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Extra Christmas helping for Compass boss

The catering company's chief has offloaded some of the shares he's built up over his decade at the company
December 30, 2016

The chief executive of catering company Compass Group (CPG) will be in a particularly festive mood this Christmas after selling more than £2.7m-worth of shares earlier this month.

IC TIP: Buy at 1,432p

Richard Cousins, who has been at the company for just over a decade, sold 200,000 shares at £13.71p on 14 December, leaving him in control of more than a million ordinary shares and 653,259 shares linked to the company's long-term incentive scheme. The disposal comes two months after the group's chief operating officer for North America, Gary Green, offloaded 100,000 shares at £14.98.

 

Buys
CompanyDirectorDateNo of sharesPrice (p)Value (£)Holding (shares)Holding (%)
Aggreko Nicola Brewer12 Dec 16450865.293,8941,9000.001
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) D Kidd09 Dec 162,500569.20514,2307,5000.010
CLS Holdings Philip Mortstedt09 Dec 161,0001556.56615,5663,5660.009
Capita John Cresswell09 Dec 162,0004689,3603,0000.000
Capita Andy Parker (ceo)12 Dec 1620,000475.595,100117,2820.018
Capita Nick Greatorex (fd)09 Dec 162,091474.69,92413,0770.002
Devro Jane Lodge08 Dec 1617,000158.158126,88734,5000.021
Devro Peter Page (ceo)08 Dec 1625,00015839,500750,7400.450
Devro Peter Page (ceo)08 Dec 1635,00015453,900725,7400.435
Gocompare.com  Zillah Byng-Thorne09 Dec 1684,32264.12554,07184,3220.020
Greencore*  Eric Nicoli 09 Dec 1611,76915318,00728,7690.007
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ Mohammed Al-Husry09 Dec 1650,0001723861,5006,827,4502.845
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ Mohammed Al-Husry12 Dec 1650,0001707853,5006,877,4502.866
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ Mazen Darwazah09 Dec 1650,0001723861,5008,302,9563.460
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ Mazen Darwazah12 Dec 1650,0001707853,5008,352,9563.481
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ Said Darwazah (ch & ceo)09 Dec 1650,0001723861,50014,372,4685.990
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ Said Darwazah (ch & ceo)12 Dec 1650,0001707853,50014,422,4686.011
Howden Joinery  Mark Robson13 Dec 167,437372.4227,6972,205,5540.351
Howden Joinery♥  Mark Robson13 Dec 1611,915372.4244,3742,217,4690.353
Huntsworth Derek Mapp (ch)09 Dec 1650,00037.518,750350,0000.107
Huntsworth Derek Mapp (ch)12 Dec 16150,00039.4659,190500,0000.152
Huntsworth Neil Jones (cfo)09 Dec 1625,00038.399,598400,0000.122
Inmarsat Simon Bax13 Dec 162,250714.7716,0829,2500.002
Inmarsat♥ Simon Bax13 Dec 162,250714.7716,08211,5000.003
Johnson Matthey Christopher Mottershead08 Dec 16491304914,9711,3300.001
Keller  Alain Michaelis (ceo)09 Dec 165,000790.12539,50615,0080.021
Keller  Alain Michaelis (ceo)09 Dec 168,500796.89767,73623,5080.033
Legal & General♥   Lesley Knox11 Dec 1637,600213.000180,08837,6000.001
Mid Wynd International Inv Trust David Kidd09 Dec 1610,00040640,60010,0000.033
NCC  Paul Mitchell (ch)13 Dec 1650,00019195,500700,0000.253
NCC  Robert Cotton (ceo)13 Dec 16125,000191238,7505,652,4062.045
NextEnergy Solar Fund Patrick Firth08 Dec 1650,000108.454,20070,0000.015
ReNeuron  Olav Hellebø (ceo)14 Dec 16346,6442.884810,000669,4220.021
Rotork Gary Bullard12 Dec 1617,544248.3543,57162,7050.007
Rotork♥ Gary Bullard12 Dec 1617,544250.6843,97980,2490.009
S & U♥ Chris Redford (fd)14 Dec 161,405215030,2089,0000.075
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co Christopher Keljik 08 Dec 164,80024911,952121,1160.166
Schroder Japan Growth Fund Alan Gibbs09 Dec 165,0001849,2005,0000.004
Schroder Japan Growth Fund Alan Gibbs14 Dec 1642,670184.4478,70147,6700.038
Tricorn  Andrew Moss (ch)12 Dec 16200,00012.9425,880350,0001.036
Tricorn  Andrew Moss (ch)14 Dec 16100,0001414,000450,0001.332
Tritax Big Box REIT♥ Richard Jewson (ch)09 Dec 164,750133.676,34970,7520.006
Tritax Big Box REIT Stephen Smith12 Dec 167,000134.59,4157,0000.001
Urban&Civic Robin Butler08 Dec 1611,58521524,9081,231,9320.851
Vodafone  David Nish08 Dec 1650,000196.8898,44071,2270.000
Witan Investment Trust Ben Rogoff08 Dec 162,30085919,7572,3000.001

Sells
CompanyDirectorDateNo of sharesPrice (p)Value (£)Holding (shares)Holding (%)
CharacterKiran Shah12 Dec 16147,000525771,7502,140,00110.123
Compass  Richard Cousins (ceo)14 Dec 16200,0001371.22662,742,4531,015,8150.062
Frenkel Topping♥  Jason Granite (ch)14 Dec 167,500,00052.53,937,5005,893,4047.655
Gamma Communications Andrew Stone09 Dec 1613,50048064,8001,436,5001.566
Metro Bank Stuart Bernau13 Dec 162,000330666,12063,6340.079
Petra Diamonds Adonis Pouroulis (ch)08 Dec 16300,000170.612511,8367,735,0001.459
Wizz Air Holdings♥ Jozsef Varadi (ceo)08 Dec 1620,0001850370,0002,340,5004.086
Wizz Air Holdings♥ Jozsef Varadi (ceo)08 Dec 1620,0001875375,0002,320,5004.051
* placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party