Director dealings: AstraZeneca CFO makes $1.5m sale, IHG chair buys in

At the top of the list of FTSE 350 director sells on Tuesday was AstraZeneca, whose chief financial officer sold almost $1.5m worth of the company’s American depositary shares.

The pharmaceuticals giant said Aradhana Sarin sold 19,470 of the shares on 5 May, at a price of $74.81 each.

That valued the transaction at a total of $1,456,550.70.

Two of AstraZeneca’s American depositary shares are equivalent to one of its ordinary shares, the firm said in its disclosure.

On the buying side of things, the non-executive chair of InterContinental Hotels Group was also dealing in American depositary instruments, spending almost $0.35m.

The owner of brands including Holiday Inn said Deanna Oppenheimer acquired 5,000 of its American depositary receipts on the New York Stock Exchange on 8 May.

Oppenheimer paid $68.89 for each ADR, valuing the purchase at $344,450 in total.

At 1437 BST, shares in AstraZeneca were up 0.11% in London at 11,884p, while those in InterContinental Hotels Group were 0.6% firmer at 5,442p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

DIRECTOR SELLS

Company: AstraZeneca
Name: Aradhana Sarin
Volume: 19,470
Price: $74.81
Value: $1,456,550.70

Company: London Stock Exchange Group
Name: York Holdings II
Volume: 9,048
Price: 8,359.77p
Value: £756,391.99

DIRECTOR BUYS

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group
Name: Deanna Oppenheimer
Volume: 5,000
Price: $68.89
Value: $344,450.00

Company: CRH
Name: Christina Verchere
Volume: 1,000
Price: 3,824.4p
Value: £38,244.00

Company: Videndum
Name: Andrea Rigamonti
Volume: 3,500
Price: 789.86p
Value: £27,645.07

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group
Name: Graham Allan
Volume: 300
Price: 5,418.36p
Value: £16,255.09

Company: Marshalls
Name: Martyn Coffey
Volume: 10,000
Price: 156p
Value: £15,600.00

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group
Name: Duriya Farooqui
Volume: 200
Price: $68.625
Value: $13,725.00

Company: InterContinental Hotels Group
Name: Daniela Barone Soares
Volume: 150
Price: 5,427.55p
Value: £8,141.33

Company: Marshalls
Name: Alison Lockwood
Volume: 3,763
Price: 164p
Value: £6,171.32

Company: Marshalls
Name: Amanda Bourne
Volume: 1,062
Price: 280p
Value: £2,973.60

Company: CMC Markets
Name: Euan William Marshall
Volume: 164
Price: 181.99p
Value: £298.46

Company: CMC Markets
Name: David John Fineberg
Volume: 164
Price: 181.99p
Value: £298.46

Company: Moneysupermarket.com Group
Name: Matthew Cresswell
Volume: 56
Price: 267.3p
Value: £149.69

Company: Moneysupermarket.com Group
Name: Peter Duffy
Volume: 56
Price: 267.3p
Value: £149.69

Company: Moneysupermarket.com Group
Name: Matthew Whittle
Volume: 38
Price: 267.3p
Value: £101.57