Director dealings: Baltic Classifieds non-exec invests £0.5m, Liontrust CEO splits shares with wife

Baltic Classifieds Group found itself at the top of Tuesday’s director buys, after it disclosed a series of purchases made by a non-executive board member worth over £0.5m.

The FTSE 250 operator of online classified platforms in the Baltic states said Edmund Williams bought 373,209 shares on Tuesday, across 10 transactions.

He paid between 133p and 136p each for the shares, with the company reporting an aggregate price of 134p per share, valuing Williams’ new investments at £500,100.07.

On the selling side of the ledger, Liontrust Asset Management reported a more-than-£0.61m transaction as its chief executive split a tranche of shares with his wife.

The FTSE 250 company said John Ions sold 49,696 shares on Monday for 1,231p each, netting him a paper total of £611,757.78.

At the same time, the CEO bought 24,848 shares for the same price of 1,231p, while Paige Ions bought the other half of the tranche - also 24,848 shares - at 1,231p as well.

Top Director Buys

Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG)
Director name: Williams,Edmund
Amount purchased: 373,209 @ 134.00p
Value: £500,100.07

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount purchased: 670,870 @ 62.82p
Value: £421,467.36

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Ions,John Stephen
Amount purchased: 24,848 @ 1,231.00p
Value: £305,878.89

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Ions,John Stephen
Amount purchased: 24,848 @ 1,231.00p
Value: £305,878.89

Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)
Director name: Livingston,Andrew
Amount purchased: 19,432 @ 792.23p
Value: £153,946.13

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount purchased: 217,011 @ 64.00p
Value: £138,887.04

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount purchased: 217,011 @ 64.00p
Value: £138,887.04

Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)
Director name: Hayes,Paul
Amount purchased: 12,705 @ 792.23p
Value: £100,652.82

Watches Of Switzerland Group (WOSG)
Director name: Carter,Ian
Amount purchased: 8,700 @ 1,146.00p
Value: £99,702.00

Staffline Group (STAF)
Director name: Spain,Thomas
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 65.18p
Value: £65,181.00

Circassia Group (CIR)
Director name: Johnson ,Ian
Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 36.05p
Value: £54,075.00

Wickes Group (WIX)
Director name: Wood,David
Amount purchased: 27,725 @ 179.40p
Value: £49,738.65

Wickes Group (WIX)
Director name: Wood,David
Amount purchased: 13,847 @ 179.56p
Value: £24,863.67

Wickes Group (WIX)
Director name: Wood,David
Amount purchased: 13,840 @ 179.64p
Value: £24,862.18

Nichols (NICL)
Director name: Milne,Andrew
Amount purchased: 1,464 @ 1,365.00p
Value: £19,983.60

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Lorimer,Stuart
Amount purchased: 3,611 @ 551.00p
Value: £19,896.61

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Lorimer,Stuart
Amount purchased: 3,654 @ 544.00p
Value: £19,877.76

Sdcl Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT)
Director name: Roper,Tony
Amount purchased: 8,500 @ 115.00p
Value: £9,775.00

Non-standard Finance (NSF)
Director name: Gregson,Charles Henry
Amount purchased: 353,750 @ 2.40p
Value: £8,490.00

Sdcl Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT)
Director name: Knowles,Christopher
Amount purchased: 7,000 @ 115.00p
Value: £8,050.00

Aviva (AV.)
Director name: Garcia,Belen Romana
Amount purchased: 1,434 @ 452.00p
Value: £6,481.68

Circassia Group (CIR)
Director name: Emms,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 15,079 @ 35.73p
Value: £5,387.73

Aviva (AV.)
Director name: Lambert,Pippa
Amount purchased: 991 @ 452.00p
Value: £4,479.32

Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust (AIE)
Director name: Booth,Jerome
Amount purchased: 2,338 @ 185.00p
Value: £4,325.30

Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust (AIE)
Director name: Skinner,Jamie
Amount purchased: 2,333 @ 185.00p
Value: £4,316.05

Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust (AIE)
Director name: Dhut,Rita
Amount purchased: 1,775 @ 185.00p
Value: £3,283.75

Sdcl Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT)
Director name: Griffin,Emma
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 115.00p
Value: £2,300.00

Top Director Sells

Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
Director name: Ions,John Stephen
Amount sold: 49,696 @ 1,231.00p
Value: £611,757.78

Travis Perkins (TPK)
Director name: Williams,Alan
Amount sold: 18,569 @ 1,284.28p
Value: £238,478.70

Glanbia (cdi) (GLB)
Director name: Garvey,Mark
Amount sold: 18,618 @ 10.62
Value: 197,699.33

Itv (ITV)
Director name: McCall,Carolyn
Amount sold: 145,635 @ 82.12p
Value: £119,595.46

Rentokil Initial (RTO)
Director name: Tombs,Stuart Ingall-
Amount sold: 18,967 @ 524.01p
Value: £99,388.97

Centrica (CNA)
Director name: Ringrose ,Kate
Amount sold: 98,696 @ 83.00p
Value: £81,917.68

Aviva (AV.)
Director name: Blanc,Amanda
Amount sold: 16,383 @ 437.80p
Value: £71,724.77