The outgoing chief executive of Moneysupermarket.com (MONY) has banked himself - and his wife - a nice retirement fund. Together Peter and Sarah Plumb have sold 544,580 of their shares to cash in a total of £1.84m. They both retain a minority stake in the company.
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Mr Plumb took over the top job at the price comparison website in 2009, succeeding founder Simon Nixon. During his tenure the group's share price has risen five-fold. Mr Plumb's place atop the roster at Moneysupermarket will now be taken by Mark Lewis, a retail director at John Lewis, who previously worked as a managing director at eBay (US:EBAY). Analysts tend to agree that Mr Lewis's digital experience will be invaluable in this new phase, while Liberum analyst Ian Whittaker thinks investment in Moneysupermarket's technology platform could prove crucial to growing and protecting margins in the future.
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| 3i | David Hutchison | 03 Mar 17 | 3,000 | 697.5 | 20,925 | 59,966 | 0.006 |
| 3i | Jonathan Asquith | 03 Mar 17 | 3,000 | 697.5 | 20,925 | 43,001 | 0.004 |
| 3i | Simon Thompson (ch) | 03 Mar 17 | 4,301 | 697.5 | 29,999 | 45,457 | 0.005 |
| 3i | Stephen Daintith | 03 Mar 17 | 1,241 | 697.5 | 8,656 | 1,241 | 0.000 |
| 3i | Martine Verluyten | 03 Mar 17 | 3,000 | 697.5 | 20,925 | 24,000 | 0.002 |
| 3i | Peter Grosch | 03 Mar 17 | 3,000 | 697.5 | 20,925 | 4,249 | 0.000 |
| Admiral | Annette Court | 08 Mar 17 | 2,150 | 1823.8 | 39,212 | 2,150 | 0.001 |
| Ascential | Duncan Painter (ceo) | 02 Mar 17 | 22,593 | 305.4 | 68,999 | 3,551,022 | 0.887 |
| B.P. Marsh & Partners | Pankaj Lakhani | 02 Mar 17 | 11,200 | 195 | 21,840 | 30,000 | 0.103 |
| Berendsen | James Drummond (ceo) | 03 Mar 17 | 122,840 | 820.05 | 1,007,349 | 142,840 | 0.083 |
| Castleton Technology♥ | Ian Smith | 03 Mar 17 | 250,000 | 59.12 | 147,800 | 19,454,336 | 24.715 |
| Castleton Technology | Ian Smith | 06 Mar 17 | 566,875 | 58.12 | 329,468 | 20,021,211 | 25.435 |
| Coats | Simon Boddie (cfo) | 02 Mar 17 | 100,000 | 56.5 | 56,500 | 200,000 | 0.014 |
| Collagen Solutions* | Malcolm Gillies | 07 Mar 17 | 2,000,000 | 5.911 | 118,220 | 3,653,000 | 1.155 |
| Collagen Solutions* | David Evans (ch) | 07 Mar 17 | 16,500,000 | 5.911 | 975,315 | 35,374,167 | 11.184 |
| Collagen Solutions* | Jamal Rushdy (ceo) | 07 Mar 17 | 1,000,000 | 5.911 | 59,110 | 1,000,000 | 0.316 |
| Collagen Solutions* | Gillian Black (cfo) | 07 Mar 17 | 500,000 | 5.911 | 29,555 | 857,143 | 0.271 |
| Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust | David Potter | 03 Mar 17 | 2,297 | 1088 | 24,991 | 15,404 | 0.066 |
| Interserve | Glyn Barker (ch) | 07 Mar 17 | 25,800 | 233.271 | 60,184 | 25,800 | 0.018 |
| Intu Properties♥ | John Whittaker | 06 Mar 17 | 8,800 | 283.075 | 24,911 | 336,766,939 | 24.853 |
| Jupiter Fund Management♥ | Bridget Macaskill | 02 Mar 17 | 10,000 | 432.7 | 43,270 | 10,000 | 0.002 |
