Hot on the heels of chancellor George Osborne's sugar tax announcement, a sell-off in holdings over at Fevertree Drinks (FEVR) could incite panic among investors. At the moment, the company's standard tonic product could be subject to the new tax at the current formulation.
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But co-founders Tim Warrillow and Charles Rolls both said they are selling down their stakes to make way for institutional investors who have wanted to buy positions in the group. That sounds like good news, as does a £5.4m and £12.3m respective paydays for Messrs Warrillow and Rolls.
The drinks manufacturer released annual results a couple of weeks ago, reporting sales growth of 71 per cent, and profit growth of 565 per cent.
Investec Securities expects adjusted pre-tax profit of £20.5m in 2016, leading to EPS of 14.1p this year, up from £17.5m and 12.1p in 2015.
| Buys | |||||||
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Amara Mining* | Alex Davidson | 21 Mar 16 | 70,422 | 7.1 | 5,000 | 101,672 | 0.024 |
| Amara Mining* | Geoff Stanley | 21 Mar 16 | 70,422 | 7.1 | 5,000 | 273,237 | 0.065 |
| Amara Mining* | Hendrik Faul | 21 Mar 16 | 70,422 | 7.1 | 5,000 | 151,181 | 0.036 |
| Amara Mining* | Peter Cowley | 21 Mar 16 | 70,422 | 7.1 | 5,000 | 184,956 | 0.044 |
| Amara Mining* | Peter Hain | 21 Mar 16 | 70,422 | 7.1 | 5,000 | 243,478 | 0.058 |
| Anglo Pacific | Patrick Meier | 23 Mar 16 | 36,181 | 69 | 24,965 | 156,181 | 0.092 |
| Arbuthnot Banking | James Cobb (fd) | 21 Mar 16 | 5,000 | 1338 | 66,900 | 5,000 | 0.034 |
| Bankers Petroleum | David French (ce) | 23 Mar 16 | 20,000 | 128.6648 | 25,733 | 238,200 | 0.091 |
| Barclays | Mike Ashley | 23 Mar 16 | 31,093 | 159.2 | 49,500 | 60,516 | 0.000 |
| Britvic | Sue Clark | 18 Mar 16 | 15,000 | 701.57 | 105,236 | 15,000 | 0.006 |
| Burford Capital | David Lowe | 23 Mar 16 | 40,000 | 236 | 94,400 | 200,000 | 0.098 |
| Cape | Steve Good | 22 Mar 16 | 10,000 | 238 | 23,800 | 10,000 | 0.008 |
| Castings | A Vicary | 22 Mar 16 | 8,000 | 464 | 37,120 | 22,000 | 0.050 |
| Centaur Media | Ronald Sandler (ch) | 21 Mar 16 | 45,000 | 54 | 24,300 | 45,000 | 0.031 |
| CLS | Sten Mortstedt (ch) | 18 Mar 16 | 1,232 | 1490 | 18,357 | 21,362,425 | 50.687 |
| Compass | Carol Arrowsmith | 23 Mar 16 | 2,023 | 1215.95 | 24,599 | 9,642 | 0.001 |
| Electrocomponents | Peter Johnson (ch) | 17 Mar 16 | 6,400 | 236 | 15,104 | 156,400 | 0.035 |
| Empiric Student Property*♥ | Jim Prower | 21 Mar 16 | 14,175 | 107.5 | 15,238 | 37,935 | 0.008 |
| Empiric Student Property* | Brenda Dean (ch) | 21 Mar 16 | 14,785 | 107.5 | 15,894 | 48,285 | 0.010 |
| Empiric Student Property* | Paul Hadaway (ceo) | 21 Mar 16 | 31,285 | 107.5 | 33,631 | 1,250,286 | 0.249 |
| Empiric Student Property* | Michael Enright (cfo) | 21 Mar 16 | 104,999 | 107.5 | 112,874 | 749,999 | 0.150 |
| Empiric Student Property* | Paul Hadaway (ceo) | 21 Mar 16 | 125,000 | 107.5 | 134,375 | 1,219,001 | 0.243 |
| Hansteen | David Rough | 18 Mar 16 | 50,000 | 105 | 52,500 | 60,000 | 0.008 |
| Helical Bar | Nigel McNair Scott (ch) | 17 Mar 16 | 25,000 | 363.7 | 90,925 | 2,777,433 | 2.350 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals | Robert Pickering | 21 Mar 16 | 2,500 | 1852 | 46,300 | 10,000 | 0.004 |
| John Laing | Patrick O'Donnell Bourke (fd) | 22 Mar 16 | 60,000 | 228.25 | 136,950 | 136,262 | 0.037 |
| Kier | Adam Walker | 23 Mar 16 | 2,000 | 1293 | 25,860 | 2,000 | 0.002 |
