Produce Investments chairman buys shares showing confidence
The chairman of Produce Investments bought some new shares showing confidence in the group after disappointing first half of the year.
Barrie Clapham bought 100,000 shares for an individual price of 127p, spending a total of £127,000 in the transaction.
Clapham now holds 6.3m shares in the potato farming and supply firm, which saw a 3.8% decline in first-half profits to £1.95m due to "very challenging" market conditions. Revenues also fell 9.9% to £80.76m.
Chief executive Angus Armstrong said at the time: "The much-documented retailer price wars triggered significant pricing pressure throughout the entire supply chain, resulting in value and volume decline over the past 12 months."
Top Director Buys
Symphony International Holdings Ltd. (SIHL)
Director name: Mr Anil Thadani
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ $0.85
Value: $212,400
Produce Investments (PIL)
Director name: Mr Barrie Clapham
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 127.00p
Value: £127,000
Porta Communications (PTCM)
Director name: Mr Bob Morton
Amount purchased: 1,343,766 @ 7.50p
Value: £100,782
Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)
Director name: Mr Matthew Ingle
Amount purchased: 17,987 @ 456.95p
Value: £82,192
Xchanging (XCH)
Director name: Mr David Bauernfeind
Amount purchased: 38,302 @ 143.00p
Value: £54,772
Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)
Director name: Mr Mark Robson
Amount purchased: 11,552 @ 456.95p
Value: £52,787
Vislink (VLK)
Director name: Mr Robin Howe
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 49.88p
Value: £49,880
Indivior (INDV)
Director name: Mr Shaun Thaxter
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 197.39p
Value: £19,739
Indivior (INDV)
Director name: Mr Shaun Thaxter
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 197.17p
Value: £19,717
Indivior (INDV)
Director name: Mr Shaun Thaxter
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 197.07p
Value: £19,707
Top Director Sells
Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Mr Jonathan Simon Milner
Amount sold: 2,480,000 @ 465.00p
Value: £11,532,000
Abcam (ABC)
Director name: Mr Jonathan Simon Milner
Amount sold: 2,150,000 @ 465.00p
Value: £9,997,500
Computacenter (CCC)
Director name: Mr Michael J Norris
Amount sold: 81,640 @ 701.75p
Value: £572,909
Travis Perkins (TPK)
Director name: Mr John P Carter
Amount sold: 28,017 @ 1,965.25p
Value: £550,604
Renew Holdings (RNWH)
Director name: Mr Brian May
Amount sold: 150,000 @ 271.72p
Value: £407,580
St James's Place (STJ)
Director name: Mr David Lamb
Amount sold: 35,813 @ 943.55p
Value: £337,914
St James's Place (STJ)
Director name: Mr Ian Gascoigne
Amount sold: 35,813 @ 943.55p
Value: £337,914
Computacenter (CCC)
Director name: Mr Tony Conophy
Amount sold: 45,004 @ 701.75p
Value: £315,816
Renew Holdings (RNWH)
Director name: Mr John Samuel
Amount sold: 100,000 @ 271.72p
Value: £271,720
St James's Place (STJ)
Director name: Mr Andrew Croft
Amount sold: 26,344 @ 943.55p
Value: £248,569