Simon Nixon, founder of Moneysupermarket.com (MONY), has pocketed just under £130m from the sale of around 13 per cent of the price comparison site - one of the more noteworthy survivors of the dot-com boom and bust. The sale comes on top of a £200m divestment last year, and it leaves Mr Nixon with a 16.6 per cent residual stake.
Although the shares boast strong institutional and retail support, they are down around 5 per cent over the past year. But the company still managed to bump up adjusted cash profits by over a quarter in 2013, consolidating a consistent record of year-on-year growth. The share price has also been underpinned by the company's willingness to return capital to shareholders. Interestingly, the sale of Mr Nixon's holding was finalised a day before the ex-date, meaning that he did not collkect a further £8.2m from the 5.12p final dividend for 2013.
Buys | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Abcam | Dr Jonathan Milner (ce) | 14 Mar 14 | 400,000 | 413.54 | 1,654,160 | 27,060,355 | 13.547 |
Abcam ♥ | Dr Jonathan Milner (ce) | 13 Mar 14 | 100,000 | 407.24 | 407,240 | 27,200,355 | 13.617 |
BBA Aviation | Sir Nigel Rudd | 17 Mar 14 | 4,000 | 331.79 | 13,272 | 4,000 | 0.001 |
French Connection | Adam Castleton (fd) | 13 Mar 14 | 42,000 | 59 | 24,780 | 75,000 | 0.078 |
GKN | Adam Walker (fd) | 19 Mar 14 | 65,000 | 389.2 | 252,980 | 65,000 | 0.004 |
Goals Soccer Centres * | Keith Edelman (ch) | 14 Mar 14 | 20,000 | 216.5 | 43,300 | 20,000 | 0.034 |
Goals Soccer Centres * | Philip Burks | 14 Mar 14 | 80,000 | 216.5 | 173,200 | 243,478 | 0.419 |
GoldBridges Global Resources * | Dr KS Assaubayev (ch) | 19 Mar 14 | 358,172,447 | 2.175 | 7,790,251 | 1,440,076,040 | 65.122 |
GoldBridges Global Resources * | A Assaubayev (ce) | 19 Mar 14 | 358,172,447 | 2.175 | 7,790,251 | 1,440,076,040 | 65.122 |
Hochschild Mining | Nigel Moore | 13 Mar 14 | 13,566 | 176 | 23,876 | 40,000 | 0.011 |
Innovation Group (The) * | Jane Hall (fd) | 14 Mar 14 | 184,093 | 32 | 58,910 | 1,932,977 | 0.160 |
Innovation Group (The) * | David Thorpe | 14 Mar 14 | 150,758 | 32 | 48,243 | 1,582,965 | 0.131 |
Innovation Group (The) * | Andrew Roberts (ce) | 14 Mar 14 | 401,613 | 32 | 128,516 | 4,216,940 | 0.350 |
Innovation Group (The) * | Dr Chris Harrison | 14 Mar 14 | 17,970 | 32 | 5,750 | 188,694 | 0.016 |
Innovation Group (The) * | James Morley | 14 Mar 14 | 99,882 | 32 | 31,962 | 455,014 | 0.038 |
International Personal Finance | Adrian Gardner (cfo) | 13 Mar 14 | 15,000 | 536 | 80,400 | 15,000 | 0.006 |
Investors Capital Trust | John Evans | 19 Mar 14 | 15,000 | 95.75 | 14,363 | 15,000 | 0.016 |
Kalibrate Technologies | Phil Lawler (ch) | 13 Mar 14 | 13,378 | 111 | 14,850 | 63,532 | 0.191 |
Kenmare Resources | Michael Carvill | 14 Mar 14 | 100,000 | 13.2 | 13,200 | 4,902,030 | 0.176 |
Kenmare Resources | Tony McCluskey (fd) | 19 Mar 14 | 75,000 | 14.8 | 11,100 | 681,250 | 0.024 |
Kenmare Resources | AC Lowrie | 13 Mar 14 | 440,447 | 13.93 | 61,354 | 5,370,891 | 0.193 |
Kenmare Resources | G Smith | 13 Mar 14 | 100,000 | 13.89 | 13,890 | 100,000 | 0.004 |
Majedie Investments | Paul Gadd | 13 Mar 14 | 10,000 | 211.377 | 21,138 | 30,000 | 0.058 |
Management Consulting | Nick Stagg (ce) | 13 Mar 14 | 100,000 | 22.75 | 22,750 | 1,364,972 | 0.276 |
Morgan Sindall ♥ | Stephen Crummett | 17 Mar 14 | 12,000 | 757 | 90,840 | 12,000 | 0.028 |
Northern Bear | Thomas Hayes (fd & cs) | 19 Mar 14 | 50,000 | 31 | 15,500 | 50,000 | 0.283 |
Ocado | Ruth Anderson | 14 Mar 14 | 5,000 | 472.3 | 23,615 | 60,000 | 0.010 |
Persimmon ♥ | Jeff Fairburn (ce) | 18 Mar 14 | 8,839 | 1,372.38 | 121,305 | 125,704 | 0.041 |