| Jupiter Fund Management♥ | Bridget Macaskill | 02 Mar 17 | 25,000 | 432.7 | 108,175 | 35,000 | 0.008 |
| Jupiter Fund Management♥ | Bridget Macaskill | 02 Mar 17 | 25,000 | 432.7 | 108,175 | 95,000 | 0.021 |
| Jupiter Fund Management♥ | Bridget Macaskill | 02 Mar 17 | 35,000 | 432.7 | 151,445 | 70,000 | 0.015 |
| Just Eat | Paul Harrison (cfo) | 07 Mar 17 | 14,622 | 541.66 | 79,202 | 14,622 | 0.002 |
| Legal & General | Philip Broadley | 08 Mar 17 | 7,735 | 254.2 | 19,662 | 7,735 | 0.000 |
| LoopUp | Barbara Judge (ch) | 08 Mar 17 | 3,000 | 163 | 4,890 | 23,754 | 0.058 |
| Manchester & London Investment Trust | David Harris | 03 Mar 17 | 3,655 | 339.94 | 12,425 | 3,655 | 0.017 |
| Mitchells & Butlers | Phil Urban (ceo) | 02 Mar 17 | 20,185 | 246.42 | 49,740 | 51,491 | 0.012 |
| PureCircle♥ | Guy Wollaert | 08 Mar 17 | 26,200 | 329 | 86,198 | 26,200 | 0.015 |
| Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings | Michael Smith | 06 Mar 17 | 10,000 | 124 | 12,400 | 35,000 | 0.049 |
| Schroders♥ | Ian King | 06 Mar 17 | 2,641 | 2260 | 59,687 | 2,641 | 0.001 |
| Shaftesbury | Sally Walden | 07 Mar 17 | 20,000 | 919.486 | 183,897 | 60,000 | 0.022 |
| Speedy Hire | Russell Down (ceo) | 08 Mar 17 | 141,035 | 48.31 | 68,134 | 294,871 | 0.056 |
| Travis Perkins | Tony Buffin | 02 Mar 17 | 10,000 | 1444.604 | 144,460 | 133,149 | 0.053 |
| UK Commercial Property Trust♥ | Christopher Ayre | 06 Mar 17 | 42,000 | 82.7 | 34,734 | 42,000 | 0.003 |
| VPC Specialty Lending Investments♥ | Richard Levy | 02 Mar 17 | 78,251 | 77.5 | 60,645 | 1,352,876 | 0.357 |
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Anpario♥ | Karen Prior (fd) | 08 Mar 17 | 5,000 | 301 | 15,050 | 192,836 | 0.843 |
| Anpario | Karen Prior (fd) | 08 Mar 17 | 5,000 | 301 | 15,050 | 197,836 | 0.865 |
| Ascential | Mandy Gradden (cfo) | 02 Mar 17 | 400,000 | 298.1 | 1,192,400 | 771,773 | 0.193 |
| BBA Aviation | Simon Pryce (ceo) | 07 Mar 17 | 650,000 | 309.9409 | 2,014,616 | 1,000,308 | 0.097 |
| BGEO | Nikoloz Gamkrelidze | 06 Mar 17 | 3,000 | 2875 | 86,250 | 80,750 | 0.211 |
| BGEO | Nikoloz Gamkrelidze | 07 Mar 17 | 12,000 | 2878 | 345,360 | 68,750 | 0.180 |
| Fulcrum Utility Services♥ | Stephen Gutteridge | 08 Mar 17 | 80,000 | 61.5 | 49,200 | 249,166 | 0.149 |
| Moneysupermarket.com | Peter Plumb (ceo) | 08 Mar 17 | 100,000 | 340.7731 | 340,773 | 989,160 | 0.181 |
| Moneysupermarket.com♥ | Peter Plumb (ceo) | 08 Mar 17 | 444,580 | 340.7731 | 1,515,009 | 544,580 | 0.100 |
| SThree | Alex Smith (cfo) | 06 Mar 17 | 3,097 | 309.5 | 9,585 | 280,222 | 0.216 |
| SThree | Gary Elden (ceo) | 06 Mar 17 | 4,025 | 309.5 | 12,457 | 2,677,966 | 2.065 |
| SThree | Justin Hughes | 03 Mar 17 | 10,495 | 315 | 33,059 | 340,898 | 0.263 |
| SThree | Justin Hughes | 07 Mar 17 | 90,000 | 311 | 279,900 | 250,898 | 0.194 |
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