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.
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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.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Aggreko | Nicola Brewer | 12 Dec 16 | 450 | 865.29 | 3,894 | 1,900 | 0.001 |
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (The) | D Kidd | 09 Dec 16 | 2,500 | 569.205 | 14,230 | 7,500 | 0.010 |
CLS Holdings | Philip Mortstedt | 09 Dec 16 | 1,000 | 1556.566 | 15,566 | 3,566 | 0.009 |
Capita | John Cresswell | 09 Dec 16 | 2,000 | 468 | 9,360 | 3,000 | 0.000 |
Capita | Andy Parker (ceo) | 12 Dec 16 | 20,000 | 475.5 | 95,100 | 117,282 | 0.018 |
Capita | Nick Greatorex (fd) | 09 Dec 16 | 2,091 | 474.6 | 9,924 | 13,077 | 0.002 |
Devro | Jane Lodge | 08 Dec 16 | 17,000 | 158.1581 | 26,887 | 34,500 | 0.021 |
Devro | Peter Page (ceo) | 08 Dec 16 | 25,000 | 158 | 39,500 | 750,740 | 0.450 |
Devro | Peter Page (ceo) | 08 Dec 16 | 35,000 | 154 | 53,900 | 725,740 | 0.435 |
Gocompare.com | Zillah Byng-Thorne | 09 Dec 16 | 84,322 | 64.125 | 54,071 | 84,322 | 0.020 |
Greencore* | Eric Nicoli | 09 Dec 16 | 11,769 | 153 | 18,007 | 28,769 | 0.007 |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ | Mohammed Al-Husry | 09 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 1723 | 861,500 | 6,827,450 | 2.845 |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ | Mohammed Al-Husry | 12 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 1707 | 853,500 | 6,877,450 | 2.866 |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ | Mazen Darwazah | 09 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 1723 | 861,500 | 8,302,956 | 3.460 |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ | Mazen Darwazah | 12 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 1707 | 853,500 | 8,352,956 | 3.481 |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ | Said Darwazah (ch & ceo) | 09 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 1723 | 861,500 | 14,372,468 | 5.990 |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals♥ | Said Darwazah (ch & ceo) | 12 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 1707 | 853,500 | 14,422,468 | 6.011 |
Howden Joinery | Mark Robson | 13 Dec 16 | 7,437 | 372.42 | 27,697 | 2,205,554 | 0.351 |
Howden Joinery♥ | Mark Robson | 13 Dec 16 | 11,915 | 372.42 | 44,374 | 2,217,469 | 0.353 |
Huntsworth | Derek Mapp (ch) | 09 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 37.5 | 18,750 | 350,000 | 0.107 |
Huntsworth | Derek Mapp (ch) | 12 Dec 16 | 150,000 | 39.46 | 59,190 | 500,000 | 0.152 |
Huntsworth | Neil Jones (cfo) | 09 Dec 16 | 25,000 | 38.39 | 9,598 | 400,000 | 0.122 |
Inmarsat | Simon Bax | 13 Dec 16 | 2,250 | 714.77 | 16,082 | 9,250 | 0.002 |
Inmarsat♥ | Simon Bax | 13 Dec 16 | 2,250 | 714.77 | 16,082 | 11,500 | 0.003 |
Johnson Matthey | Christopher Mottershead | 08 Dec 16 | 491 | 3049 | 14,971 | 1,330 | 0.001 |
Keller | Alain Michaelis (ceo) | 09 Dec 16 | 5,000 | 790.125 | 39,506 | 15,008 | 0.021 |
Keller | Alain Michaelis (ceo) | 09 Dec 16 | 8,500 | 796.897 | 67,736 | 23,508 | 0.033 |
Legal & General♥ | Lesley Knox | 11 Dec 16 | 37,600 | 213.0001 | 80,088 | 37,600 | 0.001 |
Mid Wynd International Inv Trust | David Kidd | 09 Dec 16 | 10,000 | 406 | 40,600 | 10,000 | 0.033 |
NCC | Paul Mitchell (ch) | 13 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 191 | 95,500 | 700,000 | 0.253 |
NCC | Robert Cotton (ceo) | 13 Dec 16 | 125,000 | 191 | 238,750 | 5,652,406 | 2.045 |
NextEnergy Solar Fund | Patrick Firth | 08 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 108.4 | 54,200 | 70,000 | 0.015 |
ReNeuron | Olav Hellebø (ceo) | 14 Dec 16 | 346,644 | 2.8848 | 10,000 | 669,422 | 0.021 |
Rotork | Gary Bullard | 12 Dec 16 | 17,544 | 248.35 | 43,571 | 62,705 | 0.007 |
Rotork♥ | Gary Bullard | 12 Dec 16 | 17,544 | 250.68 | 43,979 | 80,249 | 0.009 |
S & U♥ | Chris Redford (fd) | 14 Dec 16 | 1,405 | 2150 | 30,208 | 9,000 | 0.075 |
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Co | Christopher Keljik | 08 Dec 16 | 4,800 | 249 | 11,952 | 121,116 | 0.166 |
Schroder Japan Growth Fund | Alan Gibbs | 09 Dec 16 | 5,000 | 184 | 9,200 | 5,000 | 0.004 |
Schroder Japan Growth Fund | Alan Gibbs | 14 Dec 16 | 42,670 | 184.44 | 78,701 | 47,670 | 0.038 |
Tricorn | Andrew Moss (ch) | 12 Dec 16 | 200,000 | 12.94 | 25,880 | 350,000 | 1.036 |
Tricorn | Andrew Moss (ch) | 14 Dec 16 | 100,000 | 14 | 14,000 | 450,000 | 1.332 |
Tritax Big Box REIT♥ | Richard Jewson (ch) | 09 Dec 16 | 4,750 | 133.67 | 6,349 | 70,752 | 0.006 |
Tritax Big Box REIT | Stephen Smith | 12 Dec 16 | 7,000 | 134.5 | 9,415 | 7,000 | 0.001 |
Urban&Civic | Robin Butler | 08 Dec 16 | 11,585 | 215 | 24,908 | 1,231,932 | 0.851 |
Vodafone | David Nish | 08 Dec 16 | 50,000 | 196.88 | 98,440 | 71,227 | 0.000 |
Witan Investment Trust | Ben Rogoff | 08 Dec 16 | 2,300 | 859 | 19,757 | 2,300 | 0.001 |
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Character | Kiran Shah | 12 Dec 16 | 147,000 | 525 | 771,750 | 2,140,001 | 10.123 |
Compass | Richard Cousins (ceo) | 14 Dec 16 | 200,000 | 1371.2266 | 2,742,453 | 1,015,815 | 0.062 |
Frenkel Topping♥ | Jason Granite (ch) | 14 Dec 16 | 7,500,000 | 52.5 | 3,937,500 | 5,893,404 | 7.655 |
Gamma Communications | Andrew Stone | 09 Dec 16 | 13,500 | 480 | 64,800 | 1,436,500 | 1.566 |
Metro Bank | Stuart Bernau | 13 Dec 16 | 2,000 | 3306 | 66,120 | 63,634 | 0.079 |
Petra Diamonds | Adonis Pouroulis (ch) | 08 Dec 16 | 300,000 | 170.612 | 511,836 | 7,735,000 | 1.459 |
Wizz Air Holdings♥ | Jozsef Varadi (ceo) | 08 Dec 16 | 20,000 | 1850 | 370,000 | 2,340,500 | 4.086 |
Wizz Air Holdings♥ | Jozsef Varadi (ceo) | 08 Dec 16 | 20,000 | 1875 | 375,000 | 2,320,500 | 4.051 |
* placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party |