Persimmon ♥ | Jeff Fairburn (ce) | 17 Mar 14 | 256 | 1,405.37 | 3,598 | 116,865 | 0.038 |
Playtech | Alan Jackson (ch) | 14 Mar 14 | 10,000 | 707 | 70,700 | 15,000 | 0.005 |
QinetiQ | Susan Searle | 14 Mar 14 | 5,000 | 210 | 10,500 | 5,000 | 0.001 |
Rare Earth Minerals | David Lenigas (ch) | 13 Mar 14 | 5,000,000 | 0.45 | 22,500 | 7,000,000 | 0.135 |
Rightmove | Peter Williams | 19 Mar 14 | 3,728 | 2,668 | 99,463 | 3,728 | 0.004 |
Senior | Giles Kerr | 14 Mar 14 | 10,000 | 298.8 | 29,880 | 10,000 | 0.002 |
Smith & Nephew | Roberto Quarta | 13 Mar 14 | 10,000 | 921.5 | 92,150 | 10,000 | 0.001 |
St Ives | Helen Stevenson | 13 Mar 14 | 1,500 | 199.94 | 2,999 | 4,969 | 0.004 |
St Ives | Helen Stevenson | 14 Mar 14 | 2,031 | 199.69 | 4,056 | 7,000 | 0.006 |
Trinity Mirror | Helen Stevenson | 14 Mar 14 | 935 | 213.8 | 1,999 | 3,597 | 0.001 |
Trinity Mirror | Helen Stevenson | 14 Mar 14 | 2,662 | 213.75 | 5,690 | 2,662 | 0.001 |
Trinity Mirror | Helen Stevenson | 14 Mar 14 | 1,403 | 213.69 | 2,998 | 5,000 | 0.002 |
Vectura * | Dr Trevor Phillips | 18 Mar 14 | 6,452 | 155 | 10,001 | 27,479 | 0.007 |
Vectura * | Bruno Angelici (ch) | 18 Mar 14 | 12,903 | 155 | 20,000 | 12,903 | 0.003 |
Vectura * | Paul Oliver (cfo & cs) | 18 Mar 14 | 6,452 | 155 | 10,001 | 65,116 | 0.016 |
Vectura * | Dr Christopher Blackwell (ce) | 18 Mar 14 | 16,129 | 155 | 25,000 | 692,949 | 0.173 |
Vectura * | Neil Warner | 18 Mar 14 | 9,677 | 155 | 14,999 | 30,477 | 0.008 |
Victoria Oil & Gas | Austen Titford | 14 Mar 14 | 1,200,000 | 1.13 | 13,560 | 2,007,692 | 0.046 |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets | Sir Ian Gibson (ch) | 14 Mar 14 | 19,695 | 203.1 | 40,001 | 127,750 | 0.005 |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets | Penny Hughes | 14 Mar 14 | 9,848 | 203.1 | 20,001 | 9,848 | <0.001 |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets | Richard Gillingwater CBE | 14 Mar 14 | 19,695 | 203.1 | 40,001 | 19,695 | 0.001 |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets | Johanna Waterous | 14 Mar 14 | 13,500 | 203.1 | 27,419 | 20,216 | 0.001 |
Wm Morrison Supermarkets | Philip Cox | 14 Mar 14 | 25,000 | 203.1 | 50,775 | 25,000 | 0.001 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Aviva | Patrick Regan (cfo) | 14 Mar 14 | 179,789 | 507 | 911,530 | 236,583 | 0.008 |
Ferrexpo | Christopher Mawe (cfo) | 14 Mar 14 | 1,415 | 138.8 | 1,964 | 234,561 | 0.040 |
Grainger | Nick Jopling | 18 Mar 14 | 8,000 | 238.16 | 19,053 | 400,832 | 0.097 |
Hangar8 | Dustin Dryden (ce) | 13 Mar 14 | 500,000 | 260 | 1,300,000 | 2,766,933 | 29.320 |
Moneysupermarket.com | Simon Nixon | 18 Mar 14 | 70,000,000 | 185 | 129,500,000 | 89,795,130 | 16.567 |
NCC | Paul Mitchell (ch) | 18 Mar 14 | 550,000 | 200 | 1,100,000 | 629,600 | 0.302 |
NCC | Rob Cotton (ce) | 18 Mar 14 | 5,500,000 | 200 | 11,000,000 | 5,297,191 | 2.541 |
Ricardo | Dave Shemmans (ce) | 17 Mar 14 | 1,000 | 710 | 7,100 | 184,170 | 0.352 |
Ricardo ♥ | Dave Shemmans (ce) | 17 Mar 14 | 2,000 | 710 | 14,200 | 182,170 | 0.349 |
Signet Jewelers | Michael Barnes (ce) | 15 Mar 14 | 8,031 | 5,906.38 | 474,342 | 203,708 | 0.254 |
Sinclair (William) Holdings | Peter Williams (fd & cs) | 14 Mar 14 | 62,239 | 107 | 66,596 | 200,000 | 1.158 |
Sportech | Ian Hogg | 14 Mar 14 | 302,260 | 84.5 | 255,410 | 285,911 | 0.140 |
Sportech | Ian Penrose | 14 Mar 14 | 301,719 | 84.5 | 254,953 | 850,000 | 0.415 |
Unilever | J Huet (cfo) | 14 Mar 14 | 2,373 | 2,363 | 56,074 | 85,553 | 0.007 |
Xchanging | David Bauernfeind (cfo) | 13 Mar 14 | 50,000 | 164 | 82,000 | 350,000 | 0.145 |
* placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party |