It should inspire some confidence in Softcat’s (SCT) shareholders that non-executive director Vinodka Murria bought £1m worth of shares in the company on 20 July. In fact, this purchase of 259,230 shares was the larger of two transactions made by Ms Murria over two consecutive days. On 19 July, she paid £24,175 for 6,167 shares. Ms Murria now holds a 0.15 per cent stake in the company, which provides IT infrastructure products and services.
Since its third-quarter trading update in May, Softcat’s share price has fallen by about 7 per cent – driven perhaps by the announcement of chief executive Martin Hellawell’s departure after 11 years in charge. Otherwise, management confirmed that trading was in in line with expectations. A “strong result” is expected for the full year, implying Ms Murria may have bought in at a relatively bargainous price.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust | Marion Sears | 25 Jul 17 | 20,000 | 229.4 | 45,880 | 35,000 | 0.030 |
Access Intelligence* | Joanna Arnold (ceo) | 21 Jul 17 | 615,385 | 3.25 | 20,000 | 5,615,385 | 1.760 |
Access Intelligence* | Michael Jackson (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 6,153,846 | 3.25 | 200,000 | 35,252,807 | 11.051 |
Barr (A G) | John Nicolson (ch) | 25 Jul 17 | 6,000 | 598 | 35,880 | 11,500 | 0.010 |
Barr (A G) | Pamela Powell | 24 Jul 17 | 5,000 | 597 | 29,850 | 5,000 | 0.004 |
Belvoir Lettings* | Dorian Gonsalves (ceo) | 21 Jul 17 | 15,000 | 100 | 15,000 | 463,595 | 1.327 |
Belvoir Lettings | Andrew Borkowski | 24 Jul 17 | 9,210 | 106.6699 | 9,824 | 33,754 | 0.097 |
Belvoir Lettings* | Louise George (fd) | 21 Jul 17 | 10,000 | 100 | 10,000 | 45,107 | 0.129 |
Better Capital | Jonathan Moulton | 21 Jul 17 | 1,300,000 | 33.04 | 429,520 | 5,464,995 | 15.498 |
Biome Technologies | John Standen (ch) | 25 Jul 17 | 1,250 | 207 | 2,588 | 50,086 | 2.134 |
Biome Technologies♥ | John Standen (ch) | 25 Jul 17 | 1,250 | 207 | 2,588 | 51,336 | 2.187 |
Biome Technologies | Paul Mines (ceo) | 25 Jul 17 | 1,243 | 201.0056 | 2,498 | 21,885 | 0.932 |
Capital & Counties Properties | Situl Jobanputra (cfo) | 25 Jul 17 | 37,500 | 296.1085 | 111,041 | 50,000 | 0.006 |
Collagen Solutions | David Evans (ch) | 25 Jul 17 | 900,000 | 5.1 | 45,900 | 39,394,554 | 12.148 |
Eagle Eye Solutions♥ | Tim Mason (ceo) | 20 Jul 17 | 5,000 | 236 | 11,800 | 183,797 | 0.725 |
Eagle Eye Solutions♥ | Tim Mason (ceo) | 20 Jul 17 | 5,000 | 238.28 | 11,914 | 201,297 | 0.795 |
Eagle Eye Solutions♥ | Tim Mason (ceo) | 20 Jul 17 | 12,500 | 238 | 29,750 | 196,297 | 0.775 |
Eagle Eye Solutions♥ | Tim Mason (ceo) | 20 Jul 17 | 17,500 | 238.62 | 41,759 | 218,797 | 0.864 |
Eagle Eye Solutions♥ | Tim Mason (ceo) | 21 Jul 17 | 23,042 | 250 | 57,605 | 241,839 | 0.955 |
FIH | Robert Johnston | 24 Jul 17 | 3,000 | 290 | 8,700 | 3,599,553 | 28.955 |
Falanx | Mike Read (ch) | 20 Jul 17 | 250,000 | 6.1 | 15,250 | 2,227,273 | 1.423 |
FirstGroup | Martha Poulter | 21 Jul 17 | 60,000 | 116.8761 | 70,126 | 60,000 | 0.005 |
Mothercare | Mark Newton-Jones (ceo) | 21 Jul 17 | 95,000 | 105.22 | 99,959 | 383,972 | 0.225 |
NMC Health | Jonathan Bomford | 20 Jul 17 | 1,000 | 2254 | 22,540 | 18,000 | 0.009 |
