Investors sent shares in Moneysupermarket.com (MONY) down 3 per cent after founder Simon Nixon sold more than a fifth of his holdings in the price-comparison website, netting a cool £56m. His sale of 20m shares lowers his stake to below 13 per cent, but he remains a non-executive director.
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The news followed a strong first-quarter performance for the company. Mobile and user-interface improvements, rising demand for personal loans and credit cards, and consumers clamouring for energy savings fuelled double-digit sales growth in insurance, money and home services. That drove revenues in the core MoneySuperMarket.com division up 28 per cent to almost £70m. Perennial performer MoneySavingExpert.com, meanwhile, grew sales by more than a third to nearly £8m. However, management expect sales growth to slow in the second quarter, compared to a strong performance in 2014.
Broker Investec expects pre-tax profit of £91.2m, giving EPS of 12.9p (from £85.5m and 12.2p in 2014).
| Buys | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| AEW UK REIT | James Hyslop | 12 May 15 | 50,000 | 100 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 0.050 |
| AEW UK REIT | Mark Burton (ch) | 12 May 15 | 75,000 | 100 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 0.075 |
| AEW UK REIT † | Bim Sandhu | 12 May 15 | 100,000 | 100 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 0.100 |
| AstraZeneca | Marc Dunoyer (cfo) | 07 May 15 | 10,000 | 4,397 | 439,700 | 35,324 | 0.003 |
| Audioboom | Nick Candy | 12 May 15 | 9,170,000 | 5.88 | 539,196 | 24,820,000 | 4.666 |
| Berkeley Mineral Resources | Alex Borrelli (ch & ce) | 12 May 15 | 4,000,000 | 0.5 | 20,000 | 4,000,000 | 0.298 |
| BT † | Karen Richardson | 11 May 15 | 2,500 | 474.15 | 11,854 | 10,250 | <0.001 |
| Cambria Automobiles ♥ | Philip Swatman (ch) | 12 May 15 | 85,000 | 59.25 | 50,363 | 250,000 | 0.250 |
| Coats | Nicholas Bull | 07 May 15 | 250,000 | 29 | 72,500 | 250,000 | 0.018 |
| Epwin | Shaun Hanrahan | 12 May 15 | 42,414 | 132 | 55,986 | 42,414 | 0.031 |
| Everyman Media * | Adam Kaye | 11 May 15 | 1,647,059 | 85 | 1,400,000 | 4,684,809 | 7.832 |
| Everyman Media * | Michael Rosehill | 11 May 15 | 35,294 | 85 | 30,000 | 174,048 | 0.291 |
| Everyman Media * | Paul Wise (ch) | 11 May 15 | 470,500 | 85 | 399,925 | 3,047,668 | 5.095 |
| Everyman Media * | Philip Jacobson | 11 May 15 | 5,880 | 85 | 4,998 | 36,000 | 0.060 |
| GoldBridges Global Resources | Ashar Qureshi | 13 May 15 | 5,880,000 | 2.8 | 164,640 | 5,880,000 | 0.252 |
| Great Eastern Energy Corp ♥ † | YK Modi (ch & ce) | 07 May 15 | 1,231,252 | 25 | 307,813 | 36,795,669 | 30.889 |
| IMI | Lord Smith of Kelvin (ch) | 11 May 15 | 8,300 | 1,189 | 98,687 | 8,300 | 0.003 |
| IMI | Ross McInnes | 07 May 15 | 3,000 | 1,189 | 35,670 | 3,000 | 0.001 |
| Indivior | Adrian Hennah | 13 May 15 | 7,402 | 229.28 | 16,971 | 34,253 | 0.005 |
| Indivior | Thomas McLellan | 13 May 15 | 3,743 | 229.28 | 8,582 | 3,743 | 0.001 |
