Director dealings: Big Yellow chairman's spouse makes share sale

Big Yellow Group revealed on Tuesday that chairman Nicholas Vetch's spouse Catherine had disposed of 109,454 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed self-storage facilities operator.

Vetch's wife sold the shares on Friday at an average price of 1,557.0p each, for a total value of £1.7m.

Following the transaction, Vetch and his family's beneficial holding was 6.64m ordinary shares, representing 3.61% of the company's issued share capital.

As of 1640 BST, Big Yellow shares were down 2.43% at 1,525.0p.

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