Simon Nixon has again taken the money out of Moneysupermarket.com (MONY). The price comparison website's founder has profited from its rising share price, selling £98m-worth of shares at 305p each earlier this month, after selling a £56m tranche in March at 280p.
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Mr Nixon now owns just 7 per cent of the company and is stepping down from his director role - he is currently non-executive deputy chairman - at the end of the year. As the company's first chief executive, he led the company through its 2007 flotation, but has recently been reducing his holding and focusing on other activities.
The group was trading well at the third-quarter stage, with revenues from its flagship site up 14 per cent year on year at £67m for the three months to September. This was driven by a strong showing from its money services as consumers hunted out decent credit card deals and higher-interest savings accounts.
| BUYS | |||||||
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| Company name | Director | Date | No. of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| 32Red ♥ | D M Bowen | 27-Nov-15 | 20,200 | 102 | 20,685 | 20,200 | 0.024 |
| ATTRAQT* | E W Ewing | 02-Dec-15 | 48,077 | 52 | 25,000 | 48,077 | 0.178 |
| Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Inv Tr | M J Gilbert | 02-Dec-15 | 13,994 | 743 | 104,010 | 106,250 | 0.286 |
| Acal | M M Diamond MBE | 02-Dec-15 | 10,000 | 279 | 27,900 | 10,000 | 0.016 |
| Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund | Anne Ewing | 02-Dec-15 | 5,000 | 102 | 5,097 | 5,000 | 0.003 |
| Anglo Pacific ♥ | A H Yadgaroff | 27-Nov-15 | 508 | 64 | 327 | 182,508 | 0.107 |
| Anglo Pacific | A H Yadgaroff | 27-Nov-15 | 1,499 | 64 | 965 | 182,000 | 0.107 |
| Anglo Pacific ♥ | M Blyth (ch) | 26-Nov-15 | 10,000 | 65 | 6,500 | 104,822 | 0.062 |
| Anglo Pacific | J A Treger (ce) | 26-Nov-15 | 20,000 | 64 | 12,700 | 5,496,454 | 3.234 |
| Anglo Pacific | P Meier | 02-Dec-15 | 27,800 | 64 | 17,792 | 120,000 | 0.071 |
| Anglo Pacific ♥ | R H Stan | 01-Dec-15 | 25,000 | 65 | 16,250 | 98,540 | 0.058 |
| Anglo Pacific | Rachel C Rhodes | 02-Dec-15 | 15,000 | 63 | 9,450 | 15,000 | 0.009 |
| Asian Total Return Investment Co | Caroline Hitch | 02-Dec-15 | 10,000 | 194 | 19,350 | 10,000 | 0.014 |
| Atlas Mara# | A J Thakkar | 26-Nov-15 | 2,680 | 565 | 15,142 | 81,700 | 0.116 |
| Atlas Mara# | A J Thakkar | 27-Nov-15 | 1,340 | 570 | 7,638 | 83,040 | 0.118 |
| Atlas Mara# | A J Thakkar | 02-Dec-15 | 2,680 | 566 | 15,169 | 85,720 | 0.121 |
| Atlas Mara# | J Vitalo (ce) | 26-Nov-15 | 3,860 | 565 | 21,809 | 345,684 | 0.489 |
| Atlas Mara# | J Vitalo (ce) | 27-Nov-15 | 1,930 | 570 | 11,001 | 347,614 | 0.492 |
