Director dealings: Avast director lowers stake

Avast revealed on Thursday that non-executive director Ulf Claesson had offloaded 250,000 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed computer security firm.

Claesson, who joined the board of Avast in 2012, sold the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 494.00p each, for a total value of £1.23m.

Back in April, Avast updated the market on its first quarter of trading. For the first quarter, the company said adjusted revenue totalled $214.6m, which was up 6.5% on an organic basis, and 1.3% at actual rates.

Adjusted underlying earnings for the three months ended 31 March increased 3.1% to $121.2m, resulting in an adjusted EBITDA margin of 56.5%.

As of 1630 BST, Avast shares were down 2.14% at 487.40p.

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