Director dealings: Centamin board members buy in, Greggs finance director covers tax bill

Centamin took the top three spots on the list of director buys on Monday, after three of its board members made purchases in the market.

The FTSE 250 company said chief executive officer Martin Horgan bought 65,788 shares for 83.5p each, spending a total of £54,932.98, while chief financial officer Ross Jerrard spend 82.5p for each of 67,000 shares, valuing that purchase at £55,275.00.

Non-executive director Mark Bankes, meanwhile, bought 30,000 shares for 83.6p each, for a total transaction value of £25,080.00.

After the transactions, Centamin said Horgan held a total of 107,193 of its shares, while Jerrard had 567,000 and Bankes owned 319,000.

On the selling side of things was Greggs, whose finance director sold almost £90k of shares to cover his tax bill after exercising a performance share option.

The FTSE 250 high street pastry pusher said Richard Sutton offloaded 4,061 shares for 2,166.19p each, netting a total of £87,968.94.

It came after Hutton acquired 8,336 shares by exercising nil-cost options granted under the firm’s performance share plan.

Top Director Buys

Centamin (di) (CEY)
Director name: Jerrard,Ross
Amount purchased: 67,000 @ 82.50p
Value: £55,275.00

Centamin (di) (CEY)
Director name: Horgan,Martin
Amount purchased: 65,788 @ 83.50p
Value: £54,932.98

Centamin (di) (CEY)
Director name: Bankes,Mark
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 83.60p
Value: £25,080.00

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Lorimer,Stuart
Amount purchased: 3,706 @ 536.70p
Value: £19,889.99

Audioboom Group (BOOM)
Director name: Tobin,Michael
Amount purchased: 677 @ 1,460.00p
Value: £9,884.20

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
Director name: Lorimer,Stuart
Amount purchased: 925 @ 536.50p
Value: £4,962.62

Informa (INF)
Director name: Wright,Gareth
Amount purchased: 328 @ 549.96p
Value: £1,803.88

Informa (INF)
Director name: Carter,Stephen A
Amount purchased: 327 @ 549.96p
Value: £1,798.38

Informa (INF)
Director name: Martell,Patrick
Amount purchased: 327 @ 549.96p
Value: £1,798.38

Uk Oil & Gas (UKOG)
Director name: Sanderson,Stephen (Steve)
Amount purchased: 800,640 @ 0.12p
Value: £1,000.00

Centaur Media (CAU)
Director name: Mukerji,Swagatam
Amount purchased: 309 @ 48.60p
Value: £150.17

Pennon Group (PNN)
Director name: Davy ,Susan
Amount purchased: 14 @ 1,071.00p
Value: £149.94

Pennon Group (PNN)
Director name: Boote,Paul
Amount purchased: 14 @ 1,071.00p
Value: £149.94

Top Director Sells

Auction Technology Group (ATG)
Director name: Hargreaves,Tom
Amount sold: 296,437 @ 875.00p
Value: £2,593,823.75

Auction Technology Group (ATG)
Director name: Savant,John-Paul
Amount sold: 150,000 @ 875.00p
Value: £1,312,500.00

Greggs (GRG)
Director name: Hutton,Richard
Amount sold: 4,061 @ 2,166.19p
Value: £87,968.94