| Atlas Mara# | J Vitalo (ce) | 02-Dec-15 | 3,860 | 566 | 21,848 | 351,474 | 0.498 |
| Atlas Mara# | R E Diamond Jr | 26-Nov-15 | 4,820 | 565 | 27,233 | 1,732,342 | 2.451 |
| Atlas Mara# | R E Diamond Jr | 27-Nov-15 | 2,410 | 570 | 13,737 | 1,734,752 | 2.455 |
| Atlas Mara# | R E Diamond Jr | 02-Dec-15 | 4,820 | 566 | 27,281 | 1,739,572 | 2.463 |
| Avation | R D Mahoney | 01-Dec-15 | 25,000 | 132 | 33,000 | 265,000 | 0.507 |
| Barclays | J E Staley (ce) | 01-Dec-15 | 2,790,000 | 233 | 6,500,700 | 2,790,000 | 0.017 |
| Bellway ♥ | M R Toms | 30-Nov-15 | 500 | 2,571 | 12,855 | 2,000 | 0.002 |
| Brown (N) | A T Higginson (ch) | 30-Nov-15 | 605 | 350 | 2,117 | 97,558 | 0.034 |
| Candover Investments | M J Fallen (ce) | 30-Nov-15 | 2,543 | 215 | 5,467 | 69,065 | 0.317 |
| CloudBuy | P H Broughton | 26-Nov-15 | 200,000 | 6.5 | 12,900 | 1,070,909 | 0.834 |
| Collagen Solutions | M J Gillies | 02-Dec-15 | 438,714 | 9.0 | 39,484 | 1,653,000 | 0.964 |
| Croda International | J K Maiden (fd) | 02-Dec-15 | 1,600 | 2,890 | 46,240 | 3,600 | 0.003 |
| Cropper (James) | M A J Cropper (ch) | 01-Dec-15 | 10,150 | 615 | 62,423 | 1,225,743 | 13.321 |
| De La Rue | J H Sodha (fd) | 30-Nov-15 | 4,839 | 440 | 21,287 | 4,839 | 0.005 |
| Firestone Diamonds | K B Johnson | 26-Nov-15 | 197,997 | 18 | 35,639 | 282,997 | 0.091 |
| Fisher (James) & Sons | C J Rice (ch) | 02-Dec-15 | 2,947 | 1,006 | 29,647 | 22,016 | 0.044 |
| Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust | D R W Potter | 02-Dec-15 | 204 | 975 | 1,989 | 8,112 | 0.042 |
| Future* | P V Allen (ch) | 01-Dec-15 | 100,000 | 10 | 10,000 | 1,100,000 | 0.299 |
| Future* | Manjit Wolstenholme | 01-Dec-15 | 45,000 | 10 | 4,500 | 252,889 | 0.069 |
| Future* | Zillah Byng-Maddick (ce) | 01-Dec-15 | 670,000 | 10 | 67,000 | 1,091,369 | 0.297 |
| Future* | Penny Ladkin-Brand (fd) | 01-Dec-15 | 150,000 | 10 | 15,000 | 150,000 | 0.041 |
| G4S | A Almanza (ce) | 27-Nov-15 | 50,000 | 223 | 111,650 | 150,000 | 0.010 |
| G4S | H Raja (fd) | 30-Nov-15 | 50,000 | 225 | 112,550 | 100,000 | 0.006 |
| Galliford Try | T Miller | 30-Nov-15 | 200 | 1,441 | 2,882 | 200 | 0.000 |
| Greencoat UK Wind* | M McAdam | 30-Nov-15 | 18,604 | 108 | 19,999 | 53,604 | 0.011 |
| Greencoat UK Wind* | T C W Ingram (ch) | 30-Nov-15 | 40,000 | 108 | 43,000 | 228,678 | 0.045 |
| Greggs | Sandra Turner | 01-Dec-15 | 1,000 | 1,255 | 12,546 | 1,000 | 0.001 |
| Gresham Computing ♥ | M M E Royde | 27-Nov-15 | 40,000 | 108 | 43,200 | 6,619,664 | 10.462 |
| Henderson EuroTrust | B J H Feilzer | 26-Nov-15 | 345 | 883 | 3,046 | 50,000 | 0.236 |
| Henderson EuroTrust | B J H Feilzer | 26-Nov-15 | 14,655 | 882 | 129,257 | 49,655 | 0.235 |
| Hiscox | C D Keogh | 02-Dec-15 | 5,000 | 1,048 | 52,387 | 5,000 | 0.002 |
