210,325 | 83,383 | 0.139 |
Mulberry | Roger Mather (fd) | 17 Sep 15 | 13,000 | 896.6 | 116,558 | 106,883 | 0.178 |
Numis Corp | David Poutney | 21 Sep 15 | 279,669 | 240 | 671,206 | 5,930,000 | 5.235 |
Petra Diamonds | Alexander Hamilton | 21 Sep 15 | 100,000 | 106.5 | 106,500 | 120,000 | 0.023 |
Rotala | Dr John Gunn (ch) | 22 Sep 15 | 120,000 | 67 | 80,400 | 9,056,348 | 23.753 |
Rotala | Dr John Gunn (ch) | 18 Sep 15 | 40,744 | 67 | 27,298 | 9,176,348 | 24.067 |
Rotala | Geoffrey Flight | 22 Sep 15 | 100,000 | 67 | 67,000 | 1,100,000 | 2.885 |
Sprue Aegis | Ashley Silverton | 22 Sep 15 | 5,000 | 325 | 16,250 | 15,000 | 0.033 |
Sprue Aegis | John Gahan (fd) | 22 Sept 15 | 65,555 | 320 | 209,776 | 10,000 | 0.020 |
Sprue Aegis | Graham Whitworth (ch) | 22 Sep 15 | 18,063 | 325 | 58,705 | 3,521,937 | 7.702 |
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