You can hardly blame Card Factory (CARD) chief financial officer Darren Bryant from wanting to sell down a portion of his holding recently. Shares in the retailer have had a storming 2017, up around 50 per cent since the start of the year - a remarkable feat for a British retailer.
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Many of the group's high street rivals are struggling in the face of intense competition, punitive rate rises, higher staff wages and the general inflationary background which has gripped the sector since the devaluation of the pound last year. Of course, Card Factory's not immune to these challenges, but the group has done well to mitigate the damage via tight cost control and better buying practices.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Action Hotels | Alain Debare (ceo) | 31 May 17 | 176,438 | 44 | 77,633 | 430,374 | 0.292 |
Anglo American | Sir John Parker (ch) | 30 May 17 | 62,696 | 1057 | 662,697 | 62,696 | 0.004 |
Aurora Investment Trust | James Nelson | 26 May 17 | 20,000 | 200.71 | 40,142 | 40,000 | 0.115 |
Better Capital | Jonathan Moulton | 30 May 17 | 200,000 | 111.25 | 222,500 | 27,923,809 | 13.504 |
Biotech Growth Trust (The) | Steven Bates | 26 May 17 | 10,000 | 715 | 71,500 | 10,000 | 0.018 |
British Land Co | Lucinda Bell (fd) | 26 May 17 | 6,845 | 633 | 43,329 | 7,104 | 0.001 |
British Land Co | Chris Grigg (ceo) | 26 May 17 | 11,663 | 633 | 73,827 | 11,822 | 0.001 |
British Land Co | Charles Maudsley | 26 May 17 | 6,445 | 633 | 40,797 | 6,582 | 0.001 |
British Land Co | Tim Roberts | 25 May 17 | 6,196 | 633 | 39,221 | 486,869 | 0.047 |
Caledonia Mining Corp | Mark Learmonth (cfo) | 26 May 17 | 14,280 | 97 | 13,852 | 339,030 | 0.642 |
Caledonia Mining Corp | Leigh Wilson (ch) | 26 May 17 | 24,200 | 95.12393 | 23,020 | 239,200 | 0.453 |
Daily Mail and General Trust | Lord Rothermere (ch) | 26 May 17 | 14,275 | 694.3 | 99,111 | 61,545,458 | 18.252 |
Daily Mail and General Trust | Tim Collier | 26 May 17 | 14,250 | 696.5 | 99,251 | 14,250 | 0.004 |
Daily Mail and General Trust | Paul Zwillenberg (ceo) | 26 May 17 | 14,363 | 691 | 99,248 | 24,524 | 0.007 |
EasyHotel♥ | Jonathan Lane (ch) | 25 May 17 | 3,000 | 95 | 2,850 | 238,000 | 0.237 |
EasyHotel♥ | Jonathan Lane (ch) | 25 May 17 | 10,000 | 94 | 9,400 | 248,000 | 0.247 |
Gama Aviation♥ | Peter Brown | 30 May 17 | 10,000 | 218 | 21,800 | 20,000 | 0.045 |
HSBC | Jonathan Symonds | 30 May 17 | 11,050 | 675 | 74,588 | 32,821 | 0.000 |
Henderson EuroTrust | Ekaterina Thomson | 25 May 17 | 2,500 | 1132.96 | 28,324 | 2,500 | 0.012 |
Ibstock | Jonathan Nicholls | 30 May 17 | 10,000 | 240.76 | 24,076 | 10,000 | 0.002 |
Intermediate Capital | Rusty Nelligan | 29 May 17 | 50,000 | 925.05 | 462,525 | 50,000 | 0.017 |
Kenmare Resources | Graham Martin | 30 May 17 | 18,090 | 273.25 | 49,431 | 37,320 | 0.034 |
Keywords Studios | David Reeves | 30 May 17 | 1,260 | 787.5 | 9,923 | 29,992 | 0.054 |
M Winkworth | Dominic Agace (ceo) | 25 May 17 | 18,000 | 109 | 19,620 | 615,628 | 4.835 |
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust♥ | Harry Wells (ch) | 25 May 17 | 1,000 | 378.84 | 3,788 | 20,000 | 0.055 |
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust | Harry Wells (ch) | 26 May 17 | 3,000 | 378.84 | 11,365 | 23,000 | 0.064 |
