No one knows a company quite as well as its directors, which is why it is worth keeping an eye on director buying and selling.
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We have combed through UK directors' deals and published the purchases and sales that caught our eyes. Our table is compiled using company announcements, and is not exhaustive. The table is ordered by aggregate value.
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Two directors of online grocer Ocado (OCDO) have topped up their stakes, purchasing just under £200,000-worth of shares in total.
Meanwhile, Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) founder Peter Hargreaves has offloaded shares worth £300m via a placing with institutional investors.
| Buys | ||||
| Company | Director/PDMR | Date | Price (p) | Aggregate value (£) |
| DCC | Cormac McCarthy | 11 Feb 2021 | 5,710 | 45,678 |
| Halma | Dame Louise Makin | 09 Feb 2021 | 2,459 | 245,906 |
| N Brown | Joshua Jacob Moshe Alliance | 11 Feb 2021 | 65 | 5,101,720 |
| N Brown | Joshua Jacob Moshe Alliance | 12 Feb 2021 | 65 | 2,175,473 |
| Ocado | Richard Haythornthwaite | 10 Feb 2021 | 2,679 | 99,809 |
| Ocado | John Martin | 12 Feb 2021 | 2,591 | 99,990 |
| Safestyle | Mike Gallacher (ce) | 10 Feb 2021 | 40.5 | 48,697 |
| St. Modwen Properties | Sarwjit Sambhi (ce) | 12 Feb 2021 | 391 | 52,025 |
| Sells | ||||
| Company | Director/PDMR | Date | Price (p) | Aggregate value (£) |
| Ashmore | Mark Coombs (ce) | 10 Feb 2021 | 474 | 40,290,000 |
| AVEVA Group | David Ward (fd) | 12 Feb 2021 | 3,777 | 152,264 |
| CMC Markets | Clare Leslie Salmon | 10 Feb 2021 | 409 | 50,008 |
| Dunelm* | Will Adderley | 16 Feb 2021 | 1,280 | 192,000,000 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown* | Peter Hargreaves | 17 Feb 2021 | 1,535 | 300,000,000 |
| Manolete | Steven Cooklin (ce) | 9 Feb 2021 | 180 | 450,000 |
| Scapa Group | Wendy Baker | 9 Feb 2021 | 222 | 31,718 |
| Sirius Real Estate | Andrew Coombs (ce) | 12 Feb 2021 | 91 | 408,479 |
| * Accelerated bookbuilds of 19.5m ords (HL) and 15m ords (DNLM) | ||||
