Michael Slade joined the board of property group Helical (HCL) or Helical Bar as it was then 34 years ago, rising to chief executive in 1986 and most recently being appointed as chairman. Mike, as most will know him, is still very active at the age of 70, but is running down his share of Helical which still stands at 10.5 per cent of the issued share capital. This is after he sold 158,903 shares at 330p a share.
Helical has been changing its focus and increasing its exposure to the London and Manchester office scene, and recently sold its last remaining logistics asset for £150m – that’s a 14 per cent premium to the September 2017 book value. The proceeds will be used to reduce debt and annual financial costs, and the loan-to-value ratio on a pro-forma basis has fallen from 43 per cent to 31 per cent as a result.
Buys | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
BGEO | Hanna Loikkanen | 12 Mar 18 | 800 | 3528 | 28,224 | 3,416 | 0.009 |
CRH | Richard Boucher | 13 Mar 18 | 1,790 | 2447.137 | 43,804 | 1,790 | 0.000 |
Capital & Regional | Hugh Scott-Barrett (ch) | 09 Mar 18 | 135,000 | 53.7 | 72,495 | 3,624,676 | 0.505 |
Capital Gearing Trust | Jean Matterson | 12 Mar 18 | 2,000 | 3900 | 78,000 | 9,000 | 0.160 |
Compass | Ireena Vittal | 08 Mar 18 | 1,834 | 1515 | 27,785 | 3,625 | 0.000 |
Computacenter♥ | Francis Conophy (fd) | 13 Mar 18 | 50,000 | 1038.151 | 519,075 | 1,779,941 | 1.559 |
Computacenter | Francis Conophy (fd) | 14 Mar 18 | 2,093 | 1042.433 | 21,818 | 1,729,941 | 1.516 |
Computacenter♥ | Gregory Lock (ch) | 13 Mar 18 | 15,370 | 1042.2 | 160,186 | 585,027 | 0.513 |
Computacenter | Gregory Lock (ch) | 13 Mar 18 | 23,630 | 1042.2 | 246,272 | 569,657 | 0.499 |
Conviviality | Mark Moran (cfo) | 09 Mar 18 | 120,000 | 109 | 130,800 | 180,000 | 0.098 |
Conviviality | Diana Hunter (ceo) | 09 Mar 18 | 44,176 | 114 | 50,361 | 872,652 | 0.476 |
Countrywide | Himanshu Raja (cfo) | 09 Mar 18 | 100,000 | 88.05 | 88,050 | 322,841 | 0.149 |
Countrywide | Paul Creffield | 08 Mar 18 | 100,000 | 83.431 | 83,431 | 123,622 | 0.057 |
Countrywide | Peter Long (ch) | 08 Mar 18 | 200,000 | 79.8 | 159,600 | 571,429 | 0.263 |
Dignity♥ | David Blackwood | 14 Mar 18 | 4,965 | 1006 | 49,948 | 7,154 | 0.014 |
Dignity♥ | Mike McCollum (ceo) | 14 Mar 18 | 35,178 | 990 | 348,262 | 126,845 | 0.254 |
Dignity♥ | Peter Hindley (ch) | 14 Mar 18 | 26,177 | 950.26 | 248,750 | 106,873 | 0.214 |
Dignity | Steve Whittern (fd) | 14 Mar 18 | 11,076 | 987.86 | 109,415 | 38,076 | 0.076 |
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust♥ | Martin Nѐgre | 09 Mar 18 | 25,000 | 116 | 29,000 | 1,186,868 | 1.292 |
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust | Martin Nѐgre | 09 Mar 18 | 77,611 | 115 | 89,253 | 1,161,868 | 1.265 |
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust | Martin Nѐgre | 13 Mar 18 | 72,389 | 116 | 83,971 | 1,234,257 | 1.343 |
Great Eastern Energy Corp | Prashant Modi (ceo) | 08 Mar 18 | 75,000 | 75 | 56,250 | 75,581,912 | 63.448 |
Great Eastern Energy Corp | Yogendra Kr. Modi (ch) | 08 Mar 18 | 75,000 | 75 | 56,250 | 75,581,912 | 63.448 |
Greencore | Kevin O'Malley | 14 Mar 18 | 10,000 | 126.67 | 12,667 | 29,500 | 0.004 |