| Ortac Resources* | Vassilios Carellas (ceo) | 21 Mar 16 | 8,000,000 | 0.025 | 2,000 | 62,000,000 | 1.082 |
| Ortac Resources* | Paul Heber | 21 Mar 16 | 16,000,000 | 0.025 | 4,000 | 40,000,000 | 0.698 |
| Ortac Resources* | Anthony Balme (ch) | 21 Mar 16 | 80,000,000 | 0.025 | 20,000 | 382,593,763 | 6.674 |
| Pendragon | Melvyn Egglenton (ch) | 23 Mar 16 | 60,000 | 36.12 | 21,672 | 315,252 | 0.022 |
| Prudential | Philip Remnant | 21 Mar 16 | 1,100 | 1372 | 15,092 | 6,916 | 0.000 |
| Quarto | Marcus Leaver (ceo) | 17 Mar 16 | 4,562 | 272.34 | 12,424 | 18,562 | 0.094 |
| Secure Income REIT* | Ian Marcus | 23 Mar 16 | 19,608 | 255 | 50,000 | 48,343 | 0.027 |
| Telford Homes♥ | F E Nelson | 22 Mar 16 | 14,385 | 346.25 | 49,808 | 27,339 | 0.037 |
| Telford Homes | James Furlong | 22 Mar 16 | 20,000 | 346.5 | 69,300 | 1,254,342 | 1.680 |
| Telit Communications | Enrico Testa (ch) | 23 Mar 16 | 17,500 | 219.7 | 38,448 | 1,055,500 | 0.916 |
| Vislink | John Hawkins (ch) | 22 Mar 16 | 360,086 | 27.75 | 99,924 | 669,365 | 0.546 |
| W Resources* | David Garland | 17 Mar 16 | 5,555,555 | 0.45 | 25,000 | 5,555,555 | 0.138 |
| W Resources* | Michael Masterman (ch) | 17 Mar 16 | 16,666,666 | 0.45 | 75,000 | 945,882,501 | 23.455 |
| Zotefoams | Steve Good | 21 Mar 16 | 15,000 | 272 | 40,800 | 15,000 | 0.034 |
| Sells | |||||||
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| 32Red | Patrick Harrison | 18 Mar 16 | 296,125 | 150 | 444,188 | 550,000 | 0.657 |
| BGEO | Irakli Burdiladze | 17 Mar 16 | 1,244 | 1889 | 23,499 | 54,500 | 0.142 |
| BGEO | Nikoloz Gamkrelidze | 18 Mar 16 | 20,000 | 2003 | 400,600 | 53,250 | 0.139 |
| BGEO | Mikheil Gomarteli | 22 Mar 16 | 25,000 | 2027 | 506,750 | 92,951 | 0.243 |
| Big Yellow♥ | Nicholas Vetch (ch) | 18 Mar 16 | 1,487 | 782.25 | 11,632 | 9,002,397 | 5.721 |
| Big Yellow | Nicholas Vetch (ch) | 18 Mar 16 | 1,487 | 782.25 | 11,632 | 9,003,884 | 5.722 |
| Dechra Pharmaceuticals♥ | Anne-Francoise Nesmes (cfo) | 21 Mar 16 | 1,550 | 1208 | 18,724 | 39,502 | 0.043 |
| Dechra Pharmaceuticals | Anne-Francoise Nesmes (cfo) | 21 Mar 16 | 1,550 | 1208 | 18,724 | 41,052 | 0.044 |
| Fevertree Drinks | Tim Warrillow (ceo) | 23 Mar 16 | 853,816 | 635 | 5,421,732 | 7,684,352 | 6.668 |
| Fevertree Drinks | Charles Rolls | 23 Mar 16 | 1,936,389 | 635 | 12,296,070 | 17,427,505 | 15.123 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | Sir Andrew Witty (ceo) | 18 Mar 16 | 10,000 | 1382 | 138,200 | 1,063,656 | 0.022 |
| Greggs | Richard Hutton (fd) | 21 Mar 16 | 5,653 | 1096.07 | 61,961 | 72,270 | 0.071 |
| Hansteen | Ian Watson | 18 Mar 16 | 7,000,000 | 105 | 7,350,000 | 9,164,056 | 1.231 |
| Hansteen | Morgan Jones | 18 Mar 16 | 7,000,000 | 105 | 7,350,000 | 9,164,056 | 1.231 |
| M&C Saatchi | Jamie Hewitt (fd) | 18 Mar 16 | 167,776 | 313 | 525,139 | 54,451 | 0.076 |
| NetPlay TV | Charles Butler (ch) | 21 Mar 16 | 1,000,000 | 9.75 | 97,500 | 21,000,000 | 7.080 |
| Secure Income REIT* | Nick Leslau | 23 Mar 16 | 20,152,577 | 255 | 51,389,071 | 22,524,385 | 12.490 |
| Somero Enterprises♥ | Jack Cooney (ceo) | 18 Mar 16 | 1,400,000 | 144 | 2,016,000 | 1,414,634 | 2.521 |
| Young & Co's Brewery♥ | Torquil Sligo-Young | 22 Mar 16 | 1,500 | 825.5 | 12,383 | 462,152 | 1.566 |
| Young & Co's Brewery | Torquil Sligo-Young | 22 Mar 16 | 1,500 | 825.5 | 12,383 | 463,652 | 1.571 |
| *Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party | |||||||
