In the words of Yogi Berra, it’s déjà vu all over again. Russian steel major Evraz’s (EVR) largest shareholder, Roman Abramovich, its chairman and chief executive have together sold 1.7 per cent of the company’s total stock, worth almost £160m, via an accelerated bookbuild. This is the second major sale by this group this year, with the first in March worth £151m, as the steelmaker’s share price reached new highs.
Evraz declined to comment on the latest sale. According to a Reuters report, the company's chief financial officer said that the earlier transaction had the effect of reducing the risk of sanctions on Evraz. Mr Abramovich remains the largest shareholder with 28.8 per cent of the company.
The sale was done through the various holding companies of chairman Alexander Abramov (Abiglaze, registered in Cyprus), chief executive Alexander Frolov (Crosland Global, Cyprus) and Abramovich (Greenleas, British Virgin Islands). Outside those three, non-executive director Eugene Shvidler also sold 1.2m shares on 20 June, worth £7.5m.
Buys | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Anglo American | Stuart Chambers (ch) | 20 Jun 2019 | 4,650 | 2,156.50 | 100,277 | 7,802 | 0.001 |
Ashtead | Angus Cockburn | 21 Jun 2019 | 1,000 | 2,160 | 21,600 | 1,000 | 0.000 |
Ashtead | Paul Walker (ch) | 21 Jun 2019 | 14,000 | 2,163 | 302,820 | 14,000 | 0.003 |
Ashtead | Lindsley Ruth | 24 Jun 2019 | 2,250 | 2,202 | 49,545 | 2,250 | 0.000 |
Bango | Ray Anderson (ceo) | 24 Jun 2019 | 20,909 | 80 | 16,727 | 6,593,725 | 9.359 |
BBGI SICAV SA | Sarah Whitney | 21 Jun 2019 | 25,000 | 152.7 | 38,175 | 25,000 | 0.004 |
BT | Allison Kirkby | 21 Jun 2019 | 25,000 | 203 | 50,750 | 25,000 | 0.000 |
Burberry | Julie Brown (cfo and coo) | 21 Jun 2019 | 24,051 | 1,774.50 | 426,785 | 105,693 | 0.026 |
Dixons Carphone | Fiona McBain | 21 Jun 2019 | 9,000 | 111.2826 | 10,015 | 28,129 | 0.002 |
Dixons Carphone | Tony DeNunzio | 21 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 113.3847 | 113,385 | 200,000 | 0.017 |
Dixons Carphone | Alex Baldock (ceo) | 21 Jun 2019 | 150,000 | 113.72 | 170,580 | 375,533 | 0.032 |
Dixons Carphone | Eileen Burbidge | 21 Jun 2019 | 4,200 | 113.72 | 4,776 | 4,200 | 0.000 |
Dixons Carphone | Ian Livingston (ch) | 21 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 113.72 | 113,720 | 205,631 | 0.018 |
Dixons Carphone | Jonathan Mason (cfo) | 21 Jun 2019 | 75,000 | 113.72 | 85,290 | 175,000 | 0.015 |
Dixons Carphone | Andrea Joosen | 21 Jun 2019 | 4,800 | 114 | 5,472 | 24,976 | 0.002 |
Dixons Carphone | Gerry Murphy | 21 Jun 2019 | 50,000 | 114.9 | 57,450 | 100,000 | 0.009 |
Drax | John Baxter | 26 Jun 2019 | 7,000 | 269 | 18,830 | 10,000 | 0.003 |
EMIS | Andrew Thorburn (ceo) | 21 Jun 2019 | 5,000 | 1,207.20 | 60,360 | 32,315 | 0.051 |
EnQuest♥ | Amjad Bseisu (ceo) | 21 Jun 2019 | 505,287 | 19.3 | 97,520 | 163,290,650 | 9.637 |
Ergomed | Miroslav Reljanovic (ch) | 24 Jun 2019 | 200,000 | 303 | 606,000 | 11,155,767 | 23.970 |
Everyman Media | Paul Wise (ch) | 20 Jun 2019 | 10,000 | 168 | 16,800 | 2,756,752 | 3.811 |
Experian | Ruba Borno | 21 Jun 2019 | 922 | 2,423.74 | 22,347 | 2,009 | 0.000 |