Greencore♥ | Eoin Tonge (cfo) | 14 Mar 18 | 20,383 | 129.15 | 26,325 | 550,375 | 0.078 |
Greencore | Patrick Coveney (ceo) | 14 Mar 18 | 68,000 | 127.5 | 86,700 | 3,569,572 | 0.505 |
Greencore | Gary Kennedy (ch) | 14 Mar 18 | 30,000 | 121.1 | 36,330 | 131,838 | 0.019 |
Greencore | Heather McSharry | 14 Mar 18 | 20,000 | 127.5 | 25,500 | 57,561 | 0.008 |
Greencore | Thomas Sampson | 14 Mar 18 | 50,000 | 128.83 | 64,415 | 85,000 | 0.012 |
Jersey Oil and Gas | Ronald Lansdell | 12 Mar 18 | 25,000 | 189.45 | 47,363 | 925,000 | 4.237 |
Maistro | David Rowe (ch) | 13 Mar 18 | 500,000 | 4.6 | 23,000 | 11,571,429 | 6.534 |
Mayan Energy | Eddie Gonzalez (ceo) | 12 Mar 18 | 2,200,000 | 0.87 | 19,140 | 26,366,666 | 2.261 |
Miton Global Opportunities | Richard Davidson | 12 Mar 18 | 16,984 | 286.4 | 48,642 | 16,984 | 0.063 |
PROACTIS | Alan Aubrey (ch) | 13 Mar 18 | 12,000 | 155 | 18,600 | 1,131,820 | 1.218 |
PROACTIS | Rodney Potts | 13 Mar 18 | 12,000 | 155 | 18,600 | 8,995,427 | 9.682 |
PROACTIS | Tim Sykes (cfo) | 13 Mar 18 | 7,001 | 155 | 10,852 | 247,736 | 0.267 |
Paddy Power Betfair | Gary McGann (ch) | 12 Mar 18 | 1,250 | 7858.38 | 98,230 | 3,260 | 0.004 |
Raven Russia | Anton Bilton | 12 Mar 18 | 1,000,000 | 46.15 | 461,500 | 42,367,676 | 6.414 |
Rentokil Initial | Andy Ransom (ceo) | 08 Mar 18 | 100,000 | 261.5 | 261,500 | 1,562,544 | 0.085 |
SIG | Andrew Allner (ch) | 12 Mar 18 | 10,940 | 137 | 14,988 | 16,940 | 0.003 |
Schroders | Damon Buffini | 14 Mar 18 | 5,000 | 2340 | 117,000 | 5,000 | 0.002 |
TP ICap | Carol Sergeant | 14 Mar 18 | 5,173 | 483.2 | 24,996 | 14,211 | 0.003 |
Warehouse REIT | Neil Kirton (ch) | 13 Mar 18 | 175,000 | 100 | 175,000 | 200,000 | 0.120 |
Sells | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Close Brothers♥ | Elizabeth Lee | 14 Mar 18 | 7,000 | 1522.75 | 106,593 | 37,295 | 0.025 |
Close Brothers | Elizabeth Lee | 14 Mar 18 | 7,000 | 1522.75 | 106,593 | 44,295 | 0.029 |
Close Brothers | Preben Prebensen (ceo) | 14 Mar 18 | 137,369 | 1522.8 | 2,091,855 | 605,546 | 0.400 |
EVRAZ | Alexander Abramov (ch) | 13 Mar 18 | 27,013 | 443.754 | 119,871 | 302,041,438 | 21.278 |
EVRAZ | Alexander Abramov (ch) | 14 Mar 18 | 7,140 | 442.2962 | 31,580 | 302,034,298 | 21.277 |
EVRAZ | Alexander Frolov (ceo) | 13 Mar 18 | 13,487 | 443.754 | 59,849 | 150,823,881 | 10.625 |
EVRAZ | Alexander Frolov (ceo) | 14 Mar 18 | 3,564 | 442.2962 | 15,763 | 150,820,317 | 10.625 |
Helical | Michael Slade (ch) | 09 Mar 18 | 158,903 | 330 | 524,380 | 12,472,554 | 10.516 |
Hill & Smith | M Pegler (fd) | 14 Mar 18 | 24,000 | 1329.66 | 319,118 | 54,573 | 0.069 |
Hiscox♥ | Robert Childs (ch) | 12 Mar 18 | 40,000 | 1500.5 | 600,200 | 1,300,610 | 0.453 |
Hiscox | Robert Childs (ch) | 12 Mar 18 | 40,000 | 1505 | 602,000 | 1,340,610 | 0.467 |
Metro Bank | Craig Donaldson (ceo) | 08 Mar 18 | 63,000 | 4016.64 | 2,530,483 | 160,342 | 0.181 |
Metro Bank | Harry Lockhart | 13 Mar 18 | 5,700 | 4007.12 | 228,406 | 34,989 | 0.040 |
UDG Healthcare | Chris Corbin | 13 Mar 18 | 730,000 | 870 | 6,351,000 | 2,748,962 | 1.106 |
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