AstraZeneca (AZN) chief executive Pascal Soriot has poured £3m of his own money into the group, buying an additional 76,300 shares in the pharma giant. The transaction takes Mr Soriot's holding to 0.023 per cent, and acts as a vote of confidence in AstraZeneca's ability to return to growth in the next few years.
The Anglo-Swedish behemoth just signed a new agreement with Canada's Valeant to develop and sell a new psoriasis drug - brodalumab. Astra suffered a blow in May when its previous partner, California-based pharma company Amgen, pulled out of the same deal over concerns that some patients who used the drug suffered from suicidal thoughts. Under the new deal, Valeant will bear the brunt of most of the development costs. Once the product is approved and on the market, the two groups will share profits.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
1pm * | Helen Walker (fd) | 26 Aug 15 | 16,667 | 60 | 10,000 | 87,687 | 0.167 |
1pm * | Ron Russell | 26 Aug 15 | 1,666,667 | 60 | 1,000,000 | 9,065,351 | 17.256 |
1pm * | Ian Smith (ch) | 26 Aug 15 | 41,667 | 60 | 25,000 | 41,667 | 0.079 |
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund | DAH Baxter | 24 Aug 15 | 20,000 | 146.5 | 29,300 | 50,714 | 0.026 |
AstraZeneca | Pascal Soriot (ce) | 25 Aug 15 | 76,300 | 3,960 | 3,021,480 | 292,066 | 0.023 |
Auctus Growth | Malcolm Burne (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 10,000 | 48.75 | 4,875 | 283,333 | 10.616 |
Auctus Growth * | Malcolm Burne (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 73,333 | 50 | 36,667 | 273,333 | 10.241 |
Auctus Growth * | Nathan Steinberg | 25 Aug 15 | 24,000 | 50 | 12,000 | 49,000 | 1.836 |
Bowleven | John Martin | 26 Aug 15 | 173,913 | 23.25 | 40,435 | 173,913 | 0.054 |
BP † | Admiral FL Bowman | 25 Aug 15 | 1,800 | 331.578 | 5,968 | 18,120 | <0.001 |
BP † | Admiral FL Bowman | 25 Aug 15 | 2,982 | 331.525 | 9,886 | 21,102 | <0.001 |
Capital Gearing Trust | Jean Matterson | 25 Aug 15 | 3,000 | 3,259 | 97,770 | 3,000 | 0.102 |
Centrica | Ian Meakins | 25 Aug 15 | 935 | 245.15 | 2,292 | 18,188 | <0.001 |
Centrica | Margherita Della Valle | 25 Aug 15 | 727 | 245.15 | 1,782 | 21,092 | <0.001 |
EnQuest Ω | Dr. James Buckee (ch) | 21 Aug 15 | 200,000 | 26 | 52,000 | 3,936,949 | 0.490 |
EP Global Opportunities Ω | David Hough | 21 Aug 15 | 6,000 | 237.35 | 14,241 | 79,000 | 0.160 |
F&C Capital & Income | T Scholefield | 24 Aug 15 | 2,000 | 250.75 | 5,015 | 4,000 | 0.004 |
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust ♥ | NA Collins | 24 Aug 15 | 1,857 | 535 | 9,935 | 48,842 | 0.041 |
Gear4music (Holdings) | Gareth Bevan | 25 Aug 15 | 13,920 | 142.5 | 19,836 | 134,382 | 0.667 |
Glencore | John Mack | 20 Aug 15 | 50,000 | 162.9 | 81,450 | 200,000 | 0.002 |
Greene King | Kirk Davis (cfo) | 24 Aug 15 | 4,000 | 821 | 32,840 | 4,000 | 0.001 |
Gresham Computing ♥ | MME Royde | 21 Aug 15 | 77,500 | 98 | 75,950 | 6,167,164 | 9.753 |
Gresham Computing ♥ | MME Royde | 24 Aug 15 | 40,000 | 98 | 39,200 | 6,207,164 | 9.816 |
Henderson Far East Income | David Staples | 24 Aug 15 | 5,000 | 247.5 | 12,375 | 21,000 | 0.019 |
Henderson Far East Income | John Russell (ch) | 24 Aug 15 | 10,000 | 248 | 24,800 | 60,306 | 0.054 |
Henderson Global Trust | Victoria Hastings | 25 Aug 15 | 4,226 | 352.87 | 14,912 | 7,226 | 0.019 |
Homeserve | JM Barry Gibson (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 10,000 | 406 | 40,600 | 126,070 | 0.041 |