GB Group | Christopher Clark (ceo) | 25 Jun 2019 | 54,626 | 517 | 282,416 | 183,150 | 0.095 |
IWG♥ | Mark Dixon (ceo) | 24 Jun 2019 | 207,039 | 338.8 | 701,448 | 244,353,671 | 27.289 |
Marlowe | Kevin Quinn (ch) | 24 Jun 2019 | 11,200 | 445 | 49,840 | 11,200 | 0.027 |
Nanoco | Alison Fielding | 26 Jun 2019 | 119,261 | 12.6475 | 15,084 | 210,586 | 0.074 |
Nanoco | Michael Edelman (ceo) | 26 Jun 2019 | 198,000 | 12.71 | 25,166 | 1,324,734 | 0.463 |
Nanoco | Brian Tenner (cfo and coo) | 26 Jun 2019 | 379,689 | 13.1 | 49,739 | 538,232 | 0.188 |
Nanoco | Nigel Pickett | 26 Jun 2019 | 189,425 | 13.12 | 24,853 | 11,074,119 | 3.869 |
Nanoco | Christopher Richards (ch) | 26 Jun 2019 | 350,000 | 13.3 | 46,550 | 635,496 | 0.222 |
Non-Standard Finance | Heather McGregor | 25 Jun 2019 | 40,000 | 32.98 | 13,192 | 132,700 | 0.043 |
Non-Standard Finance | Miles Cresswell-Turner | 25 Jun 2019 | 70,000 | 33.88 | 23,716 | 1,003,780 | 0.322 |
Non-Standard Finance♥ | Miles Cresswell-Turner | 25 Jun 2019 | 24,000 | 33.984 | 8,156 | 1,027,780 | 0.329 |
Petropavlovsk | Harry Kenyon-Slaney | 25 Jun 2019 | 250,000 | 9.95 | 24,875 | 250,000 | 0.008 |
Petropavlovsk | Robert Jenkins | 25 Jun 2019 | 250,000 | 9.98 | 24,950 | 250,000 | 0.008 |
Playtech | John Krumins | 26 Jun 2019 | 4,250 | 404 | 17,170 | 4,250 | 0.001 |
Playtech | John Krumins | 26 Jun 2019 | 3,500 | 406 | 14,210 | 7,750 | 0.003 |
Playtech | John Jackson | 26 Jun 2019 | 5,000 | 408.947 | 20,447 | 5,000 | 0.002 |
Provident Financial | Graham Lindsay | 24 Jun 2019 | 9,771 | 407.19 | 39,787 | 9,771 | 0.004 |
Provident Financial | Elizabeth Chambers | 26 Jun 2019 | 12,000 | 419.9 | 50,388 | 12,000 | 0.005 |
Provident Financial | Paul Hewitt | 21 Jun 2019 | 11,569 | 432.2 | 50,001 | 21,057 | 0.008 |
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust♥ | James McCulloch | 21 Jun 2019 | 25,000 | 176.09 | 44,023 | 120,000 | 0.247 |
Volvere† | Jonathan Lander (ceo) | 20 Jun 2019 | 7,287 | 1,215 | 88,537 | 240,037 | 13.090 |
Volvere† | Nicholas Lander (cfo and coo) | 20 Jun 2019 | 7,287 | 1,215 | 88,537 | 131,947 | 7.190 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Derwent London | Simon Silver | 20 Jun 2019 | 25,000 | 3,138.21 | 784,552 | 138,954 | 0.124 |
EVRAZ♥ | Alexander Abramov (ch) | 20 Jun 2019 | 8,284,638 | 635 | 52,607,451 | 281,870,003 | 19.410 |
EVRAZ♥ | Alexander Frolov (ceo) | 20 Jun 2019 | 4,165,362 | 635 | 26,450,049 | 140,723,705 | 9.690 |
EVRAZ♥ | Eugene Shvidler | 20 Jun 2019 | 1,182,750 | 635 | 7,510,463 | 40,488,242 | 2.790 |
Experian | Don Robert (ch) | 20 Jun 2019 | 550,000 | 2,422.71 | 13,324,911 | 648,435 | 0.071 |
Trainline | Douglas McCallum (ch) | 26 Jun 2019 | 1,876,006 | 350 | 6,566,021 | 3,484,012 | 0.700 |
Trainline | Shaun McCabe (cfo) | 26 Jun 2019 | 1,406,934 | 350 | 4,924,269 | 2,612,879 | 0.500 |
Trainline | Clare Gilmartin (ceo) | 26 Jun 2019 | 4,584,136 | 350 | 16,044,476 | 8,513,397 | 1.800 |
Volvere† | David Buchler (ch) | 20 Jun 2019 | 84,893 | 1,215 | 1,031,450 | 45,000 | 2.450 |
*Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party | |||||||
†Volvere repurchased 70,319 shares at 1,215p each. The company's purchase and Mr Buchler's sale represent a related party transaction |