MJ Gleeson (GLE) boss Jolyon Harrison has purchased 20,000 more shares in the company alongside chief financial officer Stefan Allanson who has bumped his own share tally up to 15,634. Mr Harrison's wife Carol has also added 3,000 shares to her portfolio.
This could be an act of defiance on the directors' part; a reinvestment at a time of uncertainty and market volatility is a bold move, yet possibly foreshadows a future recovery for the company. The share price tanked on news of Britain's exit from the EU, pushing it close to a yearly low of 385p. Mr Allanson then managed to top up his stake at 388p before the share price recovered to 452p this week. This is still someway off the highest price Gleeson's shares have enjoyed this year, however - the shares peaked at 630p at the beginning of 2016.
Buys | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Arrow Global | Tom Drury (ceo) | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 197.14 | 98,570 | 6,912,283 | 3.963 |
Arrow Global ♥ | Tom Drury (ceo) | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 197.14 | 98,570 | 6,962,283 | 3.991 |
Auto Trader | David Keens | 24 Jun 16 | 25,000 | 358.49 | 89,623 | 25,000 | 0.003 |
Balfour Beatty♥ | L Quinn (ceo) | 27 Jun 16 | 104,225 | 191.8921 | 200,000 | 485,775 | 0.070 |
Bank of Ireland (Governor & Co of) | Patrick Kennedy | 29 Jun 16 | 2,000,000 | 18.825 | 376,500 | 2,254,642 | 0.007 |
Card Factory | Karen Hubbard (ceo) | 27 Jun 16 | 32,197 | 310.6 | 100,004 | 32,197 | 0.009 |
Close Brothers | Stephen Hodges | 27 Jun 16 | 40,000 | 1084 | 433,600 | 816,747 | 0.545 |
Derwent London | S Fraser | 24 Jun 16 | 2,000 | 2818 | 56,360 | 2,000 | 0.002 |
Derwent London | D Wisniewski (fd) | 28 Jun 16 | 4,256 | 2349.3 | 99,986 | 28,067 | 0.025 |
Derwent London | D G Silverman | 28 Jun 16 | 4,256 | 2349.6 | 99,999 | 22,499 | 0.020 |
easyJet | John Barton (ch) | 29 Jun 16 | 10,000 | 1068 | 106,800 | 34,000 | 0.009 |
EKF Diagnostics♥ | Christopher Mills (ch) | 23 Jun 16 | 2,000,000 | 11.75 | 235,000 | 112,428,103 | 24.216 |
EKF Diagnostics♥ | Christopher Mills (ch) | 24 Jun 16 | 2,613,957 | 11.5 | 300,605 | 115,042,060 | 24.780 |
Galliford Try | Greg Fitzgerald (ch) | 27 Jun 16 | 79,500 | 873.62 | 694,528 | 806,146 | 0.973 |
GB* | Richard Linford | 29 Jun 16 | 18,182 | 275 | 50,001 | 304,546 | 0.229 |
GB* | David Rasche (ch) | 29 Jun 16 | 72,727 | 275 | 199,999 | 818,822 | 0.616 |
Goals Soccer Centres* | Nicholas Basing (ch) | 23 Jun 16 | 100,000 | 100 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 0.133 |
Grafton♥ | Paul Hampden Smith | 29 Jun 16 | 18,264 | 488 | 89,128 | 32,990 | 0.014 |
Huntsworth | Paul Taaffe (ceo) | 28 Jun 16 | 200,000 | 40.36 | 80,720 | 200,000 | 0.061 |
Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 28 Jun 16 | 2,807 | 266.3729 | 7,477 | 336,498,558 | 25.024 |
Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 28 Jun 16 | 2,850 | 266.3729 | 7,592 | 336,512,972 | 25.025 |
Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 28 Jun 16 | 3,000 | 266.3729 | 7,991 | 336,495,751 | 25.024 |
Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 28 Jun 16 | 3,064 | 266.3729 | 8,162 | 336,510,122 | 25.025 |
Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 28 Jun 16 | 3,750 | 266.3729 | 9,989 | 336,516,722 | 25.025 |
Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 28 Jun 16 | 8,500 | 266.3729 | 22,642 | 336,507,058 | 25.024 |
