After more than 30 years at Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), the last seven of which were spent as the oil major's chief financial officer, Simon Henry is stepping down. A fortnight after approving 2016's full-year results, and ahead of his departure from the board next month, Mr Henry sold £1.14m-worth of his own shares on 15 February. This follows another 50,000 share sale made shortly before Shell informed the market of his resignation in December.
The most recent disposal comes shortly after the end of a close period during which directors are not allowed to trade Shell stock, and follows a 50 per cent rise in the value of sterling-denominated 'B' shares in the past year. If Mr Henry plans to sell any more stock before he is replaced by Jessica Uhl, he will need to be compliant with a director requirement to hold at least four times his annual base salary in shares.
Buys | |||||||
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Ascent Resources* | Colin Hutchinson (ceo) | 13 Feb 17 | 270,270 | 1.85 | 5,000 | 270,270 | 0.018 |
Associated British Foods♥ | Charles Sinclair (ch) | 9 Feb 17 | 2,000 | 2479 | 49,580 | 18,000 | 0.002 |
Associated British Foods | Ruth Cairnie | 9 Feb 17 | 602 | 2493 | 15,008 | 2,124 | 0.000 |
Associated British Foods♥ | Ruth Cairnie | 9 Feb 17 | 876 | 2489 | 21,804 | 3,000 | 0.000 |
Avon Rubber♥ | Paul Rayner | 15 Feb 17 | 150 | 994 | 1,491 | 6,850 | 0.022 |
Avon Rubber♥ | Paul Rayner | 15 Feb 17 | 150 | 994 | 1,491 | 7,000 | 0.023 |
Avon Rubber♥ | Paul Rayner | 15 Feb 17 | 150 | 994 | 1,491 | 7,150 | 0.023 |
Avon Rubber♥ | Paul Rayner | 15 Feb 17 | 350 | 994 | 3,479 | 6,700 | 0.022 |
Avon Rubber♥ | Paul Rayner | 15 Feb 17 | 1,700 | 994 | 16,898 | 6,350 | 0.020 |
Balfour Beatty | Stuart Doughty | 10 Feb 17 | 4,550 | 271.2 | 12,340 | 4,550 | 0.001 |
Benchmark Holdings | Kevin Quinn | 15 Feb 17 | 25,000 | 94.04 | 23,510 | 25,000 | 0.005 |
Blenheim Natural Resources♥ | Chris Ells (ch) | 10 Feb 17 | 1,500,000 | 0.777 | 11,655 | 11,410,000 | 2.863 |
British Empire Trust | Nigel Rich | 15 Feb 17 | 3,000 | 665.75 | 19,973 | 18,000 | 0.015 |
Conviviality | Martin Newman | 9 Feb 17 | 5,475 | 271.56 | 14,868 | 34,164 | 0.020 |
Diageo | J Ferrán (ch) | 10 Feb 17 | 369 | 2245 | 8,284 | 31,869 | 0.001 |
Dunelm | Andy Harrison (ch) | 9 Feb 17 | 31,527 | 624.705 | 196,951 | 139,660 | 0.069 |
Dunelm | William Reeve | 10 Feb 17 | 2,000 | 626 | 12,520 | 7,000 | 0.003 |
Dunelm | Marion Sears | 10 Feb 17 | 3,687 | 650.37 | 23,979 | 105,000 | 0.052 |
Electrocomponents | Karen Guerra | 14 Feb 17 | 5,226 | 479 | 25,033 | 21,251 | 0.005 |
Frontier Developments | Charles Cotton | 10 Feb 17 | 20,482 | 285 | 58,374 | 39,339 | 0.115 |
Georgian Mining Corp | Gregory Kuenzel (ceo) | 15 Feb 17 | 100,000 | 9.875 | 9,875 | 347,467 | 0.432 |
Georgian Mining Corp | Roderick McIllree | 15 Feb 17 | 320,000 | 9.06 | 28,992 | 1,543,764 | 1.920 |
Georgian Mining Corp | Roderick McIllree | 15 Feb 17 | 500,000 | 9.825 | 49,125 | 1,223,764 | 1.522 |
