Since giving ourselves a well-deserved pat on the back for suspecting all was not well at Dixons Carphone (DC.), it only seems fair to follow up on the most recent director dealing activity following the group’s August profit warning.
The shares plummeted 30 per cent following that update, so it’s no surprise to see the board buying up. Chief executive Seb James had blamed a sluggish UK mobile market for triggering the warning, but that hasn’t stopped him from ploughing an additional £44,500 of his own money into the company’s stock. He wasn’t alone in this effort to shore up confidence, either – chief financial officer Humphrey Singer handed over the same sum, while chairman Ian Livingston coughed up £99,472 for an additional 54,655 shares.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Allied Irish Banks♥ | Helen Normoyle | 29 Aug 17 | 2,000 | 501.3 | 10,026 | 2,000 | 0.000 |
Aura Energy♥ | Peter Reeve (ch) | 30 Aug 17 | 15,000 | 1.47773 | 222 | 12,852,365 | 1.619 |
Aura Energy♥ | Peter Reeve (ch) | 30 Aug 17 | 50,000 | 1.41616 | 708 | 12,617,365 | 1.590 |
Aura Energy♥ | Peter Reeve (ch) | 30 Aug 17 | 220,000 | 1.41616 | 3,116 | 12,837,365 | 1.617 |
BCA Marketplace♥ | Avril Palmer-Baunack (ch) | 24 Aug 17 | 180 | 186 | 335 | 725,572 | 0.093 |
BCA Marketplace♥ | Avril Palmer-Baunack (ch) | 24 Aug 17 | 263 | 184.38 | 485 | 725,001 | 0.093 |
BCA Marketplace♥ | Avril Palmer-Baunack (ch) | 24 Aug 17 | 391 | 184.51 | 721 | 725,392 | 0.093 |
BCA Marketplace♥ | Avril Palmer-Baunack (ch) | 24 Aug 17 | 533 | 184.38 | 983 | 724,205 | 0.093 |
BCA Marketplace♥ | Avril Palmer-Baunack (ch) | 24 Aug 17 | 533 | 184.38 | 983 | 724,738 | 0.093 |
BCA Marketplace | Timothy Lampert (cfo) | 25 Aug 17 | 4,071 | 181.1 | 7,373 | 23,303 | 0.003 |
BCA Marketplace | Timothy Lampert (cfo) | 29 Aug 17 | 3,929 | 179.31 | 7,045 | 27,232 | 0.003 |
Communisis | David Gilbertson (ch) | 29 Aug 17 | 93,000 | 53.7362 | 49,975 | 93,000 | 0.044 |
Dixons Carphone | Andrea Joosen | 25 Aug 17 | 2,600 | 178 | 4,628 | 11,676 | 0.001 |
Dixons Carphone | Humphrey Singer (cfo) | 25 Aug 17 | 25,000 | 178 | 44,500 | 444,748 | 0.039 |
Dixons Carphone | Ian Livingston (ch) | 25 Aug 17 | 54,655 | 182 | 99,472 | 105,631 | 0.009 |
Dixons Carphone | Gerry Murphy | 30 Aug 17 | 30,000 | 176 | 52,800 | 50,000 | 0.004 |
Dixons Carphone | Fiona McBain | 25 Aug 17 | 19,129 | 182 | 34,815 | 19,129 | 0.002 |
Dixons Carphone | Sebastian James (ceo) | 25 Aug 17 | 25,000 | 178 | 44,500 | 631,835 | 0.055 |
Dixons Carphone♥ | Tony DeNunzio | 25 Aug 17 | 50,000 | 178 | 89,000 | 100,000 | 0.009 |
Ediston Property Investment Company | Colin Skinner | 29 Aug 17 | 30,000 | 113.75 | 34,125 | 30,000 | 0.023 |
F&C Private Equity Trust | Swantje Conrad | 30 Aug 17 | 8,323 | 324.465 | 27,005 | 8,323 | 0.011 |
FirstGroup | Tim O'Toole (ceo) | 25 Aug 17 | 7,126 | 116.8 | 8,323 | 1,157,556 | 0.096 |
Greencore | Kevin O'Malley | 29 Aug 17 | 19,500 | 197.6 | 38,532 | 19,500 | 0.003 |
Greencore♥ | Eoin Tonge (cfo) | 25 Aug 17 | 25,132 | 196 | 49,259 | 396,818 | 0.056 |
Greencore♥ | John Warren | 25 Aug 17 | 17,693 | 187.6 | 33,192 | 89,289 | 0.013 |
Greencore | Patrick Coveney (ceo) | 25 Aug 17 | 50,000 | 188.4 | 94,200 | 3,478,366 | 0.493 |
Greencore | Gary Kennedy (ch) | 24 Aug 17 | 10,000 | 196.1 | 19,610 | 158,441 | 0.022 |
Greencore | Sly Bailey | 25 Aug 17 | 13,269 | 187.8 | 24,919 | 84,865 | 0.012 |
Greencore | Thomas Sampson | 25 Aug 17 | 35,000 | 196.2 | 68,670 | 35,000 | 0.005 |
Griffin Mining | Dal Brynelsen | 30 Aug 17 | 25,000 | 62 | 15,500 | 422,001 | 0.248 |
Menzies (John) | Philipp Joeinig | 25 Aug 17 | 20,000 | 700 | 140,000 | 20,000 | 0.024 |
Primary Health Properties♥ | Harry Hyman | 25 Aug 17 | 378 | 113.25 | 428 | 2,876,085 | 0.480 |
Princess Private Equity Holding | Richard Battey | 24 Aug 17 | 5,000 | 1000 | 50,000 | 40,000 | 0.058 |
Riverstone Energy♥ | Kenneth Ryan | 24 Aug 17 | 10,000 | 1,296.71 | 129,671 | 5,084,783 | 6.019 |
Riverstone Energy♥ | David Leuschen | 24 Aug 17 | 10,000 | 1,296.71 | 129,671 | 5,084,783 | 6.019 |
Riverstone Energy♥ | Pierre Lapeyre Jr | 24 Aug 17 | 10,000 | 1,296.71 | 129,671 | 5,084,783 | 6.019 |
Scientific Digital Imaging | David Tilston | 24 Aug 17 | 25,000 | 26.45 | 6,613 | 25,000 | 0.028 |
Shanta Gold | Robin Fryer | 30 Aug 17 | 120,000 | 3.75 | 4,500 | 930,000 | 0.121 |
Standard Life Private Equity Trust | Alan Devine | 25 Aug 17 | 102 | 317.86 | 324 | 5,613 | 0.004 |
Tarsus | David Gilbertson | 29 Aug 17 | 16,000 | 310 | 49,600 | 26,000 | 0.023 |
Trinity Exploration & Production | James Menzies | 24 Aug 17 | 250,000 | 11 | 27,500 | 500,000 | 0.177 |
WPP | Jacques Aigrain | 25 Aug 17 | 4,000 | 1,438.94 | 57,558 | 13,000 | 0.001 |
Zenith Energy | Andrea Cattaneo (ceo) | 30 Aug 17 | 100,000 | 7.67 | 7,670 | 2,647,485 | 2.127
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Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
SThree | Steve Quinn | 25 Aug 17 | 19,949 | 312.6 | 62,361 | 339,884 | 0.259 |
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