A greater proportion of Hilton Food Group's (HFG) sales are derived Down Under now that the food packing company has taken full control of a joint venture in Australia. In a year-end update, Hilton bosses revealed “strong year-on-year double-digit growth” at its Australian division, driven by incremental volume improvements at its Brisbane facility and higher volumes at its Victoria site. Production at the new Queensland facility is also expected to start towards the end of the third quarter, ahead of schedule.
Hilton says it feels "positive" heading into the current financial year, with a "strong" financial position. So it's curious to see executive chairman Robert Watson sell 50,000 shares at 950p. A spokesperson for Hilton declined to comment on the £475,000 transaction. Mr Watson still owns nearly 2.9m shares in Hilton, or around 3.5 per cent of outstanding share capital.
| Buys | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust | Julian Sinclair | 15 Jan 19 | 40,000 | 115 | 46,000 | 169,714 | 0.052 |
| ADVFN | Clement Chambers (ceo) | 11 Jan 19 | 5,000 | 27.999 | 1,400 | 523,198 | 2.042 |
| Alliance Trust | Christopher Samuel | 11 Jan 19 | 89 | 715.7475 | 637 | 40,482 | 0.012 |
| Biffa | Richard Pike (cfo) | 11 Jan 19 | 2,458 | 191 | 4,695 | 327,458 | 0.131 |
| BlackRock Throgmorton Trust | Simon Beart | 10 Jan 19 | 159 | 465.55 | 740 | 54,748 | 0.075 |
| Cohort | Andrew Thomis (ceo) | 16 Jan 19 | 425 | 386.8 | 1,644 | 142,450 | 0.350 |
| DekelOil Public | Lincoln Moore | 10 Jan 19 | 103,000 | 0.345 | 355 | 4,575,204 | 1.299 |
| DekelOil Public | Yehoshua Kol (cfo) | 10 Jan 19 | 279,400 | 0.365 | 1,020 | 27,581,861 | 7.830 |
| DekelOil Public | Lincoln Moore | 10 Jan 19 | 100,000 | 3.3 | 3,300 | 4,675,204 | 1.327 |
| DekelOil Public | Lincoln Moore | 10 Jan 19 | 82,000 | 3.6 | 2,952 | 4,472,204 | 1.270 |
| Futura Medical* | John Clarke (ch) | 11 Jan 19 | 57,250 | 25.1 | 14,370 | 256,226 | 0.125 |
| Futura Medical* | Jonathan Freeman | 11 Jan 19 | 19,578 | 25.1 | 4,914 | 90,621 | 0.044 |
| Good Energy | John Maltby (ch) | 14 Jan 19 | 15,000 | 107.5 | 16,125 | 195,703 | 1.181 |
| hVIVO* | James Winschel | 10 Jan 19 | 14,115 | 28.34 | 4,000 | 93,673 | 0.116 |
| Jupiter European Opportunities Trust | Andrew Sutch (ch) | 11 Jan 19 | 81 | 7.433 | 6 | 9,558 | 0.008 |
| Manchester & London Investment Trust | Brett Miller | 10 Jan 19 | 1,000 | 438 | 4,380 | 1,000 | 0.004 |
| Manchester & London Investment Trust | Daniel Wright | 10 Jan 19 | 1,000 | 441.86 | 4,419 | 1,000 | 0.004 |
| NAHL | Russell Atkinson (ceo) | 14 Jan 19 | 16,535 | 89.8 | 14,848 | 531,866 | 1.152 |
| NAHL | James Saralis (cfo) | 14 Jan 19 | 16,666 | 90 | 14,999 | 16,666 | 0.036 |
| Pantheon International | Susannah Nicklin | 10 Jan 19 | 139 | 1981.5 | 2,754 | 1,106 | 0.002 |
| Phoenix Global Resources | Michael Rake (ch) | 11 Jan 19 | 201,997 | 24.5 | 49,489 | 330,000 | 0.012 |
| Restore♥ | Charles Skinner (ceo) | 14 Jan 19 | 15,500 | 335 | 51,925 | 1,554,060 | 1.254 |
| Restore♥ | Charles Skinner (ceo) | 14 Jan 19 | 39,000 | 338 | 131,820 | 1,593,060 | 1.285 |
| The Property Franchise | David Raggett (cfo) | 11 Jan 19 | 10,000 | 115 | 11,500 | 222,400 | 0.861 |
| U and I | Richard Upton | 16 Jan 19 | 1,915 | 205 | 3,926 | 3,282,020 | 2.617 |
| Value and Income Trust | Matthew Oakeshott | 14 Jan 19 | 75,000 | 263 | 197,250 | 9,251,000 | 20.310 |
| Value and Income Trust♥ | Matthew Oakeshott | 14 Jan 19 | 75,000 | 263 | 197,250 | 9,326,000 | 20.474 |
| Zegona Communications* | Eamonn O'Hare (ch) | 14 Jan 19 | 666,666 | 105 | 699,999 | 1,365,519 | 1.082 |
| Zegona Communications*♥ | Mark Watts | 14 Jan 19 | 9,523,810 | 105 | 10,000,001 | 32,538,225 | 25.779 |
| Zegona Communications* | Robert Samuelson | 14 Jan 19 | 142,857 | 105 | 150,000 | 514,996 | 0.408 |
| Zegona Communications* | Howard Kalika | 14 Jan 19 | 142,858 | 105 | 150,001 | 177,034 | 0.140 |
| Zegona Communications* | Murray Scott | 14 Jan 19 | 34,000 | 105 | 35,700 | 32,147 | 0.025 |
| Sells | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Cohort | Andrew Thomis (ceo) | 16 Jan 19 | 437 | 380 | 1,661 | 142,025 | 0.347 |
| Hilton Food | Robert Watson (ch) | 10 Jan 19 | 50,000 | 950 | 475,000 | 2,882,157 | 3.532 |
| Polar Capital | Brian Ashford-Russell | 10 Jan 19 | 250,000 | 485 | 1,212,500 | 5,200,000 | 5.520 |
| * placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party | |||||||
