Director dealings: Focusrite non-exec invests, Tremor International CEO covers tax bill

Audio hardware specialist Focusrite was on the list of buys on Friday, after one of its non-executive directors spent almost £40k on shares.

The AIM-traded firm said Mike Butterworth bought 3,873 shares in the company on Thursday at a price of 1,016p each, spending a total of £39,349.68 in the process.

It said that, following the transaction, Butterworth held a total of 3,873 of its shares, representing 0.006% of its issued share capital.

On the selling side of the ledger was advertising technology firm Tremor International, whose chief executive sold three tranches of shares to cover a tax bill.

The AIM-traded company said Ofer Druker sold 56,800 shares for $5.98 each, 27,800 shares for $6.30 each, and 23,000 shares for $6.58 apiece.

That made the three transactions worth $280,089.06, $144,421.54, and $124,795.91, respectively.

Tremor said Druker sold the shares to cover tax obligations that arose from the vesting of performance share awards on 25 April.

Following the sales, the CEO had a total holding of 3,603,851 shares, representing 2.36% of Tremor’s total voting rights.

Top Director Buys

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Botin,Ana Patricia
Amount purchased: 487,493 @ 2.82
Value: 1,238,495.70

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Botin,Ana Patricia
Amount purchased: 199,990 @ 2.84
Value: 511,686.11

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Botin,Ana Patricia
Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 2.85
Value: 385,135.12

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Botin,Ana Patricia
Amount purchased: 150,010 @ 2.83
Value: 382,457.92

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Ansorena,Ramiro Mato García
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 280.00p
Value: £280,000.00

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Ansorena,Ramiro Mato García
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 278.00p
Value: £278,000.00

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Ansorena,Ramiro Mato García
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 278.00p
Value: £139,000.00

Banco Santander S.a. (BNC)
Director name: Botin,Ana Patricia
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 2.81
Value: 126,576.57

Focusrite (TUNE)
Director name: Butterworth,Mike
Amount purchased: 3,873 @ 1,016.00p
Value: £39,349.68

Mj Gleeson (GLE)
Director name: Goldsmith,Fiona Clare
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 602.00p
Value: £30,100.00

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: East,Warren
Amount purchased: 29,348 @ 82.38p
Value: £24,176.88

Eqtec (cdi) (EQT)
Director name: Palumbo,David
Amount purchased: 2,150,537 @ 0.93p
Value: £19,999.99

Eqtec (cdi) (EQT)
Director name: Linden,Jeffrey (Jeff) Vander
Amount purchased: 2,083,182 @ 0.95p
Value: £19,790.23

Rolls-royce Holdings (RR.)
Director name: Kakoullis ,Panos
Amount purchased: 14,101 @ 82.38p
Value: £11,616.40

Dfs Furniture (DFS)
Director name: Martins,Loraine
Amount purchased: 6,023 @ 166.00p
Value: £9,998.18

Wood Group (john) (WG.)
Director name: Watson,Robin
Amount purchased: 2,987 @ 220.00p
Value: £6,571.40

Wood Group (john) (WG.)
Director name: Kemp,David
Amount purchased: 1,936 @ 220.00p
Value: £4,259.20

Brave Bison Group (BBSN)
Director name: Norridge,Philippa
Amount purchased: 111,111 @ 1.80p
Value: £2,000.00

Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)
Director name: Imlach,Nathan James McLean
Amount purchased: 141 @ 1,160.00p
Value: £1,635.60

3i Group (III)
Director name: Wilson,Julia
Amount purchased: 11 @ 1,296.17p
Value: £142.58

Top Director Sells

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 56,800 @ $5.98
Value: $280,089.06

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 27,800 @ $6.30
Value: $144,421.54

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 23,000 @ $6.58
Value: $124,795.91