| Indivior | Christian Schade | 13 May 15 | 2,896 | 229.28 | 6,640 | 2,896 | <0.001 |
| Indivior | Daniel Phelan | 13 May 15 | 4,931 | 229.28 | 11,306 | 4,931 | 0.001 |
| Indivior | Daniel Tasse | 13 May 15 | 6,209 | 229.28 | 14,236 | 6,209 | 0.001 |
| Indivior | Howard Pien (ch) | 13 May 15 | 22,943 | 229.28 | 52,604 | 22,943 | 0.003 |
| Indivior | Lorna Parker | 13 May 15 | 2,923 | 229.28 | 6,702 | 2,923 | <0.001 |
| Indivior | Rupert Bondy | 13 May 15 | 9,599 | 229.28 | 22,009 | 9,599 | 0.001 |
| Indivior | Dr. Yvonne Greenstreet | 13 May 15 | 2,886 | 229.28 | 6,617 | 2,886 | <0.001 |
| International Personal Finance | Daniel O'Connor (ch) | 07 May 15 | 41,500 | 481.39 | 199,777 | 41,500 | 0.018 |
| Intu Properties ♥ | John Whittaker | 08 May 15 | 1,640,000 | 341.41 | 5,599,195 | 300,695,452 | 22.834 |
| Intu Properties ♥ | John Whittaker | 12 May 15 | 375,000 | 340.58 | 1,277,177 | 301,070,452 | 22.863 |
| Intu Properties ♥ | John Whittaker | 13 May 15 | 90,000 | 335.49 | 301,938 | 301,160,452 | 22.870 |
| ITE | Marco Sodi (ch) | 12 May 15 | 25,000 | 194.96 | 48,740 | 200,000 | 0.078 |
| Jarvis Securities ♥ Ω | Andrew Grant (ch & ce) | 08 May 15 | 5,000 | 397.5 | 19,875 | 5,762,150 | 52.034 |
| KAZ Minerals | Simon Heale (ch) | 12 May 15 | 28,500 | 262.2524 | 74,742 | 111,000 | 0.025 |
| KAZ Minerals | Simon Heale (ch) | 12 May 15 | 17,800 | 256.9883 | 45,744 | 70,800 | 0.016 |
| KAZ Minerals † | Simon Heale (ch) | 12 May 15 | 11,700 | 256.9883 | 30,068 | 82,500 | 0.018 |
| KBC Advanced Technologies ♥ | Oliver Scott | 08 May 15 | 10,000 | 100.5 | 10,050 | 10,777,550 | 13.137 |
| Keywords Studios | Ross Graham (ch) | 11 May 15 | 27,950 | 161 | 45,000 | 58,440 | 0.124 |
| Kirkland Lake Gold Inc | Jeffrey Parr | 07 May 15 | 5,000 | 361.02632 | 18,051 | 5,000 | 0.006 |
| Macfarlane | Stuart Paterson | 08 May 15 | 20,450 | 42.99 | 8,791 | 100,000 | 0.080 |
| Matomy Media | Ilan Shiloah (ch) | 07 May 15 | 180,000 | 140 | 252,000 | 14,098,395 | 15.251 |
| Matomy Media | Ilan Shiloah (ch) | 08 May 15 | 15,370 | 140 | 21,518 | 14,113,765 | 15.268 |
| Matomy Media | Ilan Shiloah (ch) | 07 May 15 | 50,000 | 137 | 68,500 | 13,918,395 | 15.056 |
| Matomy Media Ω | Ofer Druker (ce) | 11 May 15 | 50,000 | 135.75 | 67,875 | 3,259,112 | 3.526 |
| Mercantile Investment Trust (The) | Jeremy Tigue | 07 May 15 | 88 | 1,589 | 1,398 | 8,338 | 0.009 |
| NCC | Chris Batterham | 08 May 15 | 20,000 | 213.5 | 42,700 | 20,000 | 0.009 |
| Prudential † | Alice Schroeder | 07 May 15 | 6,000 | 2,429 | 145,740 | 8,500 | <0.001 |
| Raven Russia Ω | Anton Bilton | 07 May 15 | 53,717 | 52.13 | 28,000 | 56,110,494 | 7.848 |
| Rentokil Initial | Julie Southern | 07 May 15 | 5,000 | 138.96 | 6,948 | 5,000 | <0.001 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | David Smith (cfo) | 08 May 15 | 1,953 | 1,024 | 19,999 | 2,134 | <0.001 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | John Neill CBE | 07 May 15 | 317 | 1,003 | 3,180 | 46,616 | 0.003 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Ruth Cairnie | 07 May 15 | 193 | 1,003 | 1,936 | 5,576 | <0.001 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Ian Davis (ch) | 07 May 15 | 197 | 1,003 | 1,976 | 20,274 | 0.001 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Sir Frank Chapman | 07 May 15 | 395 | 1,003 | 3,962 | 11,250 | 0.001 |