JD Sports Fashion | Peter Cowgill (ch) | 24 Jun 16 | 15,000 | 1156 | 173,400 | 1,676,052 | 0.861 |
Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate | Simon Radford | 24 Jun 16 | 9,200 | 1006 | 92,552 | 9,200 | 0.007 |
Lloyds Banking | Sara Weller | 29 Jun 16 | 40,000 | 54.959 | 21,984 | 440,000 | 0.001 |
Lloyds Banking | Anita Frew | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 54.9578 | 27,479 | 450,000 | 0.001 |
Lloyds Banking | Anita Frew | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 54.9728 | 27,486 | 350,000 | 0.000 |
Lloyds Banking | Anita Frew | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 55.0128 | 27,506 | 400,000 | 0.001 |
Lloyds Banking | George Culmer (cfo) | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 56.46 | 28,230 | 7,374,027 | 0.010 |
Lloyds Banking | António Horta-Osorio (ceo) | 28 Jun 16 | 100,000 | 54.2 | 54,200 | 11,890,664 | 0.017 |
Lloyds Banking | Anthony Watson | 29 Jun 16 | 100,000 | 55.689 | 55,689 | 576,357 | 0.001 |
Lloyds Banking | Alan Dickinson | 29 Jun 16 | 100,000 | 56.106 | 56,106 | 200,000 | 0.000 |
Lloyds Banking | Nick Luff | 29 Jun 16 | 100,000 | 56.547 | 56,547 | 400,000 | 0.001 |
MJ Gleeson♥ | J Harrison (ceo) | 28 Jun 16 | 3,000 | 415 | 12,450 | 1,732,188 | 3.201 |
MJ Gleeson | S Allanson (cfo) | 28 Jun 16 | 5,000 | 388.8 | 19,440 | 15,634 | 0.029 |
MJ Gleeson | D J Gleeson (ch) | 29 Jun 16 | 11,988 | 415 | 49,750 | 1,086,821 | 2.008 |
MJ Gleeson | J Harrison (ceo) | 27 Jun 16 | 20,000 | 450 | 90,000 | 1,729,188 | 3.195 |
Plexus* | Ben van Bilderbeek (ce) | 29 Jun 16 | 307,693 | 65 | 200,000 | 58,077,461 | 55.109 |
Provident Financial | Manjit Wolstenholme (ch) | 28 Jun 16 | 6,533 | 2279.87 | 148,944 | 12,196 | 0.008 |
Provident Financial | Andrew Fisher (fd) | 28 Jun 16 | 22,000 | 2279.87 | 501,571 | 339,787 | 0.230 |
Provident Financial | Peter Crook (ceo) | 28 Jun 16 | 25,000 | 2279.87 | 569,968 | 519,116 | 0.352 |
Royal Mail | Peter Long (ch) | 27 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 471.4 | 235,700 | 100,000 | 0.010 |
Shawbrook | Stephen Johnson | 29 Jun 16 | 148,585 | 167 | 248,137 | 2,713,538 | 1.083 |
Swallowfield* | Mark Warren (fd) | 28 Jun 16 | 10,930 | 155 | 16,942 | 33,030 | 0.196 |
Swallowfield* | Brendan Hynes (ch) | 28 Jun 16 | 24,914 | 155 | 38,617 | 74,914 | 0.444 |
Swallowfield* | Chris How (ceo) | 28 Jun 16 | 29,977 | 155 | 46,464 | 89,977 | 0.534 |
Swallowfield* | Roger McDowell | 28 Jun 16 | 273,189 | 155 | 423,443 | 344,189 | 2.041 |
Travis Perkins | Peter Redfern | 28 Jun 16 | 7,019 | 1412.355 | 99,133 | 7,702 | 0.003 |
Tribal | Ian Bowles | 28 Jun 16 | 200,000 | 50 | 100,000 | 1,336,363 | 0.684 |
Watkin Jones | Grenville Turner (ch) | 24 Jun 16 | 90,900 | 106.4 | 96,718 | 340,900 | 0.134 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Atkins (WS) | Uwe Krueger (ceo) | 29 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 1295.954 | 647,977 | 35,427 | 0.034 |
Telford Homes♥ | David Durant | 23 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 350.5 | 175,250 | 1,192,357 | 1.592 |
Telford Homes | David Durant | 23 Jun 16 | 50,000 | 350.5 | 175,250 | 1,242,357 | 1.659 |
Telford Homes | James Furlong | 23 Jun 16 | 100,000 | 350.5 | 350,500 | 1,156,789 | 1.545 |
*Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party |