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust | Peter Edwards | 30 May 17 | 5,000 | 386.54 | 19,327 | 10,000 | 0.028 |
Mothercare | Alan Parker (ch) | 31 May 17 | 100,000 | 120.25 | 120,250 | 562,428 | 0.329 |
Mothercare | Richard Rivers | 31 May 17 | 60,000 | 121 | 72,600 | 138,869 | 0.081 |
Mothercare♥ | Tea Colaianni | 31 May 17 | 40,000 | 121 | 48,400 | 40,000 | 0.023 |
NEX♥ | Charles Gregson (ch) | 26 May 17 | 9,309 | 663.453 | 61,761 | 228,812 | 0.060 |
PayPoint | Rachel Kentleton (fd) | 26 May 17 | 1,245 | 967.4306 | 12,045 | 1,597 | 0.002 |
Pets at Home | Sharon Flood | 26 May 17 | 30,373 | 164.6199 | 50,000 | 30,373 | 0.006 |
Renewi♥ | Toby Woolrych (fd) | 26 May 17 | 7,869 | 94.69 | 7,451 | 82,575 | 0.010 |
Renewi♥ | Toby Woolrych (fd) | 26 May 17 | 8,920 | 94.69 | 8,446 | 91,495 | 0.011 |
Renewi♥ | Toby Woolrych (fd) | 26 May 17 | 19,953 | 94.69 | 18,893 | 74,706 | 0.009 |
SThree | Justin Hughes | 31 May 17 | 32,500 | 307.98 | 100,094 | 265,148 | 0.206 |
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund* | Robert Jennings (ch) | 31 May 17 | 36,200 | 105.5 | 38,191 | 217,200 | 0.029 |
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund* | Sandra Platts | 31 May 17 | 5,687 | 105.5 | 6,000 | 16,139 | 0.002 |
Stock Spirits | Diego Bevilacqua | 30 May 17 | 8,836 | 168.5 | 14,889 | 27,018 | 0.014 |
Universe | Jeremy Lewis (ceo) | 30 May 17 | 100,558 | 10.74 | 10,800 | 267,224 | 0.115 |
Value and Income Trust | Matthew Oakeshott | 26 May 17 | 25,000 | 275 | 68,750 | 3,116,043 | 6.841 |
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund | Steve Bates (ch) | 30 May 17 | 25,000 | 286.165 | 71,541 | 25,000 | 0.012 |
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Card Factory♥ | Darren Bryant (cfo) | 31 May 17 | 1,300,000 | 329 | 4,277,000 | 3,181,713 | 0.932 |
Card Factory | Darren Bryant (cfo) | 31 May 17 | 1,300,000 | 329 | 4,277,000 | 4,481,713 | 1.313 |
Cerillion* | Guy O'Connor | 26 May 17 | 849,368 | 120 | 1,019,242 | 2,391,853 | 8.104 |
Cerillion* | Louis Hall (ceo) | 26 May 17 | 3,100,000 | 120 | 3,720,000 | 8,987,709 | 30.453 |
Cerillion* | Oliver Gilchrist (cfo) | 26 May 17 | 250,632 | 120 | 300,758 | 705,790 | 2.391 |
City of London Investment | Barry Olliff (ceo) | 25 May 17 | 225,000 | 400 | 900,000 | 2,275,186 | 8.453 |
Fevertree Drinks* | Charles Rolls | 25 May 17 | 450,000 | 1625 | 7,312,500 | 16,977,505 | 14.732 |
First Derivatives | Keith MacDonald | 30 May 17 | 10,000 | 3065 | 306,500 | 45,741 | 0.184 |
Gamma Communications | Andrew Stone | 31 May 17 | 13,000 | 576.0308 | 74,884 | 712,500 | 0.764 |
Hastings | Richard Brewster | 30 May 17 | 50,000 | 317 | 158,500 | 9,083,222 | 1.382 |
Inchcape | Til Vestring | 26 May 17 | 25,000 | 845.4702 | 211,368 | 39,745 | 0.010 |
LondonMetric Property♥ | Patrick Vaughan (ch) | 31 May 17 | 15,500 | 168.75 | 26,156 | 13,262,000 | 1.914 |
Petards | Raschid Abdullah (ch) | 25 May 17 | 122,500 | 33.5 | 41,038 | 1,158,972 | 3.196 |
Sophos | Kris Hagerman (ceo) | 25 May 17 | 364,753 | 421.2 | 1,536,340 | 1,599,917 | 0.348 |
Sophos | Kris Hagerman (ceo) | 26 May 17 | 121,626 | 419.8 | 510,586 | 1,478,291 | 0.321 |
*Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party |