Proxama* | Dan Francis | 26 Jul 17 | 83,333,333 | 0.03 | 25,000 | 83,333,333 | 0.606 |
Proxama* | John Kennedy (ceo & cfo) | 26 Jul 17 | 83,333,333 | 0.03 | 25,000 | 84,133,333 | 0.612 |
Proxama* | Mark Slade | 26 Jul 17 | 100,000,000 | 0.03 | 30,000 | 100,000,000 | 0.727 |
Proxama* | Kelvin Harrison (ch) | 26 Jul 17 | 66,666,666 | 0.03 | 20,000 | 66,666,666 | 0.485 |
Proxama* | Shaun Gregory | 26 Jul 17 | 166,666,666 | 0.03 | 50,000 | 166,666,666 | 1.212 |
QinetiQ | James Burnell-Nugent | 21 Jul 17 | 4,148 | 241.03 | 9,998 | 15,567 | 0.003 |
QinetiQ | Mark Elliott (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 1,000 | 310.5 | 3,105 | 130,000 | 0.023 |
QinetiQ | Mark Elliott (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 2,000 | 309.5 | 6,190 | 127,000 | 0.022 |
QinetiQ | Mark Elliott (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 2,000 | 310 | 6,200 | 129,000 | 0.023 |
QinetiQ | Mark Elliott (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 6,900 | 313 | 21,597 | 145,000 | 0.026 |
QinetiQ | Mark Elliott (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 8,100 | 312 | 25,272 | 138,100 | 0.024 |
QinetiQ | David Smith (cfo) | 26 Jul 17 | 12,382 | 240.46 | 29,774 | 29,798 | 0.005 |
QinetiQ | Michael Harper | 21 Jul 17 | 5,000 | 241 | 12,050 | 35,000 | 0.006 |
QinetiQ | Paul Murray | 25 Jul 17 | 8,272 | 240.41 | 19,887 | 83,214 | 0.015 |
QinetiQ | Steve Wadey (ceo) | 24 Jul 17 | 15,000 | 236.7813 | 35,517 | 52,069 | 0.009 |
RM♥ | Andy Blundell | 24 Jul 17 | 5,000 | 173.1 | 8,655 | 5,000 | 0.006 |
Ranger Direct Lending Fund♥ | K Canon | 25 Jul 17 | 1,000 | 815 | 8,150 | 4,000 | 0.025 |
SDX Energy | David Mitchell | 26 Jul 17 | 10,000 | 44.13225 | 4,413 | 1,645,110 | 0.880 |
Softcat | Vinodka Murria | 20 Jul 17 | 259,230 | 390.4 | 1,012,034 | 295,397 | 0.149 |
Syncona | Ellen Strahlman | 21 Jul 17 | 879 | 172.37 | 1,515 | 24,844 | 0.004 |
Syncona | Ellen Strahlman | 21 Jul 17 | 10,564 | 171.9 | 18,160 | 10,564 | 0.002 |
Syncona | Ellen Strahlman | 21 Jul 17 | 13,041 | 172.37 | 22,479 | 23,965 | 0.004 |
Syncona | Ellen Strahlman | 25 Jul 17 | 887 | 171.04 | 1,517 | 25,731 | 0.004 |
Tarsus | Douglas Emslie | 26 Jul 17 | 3,402 | 303 | 10,308 | 1,378,989 | 1.220 |
Virgin Money | Jayne-Anne Gadhia (ceo) | 25 Jul 17 | 35,365 | 280.65 | 99,252 | 2,016,558 | 0.453 |
Volga Gas | Andrey Zozulya (ceo) | 24 Jul 17 | 170,000 | 58.25 | 99,025 | 270,000 | 0.333 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Beazley | George Blunden | 24 Jul 17 | 5,000 | 501 | 25,050 | 45,000 | 0.009 |
Belvoir Lettings* | Mike Goddard (ch) | 21 Jul 17 | 1,700,000 | 100 | 1,700,000 | 5,571,921 | 15.948 |
Fevertree Drinks | Tim Warrillow (ceo) | 25 Jul 17 | 1,500,000 | 1925 | 28,875,000 | 6,184,352 | 5.366 |
Fevertree Drinks | Bill Ronald (ch) | 25 Jul 17 | 50,000 | 2083 | 1,041,500 | 392,771 | 0.341 |
Gamma Communications | Andrew Stone | 20 Jul 17 | 15,000 | 651.3333 | 97,700 | 685,500 | 0.735 |
Gamma Communications | Andrew Stone | 24 Jul 17 | 4,500 | 653 | 29,385 | 681,000 | 0.730 |
Judges Scientific | David Barnbrook | 20 Jul 17 | 4,000 | 1855 | 74,200 | 14,279 | 0.233 |
*Placing/tender/open offer ♥Spouse/connected party |