| IGas Energy | J Tedder (fd) | 27-Nov-15 | 140,000 | 17 | 24,360 | 140,000 | 0.047 |
| ISG | G V Aldridge | 02-Dec-15 | 10,000 | 143 | 14,250 | 94,450 | 0.192 |
| ISG | S D Lawther (ce) | 02-Dec-15 | 7,000 | 143 | 9,975 | 235,694 | 0.479 |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | R O Rowley | 26-Nov-15 | 5,000 | 253 | 12,628 | 5,000 | 0.002 |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) | N J M Imlach | 30-Nov-15 | 391 | 340 | 1,329 | 17,198 | 0.034 |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) | R S Verdin | 30-Nov-15 | 339 | 340 | 1,153 | 13,371 | 0.026 |
| Palace Capital | A C Dove | 30-Nov-15 | 2,742 | 378 | 10,365 | 78,000 | 0.303 |
| Palace Capital ♥ | S J Silvester (fd) | 02-Dec-15 | 2,148 | 370 | 7,948 | 2,148 | 0.008 |
| Paragon of Companies (The) | Fiona Clutterbuck | 02-Dec-15 | 5,158 | 386 | 19,886 | 8,372 | 0.003 |
| Plus500 | M C Fairbairn | 02-Dec-15 | 1,000 | 456 | 4,563 | 250,000 | 0.218 |
| Poundland | J J McCarthy (ce) | 27-Nov-15 | 331,751 | 212 | 703,578 | 10,000,000 | 3.722 |
| Poundland | N R Hateley (fd) | 27-Nov-15 | 46,820 | 212 | 99,296 | 4,254,198 | 1.583 |
| Reckitt Benckiser | A Hennah (fd) | 01-Dec-15 | 10,000 | 6,299 | 629,857 | 36,851 | 0.005 |
| SVG Capital | S T Bax | 01-Dec-15 | 6,250 | 489 | 30,564 | 6,250 | 0.004 |
| SVG Capital | Lynn Fordham (ce) | 01-Dec-15 | 15,347 | 489 | 75,036 | 499,162 | 0.293 |
| Schroders | Nichola Pease | 02-Dec-15 | 86 | 2,304 | 1,981 | 261 | 0.000 |
| Schroders | R W T Buchanan | 02-Dec-15 | 107 | 2,304 | 2,465 | 8,845 | 0.004 |
| Sky | M Pigasse | 27-Nov-15 | 185 | 1,117 | 2,066 | 5,653 | 0.000 |
| Sky | A Sukawaty | 27-Nov-15 | 116 | 1,117 | 1,296 | 2,630 | 0.000 |
| Sky | D Lewis | 27-Nov-15 | 409 | 1,117 | 4,569 | 8,210 | 0.000 |
| Sky | M J Gilbert | 27-Nov-15 | 184 | 1,117 | 2,055 | 5,574 | 0.000 |
| Sky | Tracy J Clarke | 27-Nov-15 | 105 | 1,117 | 1,173 | 2,886 | 0.000 |
| Sky | N E H Ferguson (ch) | 27-Nov-15 | 1,052 | 1,117 | 11,751 | 41,072 | 0.002 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering | N J Anderson (ce) | 02-Dec-15 | 1,000 | 3,145 | 31,450 | 10,678 | 0.015 |
| Stock Spirits | C Heath (ce) | 01-Dec-15 | 100,444 | 104 | 103,960 | 888,053 | 0.444 |
| Stock Spirits | Lesley Jackson (fd) | 02-Dec-15 | 23,296 | 106 | 24,752 | 199,555 | 0.100 |
| Stock Spirits | D O Maloney (ch) | 01-Dec-15 | 20,000 | 106 | 21,124 | 40,000 | 0.020 |
| Travis Perkins | C C B Rogers | 01-Dec-15 | 39 | 2,042 | 796 | 1,964 | 0.001 |
| Travis Perkins | J Rogers | 01-Dec-15 | 33 | 2,042 | 674 | 433 | 0.000 |
| Travis Perkins | P Redfern | 01-Dec-15 | 35 | 2,042 | 715 | 434 | 0.000 |
| Travis Perkins | R M Walker (ch) | 01-Dec-15 | 227 | 2,042 | 4,635 | 97,593 | 0.039 |
