You just can't keep a good challenger bank down. Shares in OneSavings Bank (OSB), which specialises in buy-to-let and small business lending, are now flat for the 2016 calendar year. That's despite the ramp-up in stamp duty for second homes, introduced in April, and the Brexit vote, which made investors nervy about the outlook for UK property.
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Taking advantage of a recovery in the share price, chief financial officer April Talintyre, commercial director Jens Bech, and the spouses of two other executive team members have sold a total of just over 822,000 shares between them. Ms Talintyre's sale of 200,000 shares for a total value of £626,000 leaves her with a holding of 579,415 shares.
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Avon Rubber♥ | Paul Rayner | 01 Dec 16 | 4,650 | 1049 | 48,779 | 4,650 | 0.015 |
| Beazley | Angela Crawford-Ingle | 07 Dec 16 | 5,157 | 384.68 | 19,838 | 26,007 | 0.005 |
| Beazley | Robert Stuchbery | 01 Dec 16 | 10,600 | 375.22 | 39,773 | 10,600 | 0.002 |
| Beazley | Robert Stuchbery | 02 Dec 16 | 10,600 | 376.44 | 39,903 | 21,200 | 0.004 |
| Beazley | Robert Stuchbery | 05 Dec 16 | 10,600 | 377.47 | 40,012 | 31,800 | 0.006 |
| Beazley | Robert Stuchbery | 06 Dec 16 | 10,600 | 377.14 | 39,977 | 42,400 | 0.008 |
| Beazley | Robert Stuchbery | 07 Dec 16 | 10,600 | 381.67 | 40,457 | 53,000 | 0.010 |
| CyanConnode Holdings* | John Read | 01 Dec 16 | 898,072 | 0.18 | 1,617 | 51,224,823 | 0.325 |
| CyanConnode Holdings* | John Cronin (ch) | 01 Dec 16 | 10,826,207 | 0.18 | 19,487 | 336,375,568 | 2.136 |
| CyanConnode Holdings* | Henry Berry | 01 Dec 16 | 4,157,556 | 0.18 | 7,484 | 79,929,070 | 0.507 |
| CyanConnode Holdings* | Simon Smith (cfo) | 01 Dec 16 | 4,873,822 | 0.18 | 8,773 | 192,758,665 | 1.224 |
| GB | Richard Linford | 06 Dec 16 | 30,000 | 269.75 | 80,925 | 300,183 | 0.224 |
| Gaming Realms | Michael Buckley (ch) | 06 Dec 16 | 250,000 | 16.4 | 41,000 | 21,750,000 | 7.934 |
| Gaming Realms | Michael Buckley (ch) | 07 Dec 16 | 250,000 | 16.25 | 40,625 | 22,000,000 | 8.025 |
| Gattaca | Brian Wilkinson (ceo) | 07 Dec 16 | 34,488 | 288.5 | 99,498 | 127,210 | 0.410 |
| Gattaca | Patrick Shanley (ch) | 07 Dec 16 | 15,000 | 288.5 | 43,275 | 15,000 | 0.048 |
| Horizon Discovery | Darren Disley (ceo) | 02 Dec 16 | 25,000 | 117 | 29,250 | 714,523 | 0.750 |
| Horizon Discovery | Ian Gilham (ch) | 01 Dec 16 | 25,000 | 117.9 | 29,475 | 56,488 | 0.059 |
| Horizon Discovery♥ | Jonathan Milner | 01 Dec 16 | 91,000 | 115 | 104,650 | 9,790,680 | 10.281 |
| Horizon Discovery | Susan Galbraith | 02 Dec 16 | 40,000 | 119.75 | 47,900 | 40,000 | 0.042 |
| Horizon Discovery | Richard Vellacott (cfo) | 01 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 117 | 11,700 | 17,000 | 0.018 |
| Horizon Discovery | Richard Vellacott (cfo) | 02 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 117 | 11,700 | 27,000 | 0.028 |
| Jersey Oil and Gas* | Frank Moxon | 05 Dec 16 | 4,545 | 110 | 5,000 | 84,935 | 0.857 |
| Jersey Oil and Gas* | Andrew Benitz (ceo) | 05 Dec 16 | 22,727 | 110 | 25,000 | 627,142 | 6.324 |
