Director dealings: Currys non-exec invests, Caledonia CEO covers tax bill

Currys was on the list of director purchases on Wednesday after its deputy non-executive chair picked up almost £0.1m of shares.

The electricals retailer said Tony DeNunzio bought 200,000 shares on 19 September in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

DeNunzio paid 49p for each share, valuing the transaction at £98,000.00.

On the selling side of things was Caledonia Investments, after its chief executive officer picked up a number of performance shares before selling a tranche to cover his tax bill.

The firm said Mat Masters received 5,398 shares at nil cost under its 2020 performance share scheme on 18 September before selling 2,546.

Masters sold the shares for 3,520p apiece, giving the sale a total value of £89,619.20.

As a result, Masters retained 2,852 shares and now had a beneficial interest in 58,376 shares, or 0.11% of the company’s issued capital.

He also held 71,205 performance share scheme awards, or 0.13% of the firm, and 8,463 deferred bonus plan awards, or 0.02%.

At 1628 BST, shares in Currys were up 2.24% at 49.3p, while those in Caledonia Investments were 0.58% firmer at 3,490p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

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Sthree (STEM)
Director name: Lehne,Timo
Amount purchased: 35,676 @ 375.00p
Value: £133,785.00

Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
Director name: Doliveux,Roch
Amount purchased: 36,130 @ 274.30p
Value: £99,104.59

Currys (CURY)
Director name: DeNunzio,Tony
Amount purchased: 200,000 @ 49.00p
Value: £98,000.00

Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
Director name: Mathias,Frank
Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 274.98p
Value: £54,996.00

Dalata Hotel Group (cdi) (DAL)
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Steppe Cement Ltd (STCM)
Director name: del Ser Perez,Javier
Amount purchased: 160,000 @ 23.28p
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Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
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Amount purchased: 7,226 @ 274.30p
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited Npv (CORD)
Director name: Pieters,Marten
Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 71.00p
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Loopup Group (LOOP)
Director name: Hughes,Michael
Amount purchased: 775,626 @ 2.10p
Value: £16,288.15

Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
Director name: Patterson,Leone
Amount purchased: 5,849 @ 274.45p
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Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
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De La Rue (DLAR)
Director name: Euling,Ruth
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Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (cdi) (GTE)
Director name: Guidry,Gary
Amount purchased: 550 @ $6.76
Value: $3,065.89

Oxford Biomedica (OXB)
Director name: Henderson,Stuart
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 274.97p
Value: £2,749.70

Epe Special Opportunities Limited (di) (ESO)
Director name: Spears,Clive L
Amount purchased: 1,138 @ 160.00p
Value: £1,820.80

Epe Special Opportunities Limited (di) (ESO)
Director name: Bestwick,Heather
Amount purchased: 1,138 @ 160.00p
Value: £1,820.80

Epe Special Opportunities Limited (di) (ESO)
Director name: Pirouet,David Robert
Amount purchased: 1,138 @ 160.00p
Value: £1,820.80

Epe Special Opportunities Limited (di) (ESO)
Director name: Gray ,Michael
Amount purchased: 1,138 @ 160.00p
Value: £1,820.80

First Property Group (FPO)
Director name: Habib,Ben
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 17.90p
Value: £1,790.00

Howden Joinery Group (HWDN)
Director name: Livingston,Andrew
Amount purchased: 21 @ 726.00p
Value: £152.46

Wincanton (WIN)
Director name: Hinton,Tom
Amount purchased: 61 @ 247.63p
Value: £151.05

Pz Cussons (PZC)
Director name: Pollard,Sarah
Amount purchased: 90 @ 166.80p
Value: £150.12

Pz Cussons (PZC)
Director name: Myers,Jonathan
Amount purchased: 90 @ 166.80p
Value: £150.12

Wincanton (WIN)
Director name: Hinton,Tom
Amount purchased: 15 @ n/a
Value: n/a

Top Director Sells

Caledonia Investments (CLDN)
Director name: Masters,Mathew
Amount sold: 2,546 @ 3,520.00p
Value: £89,619.20

Loopup Group (LOOP)
Director name: Hughes,Michael
Amount sold: 344,792 @ 2.10p
Value: £7,240.63