BT’s (BT) chief executive, Philip Jansen, has purchased around 1.5m shares in the telecoms giant, worth £3m. Mr Jansen took over from Gavin Patterson in February 2019, having previously headed up payments group Worldpay. His current shareholding represents 454 per cent of his salary – above the targeted level of 300 per cent.
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The latest full-year numbers from BT – and the first to be delivered under Mr Jansen’s directorship – offered some relief to income-seeking investors. The group held its dividend steady at 15.4p, and expects to do the same for FY2020. It said management remains committed to its “maintain or grow” dividend policy, albeit considering factors including business reinvestment levels.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust | Richard Davidson (ch) | 6 Jun 2019 | 5,000 | 1,251.56 | 62,578 | 13,000 | 0.014 |
Babcock International | Archie Bethel (ceo) | 6 Jun 2019 | 20,000 | 469.2 | 93,840 | 444,063 | 0.088 |
British Smaller Companies VCT | Rupert Cook | 12 Jun 2019 | 2,045 | 66.6 | 1,362 | 28,360 | 0.020 |
BT | Philip Jansen (ceo) | 6 Jun 2019 | 1,484,413 | 202 | 2,998,514 | 2,256,602 | 0.023 |
Countryside Properties♥ | William Townsend | 7 Jun 2019 | 10,000 | 291.4 | 29,140 | 10,000 | 0.002 |
Diversified Gas & Oil | Robert Post | 6 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 108.25 | 108,250 | 20,300,000 | 2.930 |
Diversified Gas & Oil | Rusty Hutson (ceo) | 6 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 108.25 | 108,250 | 20,350,000 | 2.930 |
Diversified Gas & Oil | Martin Thomas | 6 Jun 2019 | 15,000 | 107.5 | 16,125 | 2,100,000 | 0.303 |
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust | Brian Finlayson | 7 Jun 2019 | 6,000 | 380.64 | 22,838 | 164,420 | 0.796 |
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust | Brian Finlayson | 6 Jun 2019 | 9,000 | 380.8 | 34,272 | 158,420 | 0.767 |
Egdon Resources* | Kenneth Ratcliff | 6 Jun 2019 | 27,989 | 5 | 1,399 | 197,732 | 0.065 |
Egdon Resources* | Mark Abbott | 6 Jun 2019 | 1,303,230 | 5 | 65,162 | 9,392,617 | 3.097 |
Egdon Resources* | Philip Stephens (ch) | 6 Jun 2019 | 18,814 | 5 | 941 | 131,703 | 0.043 |
Egdon Resources* | Walter Roberts | 6 Jun 2019 | 97,375 | 5 | 4,869 | 1,071,504 | 0.353 |
EnQuest♥ | Amjad Bseisu (ceo) | 7 Jun 2019 | 417,577 | 19.1 | 79,757 | 161,562,788 | 9.535 |
Entertainment One | Michael Friisdahl | 7 Jun 2019 | 14,300 | 406.2 | 58,087 | 14,444 | 0.003 |
Entertainment One | Michael Friisdahl | 7 Jun 2019 | 144 | 409 | 589 | 144 | 0.000 |
Findel♥ | Elaine O'Donnell | 6 Jun 2019 | 9,722 | 204.58 | 19,889 | 9,722 | 0.011 |
Findel | Greg Ball | 6 Jun 2019 | 18,570 | 214 | 39,740 | 18,570 | 0.021 |
Hunters Property | Dean Fielding | 12 Jun 2019 | 85,000 | 41 | 34,850 | 130,000 | 0.400 |
ITE Group♥ | Nicholas Backhouse | 7 Jun 2019 | 50,000 | 77 | 38,500 | 50,000 | 0.007 |
Just Group | Ian Cormack | 7 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 46.3282 | 46,328 | 130,000 | 0.013 |
Just Group | Michael Deakin | 12 Jun 2019 | 25,000 | 50.0933 | 12,523 | 67,036 | 0.006 |
Just Group | Christopher Gibson-Smith (ch) | 12 Jun 2019 | 200,000 | 50.3311 | 100,662 | 782,787 | 0.076 |
Just Group | Steve Melcher | 10 Jun 2019 | 75,000 | 50.3958 | 37,797 | 154,439 | 0.015 |
Just Group | Keith Nicholson | 11 Jun 2019 | 30,000 | 51.35 | 15,405 | 59,775 | 0.006 |