| Travis Perkins | Coline L McConville | 01-Dec-15 | 40 | 2,042 | 817 | 334 | 0.000 |
| Travis Perkins | Ruth Anderson | 01-Dec-15 | 40 | 2,042 | 817 | 2,268 | 0.001 |
| Urals Energy ♥ | A H Shrager (ch) | 27-Nov-15 | 150,000 | 2.5 | 3,750 | 1,740,500 | 0.689 |
| Wincanton | P D Dean | 26-Nov-15 | 10,000 | 201 | 20,056 | 10,000 | 0.008 |
| entu (UK) | D M Forbes (ch) | 26-Nov-15 | 10,000 | 61 | 6,050 | 10,000 | 0.015 |
| entu (UK) | D M Forbes (ch) | 26-Nov-15 | 40,000 | 61 | 24,300 | 50,000 | 0.076 |
| SELLS | |||||||
| Company name | Director | Date | No. of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| AB Dynamics | A Best (ch) | 27-Nov-15 | 100,000 | 310 | 310,000 | 6,497,107 | 37.481 |
| AB Dynamics | T J Rogers | 27-Nov-15 | 25,000 | 311 | 77,750 | 268,201 | 1.547 |
| ATTRAQT | D M Wagner (ch) | 02-Dec-15 | 1,545,000 | 52 | 803,400 | 3,436,700 | 12.756 |
| AdEPT Telecom | D Lukic | 01-Dec-15 | 45,000 | 260 | 117,000 | 47,500 | 0.211 |
| BGEO | A Namicheishvili | 02-Dec-15 | 44,125 | 1,925 | 849,406 | 119,389 | 0.312 |
| BGEO | S Gvalia | 01-Dec-15 | 20,000 | 1,929 | 385,800 | 89,772 | 0.235 |
| Bushveld Minerals | J Friedlander | 01-Dec-15 | 1,250,000 | 3.0 | 37,500 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Charles Taylor | D G Marock (ce) | 27-Nov-15 | 50,000 | 269 | 134,250 | 354,975 | 0.535 |
| Charles Taylor | D G Marock (ce) | 01-Dec-15 | 150,000 | 269 | 402,750 | 204,975 | 0.309 |
| dotDigital | P A Simmonds | 26-Nov-15 | 2,500,000 | 43 | 1,072,000 | 4,591,470 | 1.573 |
| dotDigital | S C Bird | 26-Nov-15 | 13,717,671 | 43 | 5,882,137 | 17,558,996 | 6.014 |
| Fulcrum Utility Services ♥ | S Gutteridge | 01-Dec-15 | 50,000 | 23 | 11,363 | 369,166 | 0.239 |
| Fulcrum Utility Services | S Gutteridge | 01-Dec-15 | 50,000 | 23 | 11,725 | 479,166 | 0.310 |
| Fulcrum Utility Services | S Gutteridge | 01-Dec-15 | 60,000 | 24 | 14,400 | 419,166 | 0.271 |
| Johnson Service | Yvonne M Monaghan (fd) | 01-Dec-15 | 28,689 | 88 | 25,246 | 735,397 | 0.222 |
| Johnson Service ♥ | Yvonne M Monaghan (fd) | 01-Dec-15 | 171,311 | 88 | 150,754 | 564,086 | 0.171 |
| LondonMetric Property | P L Vaughan (ch) | 01-Dec-15 | 1,500,000 | 164 | 2,466,450 | 13,777,500 | 2.194 |
| Moneysupermarket.com | S J Nixon | 02-Dec-15 | 32,000,000 | 305 | 97,600,000 | 37,795,130 | 6.903 |
| Paysafe | J Leonoff (ce) | 02-Dec-15 | 1,150,000 | 372 | 4,282,485 | 6,002,926 | 1.253 |
| Starcom | A Hartmann (ce) | 26-Nov-15 | 500,000 | 2.5 | 12,500 | 18,511,168 | 18.958 |
| Starcom | A Hartmann (ce) | 26-Nov-15 | 900,000 | 2.5 | 22,500 | 17,611,168 | 18.036 |
| Wetherspoon (J D) | Su Cacioppo | 01-Dec-15 | 30,000 | 719 | 215,745 | 22,846 | 0.019 |
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