| Saga | Lance Batchelor (ce) | 07 May 15 | 7,696 | 196.5 | 15,123 | 1,868,161 | 0.168 |
| Saga | Jonathan Hill (cfo) | 07 May 15 | 7,809 | 195.7 | 15,282 | 32,395 | 0.003 |
| Sanditon Investment Trust | Christopher Keljik OBE | 08 May 15 | 50,000 | 105 | 52,500 | 200,000 | 0.400 |
| Sanditon Investment Trust | Rupert Barclay (ch) | 08 May 15 | 50,000 | 106 | 53,000 | 100,000 | 0.200 |
| Serco | Rupert Soames (ce) | 11 May 15 | 123,000 | 138.24 | 170,034 | 607,000 | 0.055 |
| Smith & Nephew † | Vinita Bali | 13 May 15 | 2,400 | 1,123.70 | 26,969 | 2,400 | <0.001 |
| Utilitywise | Jeremy Middleton | 07 May 15 | 450,000 | 220 | 990,000 | 2,283,956 | 2.982 |
| Vertu Motors | Peter Jones (ch) | 13 May 15 | 125,000 | 58.8 | 73,500 | 1,125,000 | 0.330 |
| Sells | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Aeorema Communications ♥ | Richard Owen | 12 May 15 | 270,000 | 33.3 | 89,910 | 30,000 | 0.331 |
| Capital & Regional ♥ | Louis Norval | 12 May 15 | 439,862 | 56.5 | 248,522 | 200,623,237 | 28.630 |
| Capital & Regional ♥ | Neno Haasbroek | 12 May 15 | 439,862 | 56.5 | 248,522 | 149,774,493 | 21.373 |
| Derwent London | The Hon RA Rayne (ch) | 08 May 15 | 200,000 | 3,451.80 | 6,903,600 | 3,277,609 | 2.958 |
| Derwent London | The Hon RA Rayne (ch) | 08 May 15 | 200,000 | 3,451.80 | 6,903,600 | 4,194,703 | 3.785 |
| Diploma | Marie-Louise Clayton | 13 May 15 | 5,000 | 795 | 39,750 | 0 | 0.000 |
| InterQuest | Mark Braund (ce) | 11 May 15 | 250,000 | 90 | 225,000 | 760,603 | 2.129 |
| Moneysupermarket.com | Simon Nixon | 19 May 15 | 20,000,000 | 280 | 56,000,000 | na | 12.800 |
| Prudential | Jackie Hunt | 07 May 15 | 53,000 | 1,595.96 | 845,859 | 109,770 | 0.004 |
| Prudential | Michael McLintock | 07 May 15 | 300,000 | 1,595.96 | 4,787,880 | 206,797 | 0.008 |
| Prudential | Nic Nicandrou (cfo) | 07 May 15 | 140,000 | 1,595.96 | 2,234,344 | 262,528 | 0.010 |
| Prudential | Pierre-Olivier Bouee | 07 May 15 | 33,226 | 1,595.96 | 530,274 | 92,853 | 0.004 |
| Prudential | TidjaneThiam (ce) | 07 May 15 | 359,794 | 1,595.96 | 5,742,168 | 632,083 | 0.025 |
| Prudential † | Barry Stowe | 07 May 15 | 128,558 | 2,431 | 3,125,245 | 256,458 | 0.010 |
| Prudential † | Mike Wells | 07 May 15 | 269,732 | 2,426.50 | 6,545,047 | 498,798 | 0.019 |
| Regus ♥ | Mark Dixon (ce) | 11 May 15 | 30,000,000 | 245 | 73,500,000 | 294,267,501 | 31.365 |
| Standard Chartered | Peter Sands (ce) | 07 May 15 | 30,000 | 1,030 | 309,000 | 322,341 | 0.013 |
| SThree | Justin Hughes | 11 May 15 | 7,500 | 386.58 | 28,994 | 650,867 | 0.512 |
| SThree | Justin Hughes | 11 May 15 | 5,000 | 383.7 | 19,185 | 645,867 | 0.508 |
| *Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party ΩIsa/Sipp/Trust †Depositary receipts | |||||||