Just Group | Clare Spottiswoode | 11 Jun 2019 | 20,000 | 51.8 | 10,360 | 20,000 | 0.002 |
KRM22* | Keith Todd (ch and ceo) | 11 Jun 2019 | 235,295 | 85 | 200,001 | 2,010,591 | 10.525 |
Land Securities | Madeleine Cosgrave | 12 Jun 2019 | 4,700 | 840.976 | 39,526 | 4,700 | 0.001 |
Landore Resources* | Richard Prickett (fd) | 6 Jun 2019 | 1,428,572 | 0.7 | 10,000 | 14,823,448 | 1.232 |
Landore Resources* | William Humphries (ceo) | 6 Jun 2019 | 2,857,143 | 0.7 | 20,000 | 73,501,262 | 6.110 |
Landore Resources* | Helen Green | 6 Jun 2019 | 1,428,572 | 0.7 | 10,000 | 4,286,155 | 0.356 |
Non-Standard Finance♥ | Miles Cresswell-Turner | 6 Jun 2019 | 20,000 | 42.4 | 8,480 | 933,780 | 0.299 |
Non-Standard Finance | Nicholas Teunon (cfo) | 6 Jun 2019 | 20,000 | 42.4 | 8,480 | 107,980 | 0.035 |
Non-Standard Finance | Miles Cresswell-Turner | 6 Jun 2019 | 80,000 | 42.555 | 34,044 | 913,780 | 0.293 |
Polymetal International | Ian Cockerill | 7 Jun 2019 | 6,500 | 875.4 | 56,901 | 6,500 | 0.001 |
Polymetal International | Ian Cockerill | 11 Jun 2019 | 6,800 | 888.6 | 60,425 | 13,300 | 0.003 |
Provident Financial | Paul Hewitt | 10 Jun 2019 | 9,488 | 526.84 | 49,987 | 9,488 | 0.004 |
Safestyle UK | Robert Neale (cfo) | 12 Jun 2019 | 50,000 | 67.1 | 33,550 | 50,000 | 0.060 |
Scapa | Oskar Zahn (cfo) | 11 Jun 2019 | 8,300 | 180 | 14,940 | 9,300 | 0.006 |
Scapa | Lawrence Pentz (ch) | 11 Jun 2019 | 17,000 | 182.4 | 31,008 | 27,000 | 0.017 |
Scapa | Heejae Chae (ceo) | 12 Jun 2019 | 109,700 | 183.8 | 201,629 | 981,467 | 0.635 |
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund | James Williams | 11 Jun 2019 | 4,625 | 439 | 20,304 | 10,125 | 0.006 |
Shoe Zone♥ | Nicholas Davis (ceo) | 6 Jun 2019 | 15,000 | 199.5 | 29,925 | 70,199 | 0.141 |
Sigma Capital | James McMahon | 10 Jun 2019 | 30,000 | 112 | 33,600 | 95,000 | 0.106 |
Smith & Nephew† | Roberto Quarta (ch) | 11 Jun 2019 | 24,000 | 21.434812 | 514,435 | 56,449 | 0.006 |
Tatton Asset Management | Lothar Mentel | 12 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 213.5 | 213,500 | 965,988 | 1.728 |
Tiger Resource | Colin Bird (ch and ceo) | 12 Jun 2019 | 1,250,000 | 0.29 | 3,625 | 21,430,750 | 11.625 |
Time Out | Peter Dubens (ch) | 10 Jun 2019 | 200,000 | 95 | 190,000 | 2,550,302 | 1.894 |
Time Out | Peter Dubens (ch) | 11 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 107 | 107,000 | 2,650,302 | 1.968 |
XLMedia | Ory Weihs (ceo) | 7 Jun 2019 | 421,052 | 46 | 193,684 | 5,666,972 | 2.720 |
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Altitude | Martin Varley | 12 Jun 2019 | 75,000 | 108 | 81,000 | 12,204,618 | 22.316 |
Experian | Brian Cassin (ceo) | 7 Jun 2019 | 154,457 | 2,399.90 | 3,706,820 | 585,983 | 0.064 |
Experian | Kerry Williams (coo) | 7 Jun 2019 | 190,631 | 2,399.90 | 4,574,962 | 180,532 | 0.020 |
Experian | Lloyd Pitchford (cfo) | 7 Jun 2019 | 119,087 | 2,399.90 | 2,857,974 | 292,587 | 0.032 |
Intermediate Capital | Philip Keller (fd) | 6 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 1339 | 1,339,000 | 424,650 | 0.144 |
Sirius Real Estate | Andrew Coombs (ceo) | 7 Jun 2019 | 990,000 | 65 | 643,500 | 8,888,349 | 0.870 |
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†Mr Quarta bought 12,000 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) shares at $42.9 each | |||||||