Luxury car maker Aston Martin Lagonda (AML) has not got off to a roaring start since it went public in October last year. The shares have lost nearly half their value over the past nine months to trade at 1,003p, after debuting at 1,900p.
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The maker of fictional spy James Bond’s car of choice has been vocal about ambitious growth plans under the third phase of its 'Second Century Plan', with a target of 14,000 vehicles sold annually against seven core models by 2022.
On 28 June, non-executive director Najeeb Al Humaidhi sold 3m shares at 982.5p each in a transaction worth nearly £29.5m, made through his Jersey-domiciled Primewagon Limited vehicle. Private equity group Investindustrial, Aston Martin's largest shareholder, is considering increasing its stake by 3 per cent, and has received irrevocable undertakings from large shareholders including Primewagon.
| Buys | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| 1Spatial | Claire Milverton-Clark (ceo) | 27 Jun 2019 | 49,996 | 30 | 14,999 | 400,141 | 0.405 |
| Air Partner | Edmond Warner (ch) | 03 Jul 2019 | 25,000 | 73 | 18,250 | 125,000 | 0.236 |
| Alliance Trust | Karl Stephen Sternberg | 01 Jul 2019 | 1,547 | 807.8375 | 12,497 | 18,924 | 0.006 |
| CLS Holdings | Andrew Kirkman (cfo) | 03 Jul 2019 | 50,000 | 220.26 | 110,100 | 50,000 | 0.012 |
| Cluff Natural Resources* | Andrew Nunn (coo) | 01 Jul 2019 | 571,430 | 1.75 | 10,000 | 806,724 | 0.057 |
| Cluff Natural Resources* | Graham Swindells (ceo) | 01 Jul 2019 | 571,430 | 1.75 | 10,000 | 894,836 | 0.064 |
| Cluff Natural Resources* | Mark Lappin (ch) | 01 Jul 2019 | 571,430 | 1.75 | 10,000 | 586,391 | 0.042 |
| Cluff Natural Resources* | Peter Cowley | 01 Jul 2019 | 571,430 | 1.75 | 10,000 | 1,018,489 | 0.072 |
| Compass | Anne-Francoise Nesmes | 27 Jun 2019 | 1,326 | 1874 | 24,849 | 1,326 | 0.000 |
| Dolphin Capital | Mark Townsend | 28 Jun 2019 | 1,250,000 | 50.5 | 631,250 | 1,531,904 | 0.169 |
| DX (Group) | Paul Goodson | 02 Jul 2019 | 400,000 | 11.78 | 47,120 | 2,100,000 | 0.366 |
| DX (Group) | Paul Goodson | 03 Jul 2019 | 100,000 | 11.89 | 11,890 | 2,200,000 | 0.383 |
| Eden Research | Lykele van der Broek (ch) | 27 Jun 2019 | 358,500 | 10.94 | 39,220 | 358,500 | 0.173 |
| EnQuest♥ | Amjad Bseisu (ceo) | 28 Jun 2019 | 885,067 | 19.7 | 174,358 | 164,175,717 | 9.684 |
| Filta | Timothy Worlledge (ch) | 27 Jun 2019 | 10,000 | 186 | 18,600 | 40,000 | 0.138 |
| Fusion Antibodies | Sonya Ferguson | 02 Jul 2019 | 30,000 | 69.5 | 20,850 | 60,900 | 0.276 |
| Fusion Antibodies | Paul Kerr (ceo) | 02 Jul 2019 | 6,920 | 72.896 | 5,044 | 540,710 | 2.448 |
| Kingswood Holding♥ | Kenneth West (ch) | 27 Jun 2019 | 1,352,283 | 7 | 94,660 | 4,536,075 | 2.794 |
| Nexus Infrastructure | Alexander Wiseman | 02 Jul 2019 | 7,000 | 135 | 9,450 | 32,000 | 0.084 |
| Nexus Infrastructure♥ | Alexander Wiseman | 02 Jul 2019 | 7,000 | 135 | 9,450 | 39,000 | 0.102 |
