Since Barclays (BARC) published its full-year numbers just over a month ago, the bank’s shares have more than halved, outpacing even the sharp contraction in the FTSE 100. During that time, there have been several notable transactions involving senior figures at the lender.
The largest single transaction took place on 9 March, when Barclays Bank president Paul Compton sold 397,929 shares in two tranches, for a nominal value of £484,000. Earlier in the day, Mr Compton had been awarded almost half a million shares, net of stock sold to cover income tax and social security costs.
This included 71,236 shares as part of his variable performance-related pay for 2019, 97,949 shares in fixed pay for the first quarter of 2020, and 292,293 shares awarded in previous years’ share schemes. Mr Compton was also granted 1,940,602 in deferred stock, which will be awarded pending continued employment and based on performance over the next three years.
Two days later, chairman Nigel Higgins acquired 250,000 shares at £1.18 a pop. This followed his open-market purchases of the same number of shares a week earlier, when Barclays stock was trading 20p higher.
On 12 March, with the stock at £1.06, a person closely associated with non-executive director Mike Ashley purchased 47,128 shares, again on the open market. Four days later, with the stock cratering to 86.1p, a person closely associated with fellow non-executive Tim Breedon coughed up for 55,000 shares.
Buys | ||||||
Company | Director/PDMR | Date | No. of shares | Price (p) | Aggregate value (£) | Comments |
Vesuvius | John McDonough (cha) | 10 Mar 20 | 20,000 | 39,751 | 79,502 | |
International Consolidated Airlines Group | Javier Sanchez-Prieto | 11 Mar 20 | 70,000 | 408.92 | 286,243 | Original price €4.606 |
Coats | Michael Clasper | 11 Mar 20 | 200,000 | 60.42 | 120,849 | |
Reckitt Benckiser | Aditya Sehgal | 11 Mar 20 | 10,000 | 5,579.94 | 557,994 | |
Barclays | Nigel Higgins (ch) | 11 Mar 20 | 250,000 | 118 | 294,203 | |
G4S | Ashley Almanza (ceo) | 11 Mar 20 | 100,000 | 105 | 105,251 | |
G4S | Tim Weller (cfo) | 11 Mar 20 | 85,000 | 106 | 90,100 | |
G4S | John Connolly (ch) | 12 Mar 20 | 275,000 | 95 | 261,459 | |
Spirax-Sarco Engineering | Clare Pike (pca) | 12 Mar 20 | 1,300 | 7,690 | 99,970 | Spouse of Jamie Pike, chairman |
Spirax-Sarco Engineering | Kevin Thompson | 12 Mar 20 | 1,300 | 7,675.39 | 99,780.00 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 2,152 | 292.3 | 6,290.30 | PCA of Usman Nabi, non-executive director |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 3,496 | 306.8 | 10,725.73 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 8,259 | 305.43 | 25,225.46 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 23,859 | 304.03 | 72,538.52 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 82,026 | 305.48 | 250,572.02 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 199,049 | 303.53 | 606,173.43 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 252,214 | 304.18 | 767,184.55 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 258,227 | 304.73 | 786,895.14 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 273,127 | 304.12 | 830,633.83 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 361,165 | 303.07 | 1,094,582.77 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 536,453 | 306.27 | 1,642,994.60 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 10 Mar 20 | 500,000 | 305.8 | 1,529,000.00 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 92 | 318.7 | 293.2 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 1,286 | 318.61 | 4,097.32 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 5,696 | 318.03 | 18,114.99 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 11,885 | 319.2 | 37,936.92 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 37,251 | 319.3 | 118,942.44 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 176,650 | 318.9 | 563,336.85 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 1,162,990 | 314.75 | 3,660,511.03 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 51,401 | 319.33 | 164,138.81 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 43,494 | 319.54 | 138,980.73 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 11 Mar 20 | 17,752 | 319.15 | 56,655.51 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 10,197 | 301.84 | 30,778.62 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 8,729 | 300.66 | 26,244.61 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 225,334 | 304.74 | 686,682.83 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 25,660 | 299.16 | 76,764.46 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 24,699 | 301.39 | 74,440.32 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 5,594 | 300.79 | 16,826.19 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 200,000 | 300 | 600,000.00 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 44,666 | 300.3 | 134,132.00 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 32,730 | 300.48 | 98,347.10 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 9,136 | 298.48 | 27,269.13 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 67,723 | 301.38 | 204,103.58 | |
Domino's Pizza | Browning West | 12 Mar 20 | 65,532 | 301.03 | 197,270.98 | |
Galliford Try | Bill Hocking (ceo) | 12 Mar 20 | 100,000 | 116.24 | 116,238.50 | |
Informa | Derek Mapp | 13 Mar 20 | 37,850 | 549.7324 | 208,073.71 | |
Croda International | John Ramsay | 13 Mar 20 | 1,925 | 4,048.12 | 77,926.40 | |
Croda International | John Ramsay | 13 Mar 20 | 75 | 4,075.00 | 3,056.25 | |
Rightmove | Andrew Fisher (ch) | 13 Mar 20 | 10,000 | 534.00 | 53,400.00 | |
Rightmove | Andrew Fisher (ch) | 16 Mar 20 | 10,000 | 484.50 | 48,450.00 | |
Crest Nicholson | Peter Truscott (ceo) | 16 Mar 20 | 30,000 | 311.16 | 93,347.22 | |
Derwent | Simon Silver | 16 Mar 20 | 3,500 | 2,932.00 | 102,620.00 | |
IWG | Estorn Limited | 16 Mar 20 | 2,000,000 | 151.20 | 3,024,000.00 | PCA of Mark Dixon, ceo. Weighted average price |
Softcat | Robyn Perriss | 17 Mar 20 | 15,000 | 1,002.00 | 150,300.00 |
Sells | ||||||
Company | Director/PDMR | Date | No. of shares | Price (p) | Aggregate value (£) | Comments |
Barclays | Paul Compton | 9 Mar 20 | 397,929 | 121.55 | 483,683.00 | |
Calisen | Bert Pijls (ceo) | 11 Mar 20 | 46,183 | 240 | 110,839.20 | |
Calisen | Sean Latus (cfo) | 11 Mar 20 | 14,467 | 240 | 34,720.80 |