iEnergizer * | Anil Aggarwal | 21 Aug 15 | 22,000,008 | 5 | 1,100,000 | 157,196,152 | 82.678 |
International Biotechnology Trust ♥ | Dr Veronique Bouchet | 26 Aug 15 | 2,500 | 493.5 | 12,338 | 7,500 | 0.019 |
JPMorgan American | Dr. K Carter | 25 Aug 15 | 12,000 | 247.54 | 29,705 | 24,000 | 0.009 |
Kainos ♥ | Andy Malpass | 21 Aug 15 | 5,000 | 190 | 9,500 | 27,590 | 0.023 |
Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate | Mary Ricks | 24 Aug 15 | 20,000 | 1,169.7 | 233,940 | 100,916 | 0.075 |
Kingspan | Bruce McLennan | 25 Aug 15 | 10,000 | 2,175 | 217,500 | 10,000 | 0.006 |
Marks & Spencer | Robert Swannell (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 20,000 | 501 | 100,200 | 140,000 | 0.009 |
Meggitt | Douglas Webb (cfo) | 20 Aug 15 | 20,000 | 484.55 | 96,910 | 47,748 | 0.006 |
Menzies (John) | Paula Bell (fd) | 21 Aug 15 | 5,000 | 450 | 22,500 | 17,519 | 0.029 |
Menzies (John) | Jeremy Stafford (ce) | 20 Aug 15 | 5,000 | 433.8 | 21,690 | 19,920 | 0.032 |
Menzies (John) ♥ | David Garman | 20 Aug 15 | 10,000 | 436 | 43,600 | 10,000 | 0.016 |
Mid Wynd International | Richard Burns (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 35,000 | 318.25 | 111,388 | 882,500 | 3.492 |
Phaunos Timber Fund | Jane Lewis | 25 Aug 15 | 22,694 | 35 | 7,943 | 22,694 | 0.004 |
Rightmove | Colin Kemp | 25 Aug 15 | 1,000 | 3,537.38 | 35,374 | 2,000 | 0.002 |
Sage Group (The) | Stephen Kelly (ce) | 26 Aug 15 | 20,000 | 496.5 | 99,300 | 212,346 | 0.020 |
Schroder UK Growth Fund | AH Clifton (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 4,000 | 151 | 6,040 | 46,000 | 0.029 |
Schroder UK Growth Fund ♥ | AH Clifton (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 4,000 | 151 | 6,040 | 50,000 | 0.031 |
SIG | Andrea Abt | 25 Aug 15 | 8,500 | 183.74 | 15,618 | 8,500 | 0.001 |
Smith & Nephew † | Vinita Bali | 26 Aug 15 | 2,400 | 1,090.6 | 26,174 | 4,986 | 0.001 |
Spirax-Sarco Engineering | Nicholas Anderson (ce) | 25 Aug 15 | 1,000 | 3,117.73 | 31,177 | 6,659 | 0.009 |
Spirax-Sarco Engineering | Dr. Trudy Schoolenberg | 26 Aug 15 | 927 | 3,085 | 28,598 | 1,854 | 0.003 |
SSE | Crawford Gillies | 26 Aug 15 | 5,000 | 1,428.85 | 71,443 | 5,000 | 0.001 |
Tate & Lyle | Sir Peter Gershon (ch) | 25 Aug 15 | 10,000 | 510 | 51,000 | 137,399 | 0.029 |
Templeton Emerging Markets | PVFS Manduca | 24 Aug 15 | 5,000 | 384.315 | 19,216 | 5,000 | 0.002 |
ULS Technology | Geoff Wicks | 24 Aug 15 | 30,000 | 50 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 0.046 |
Unilever † | Ann Fudge | 25 Aug 15 | 1,050 | 2,535.22 | 26,620 | 5,000 | <0.001 |
Utilitywise | Paul Hailes | 25 Aug 15 | 11,667 | 158.28 | 18,466 | 45,001 | 0.059 |
Witan Pacific | Susan Platts-Martin | 26 Aug 15 | 2,348 | 212.88 | 4,998 | 6,348 | 0.010 |
Witan Pacific | Susan Platts-Martin | 26 Aug 15 | 2,652 | 211.75 | 5,616 | 9,000 | 0.014 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Afarak Group | Dr. Alastair Ruiters (ce) | 20 Aug 15 | 18,211 | 36.17 | 6,586 | 400,000 | 0.155 |
Dixons Carphone | Graham Stapleton | 24 Aug 15 | 54,830 | 408.40 | 223,926 | 490,034 | 0.043 |
Dixons Carphone | Graham Stapleton | 21 Aug 15 | 170,110 | 433.79 | 737,912 | 544,864 | 0.047 |
Dixons Carphone | Katie Bickerstaffe | 24 Aug 15 | 35,170 | 408.40 | 143,635 | 407,590 | 0.035 |
Dixons Carphone | Katie Bickerstaffe | 21 Aug 15 | 109,034 | 433.79 | 472,973 | 442,760 | 0.038 |
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