Director dealings: Funding Circle founder sells shares

Funding Circle revealed on Monday that non-executive director Samir Desai had disposed of 4.0m ordinary shares in the London-listed lending platform operator.

Desai, who founded Funding Circle, sold the shares on Friday at an average price of 125.0p each, for a total value of £5.0m.

As of 1600 BST, Funding Circle shares were up 3.83% at 135.50p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

M&c Saatchi (SAA)
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M&c Saatchi (SAA)
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Mortgage Advice Bureau (holdings) (MAB1)
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Optima Health (OPT)
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Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited Npv (SHIP)
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Top Director Sells

Funding Circle Holdings (FCH)
Director name: Desai,Samir
Amount sold: 4,000,000 @ 125.00p
Value: £5,000,000.00

Malvern International (MLVN)
Director name: Carroll,Alan
Amount sold: 30,750 @ 19.00p
Value: £5,842.50