Grainger | Mark Clare (ch) | 10 Feb 17 | 100,000 | 247.6928 | 247,693 | 100,000 | 0.024 |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1* | Oliver Bedford | 14 Feb 17 | 3,182 | 80.12 | 2,549 | 3,182 | 0.004 |
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2* | Oliver Bedford | 14 Feb 17 | 2,245 | 113.58 | 2,550 | 2,245 | 0.006 |
Henderson | Andrew Formica (ceo) | 9 Feb 17 | 600,000 | 210.93 | 1,265,580 | 9,870,495 | 0.872 |
Henderson | Richard Gillingwater (ch) | 9 Feb 17 | 21,114 | 211.2 | 44,593 | 36,114 | 0.003 |
Kromek* | Graeme Speirs | 13 Feb 17 | 7,500,000 | 20 | 1,500,000 | 23,768,415 | 9.176 |
Kromek* | Derek Bulmer (cfo) | 13 Feb 17 | 23,934 | 20 | 4,787 | 63,934 | 0.025 |
Kromek* | Derek Bulmer (cfo) | 13 Feb 17 | 60,000 | 20 | 12,000 | 100,000 | 0.065 |
Kromek* | Lawrence Kinet | 13 Feb 17 | 50,000 | 20 | 10,000 | 200,000 | 0.077 |
Kromek* | Sir Peter Williams (ch) | 13 Feb 17 | 14,814 | 20 | 2,963 | 44,814 | 0.017 |
Kromek | Sir Peter Williams (ch) | 13 Feb 17 | 35,186 | 22.19 | 7,808 | 80,000 | 0.031 |
Kromek* | Sir Peter Williams (ch) | 13 Feb 17 | 50,000 | 20 | 10,000 | 30,000 | 0.019 |
Pacific Assets Trust | Robert Talbut | 13 Feb 17 | 4,882 | 238.25 | 11,631 | 9,611 | 0.008 |
Pets at Home | Dennis Millard | 10 Feb 17 | 5,673 | 188.6 | 10,699 | 30,000 | 0.006 |
Phoenix Holdings | Wendy Mayall | 14 Feb 17 | 10,000 | 761.03 | 76,103 | 10,000 | 0.003 |
Ramsdens Holdings | Simon Herrick | 15 Feb 17 | 19,950 | 100 | 19,950 | 19,950 | 0.065 |
Sirius Real Estate | Andrew Coombs (ceo) | 9 Feb 17 | 12,200 | 59 | 7,198 | 4,411,053 | 0.518 |
Standard Life Equity Income Trust | Richard Burns (ch) | 14 Feb 17 | 25,000 | 409.5 | 102,375 | 246,000 | 0.500 |
Stewart & Wight | Robert Foux | 13 Feb 17 | 1,000 | 475 | 4,750 | 4,630 | 0.295 |
Strategic Equity Capital | William Barlow | 10 Feb 17 | 10,000 | 200.828 | 20,083 | 10,000 | 0.014 |
Tate & Lyle♥ | Gerry Murphy | 10 Feb 17 | 10,000 | 716.86 | 71,686 | 10,000 | 0.002 |
Touchstar | Ian Martin (ch) | 14 Feb 17 | 10,000 | 88 | 8,800 | 320,250 | 5.076 |
Upland Resources♥ | Bolhassan Di | 14 Feb 17 | 2,500,000 | 1.25 | 31,250 | 9,346,160 | 2.439 |
VPC Specialty Lending Investments♥ | Richard Levy | 10 Feb 17 | 77,575 | 78 | 60,509 | 1,274,625 | 0.336 |
*Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party |
Sells | |||||||
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Cropper (James)♥ | Phil Wild (ceo) | 9 Feb 17 | 790 | 1402.5 | 11,080 | 5,052 | 0.053 |
Cropper (James) | Phil Wild (ceo) | 9 Feb 17 | 1,300 | 1402.5 | 18,233 | 5,842 | 0.062 |
Mattioli Woods | Murray Smith | 9 Feb 17 | 20,000 | 771 | 154,200 | 88,136 | 0.345 |
Paragon Group of Companies (The) | Alan Fletcher | 15 Feb 17 | 19,993 | 441.3265 | 88,234 | 100,000 | 0.036 |
Renew Holdings♥ | John Samuel (fd) | 9 Feb 17 | 3,000 | 447.5604 | 13,427 | 262,548 | 0.419 |
Royal Dutch Shell | Simon Henry (cfo) | 15 Feb 17 | 50,000 | 2285 | 1,142,500 | 312,529 | 0.008 |
SThree | Steve Quinn | 13 Feb 17 | 50,000 | 324 | 162,000 | 321,691 | 0.248 |
*Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party |