| Jersey Oil and Gas* | Marcus Stanton (ch) | 05 Dec 16 | 22,727 | 110 | 25,000 | 24,192 | 0.244 |
| Jersey Oil and Gas* | Ronald Lansdell | 05 Dec 16 | 45,455 | 110 | 50,001 | 884,663 | 8.921 |
| Jersey Oil and Gas* | Scott Richardson Brown (fd) | 05 Dec 16 | 9,091 | 110 | 10,000 | 16,391 | 0.165 |
| Keller | James Hind (fd) | 07 Dec 16 | 6,250 | 787 | 49,188 | 152,435 | 0.212 |
| Keller | James Hind (fd) | 07 Dec 16 | 6,250 | 790 | 49,375 | 158,685 | 0.221 |
| Keller | Peter Hill (ch) | 07 Dec 16 | 6,000 | 801.81 | 48,109 | 16,000 | 0.022 |
| Motorpoint | Gordon Hurst | 05 Dec 16 | 40,000 | 125 | 50,000 | 65,000 | 0.065 |
| NAHL | Russell Atkinson (ceo) | 05 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 140 | 14,000 | 350,780 | 0.774 |
| NAHL | Steve Dolton (cfo) | 05 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 140 | 14,000 | 661,498 | 1.459 |
| NAHL♥ | Steve Dolton (cfo) | 05 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 140 | 14,000 | 671,498 | 1.481 |
| Netcall | Michael Neville | 01 Dec 16 | 100,000 | 55 | 55,000 | 582,548 | 0.420 |
| NextEnergy Solar Fund | Kevin Lyon (ch) | 07 Dec 16 | 20,000 | 108 | 21,600 | 80,000 | 0.018 |
| NextEnergy Solar Fund♥ | Kevin Lyon (ch) | 07 Dec 16 | 80,000 | 108 | 86,400 | 160,000 | 0.035 |
| NextEnergy Solar Fund | Vic Holmes | 07 Dec 16 | 100,000 | 107.7 | 107,700 | 110,000 | 0.024 |
| SDL | Christopher Humphrey | 07 Dec 16 | 15,000 | 432.5 | 64,875 | 15,000 | 0.018 |
| Saga | Lance Batchelor (ceo) | 06 Dec 16 | 26,256 | 189.48 | 49,750 | 89,617 | 0.008 |
| Tasty* | Jonny Plant | 02 Dec 16 | 68,966 | 145 | 100,001 | 4,263,843 | 7.139 |
| Tasty* | Adam Kaye | 02 Dec 16 | 517,241 | 145 | 749,999 | 8,457,479 | 14.161 |
| Tasty* | Keith Lassman (ch) | 02 Dec 16 | 13,793 | 145 | 20,000 | 148,433 | 0.249 |
| Tasty* | Sam Kaye | 02 Dec 16 | 1,060,349 | 145 | 1,537,506 | 10,750,589 | 18.000 |
| Upland Resources* | George Staley (ceo) | 01 Dec 16 | 3,461,538 | 1.3 | 45,000 | 19,749,102 | 5.154 |
| Upland Resources* | Bolhassan Bin Haji Di | 01 Dec 16 | 3,846,160 | 1.3 | 50,000 | 6,846,160 | 1.787 |
| Upland Resources* | Jeremy King | 01 Dec 16 | 769,230 | 1.3 | 10,000 | 769,230 | 0.201 |
| Upland Resources* | Mohamad Zakaria (ch) | 01 Dec 16 | 56,692,302 | 1.3 | 737,000 | 119,568,944 | 31.205 |
| Urban&Civic | Ian Barlow | 05 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 210 | 21,000 | 53,600 | 0.037 |
| Urban&Civic | Nigel Hugill (ceo) | 02 Dec 16 | 2,440 | 204.5499 | 4,991 | 1,206,212 | 0.833 |
| Sells | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Breedon | Peter Tom (ch) | 07 Dec 16 | 7,000,000 | 72.75 | 5,092,500 | 41,091,867 | 2.912 |
| HSBC Holdings | Iain Mackay (fd) | 06 Dec 16 | 87,100 | 652 | 567,892 | 373,026 | 0.002 |
| Investec | Glynn Burger (fd) | 01 Dec 16 | 221,503 | 504 | 1,116,375 | 3,488,675 | 0.531 |
| Netcall | Michael Jackson (ch) | 01 Dec 16 | 100,000 | 55 | 55,000 | 700,000 | 0.505 |
| Onesavings Bank | April Talintyre (cfo) | 05 Dec 16 | 200,000 | 313 | 626,000 | 579,415 | 0.238 |
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