| RPS | John Douglas (ceo) | 28 Jun 2019 | 18,211 | 109 | 19,850 | 408,452 | 0.180 |
| Smith & Nephew | Angie Risley | 27 Jun 2019 | 2,380 | 1,673.56 | 39,831 | 4,340 | 0.000 |
| Solid State | Nigel Rogers | 02 Jul 2019 | 2,200 | 455 | 10,010 | 2,200 | 0.026 |
| Solid State♥ | Nigel Rogers | 02 Jul 2019 | 2,200 | 455 | 10,010 | 4,400 | 0.052 |
| SpaceandPeople | George Watt | 03 Jul 2019 | 125,000 | 12.7 | 15,875 | 245,000 | 1.255 |
| Sportech | Richard McGuire (ceo) | 02 Jul 2019 | 130,000 | 33.4 | 43,420 | 1,000,000 | 0.535 |
| Strategic Minerals* | John Peters | 28 Jun 2019 | 3,035,714 | 1.4 | 42,500 | 53,535,714 | 3.648 |
| Strategic Minerals* | Jeffrey Harrison | 28 Jun 2019 | 857,142 | 1.4 | 12,000 | 1,669,642 | 0.114 |
| Strategic Minerals* | Peter Wale | 28 Jun 2019 | 4,142,857 | 1.4 | 58,000 | 54,502,324 | 3.714 |
| Ten Lifestyle | Bruce Weatherill (ch) | 28 Jun 2019 | 100,000 | 98.31 | 98,310 | 776,523 | 0.963 |
| Ten Lifestyle | Gillian Davies | 28 Jun 2019 | 20,000 | 98.5 | 19,700 | 40,000 | 0.050 |
| TheWorks.Co.uk | Catherine Glickman | 03 Jul 2019 | 16,187 | 61.775 | 10,000 | 31,812 | 0.051 |
| TheWorks.Co.uk | Gavin Peck (cfo) | 03 Jul 2019 | 100,000 | 68.75 | 68,750 | 554,636 | 0.887 |
| TheWorks.Co.uk | Kevin Keaney (ceo) | 03 Jul 2019 | 100,000 | 68.75 | 68,750 | 1,194,600 | 1.911 |
| TheWorks.Co.uk | Harry Morley | 03 Jul 2019 | 15,500 | 69.125 | 10,714 | 31,125 | 0.050 |
| TT Electronics | Anne Thorburn | 02 Jul 2019 | 45,000 | 238 | 107,100 | 45,000 | 0.028 |
| Union Jack Oil* | Joseph O'Farrell | 03 Jul 2019 | 29,411,764 | 0.17 | 50,000 | 242,399,473 | 2.002 |
| Union Jack Oil* | Raymond Godson | 03 Jul 2019 | 5,882,353 | 0.17 | 10,000 | 48,411,764 | 0.400 |
| Urban&Civic | Rosemary Boot | 27 Jun 2019 | 9,100 | 328 | 29,848 | 9,100 | 0.006 |
| XPS Pensions | Sarah Ing | 02 Jul 2019 | 15,000 | 98.9 | 14,835 | 15,000 | 0.007 |
| XPS Pensions | Margaret Snowdon | 02 Jul 2019 | 30,303 | 99 | 30,000 | 30,303 | 0.015 |
| XPS Pensions ♥ | Paul Cuff | 03 Jul 2019 | 27,956 | 106 | 29,633 | 796,406 | 0.391 |
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| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| ADM Energy | Stefan Olivier (ceo) | 01 Jul 2019 | 50,000 | 17.2 | 8,600 | 580,000 | 1.250 |
| Altitude | Martin Varley | 28 Jun 2019 | 2,000,000 | 100 | 2,000,000 | 10,204,618 | na |
| Altitude | Martin Varley | 02 Jul 2019 | 125,000 | 110 | 137,500 | 10,079,618 | 14.840 |
| Aston Martin Lagonda♥ | Najeeb Al Humaidhi | 28 Jun 2019 | 3,000,000 | 982.5 | 29,475,000 | 38,860,289 | 17.044 |
| Quilter | Paul Feeney (ceo) | 28 Jun 2019 | 78,623 | 140.15 | 110,190 | 913,694 | 0.048 |
| Schroders | Michael Dobson (ch) | 28 Jun 2019 | 19,960 | 3,050 | 608,780 | 347,276 | 0.154 |
| Schroders | Michael Dobson (ch) | 01 Jul 2019 | 30,040 | 3,091.20 | 928,596 | 317,236 | 0.140 |
| Schroders | Michael Dobson (ch) | 01 Jul 2019 | 50,000 | 3,110.30 | 1,555,150 | 267,236 | 0.118 |
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